Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
From UFOs to psychic powers and government cover-ups, history is riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or learn the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know ... an audio podcast from iHeartRadio.
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2018 епизода
How Tarot Cards (Might) Work
Have you ever used a Tarot deck? Heck, have you designed your own? In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the strange history of the Tarot,...
CLASSIC: Secrets of the Livestock Industry, Chapter One: Why is meat so cheap?
The global livestock industry employs millions of people in one way or another -- meat is a big business, and business is booming. In communities acro...
Strange News: Strange News: Sperm Racing, the Death of Ted Turner and Spirit Airlines, Media Freedom is in Trouble, the Voting Rights Act Conspiracy, and More
In this week's strange news segment: you can officially enter your sperm in an international race! The legendary, divisive Ted Turner is dead, as is S...
Serpent Gods: The Legend of Nāga
In an increasingly secular world, people often look back on the past with a mixture of amusement and disdain: "Why," they ask, "would our ancestors re...
Listener Mail: A Ghost Story, Assassinations, Robot Etymology and More
In this week's listener mail segment: Poe inspires a conversation about the End of Ownership. Chewy Black Heart asks the guys for more about missing s...
Possessed By The Devil: The Story of Latoya Ammons
When the Ammons family moved to their new home in Gary, Indiana, they weren't sure what to expect. Of course, they anticipated all the usual hassles o...
CLASSIC: The Port Chicago Disaster
On July 17, 1944, over 300 people died in a massive explosion. These weren't soldiers fighting overseas -- they were sailors and civilians near the pi...
Strange News: Ku-Wait a Second: an Indian Billionaire Saves Escobar's Hippos, Oil Prices Spike, Greece To Ban Online Anonymity, the FBI vs. Bigfoot, and More
In this week's strange news segment: Ben and Matt explore a billionaire's mission to save Pablo Escobar's Hippos. Also, western oil profits skyrocket...
The End of Ownership
For most of modern history, the concept of ownership was pretty simple. You paid for something, either all at once or over time, and boom: you owned i...
Listener Mail: Disappearing Scientists, Trucking, Environmental Contamination, and More
In this week's listener mail segment: Ben, Matt and Noel respond to an anonymous call about disappearing scientists and military officials. PCC38Light...
Was Borley Rectory Really the Most Haunted House in England?
Tucked away in Suffolk, more than 60 miles from London, the tiny village of Borley is a 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' spot on the map of the UK countrysi...
CLASSIC: The Ghislaine Maxwell Update: Who killed Robert Maxwell?
Ghislaine Maxwell, long time associate of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is currently incarcerated, charged with helping recruit, groom and abus...
Strange News: The Onion vs. Alex Jones, Pasta Heists, AI Zuckerberg, and More
In this week's strange news segment, Ben, Matt and Noel discuss: the Onion's all-but-certain acquisition of Alex Jones's Infowars, pasta heists and pa...
Was Jeffrey Epstein A Spy?
By now, the story of Jeffrey Epstein is familiar to people across the globe. A once-obscure financier, fixer, child abuser and sex trafficker who died...
Introducing: The Girlfriends: Trust Me Babe
When a group of women from all over the country realize they all dated the same prolific romance scammer they vow to bring him to justice. In this br...
CLASSIC: What happened to Rebecca Coriam?
In tonight's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to a case that still haunts them: at just 24 years old, Rebecca Coriam had her whole life ahea...
Appalachian Horror: Voices in the Woods
Are you an outdoorsy type? If so, you know the wilderness is beautiful and dangerous. Slippery terrain, lack of water, poisonous plants, wild animals...
CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter Two: Seriously, Weird Dudes
It's true that the founders of the United States all too often failed to live up to the values they espoused in the Constitution and other related doc...
Strange News: Stop Meowing On Planes, Maine vs. Data Centers, Spy News, Mexico Goes Socialist, and Much More
The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and trucke...
Trucking is in Trouble.
The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and trucke...
Listener Mail: Raccoon Penis Toothpicks, FNU LNU, Rigid Airships
In this week's listener mail segment: Xevious Wrecks hips Ben and Noel to 'hillbilly toothpicks', a euphemism for raccoon penises, inspiring the guys...
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 w...
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 memo...
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 Ti...
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 you...
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 Mormon...
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...
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 episode...
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 th...
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" cap...
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 conve...
The Future of Detention Centers
As the United States debate over immigration continues to rage, Uncle Sam is constructing hundreds of controversial detainment centers. The official r...
CLASSIC: Putin's Strange New Law
The Russian government may soon pass an unusual law giving any former Russian president legal immunity -- not only from any crimes committed while in...
Strange News: The TSA Conspiracy, a Missing General, Oil Trades and More
In this week's strange news segment: Ben, Matt and Noel explore the oddly credible conspiracy that recent hours-long lines at US airports may be part...
Mind Games: an Interview with Zoë Lescaze
Does hypnosis work? Can you really hack your brain into becoming a better person? On the flip side: Can you possibly push people to do what you want,...
Listener Mail: Moltbook, Missoula Tunnels, and DOOMBRAIN!
In this week's listener mail segment: Hootsifer hips Ben, Matt and Noel to the fascinating -- and disturbing -- process of using human brain cells on...
What Just Happened In Venezuela -- And Why?
While the relationship between the United States and Venezuela has been tense in recent decades, things massively escalated earlier this year. The U.S...
CLASSIC: Did the prison industry push gangster rap?
What makes a genre of music successful? Ideally, the art connects on a personal level with the audience, speaking truth to power, tapping into a unive...
Strange News: Farsi Numbers Stations, a New 9/11(?), Afroman, a Missing Major General and More
In this week's Strange News segment, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the following: As the Iran conflict ramps up, a mysterious numbers station begins tran...
The Looming Hunger Crisis
Have you ever been starving? Ben, Noel and Dylan hope the answer is "no" -- however, as the guy's learn in tonight's episode, the world is currently o...