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Strange News: The UK Has A Monster Problem, Saudi Arabia Conspires to Hook You on Oil, A Naked Guy at Disney.
A naked man causes chaos at Disney. Saudi Arabia courts controversy with a program meant to hook developing countries on fossil fuels. A recent UK in…
2 years, 3 months ago
CLASSIC: What is Agent Orange?
Named for the orange stripe lining the 55 gallon barrels containing this herbicide and defoliant, Agent Orange was one of the most widely-used "rainb…
2 years, 3 months ago
CLASSIC: Stanley Kubrick: The Man and the Myths
Legendary auteur Stanley Kubrick is considered one of the most important single individuals in the history of modern film. There’s no question that h…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hypnosis: Fact and Fiction
Most people are familiar with some version of "hypnosis" -- at least as it's portrayed in fiction. But what is hypnosis, exactly? Why did this fancy …
2 years, 3 months ago
CLASSIC: The Mystery of North Sentinel Island
India controls numerous islands in the Indian Ocean, and they have a strange set of rules for North Sentinel Islands -- a tiny, remote place most peo…
2 years, 3 months ago
CLASSIC: Who created the opioid epidemic?
In the U.S. doctors often prescribe opioids for pain management, and it's no secret that these substances are a big business for pharmaceutical compa…
2 years, 3 months ago
CLASSIC: The Ariel School UFO Encounter
On September 16, 1994, teachers and school officials at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe were amazed when the school's students reported that a fly…
2 years, 3 months ago
Listener Mail: Massive Recalls, Chicken Nuggets, the Balfour Declaration and the Shadow of Upton Sinclair
Lord of Enjoyment calls in with some additional context on the Tyson chicken nugget recall. A letter prompts a conversation about the controversy sur…
2 years, 3 months ago
Who Killed JFK? with Rob Reiner
Sixty years ago this week, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade through Dallas, Texas. In tonight's conv…
2 years, 3 months ago
CLASSIC: The Kennedy Curse
The Kennedy family is one of the most well-known and influential dynasties in US politics, and the family members are enormously wealthy. Yet despite…
2 years, 3 months ago