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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Strange News: The World's Officially Loudest Guy Ever, Ranch Dressing and the TSA, Data Centers, Billionaires are Lying to You
In this week's Strange News segment: a Canberra resident gets a world record for being the loudest guy ever. A retelling of previous conversations abo...
People As Currency: The Murky World of 'Prisoner Exchange'
Throughout history, war has continually resulted in hostages -- these could be soldiers, spies, or civilians. And, even in the heat of conflict, oppos...
CLASSIC: What is the Latitude Society?
For many, the story began with the receipt of a mysterious card, which led them to a nondescript address in San Francisco. From there, new members of...
The Flock Episode, Chapter Two: Expansion, Activism, Orwell and the Future
How much personal privacy would you be willing to sacrifice for the Greater Good of stopping crime? The breakout surveillance company Flock Safety cla...
CLASSIC: Reddit vs. Wall Street: Peasants invade the casino?
How did a handful of otherwise unremarkable stocks become some of the most closely watched things on Wall Street? In today's episode, the guys explore...
Strange News: Animal Spies in China! AI Goes Rogue, Petey Thiel's Secret Network Exposed, and More
In this week's strange news segment: after a quick update on the cartoonish Iran-US negotiations (which we're sure will age well), Ben, Matt and Noel...
The Flock Episode, Chapter One: Safety vs. Surveillance
In less than a decade since its formation in 2017, Flock Safety has exploded across the United States, with thousands of surveillance cameras in every...
Listener Mail: META Glasses, the United Kingdom is in Trouble, AI Kidnappings and More
In tonight's listener mail segment: a professional NHS investigator responds to the Ben, Matt and Noel's earlier interview segment about the Lucy Letb...
Exercise Tiger: The Slapton Sands Cover-up
As one of the most high-stakes, ambitious operations in all of military history, the D-Day invasion of World War II remains a thrilling -- and terrify...
CLASSIC: Ireland's Vanishing Triangle
Inspired by a listener mail, the guys explore an enduring, disturbing mystery from across the Atlantic: Between 1993 and the late 1990s, multiple wome...
Strange News: The Pentagon vs. Religion, Denver Airport Conspiracies, Poop with a Point, Firenadoes and More
In this week's strange news segment, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into some outright bizarre stories: tornadoes made of fire. The Pentagon versus hundreds...
Cargill Might Be The Worst Company You've Never Heard Of
While you may have never heard of Cargill, you almost certainly have bought some of their products. Cargill is the largest privately held company in a...
Listener Mail: Game Show Spies, Free Tech is Orwellian Surviellance, Flock is Terrifying and You Should Be Worried
Boozy inspires Ben to propose an investigation into all game show hosts for possible espionage. Swearing In asks why so many tech giants are selling h...
Can You Count on Numerology?
Math is probably the closest thing humans have to a universal language. Through understanding numbers and their relationships, humanity has been able...
CLASSIC: The Open Skies Treaty
In this week's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to a bizarre harbinger of chaos to come: on November 22, 2020, the United States withdrew fr...
Strange News: Kimchi vs. Microplastics, Vladimir Putin Spends Billions on Longevity, Mysterious Sewer Denizens, A Silent Facebook Protest, and More
Could fermented cabbage save humans from microplastics? What's going on with Putin's secretive, multi-billion dollar life extension project? Over in N...
The Lucy Letby Case, with Amanda Knox
It's often said that the modern world has two separate courts: the actual court of legal proceedings -- and the much less reliable court of public opi...
Listener Mail: Blood Sacrifice and Sports, HipHop as Literature, the Caldor Burn Scar Area and More
S proposes that some modern sports get very close to human sacrifice. Flea asks the gang for recommendations on 'good' HipHop. Laney, the editor of th...
The True Story of Aleister Crowley
Depending on whom you ask, Aleister Crowley was: a genius, a conman, a criminal, a philosopher, a prophet, the greatest magician of the modern age, or...
CLASSIC: Interview: Psychedelics, Machine Elves and More with Kesha
In this interview, award-winning musical phenomenon Kesha joins the guys on a wide-ranging exploration of everything from UFO disclosure to deep-dive...
Strange News: The Steroid Olympics, Viral Neck Shadows, Your WiFi is Watching You, Chemical Disasters, and More
The first Steroid Olympics -- officially the 'Enhanced Games' took place in Las Vegas. The bizarre story of an Admiral's neck on Fox. A terrifying che...
Pressie: The Serpentine Cryptid of Lake Superior
Everybody's heard of Nessie, the infamous cryptid alleged to reside in Scotland's Loch Ness -- but did you know Lake Superior may be home to a mysteri...
CLASSIC: Child Soldiers: A Hidden Horror
War is an ugly, abhorrent thing--and it's been with humanity since the dawn of our species. While the practice itself is chock-full of conspiracy, cor...
Blood Magic: The Fact and Fiction of Human Sacrifice
Human sacrifice is an ancient, surprisingly common and widely-misunderstood practice found in cultures across history. These ritualized murders occurr...
CLASSIC: The Disturbing Origins of Generally Good Things
It's often said there's a great crime at the heart of every great fortune, but what about institutions, inventions and other noble pursuits? In today'...
Strange News: Banning Audits, Tahoe's in Trouble, Fish Butts, Automakers Shift to Defense, and More
U.S. agencies make waves with a declaration that the current President -- and all his businesses -- can never be audited. Fish take parasitic and emba...
Sonic Youth and Murder, with Jake Brennan
Over the course of their relatively short career, Sonic Youth absolutely rocked the music world, creating timeless songs and art that remain deeply re...
Listener Mail: RavenEye AI, DeFlock America, the Tina Resch Poltergeist, When The President Visits and More
Dropbear Whisperer asks for more exploration of new AI initiatives like Raveneye and BlueHalo. Hidalgo inspires the guys to explore the story of Tina...
The Continuing Conspiracy of Louisiana's Cancer Alley
With distinct food, history, and world-famous culture, Louisiana is one of the most unique states in all of the union. It also has some serious proble...
CLASSIC: Secrets of Livestock Industry, Chapter Two: The Animals and the Bug
In the second part of this Classic series, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into another aspect of the global livestock industry: the lives of the animals and...
Strange News: Is the Hantavirus a New Pandemic? Corruption in Georgia, Data Centers, Chinese Spies, and More
The world follows the bizarre saga of a hantavirus outbreak aboard the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius. Is a new pandemic on the way? A small-town mayor in G...
Introducing: Kingdom of Fraud
It’s the unlikeliest of criminal partnerships: a devout polygamist from an insular Utah sect joining forces with a shadowy Armenian tycoon from LA. Th...
Epstein: The Mystery of Zorro Ranch
Like so many wealthy people, disgraced financier and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein owned multiple properties across the Western world (spoiler, the...
Listener Mail: Charles Taylor and the CIA, High-altitude Airships, the Port Chicago Disaster, and More.
OrpheusFox hips the guys to a conspiratorial jailbreak... which may have been orchestrated by the CIA. Mr. P. prompts an exploration of mysterious, hi...
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...