Strange News: Australian DNA Profiling, NY Listening In to Prison Calls, and AI is Building Super Guns
Australian police plan to use DNA sequencing to predict a suspect's physical appearance. In New York it appears someone is secretly listening to prisoners' phone calls. Breakthroughs in artificial int...
20 Dec 202151min
The Rise of Memetic Warfare
If you're like most people, you've interacted with a countless number of memes -- screenshots, gifs, classic pop culture moments in film and so on. While society often regards these ephemeral units of...
17 Dec 202159min
Listener Mail: Reincarnation, Fairy Tales, and Memes as Lifeforms
Why was Gandhi convinced one woman had truly been reincarnated? Are memes actually alive? What's going on at the Steelcase Pyramid? All this and more in this week's listener mail. Learn more about yo...
16 Dec 202144min
People Knew Asbestos Was Terrible Since 1930
Today, most people associate asbestos with health risks, expensive removal operations and specific forms of cancer. However, for much of human history this substance was thought to be miraculous -- a ...
15 Dec 202153min
CLASSIC: The Monster with 21 Faces
In the 1980s, a mysterious organization terrorized candy companies in Japan - then disappeared. What was the Monster with 21 Faces, and what happened to it? Are any members alive today? Learn more ab...
14 Dec 202133min
Strange News: China Hunts Lunar Mystery Object, Earth's Black Box, Hawaii's Poisoned Water
Honolulu's Board of Water Supply shuts down Oahu's largest water source when a fuel leak contaminates drinking water. China's lunar drone is approaching a mysterious object on the moon's surface -- ex...
13 Dec 202155min
Listener Mail: Doris Duke, the AMIA Bombing and a Death in Groom Lake
Did Doris Duke get away with murder? Who was really behind the 1994 AMIA bombing in Argentina? What led to the death of General Bond in Groom Lake, and why did the US try to keep it a secret? Tune in ...
12 Dec 202153min
The Art of Money Laundering
Who can put a price on art? Every year, anonymous buyers and sellers across the planet move works of fine art for millions of dollars, with no questions asked. It's a playground of the well-off -- and...
10 Dec 202158min
