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Episodes
Ep. 251: The Search for Lemuria (Video)
4/22/2024
Lemuria. If you are familiar with this place, you probably know it as a lost continent (akin to Atlantis), that was inhabited by higher beings who not live in the hollow Earth under Mt. Shasta in California. You may also believe that extraterrestrials seeded this continent with crystals before it sank to the bottom of […]
Duration:01:06:30
Ep. 251: The Search for Lemuria
4/22/2024
Lemuria. If you are familiar with this place, you probably know it as a lost continent (akin to Atlantis), that was inhabited by higher beings who not live in the hollow Earth under Mt. Shasta in California. You may also believe that extraterrestrials seeded this continent with crystals before it sank to the bottom of […]
Duration:01:07:59
Ep. 250: When Sci-Fi Invaded Television (Video)
4/8/2024
Science Fiction has had a prolific run on television. I bet some of your favorite shows have elements of Sci-Fi in them whether you know it or not. Westworld, The Mandalorian, and Stranger Things are just a few of the blockbuster shows driving you to your tv set. If you go way back, before Lost, […]
Duration:01:04:17
Ep. 250: When Sci-Fi Invaded Television
4/8/2024
Science Fiction has had a prolific run on television. I bet some of your favorite shows have elements of Sci-Fi in them whether you know it or not. Westworld, The Mandalorian, and Stranger Things are just a few of the blockbuster shows driving you to your tv set. If you go way back, before Lost, […]
Duration:01:06:05
Ep. 249: The Coming Cicada Swarm (Video)
3/25/2024
An extraordinarily rare event is going to happen in 2024: Two periodical cicada broods will be emerging at the same time, covering both the South and the Midwest in large, droning insects for six weeks this summer. How rare are we talking here? How about once every 221 years level of rare? The last time […]
Duration:01:08:41
Ep. 249: The Coming Cicada Swarm
3/25/2024
An extraordinarily rare event is going to happen in 2024: Two periodical cicada broods will be emerging at the same time, covering both the South and the Midwest in large, droning insects for six weeks this summer. How rare are we talking here? How about once every 221 years level of rare? The last time […]
Duration:01:09:33
Ep. 248: The Untold Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (video)
3/11/2024
Edgar Allan Poe was the original Gloomy Gus right? Writing horror stories alone, in a dilapidated mansion, with only the company of a red-eyed raven to keep him sane. Most people probably believe his life was actually in black and white. Turns out this is NOT the case! He played flutes at parties, solved ciphers […]
Duration:00:53:47
Ep. 248: The Untold Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
3/11/2024
Edgar Allan Poe was the original Gloomy Gus right? Writing horror stories alone, in a dilapidated mansion, with only the company of a red-eyed raven to keep him sane. Most people probably believe his life was actually in black and white. Turns out this is NOT the case! He played flutes at parties, solved ciphers […]
Duration:00:54:16
*Bonus* – Pablo Picasso: Art Thief
2/26/2024
Contrary to popular movies, most art crime is NOT perpetrate by some private art collector in order to enhance their collection. Oh well there is one notable exception: Pablo Picasso! Check out this bonus episode and learn how Picasso got wrapped up in the Mona Lisa caper, and what he actually had stolen.
Duration:00:10:55
Ep. 247: The Guy Who Stole The Mona Lisa (Video)
2/26/2024
Just the mention of the name “Mona Lisa” sparks images of a cherub faced woman, half-smiling, hanging on a wall at the Louvre. This is true of almost EVERYONE on the planet, but that was not always the case. As a matter of fact, the Mona Lisa is kind of famous for being famous, and […]
Duration:01:05:20
Ep. 247: The Guy Who Stole The Mona Lisa
2/26/2024
Just the mention of the name “Mona Lisa” sparks images of a cherub faced woman, half-smiling, hanging on a wall at the Louvre. This is true of almost EVERYONE on the planet, but that was not always the case. As a matter of fact, the Mona Lisa is kind of famous for being famous, and […]
Duration:01:06:50
*Bonus* – Avoiding Urban Animals
2/12/2024
As humans continue to sprawl into every known corner of the world, reproducing at a unsustainable rate, more and more we are invading on turf currently occupied by wild animals. You may encounter these guys while walking to the garbage, or may even see them IN your garbage, depending on the time of day. I […]
Duration:00:13:51
Ep. 246: Surviving Wild Animal Encounters (Video)
2/12/2024
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy the outdoors. Hiking can be a fun past time, but depending on where you go there is always a chance that you could run into a dangerous animal. So what do you do? Are you supposed to look intimidating or play dead? Do you run to climb […]
Duration:01:09:03
Ep. 246: Surviving Wild Animal Encounters
2/12/2024
I don’t know about you, but I enjoy the outdoors. Hiking can be a fun past time, but depending on where you go there is always a chance that you could run into a dangerous animal. So what do you do? Are you supposed to look intimidating or play dead? Do you run to climb […]
Duration:01:09:48
Ep. 245: How Will It End? Let Me Count The Ways (Video)
1/29/2024
No one knows how it all will end. Will we blow ourselves up in a fiery nuclear explosion? Will an asteroid smash into the Earth giving us the dinosaur treatment? Will some new virus wipe out humanity before we have a chance to counter its spread? While we can’t see the future, we can chronicle […]
Duration:01:05:31
Ep. 245: How Will It End? Let Me Count The Ways
1/29/2024
No one knows how it all will end. Will we blow ourselves up in a fiery nuclear explosion? Will an asteroid smash into the Earth giving us the dinosaur treatment? Will some new virus wipe out humanity before we have a chance to counter its spread? While we can’t see the future, we can chronicle […]
Duration:01:06:18
*Bonus* – Communes in California
1/15/2024
As the center of the hippie movement, California has a long history of cults and communes. In this bones episode, we tell the story of how religious groups helped popularize the modern Vegetarian movement, as well as the sordid background of the beloved Kettle Chips.
Duration:00:15:05
Ep. 244: How Cults & Communes Cultivated Common Cuisine (Video)
1/15/2024
When it comes to spiritual belief, the United States is very unique. Since religion is protected by the first amendment, the country has been fertile ground to many spiritual groups, cults, communes, and other religious groups. Some have taken an isolation approach, and if your group is remote, you will have to grow and make […]
Duration:01:03:53
Ep. 244: How Cults & Communes Cultivated Common Cuisine
1/15/2024
When it comes to spiritual belief, the United States is very unique. Since religion is protected by the first amendment, the country has been fertile ground to many spiritual groups, cults, communes, and other religious groups. Some have taken an isolation approach, and if your group is remote, you will have to grow and make […]
Duration:01:05:04
Ep. 243: A Brief History of Alien Visitation (Video)
12/11/2023
When it comes to the UFO phenomenon, we have discussed a lot of it on this show, including The Battle of Los Angeles, Betty & Barney Hill, Roswell, the Jackie Gleason/Richard Nixon alien encounter, and John Dover’s experiences on the Navajo Nation. This is a lot, but can you believe there’s more?! This week I […]
Duration:00:58:48