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Interview: OBSCURUM, with Gabe Lenners
Beginning in 2019, locals in rural areas of Nebraska and Colorado were astonished to witness multiple mysterious lights and objects in the sky. Every…
1 year, 2 months ago
Listener Mail: The Piasa Bird, Bots and the Post Office, and Horoscopes for AI
The guys explore the legend of the mysterious Piasa Bird. A Conspiracy Realist at the US Post Office inspires an exploration of post-human automation…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why are so many spies getting busted?
Forget pretty much everything you've heard about James Bond. While loosely based on espionage tactics of yesteryear, actual human-based tradecraft is…
1 year, 2 months ago
CLASSIC: What are "Black Sites"?
In the United States, people accused of crimes are entitled to certain well-known protections under the law. And, in the international sphere, global…
1 year, 2 months ago
Strange News: "Freedom Cities" are the New Company Towns, Sackler Family Doesn't Go To Jail
A phenomenally powerful international lobbying group -- Freedom Cities -- pushes the idea of US communities run by corporations. An opioid update rev…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Trouble With Tariffs: the Smoot-Hawley Act
Tariffs! If you're like most people in the US, you probably didn't think much about the concept until recently -- it's always been one of those histo…
1 year, 2 months ago
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…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months ago