Podcast Episodes

Strange News: Mass Surveillance, Endangered Elections, the Annabelle Doll, Radioactive Animals, and More

New reports raise growing concerns that the next US elections may be endangered -- along with a ton of other rights. After 54 years of fire, Turkmeni…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Interview: Absolute, with Nick Berardini, Part 2

As Taser International rolls out increasingly powerful and sophisticated tasers, they also massively expand sales to law enforcement agencies across …

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Listener Mail: The Lead-Crime Hypothesis, Space Pancakes of Eagle River, Nurses and Super Smell, Alien Observation and More

K prompts an exploration of the theory that lead exposure created a crime wave -- and possibly explains how this may have created a rash of serial ki…

1 year ago

Interview: Absolute, with Nick Berardini

Nowadays, everyone knows what a taser is. Manufacturers, politicians and law enforcement have long championed these devices as "non-lethal" and "safe…

1 year ago

CLASSIC: Bug Out Bag 101

If you were cut off from everything for 72 hours, what would you need to survive? If you found yourself in the middle of nowhere -- or if you needed …

1 year ago

Strange News: Uncle Sam Wants You To Venmo Him, Sex Slavery in Alabama, Blackmailed Monks in Thailand, A Missing Grenade in Los Angeles, and More

Note: this week's strange news segment may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Authorities have uncovered a sophisticated sexual abuse and slavery …

1 year ago

CLASSIC: Why is the Navy worried about releasing the secret UFO Files?

After years of rumors, recent releases have confirmed the US government knew much more about UFOs than they'd originally let on. And, despite the rec…

1 year ago

Listener Mail: ChatBot Therapists, the Kaikōura Lights and More Strange Things in the SKy

Uncle Benny hips the gang to the bizarre story of the Kaikōura lights. Smells Like Low Tide asks about the latest news regarding the First Palomar Sk…

1 year ago

Disaster in the Water: The Turkey Point Salt Plume

Located just 25 miles south of Miami, Florida, the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station provides power for hundreds of thousands of people -- and …

1 year ago

CLASSIC: The True Story of the Ancient Chinese Giants

Like many other regions of the world, China has its own folklore about ancient, humanoid giants. In most cases, these legends have a mundane cause --…

1 year ago