Strange News: Robots, the Louvre Heist is Hilarious, Your Grocery Store Conspires Against You, and Way More

Strange News: Robots, the Louvre Heist is Hilarious, Your Grocery Store Conspires Against You, and Way More

The great game for robots escalates; updates on Elon Musk. The Louvre heist is hilarious. Your grocery store conspires against you. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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CLASSIC: Porter Ranch: Fossil Fuel Cover-ups

CLASSIC: Porter Ranch: Fossil Fuel Cover-ups

There's no two ways about it: oil spills and gas leaks are disastrous, causing massive amounts of ecological damage in a matter of days or hours. So how many occur each year? How many are actually rep...

22 Feb 20221h 8min

Strange News: Wordle Saves Lives, Cybercrime, and Qanon Hates Butterflies

Strange News: Wordle Saves Lives, Cybercrime, and Qanon Hates Butterflies

An elderly woman may well owe her survival to Wordle. Another recent Bitcoin scam is called the 'heist of the century.' Over in Texas, Qanon has found a new target... a non-profit butterfly center. Fi...

21 Feb 20221h 1min

Does junk food target children?

Does junk food target children?

While it may not be especially great for you, there's no denying that junk food is delicious. Nowadays, all the salty, fatty, sweet and savory stuff humans evolved to covet is both cheap and easy to a...

18 Feb 20221h 13min

Listener Mail: Mysterious Fishing Club, Terrorism in the Metaverse, Trouble in Ottawa

Listener Mail: Mysterious Fishing Club, Terrorism in the Metaverse, Trouble in Ottawa

Smitty relates a strange childhood story from his time growing up near the Pisgah National Forest. Kyle notes the metaverse offers tremendous potential for terrorists. Canadian trooper calls in to ask...

17 Feb 202258min

What is ecoterrorism?

What is ecoterrorism?

Most people can agree the proverbial writing is on the wall: Earth's climate is in trouble, and its degradation will have profound consequences of later generations. However, no one seems to have figu...

16 Feb 20221h 9min

CLASSIC: Ghosts and Infrasound

CLASSIC: Ghosts and Infrasound

While humanity has yet to generate any universally-accepted proof of ghosts or hauntings, millions of people around the world report seeing apparitions or experiencing ghostly encounters every year (a...

15 Feb 202258min

Strange News: China Censorship, Robots on the Border, One Guy Hacks North Korea

Strange News: China Censorship, Robots on the Border, One Guy Hacks North Korea

In a rare decision, China reverses an earlier act of censorship. Those dogbots Ben and Matt are so concerned about are deployed on the US-Mexico border. One anonymous hacker claims he, in a fit of res...

14 Feb 202257min

Project Azorian, or: the CIA Steals A Submarine

Project Azorian, or: the CIA Steals A Submarine

When the USSR lost a powerful submarine, the US scrambled to make the most of a grisly opportunity. In today's episode, the guys explore the strange series of events that led Uncle Sam to, in secret, ...

11 Feb 202250min

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