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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Listener Mail: Pork Skyscrapers, Star Wars, EMDR Therapy, and a Letter From PETA

Listener Mail: Pork Skyscrapers, Star Wars, EMDR Therapy, and a Letter From PETA

Outlier prompts an investigation of China's fascinating -- and, objectively, terrifying! -- "pork skyscrapers." Oz Woman shares first-hand experience with Project Blackjack, "Star Wars," and former Pr...

19 Dec 202453min

The Illuminati of Online Dating, Chapter One: The Game of Love

The Illuminati of Online Dating, Chapter One: The Game of Love

Prior to the emergence of chronically-online civilization, people often met romantic partners through geographical, socioeconomic, or religious proximity. In recent evening, a proliferation of interne...

18 Dec 202455min

CLASSIC: Pop Music, Black Magic and Murder: The Mona Fandey Case

CLASSIC: Pop Music, Black Magic and Murder: The Mona Fandey Case

Born Nur Maznah Binti Ismail in Kangar, Perlis, the musician Mona Fandey achieved national success with her song Ku Nyanyikan Lagu Ini in 1987 -- yet her career seemed destined to slowly fade away, wi...

17 Dec 202443min

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 ...

16 Dec 202458min

The Third Man Factor, Chapter Two: The Science and The Spirit

The Third Man Factor, Chapter Two: The Science and The Spirit

Could mysterious, possibly supernatural strangers really appear at just the right time to save someone's life? It's a question that's haunted humanity since the days of ancient empires. To many, these...

13 Dec 202441min

CLASSIC: The Death of Jeffrey Epstein

CLASSIC: The Death of Jeffrey Epstein

Earlier this year the guys traced the rise of the enigmatic financier and child abuser Jeffrey Epstein, discovering a quagmire of crime, corruption and cover-ups implicating some of the world’s most p...

12 Dec 20241h 10min

The Third Man Factor, Chapter One: "Who is the third who walks always beside you?"

The Third Man Factor, Chapter One: "Who is the third who walks always beside you?"

Imagine you are on the edge of death. You're summiting Everest, surviving on a space station, lost in the woods or losing consciousness after a car accident. Suddenly, a mysterious presence appears: "...

11 Dec 202443min

CLASSIC: Uncle Sam Opens The Gateway: The Monroe Institute

CLASSIC: Uncle Sam Opens The Gateway: The Monroe Institute

From the late 1970s to the 1980s, the US Government paid for intelligence officers to undergo weeklong training sessions at a remote place called the Monroe Institute. Training sessions themselves are...

10 Dec 202440min

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