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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What exactly is diplomatic immunity? Chapter Two: How To Get Away With Murder

What exactly is diplomatic immunity? Chapter Two: How To Get Away With Murder

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Listener Mail: Australian Cinema, The Barksdale Bubble, El Salvador and Dictators

Listener Mail: Australian Cinema, The Barksdale Bubble, El Salvador and Dictators

Cake writes in with recommendations for Australian cinema. Spooky Pants prompts a conversation about the infamous Barksdale Bubble. Starship Home (aka Sugar Homie, aka Supercool Homie) prompts a far-r...

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What exactly is diplomatic immunity? Chapter One: "A Gentleman's Agreement"

What exactly is diplomatic immunity? Chapter One: "A Gentleman's Agreement"

In modern English, we often say "don't shoot the messenger." As Ben, Matt and Noel discover in the first chapter of this week's special two-part series, diplomatic immunity is an ancient concept with ...

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CLASSIC: Interview: Radio Rental, with Payne Lindsey

CLASSIC: Interview: Radio Rental, with Payne Lindsey

Have you ever experienced something bizarre -- some unexplainable coincidence, chilling interaction or even a run in with what some might call the supernatural? If so, then you may have the next story...

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Strange News: One Card To Rule Them All, Pop Culture and Space, Horrors of Kenyan Death Cults, and More

Strange News: One Card To Rule Them All, Pop Culture and Space, Horrors of Kenyan Death Cults, and More

History's largest credit card merger looms on the horizon. Commentary on not-quite-space and a celebrity named Katy Perry. Ben takes the crew around the globe to learn more about wildlife piracy, the ...

28 Apr 20251h 4min

What is Shock Incarceration?

What is Shock Incarceration?

Picture this: you're a bad kid. You've made a serious mistake, and may be facing incarceration. Yet Lo, and Behold! The US court system decrees you may avoid years in lock-up by going to an "intermedi...

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Listener Mail: Signal vs. Telegram, Supply Chain Raids, Everyone Hates EvilCore

Listener Mail: Signal vs. Telegram, Supply Chain Raids, Everyone Hates EvilCore

Privacy Guy continues the conversation about encryption and state-level powers. Art Vandelay notes recent issues with tariffs and supply chains. Multiple Conspiracy Realists follow up with Ben and the...

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Operation Ghost Stories

Operation Ghost Stories

What if you had the perfect spy? Not some glitzy James Bond-type, but instead a person -- or an entire family -- spending decades in a hostile country, slowly acquiring information and status, while w...

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