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Listener Mail: (non-human) Cognition, Diplomatic Immunity, the Cops Tell Us About The Manchester Pusher
Dognition asks for a nickname. Big Randy checks in. Multiple folks in the Greater Manchester area follow up with their opinions on murder. All this a…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
China Hacked The US Treasury -- And This Is Only The Beginning
With global impact and domestic dissent, the U.S. Treasury remains one of the world's most impactful institutions. What happens when this institution…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
CLASSIC: Film Conspiracies -- an Interview with Chuck Bryant, From Earlier
Did someone really hang themselves on camera in the Wizard of Oz? Did Stanley Kubrick hide a secret message in Eyes Wide Shut? It's no secret that th…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Strange News: Love on the Train, Space Updates, AI as G-d, Pre-crime Targeting of Protestors, and More
Updates on space exploration. A seemingly-symbolic quarrel between an eagle and a goose. Large language models try out religion and pre-crime, all as…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Astrology and the Government, Chapter Two: Fortune-telling in the White House
While astrology is often portrayed as a belief system of ancient empires and ages past, the popular assumption could not be further from the truth. I…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Listener Mail: The Prophecy of the Popes, Canada vs. the US, Sovereign Wealth Funds and More
Is the world genuinely witnessing the unfolding Prophecy of the Popes? The Wondering Wizard wants to know. Alpha Flight comments on the growing tensi…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Astrology and the Government, Chapter One: The Myanmar Move
Astrology! To true believers, this genre of divination provides deep inside to the secret mechanicisms of the Heavens and the Earth. To skeptics, it'…
1 year ago
CLASSIC: Can weather make you "crazy"?
For thousands of years, people have been convinced that the weather and the position of the moon can wreak profound havoc on human behavior. This bel…
1 year ago
Strange News: Wooly Mice, Severed Hands, and Space Updates (Spacedates?)
The race toward de-extincting mammoths (and other creatures) continues apace, here at what Ben calls "the end of history." The newest step toward thi…
1 year ago
Scam Factory, with Denise Chan
It's a harrowing story, often untold in the West: while everyone's tired of scam calls and texts, we rarely ask about the lives of people on the othe…
1 year ago