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What Comes After Humans? Chapter Two: The Next Dominant Species
Let's imagine the worst scenario for civilization: humans, for one reason or another, go extinct. What will rise from the ashes of the Anthropocene t…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Listener Mail: Big Tobacco, Kaikōura LightsTheories, Post-Snuff Messages and More
The Chef calls in with a fascinating theory on the Kaikōura lights. Nemesis shares an inside look at Big Tobacco, answering Ben's earlier question ab…
8 months ago
What Comes After Humans? Chapter One: A Brief, Brightly Burning Light
Humans! Seems like they're everywhere these days. They've also been great for our show, so thanks! Anyhow, the Age of the Anthropocene has fundamenta…
8 months ago
CLASSIC: Operation Infektion: Russia's AIDS Conspiracy
HIV and AIDS, the syndrome the infection causes, have become the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. Over the decades people have proposed the i…
8 months ago
Strange News: Peter and the Antichrist, Hegseth's Stand-up Bombs, Crypto Heists and More
The world's largest crypto-related heists poses a bizarre dilemma for authorities in London. The perplexing meeting of US Secretary of War Pete Hegse…
8 months ago
Is there a secret room inside Mount Rushmore?
It's an image famous -- and controversial -- all the world round: in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the US government wrought four gigantic sculptu…
8 months ago
Listener Mail: Ben Versus the Sun, Humans Visit Savannah, Matt Airs Hot Takes On The Future
Happy Rutabaga Day. In this week's listener mail segment, Ben, Matt and Dylan learn about the plans to finally take the sun down a notch. Insight on …
8 months, 1 week ago
Snuff Films: Fact and Fiction
The "snuff film" is a profoundly disturbing urban legend: the idea that a shadowy group (or groups) manufacture real-life acts of torture, defilement…
8 months, 1 week ago
CLASSIC: The Forced Assimilation of Native People
For centuries the U.S. government conspired to persecute, attack and marginalize the native population. When open warfare became too expensive, some …
8 months, 1 week ago
Strange News: A Terrifying New York Mystery, Peeing in Theaters, Pentagon Wiling Out, and More
As world leaders convene for the United Nations General Assembly, the US Secret Service uncovers a massive telecom conspiracy -- and has no idea who …
8 months, 1 week ago