Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
The Dead Internet Theory
The internet is amazing, terrifying, hilarious and, as you read this, still evolving today. We genuinely don't know if humans are ready for it. Tonig…
1 year, 9 months ago
CLASSIC: What exactly is 'Natural Flavoring'?
You can find phrases touting "natural" flavoring on products throughout most modern supermarkets, from beverages to cereal to more -- but what exactl…
1 year, 9 months ago
Strange News: Rap Beefs, Tornadoes, Brain Worms and More
What's going on with all these tornado clusters-- and what does it tell us about the future of natural disasters? The gang weighs in on the larger co…
1 year, 10 months ago
Universe 25: The Parable of Rodent Utopias and Behavioral Sinks
What would happen if you built an almost-perfect world, limited in terms only of space? How would people react -- could you create a utopian society?…
1 year, 10 months ago
Listener Mail: Real Telepathy, Bird Flu and Cows, Voting Age, A Wholesome Conspiracy
J Conner and Ben bond on the concept that technological breakthroughs may lead to the creation of real-life telepathy. Scootch weighs in on the pickl…
1 year, 10 months ago
Drugs As Weapons, Part II: Cannabis-induced Psychosis
Ah, cannabis! That oft-vilified, oft-worshipped source of so many creative snacks, amazing music, and... legal chaos. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt…
1 year, 10 months ago
CLASSIC: Is MI5 a Criminal Organization?
Also known as the Security Service, MI5 is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, dealing with threats inside the ki…
1 year, 10 months ago
Strange News: New Orleans Archdiocese Scandal, Explosions in Clinton Township, The US Campus Protests Make History
A sex-trafficking inquiry targets the New Orleans archdiocese. An explosion in Michigan's Clinton Township triggers an investigation. Widespread anti…
1 year, 10 months ago
CLASSIC: The Truth Behind the Salem Witch Trials, with Aaron Mahnke
Join Ben and Matt as they interview Aaron Mahnke, the creator of the world-famous Lore podcast, about Unobscured, the new series where he dives deep …
1 year, 10 months ago
Listener Mail: Breaking Physics? Firefighters and PFAs, Superfund Sites and Baseball.
Secret Soup Can hips the guys to the newest 'Big If True' -- aka alleged -- breakthrough in alternative propulsion. Matt the Firefighter shares a wid…
1 year, 10 months ago