Strange News: The Mystery Drones, AI Granny Versus Scammers, Santa as a "Foreign Agent," YMCA, Grocery Store Monopolies, DRC Mystery Disease, Elite Russian Goats and More.

Strange News: The Mystery Drones, AI Granny Versus Scammers, Santa as a "Foreign Agent," YMCA, Grocery Store Monopolies, DRC Mystery Disease, Elite Russian Goats and More.

An AI-generated Granny baffles and bedevils phone scammers across the UK. The US collectively freaks out as unidentified swarms of drones appear over multiple cities. Some Russian politicians want to declare Santa a foreign agent. The largest supermarket merger in history goes sour in court, with Albertsons calling off the merger and suing Kroger. Russia sends an elite force to North Korea -- not 100 soldiers, but 100 top-tier goats. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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The Overstock Conspiracy

The Overstock Conspiracy

Like Amazon, eBay or multitudes of others, overstock.com is a company that allows consumers to buy goods online, often at a deep discount. The CEO, Patrick M. Byrne, resigned in August of 2019 -- and ...

9 Okt 201943min

ODESSA: The Secret Nazi Escape Route

ODESSA: The Secret Nazi Escape Route

As World War II drew to a close, multiple Nazi officials saw the writing on the wall: Germany would lose the war, and members of the Nazi party would have to answer for their crimes -- if, that is, th...

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Secret Rooms, Secret Societies and an Unexpected Guest

Secret Rooms, Secret Societies and an Unexpected Guest

When the guys get together to trace the story of secret societies, they aren't expecting a surprise guest to crash their podcast, revealing first-hand experience with some the most elite, secretive or...

2 Okt 201933min

Psilocybin: Fact, Fiction and Future with Robert Lamb

Psilocybin: Fact, Fiction and Future with Robert Lamb

Evidence indicates human beings have been using psychedelics since ancient times, and a recent paradigm shift has launched a new renaissance in psychedelic research. Over the years psychedelics (and p...

27 Sep 201954min

Animals At War: Fact vs. Fiction

Animals At War: Fact vs. Fiction

Whether as beasts of burden, scouts, sentries or attack dogs, animals have been conscripted into human conflict since the dawn of recorded history. This practice hasn't changed in the modern day -- it...

25 Sep 201958min

The Life and Times of David Koch

The Life and Times of David Koch

When philanthropist, business magnate and political activist David Koch passed away, the media scrambled to address his legacy - but what is that legacy, exactly? Join Ben and Matt as they explore the...

20 Sep 201952min

The World's Biggest Heists

The World's Biggest Heists

Everyone loves a good heist film -- but how accurate are they? Join Ben and Matt as they delve into the stories of modern history's biggest heists, actual criminal conspiracies carried out across the ...

18 Sep 20191h 4min

Can memories be erased?

Can memories be erased?

It sounds like a quandary straight out of science fiction -- given the opportunity, would you erase your own painful or traumatic memories? Join Ben and Matt as they separate science fiction from scie...

13 Sep 20191h 3min

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