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Missing in Arizona, with Jon Walczak
April 10, 2001, an explosion rocked a cozy Scottsdale neighborhood. The mother of the family, along with her children, were discovered murdered insid…
1 year, 5 months ago
CLASSIC: Locked Up and Lost: Healthcare in the Prison System
While the United States is home to some of the world's most advanced medical technology, it's no secret that it has a terrible healthcare system -- m…
1 year, 5 months ago
Strange News: Classrooms with AI Teachers? A Mushroom-robot Hybrid, and Trouble in Millersville, TN
Over in the UK, David Game College has instituted a revolutionary -- and disturbing -- pilot program: What if, they argue, we can just have AI teach …
1 year, 5 months ago
The Future of Robot “Servants”
The human world is increasingly 'assisted' by a pantheon of automations. Yet this emergent reality brings to bear fundamental philosophical quandries…
1 year, 5 months ago
Listener Mail: Project Monarch, Skyhook, and Venezuelan Gangs (Allegedly) Overtaking Colorado Apartment buildings.
How much do we really know about MKULTRA (spoiler: not much). What about Project Monarch? What's the deal with all these viral stories about Venezuel…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Dark Side of Adoption
Adoption is, at heart, an amazing concept. People who'd love nothing more than being part of a family come together and create their own -- no two wa…
1 year, 6 months ago
CLASSIC: Canada's Roswell: The Shag Harbor Incident
In 1967 the tiny fishing community of Shag Harbor became ground zero for one of the most infamous UFO sightings in Canadian history. More than 50 yea…
1 year, 6 months ago
Strange News: The Death of a "Spy" Beluga Whale, Mobile Phones and Cancer, Car Rentals For Thieves
After making waves in 2019 with his affable nature and mysterious harness, the legendary beluga whale Hvaldimir has been found dead -- prompting seri…
1 year, 6 months ago
Election Monitoring and Conspiracies
Voting is a pretty big deal -- and, around the world, it's also often controversial. Current civilization puts a great amount of weight on the legiti…
1 year, 6 months ago
Listener Mail: The Social Security Hack, Mount Weather, the AI Basilisk and Letters From Home
What happens when so many social security numbers get exposed, all at once? What's happening up at Mount Weather? Could an inorganic, sentient mind r…
1 year, 6 months ago