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Did Lead Exposure Create Serial Killers?
Nowadays, everyone knows lead is toxic. Yet for thousands of years, it was treated as a miracle substance. Ancient Romans used it in everything from …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter One: Some Very Weird Dudes
In this week's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore some extremely weird dudes known as the Founding Fathers of the United States. They're mem…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Strange News: Science Forgot Gloves, Easter Skull Eggs, Satoshi Nakamoto Revealed, and More
In this week's strange news segment, Ben, Dylan and Noel explore the story of the legendary Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — and how the New York T…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Bringing Back The Dead
Humanity has been obsessed with the idea of death well before the dawn of modern Homo sapiens -- civilization knows what happens to your body when yo…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Listener Mail: AI Sports Commentary, RTX Corporation, A Latter-day Saint Perspective
In this week's listener mail segment: Neek the Greek prompts Ben, Matt and Noel to explore AI in live sports commentary. James weighs in with a Mormo…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Technology is Making Legends Real
Ben, Matt, and Noel love folklore. After all, stories are one of humanity's first technologies -- and they continue to shape the world today. Most of…
2 months ago
CLASSIC: The Wide World of Food Conspiracies, Part II
Food is one of the few things that unites the human species -- so it's no surprise the world of food is chock-full of conspiracies. In today's episod…
2 months ago
Strange News: Orgasm Cults, VPNs are Getting Shady, a Kit-Kat Heist, a White House Bunker, and More
In this week's strange news segment: Ben, Matt and Noel discover their old conspiracy about VPNs might actually be true. Ben introduces the crew to t…
2 months ago
Does Russia Really Have "Superweapons"?
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, Ben, Matt and Noel explore ongoing claims that the Russian government may possess secret "superweapons" ca…
2 months ago
Listener Mail: One Moo To Rule Them All? Sleep Paralysis, McCasland Updates, Epstein Funded Telepathy, and More
In this weekly listener mail segment, Jmodaez hips Ben, Matt and Noel to Peter Thiel's funding of 'cowcollars'. Over on Spotify, Sasha prompts a conv…
2 months ago