Conspiracy Clearinghouse

EPISODE 168 | Eating the Onions: War of the Worlds & Other Scares In an environment of experimental fiction, metanarratives, postmodern satire, disinformation, deep fakes, and fake news, a sizeable portion of the content gobbling audience takes things that are not true as being actually true. Online, this happens with alarming regularity with articles published by satirical news site The Onion; so often, in fact, that there’s a term for this phenomenon – it’s called Eating the Onion. The subjects of intentional disinformation, deep fakes, and fake news are one thing, but what we’re looking at here at times when something that was never intended to be taken seriously (though it used real world tropes and structures for narrative effect), were accidentally thought to be base din reality. And people quite rather lost their shit. Like the 1938 Orson Welles broadcast of The War of the Worlds. But there are other instances as well. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS Here Come the Martian Martians - War of the Worlds Life on Mars? - Alternative 3, Special Bulletin, The War Game & The Day After Happy Phantom - Ghostwatch, Without Warning Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer - April Fool's gone awry Part of Your World - Mermaids, dragons, megalodon Music by Fanette Ronjat Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter)  

7/29/26 • 50:28

EPISODE 167 | American Trickster: The Cults of Carlos Castaneda Guest: Ru Marshall, American writer and artist Carlos Castaneda made a big splash with his books about the Yaqui shaman Don Juan, but there was a lot more happening than just those increasingly fantastical tales. A LOT more. Author and artist Ru Marshall spent more than 20 years looking into what was really going on with the man who was, at one time, the most famous anthropologist in the world.  And yeah - it gets weird. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info: American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda by Ru Marshall on Amazon American Trickster at OR Books Ru Marshall website Review on Publisher's Weekly Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter)

7/15/26 • 56:32

EPISODE 166 | Sassy Squatches: Chupacabra, Bigfoot & Yeti Some of the most famous cryptids are the bloodsucking Chupacabra (which is of fairly recent invention) and the always popular Bigfoot and their higher latitude cousins, the Abominable Snowman. Is there any truth at all to stories of these creatures, or is it all misunderstandings, misapprehensions, misidentifications, and tomfoolery? There’s only one way to find out: listen to this episode. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - Chupacabra, the Ozark Howler, the sigbin of the Philippines The Amazing Bigfoot Diet - Sasquatch, Bigfoot, big hoaxes with Rant Mullens and Ray Wallace Remember (Walking in the Sand) - The 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, "Capturing Bigfoot" Abominable Snowman in the Market - Yeti reports, smuggling, theories Music by Fanette Ronjat Further Listening: EPISODE 156 | The Shape of Water: Loch Ness and Other Lake Monsters Black Hills Weirdness section of EPISODE 49 | ’Merican Monuments (Travelogue 2) Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter)

7/1/26 • 47:36

EPISODE 165 | MAHA Mia: The Misconceptions of RFK Jr Guest: Evan Nadler, pediatric surgeon and researcher, pioneer in childhood obesity The conspirasphere has been weaponized so much that actual conspiracy theorists now hold important and influential positions in the US government. Perhaps the most egregious example of this is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services. What does an actual doctor think about some of his nuttiness? Listen and find out.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info: Obesity Explained (Dr. Nadler's website) Evan Nadler's YouTube Channel EPISODE 02 | A Cavalcade of COVID-19 Crackpottery EPISODE 26 | Come On Vaccine! Vaccine Hesitancy & You EPISDOE 38 | The Dirty Dozen: Medical Misinformation Miscreants (RFK Jr section is the 2nd one) EPISODE 60 | Under My Skin: Morgellons Disease Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, the 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award & 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER.

6/17/26 • 56:18

EPISODE 164 | Walk Like a Panther: The Palantir 22-Point Manifesto A company many have heard mentioned but don’t know much about caused a stir in the interwebs when its CEO dropped a 22-point manifesto of sorts. Many felt the whole thing smacked of some sort of comic book supervillain’s shopping list, while others nodded their heads at the sage wisdom of the post of X (formerly Twitter). Palantir is the company and the poster was Alex Karp. But just what is Palantir and who is this Karp guy? Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS Five Guys - Nathan Gettings, Stephen Cohen, Alex Karp, Jon Lonsdale, Peter Thiel (the 130th richest country in the world) More Things in Heaven and Earth - Peter Thiel: a Randian Objectivist, a plutocratic reactionary, militarist techno-libertarian, or libertarian authoritarian; post-democracy, liquid democracy; Thiel's views and actions Know Your Product - What Palantir does and what they're worth, Gotham, Foundry, AIP, TITAN, MetaConstellation and MOSAIC, Skykits, Metropolis, ELITE; who uses this stuff, JP Morgan spies on employees  Manifesto - Alex Karp's 22-point summary of The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West Music by Fanette Ronjat Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER    

6/3/26 • 55:51

EPISODE 163 | Vanishing Point: Missing Scientists & the Erosion of Certainty Someone recently wrote that, these days, a conspiracy theory is sort of a political position. It sure does seem that way sometimes, and new conspiracy theories continue to evolve in this disinfo-rich soil we’ve scattered about the internet like so much incontinence. Plus, those in power seem to have figure out that they way to many a voter’s heart is by encouraging conspiracy thinking, tapping into whatever it is that drives people to invest so much in them.  In an attention economy, there’s no such thing as good or bad attention.  So, we look at a brand new conspiracy theory that showed up earlier this year, the Missing Scientists Conspiracy Theory, and then dabble in some of the ways conspiracy thinking has infected and infiltrated the highest levels of American government. Maybe this is a cautionary tale, but it also might be an alarm bell. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS Feeling Gravity's Pull - Monica Jacinto Reza and Amy Eskridge  Propulsion Overdrive - Michael Hicks, Frank Maiwald, Anthony Chavez, Melissa Casias, Steven Garcia, Jason Thomas, Nuno Loureiro, Carl Grillmair, William Neil McCasland, Joshua LeBlanc Supersonic Rocket Ship - A new conspiracy theory is born, parallels are drawn, Chinese scientists, the White House gets involved - Trump, Kash Patel, James Comer, Eric Burlison; Tim Burchett loves David Wilcox How Greene Was My Valley - Marjorie Taylor Greene Foggy Mountain Breakdown - J.D. Vance Music by Fanette Ronjat Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

5/20/26 • 51:58

EPISODE 162 | In Pursuit of D.B. Cooper One of the great unsolved cases in FBI history is the tale of D.B. Cooper, who hijacked a commercial jet and then jumped out the door with a parachute and a bag full of cash. The story has been written about, films have been made, numerous “Mysteries of…” shows have had episodes about it, and there even a few songs that reference the famous gentleman thief of the Pacific Northwest. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 01:36 - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Dan Cooper hijacks a plane 10:38 - Jet Airliner - Notable hijackings, tracking Cooper (money, hair, fingerprints, sketches, DNA, Canadian comics and more) 25:19 - Come Fly with Me - Suspects: Duane Weber, Kenneth Christiansen, Paul Le Clair, Barbara Dayton, William Smith, Lyne Doyle Cooper,  36:41 - Fly Away - More suspects: Ted Braden, Robert Rackstraw, Bryant Coffelt, Richard McCoy Jr,  44:46 - Somewhere in the Sky - Ha Ha Ha, Cooper fans, "we know the middle", copycat Martin McNally, Raymond Sidney Russell, videos, cocktails and more Music by Fanette Ronjat Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

5/6/26 • 52:04

EPISODE 161 | Vroom Broom: Witches & Witch Hunts Hundreds, perhaps thousands, or women were burned alive in Salem, MA, at the end of the 17th century. Their crime? Being witches. That’s what many of us think, anyway. But just how much truth is there in all that? And what, exactly, is a witch? Are there any still around today?  This episode comes in time for this year’s Walpurgis Night, which happens in Central Europe on April 30. Bonfires are made, effigies of witches are burned or thrown into rivers, and there is much feasting and, well, a lot of drinking.  So, let’s talk witches, separating fact from fiction. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 01:40 - Salem Is a Spooky Massachusetts Witch City - The Salem Witch Trials 18:13 - Burn the Witch - A history of witch hunting, the Hammer of Witches, the Great Hunt, notable witch trials, swimming a witch  27:27 - The Devils of Loudon 32:32 - The Spanish Inquisition 35:35 - Waking the Witch - Belief in witches, the witch-cult hypothesis, new Paganism and Wicca 43:47 - Miss Macbeth - Broomsticks, black cats, witches as marginalized people Music by Fanette Ronjat Related Episode Mass Hysteria & Shared Delusions (The World Is Weird 2) Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

4/22/26 • 48:30

EPISODE 160 | A Real Collusion Two political parties hardly seems sufficient for a nation of 342 million, and yet that's exactly the situation in the United States. How did that come to be, and why does it persist? Author Stu Strumwasser explores those ideas with his new novel A Real Collusion as well as in this conversation.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  Music by Fanette Ronjat Links A Real Collusion website Stu Strumwasser website   Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

4/8/26 • 53:20

EPISODE 159 | Maritime Mysteries It’s time to shiver yer timbers and batten down the hatches as we dive into a bucketful of mysteries at sea that have been hard to fathom in the past - the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, the Mary Celeste, and the Flying Dutchman.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 01:20 - The Flannan Isles Lighthouse - Three men vanish and inspire lots of stories 06:31 - The Mary Celeste - The ship is found, speculations aplenty, Frederick Solly-Flood is a stubborn idiot, more theories, misinformation becomes legend, woo-woo enters the picture, 1968 disappearances, the ship is cursed, Gilman Parker hatches a scam, two recent theories 31:13 - The Flying Dutchman - The legend begins, the legend spreads, the Wandering Jew, Prince George of Wales sees it, Fata Morgana, looming, St. Elmo's Fire, other ghost ships Music by Fannete Ronjat Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

3/25/26 • 45:33

EPISODE 158 | Nasty NASA: The Challenger and Other Spacespiracies At 11:38 am  on January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on its 10th mission and 73 seconds later exploded, killing everyone on board. This was seen live on television by millions of people because a civilian teacher was one of the crew.  At first, it was thought an external fuel tank had exploded. But after a thorough investigation, the real culprit turned out to be a faulty O-ring. Over the years, more digging would uncover behind the scenes drama, some of which may have led to the disaster. And for some folks, conspiracy narratives started to circulate that the whole thing was fake, the crew was still alive, that it was aliens, that they slipped into a parallel dimension and so on. Plus, NASA is often the target of conspironauts who think they know what’s “really” going on. Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 01:54 - A Space Boy Dream - What happened with the Challenger explosion 17:07 - Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) - O-rings, organizational malfeasance, the CT that no one really died, a planned mass trauma, other CTs 32:18 - We Are All Made of Stars - The Untold Story of the Challenger Explosion: A Journey Through Time, Conspiracy, and Alternate Realities by David Moore, NASAHoax CTs: alien tech, Nibiru, Saturn Death Stars, the Mars Hoax, a hexagon on Saturn, straight lines in nature,  43:27 - Space Junk - Skylab comes back down, the Skylab astronaut strike, general belief in science, we aren't all that bright Music by Fanette Ronjat Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

3/11/26 • 54:34

EPISODE 157 | Bohemian Books: Gigas, Voynich & Soyga Some very old books have an air of mystery and intrigue about them. Partly, that’s because they are literally hundreds of years old, and partly because of the weird things they contain.  Today, we’ll take a look at three, all of which have a connection to the Czech Republic and Prague: the biggest book in the world, the Codex Gigas (also known as the Devil’s Bible and which features heavily [no pun intended] in Dan Brown’s latest schlock fest), the utterly baffling Voynich Manuscript, which is not written in any recognizable language; and the mysterious Book of Soyga, which disappeared for nearly 400 years, and some say that if you can decipher the final puzzles in the book, you will die. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 02:11 - The Codex Gigas - That's a big book, contents, legend of origin, Sweden gets it, defenestrations, the Sedlec Bone Church, The Secret of Secrets 11:00 - The Voynich Manuscript - WTF is this thing?, ownership relay, who maybe wrote it, what maybe it says, aspects of Voynichese, obscure languages, steganography, glossolalia, outsider art, a hoax, radiocarbon dating, those who have claimed decipherment, ciphers, people see what they want to, goropism, the Sun Language Theory, recent videos about Alphafold and protein folding, maybe a work of proto-fiction 43:32 - The Book of Soyga - John Dee, Edward Kelley, cryptic puzzles, 400 years lost, found in 1994 Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info The Codex Gigas – Devil's Bible on the National Library of Sweden website The Devil’s Bible: My Deep Dive into the Weirdest Book I’ve Ever Seen Devil's Bible: Codex Gigas in Klementinum on Prague.net from 2007 loan Inside the ‘Devil’s Bible,’ the Largest Medieval Manuscript Ever Made on ArtNet EPISODE 109 | What's in a Name? The Shakespeare Authorship Debate with Scott Jackson EPISODE 135 | On Shakey Ground: More Shakespeare Authorship with Scott Jackson What Shakespeare Can Teach Us About Communicating with Jennifer King on the Digital Signage Done Right podcast Yale Library webpage on the Voynich Manuscript, with images The riddle of the Voynich Manuscript on the BBC Unsolved Mystery: The Voynich Manuscript An entire website about the Voynich Manuscript The Voynich Manuscript revealed: five things you probably didn't know about the Medieval masterpiece on The Art Newspaper THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT - "The Most Mysterious Manuscript in the World" - NSA report (PDF) Another NSA report on titled The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma written in 1978 (PDF) A PDF of the actual Voynich Manuscript Headcanon: The Voynich Manuscript actually doesn’t contain any cohesive text and is just a prank done by someone in the past on r/medieval A Scholar Has Cracked the Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript, the Encrypted Medieval Artwork That Defeated Codebreakers for Years on ArtNet Article on the Voynich manuscript on Brazilian website Revista Pesquisa Fapesp The Voynich Wiki How an Emperor Trapped a Con Man - blog on Edward kelley Magic and Mystery: Decoding the Secrets of the Book of Soyga on Discovery The Book of Soyga translated by Jane Kupin (PDF) Decoding the Book of Soyga: A Living Project of Esoteric Discovery The Book of Soyga | Literary History on House of Cadmus Soyga: the book that kills on Blog of Wonders Holy Conversations: The Impact of the Mysterious Book of Soyga on Ancient Origins Book of Soyga on the Voynich Wiki Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

2/25/26 • 50:21

EPISODE 156 | The Shape of Water: Loch Ness and Other Lake Monsters People have been talking about a supposed water creature in the Scottish Highlands for at least 93 years, possible much longer. Everyone has heard of the Loch Ness Monster, and Nessie is one of the OGs of the cryptid world. But there are plenty of other, similar reports from around the world as well, like Ogopogo, Manipogo, Cressie, Kushii, Nahuelito and even one named Larry. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 01:21 - Down to the Waterline - First sightings of Nessie; photos, corpses, hoaxes and jokes 16:19 - Creature from the Black Lagoon - The Wels catfish, Loch Ness is weird, serious expeditions, Nessiteras rhombopteryx, Operation Deepscan, a DNA survey of the loch, eels, Norag, Muc-sheilche, kelpie, Life of St. Columba, Fredrick William Holiday and The Great Orm of Loch Ness (and more) 32:10 - Lake of Fire - Sea serpents, Hydrarchos, Canada's Ogopogo 40:20 - Down by the Water - Igopogo (or Bessie), Manipogo, Winnepogo, Memphré, Champ, Mussie, Cressie, Chessie, the Turtle Lake Monster, the Seelkee 48:05 - Song of the Lake - Mokele-mbembe, the Great Zimbabwe Theory 51:08 - Don't Drink the Water - Lukwata, Nsanga, Nyami Nyami, Irizma, Kusshii, the Lake Tianchi Monster, Phaya Naga, Seri Gumum, the Bunyip, the Muldjewangk, the Hawkesbury River Monster, the Maningrida Monster (Mannie), the Taniwha, the Tsmok, Anguila Peluda, the Lariosauro (Larry), the Lagarfljót Worm, the Gryttie, the Zegrze Reservoir Monster, Teggie, the the Devil Whale of Lake Tota, Nahuelito, people naturally attach to stories Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Episode 99 | A Bridge Too Far: The Mothman Visits Point Pleasant Episode 132 | Keel Hauled: UAP Update Loch Ness monster on Britannica The Loch Ness Monster Turns 83: The Story of The Surgeon’s Photograph The Beast of Loch Ness pages on Nova Online Loch Ness Monster on Non-alien Creatures Wiki  Lake Monsters on Cryptid Wiki The Lake Monsters of America on Atlas Obscura (with map) Lake Monsters on A Book of Creatures Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

2/11/26 • 56:32

EPISODE 155 | Mummy Mia: King Tut's Tomb Guest: Neil Laird, Emmy-nominated TV producer (Discovery, BBC, PBS, History, National Geographic), author of the Prime Time novel series Since its discovery in 1922, the tomb of King Tut has captivated people, with research simply leading to more questions? How did he die? Was he murdered? Was he really born in Arizona and later moved to Babylonia? And is there a curse? Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 03:09 - The discovery, the Curse of the Pharaohs, the Toxic Tomb theory 13:47 - The first autopsy (1925), the Boy King; mummies were not worth much; the second autopsy with X-rays (1968), was he murdered?; the third autopsy (2005) with CAT scans; accidental death?, walking canes, did he have a clubfoot? 24:06 - A new investigation, new evidence, a new theory 30:44 - Hidden chambers in the tomb, possibly Nefertiti, underground scans 36:01 - The mass appeal of historical treasures, Deir el-Medina - the lost village of the artisans and the Great Pit 43:25 - The Egyptians and the West have an uneasy history, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) 45:35 - Egypt is his obsession Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Episode 59 - Atlas Sank: Titanic Conspiracies  The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Prime Time novels Neil Laird on IMDb Lost Treasures of Egypt (2019-2025) Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb (2022) Tut's Toxic Tomb (2022) Tut: A Century of Secrets (2022) Tut's Lost City Revealed (2022) Valley of the Queens (2021) Valley of the Kings: The Lost Tombs (2021) Lost Tombs of the Pyramids (2020) Cleopatra: Sex, Lies and Secrets (2020)  Tut's Final Secrets (2020) Lost Kingdom of the Black Pharaohs (2019) Egypt's Great Pyramid: The New Evidence (2017) Egypt: What Lies Beneath (2011) National Geographic: King Tut's Final Secrets (2005) Into the Great Pyramid (2002) Saving the Sphinx (1998) Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

1/28/26 • 49:02

EPISODE 154 | Forgotten Languages (FL): The Most Interesting Site on the Web? While researching a previous episode about internet rabbit holes, I came across one that was some big, so complicated, that the entry soon grew into its very own episode. It's called Forgotten Languages, and at first it seems like it's all about ancient languages. But these turn out to be ciphers which, when decoded, reveal a series of interlocking narratives involving transdimensional beings, UAPs, aliens, secretive cabals working at cross purposes, the odd revelation that all humans are gone by the year 3100, and more.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 02:00 - Speaking in Tongues - The Forgotten Languages website at first glance, using clues to start to understand, language as a system to modify biology 13:36 - Aliens Ate My Buick - Giselians, the Cassini Diskus, Paradigm Shifter Vehicles (PSVs)  18:55 - Nature of Threat - The Phoenix Lights, MilOrbs, USOs, SV17q, SV09n's agendas, SV06n seems nicer, the default mode network (DMN), geminoviruses in the year 2100 33:55 - Jigsaw Falling into Place - DRACO, Congressional UAP hearings, Matthew Brown blows the whistle on Immaculate Constellation and a secretive group (SV17q?), DOLYN; Michael Shellenberger specifically mentions NURO, Immaculate Constellation and SV17q to Congress; Denebian probes, LyAV, XVIS 44:46 - Hoist That Rag - Alternative Reality games, Dispatches from Elsewhere, "The Beast", the SCP Foundation, other theories about FL 48:36 - Language Is a Virus - Various theories about what FL is really all about, the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), hyperstitions Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Forgotten Languages website ForgottenLanguages.org — another linguistic rabbit hole on Reddit The Deepest Internet Mystery You've Never Heard Of (and Why It’s Now in the Congressional Record) video on the smoothjazz YouTube channel My emails with Ayndryl by Saša Milić Forgotten Languages entire subreddit The Pattern Everyone's Missing While Debating "Dee's Nuts" on the r/UFOs subreddit Dispatches from Elsewhere on IMDb SCP Foundation website Cybernetic culture research unit website Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU) on Philosophyball WIki Forward? A Short History of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit by Samuel McIlhagga Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

1/14/26 • 56:16

EPISODE 153 | Broken Arrows and Other Nuclear Boo-Boos (World Is Weird 16) One reason conspiracy theories flourish is that sometimes there really are secrets kept back from the public, only revealed later. Take Broken Arrows - accidents involving nuclear weapons, near-misses that could have become incredibly serious but, fortunately, didn’t.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 02:45 - Intro - A brief history of nukes, US military flagwords and other terminology 07:54 - We Will All Go Together When We Go - 1950s incidents 25:33 - We'll Meet Again - 1960s incidents 39:01 - Atomic Dog - Incidents in the 1970s and 1980s 46:23 - Champagne Supernova - Incidents in the 1990s to present, the Doomsday Clock Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Broken Arrows: Nuclear Weapons Accidents on the Atomic Archive United States military nuclear incident terminology on Wikipedia List of military nuclear accidents on Wikipedia The Doomsday Clock Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

1/1/26 • 53:45

EPISODE 152 | Internet Rabbit Holes (1) Once in a while, someone comes across a website that creeps them out, or confuses them so much they start to ask others about it and, before you know it, an internet rabbit hole has formed.  Today, we’ll take a look at a few of these internet mysteries that sure got tongues wagging and finger flying over keyboards. Though almost always, the answer that’s found, if there is one, is disappointing.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 03:26 - The Backrooms - An internet sensation, 99rooms 11:26 - Mortis - Terabytes of confusion 18:03 - Exit Mundi and Death Date - Also Death Clock 20:58 - Zombo - Who knows? 23:48 - Sentimental Corp - Randy Prozac gets weird(er) 27:13 - Paranoia - Disney gets weird, typo squatting, Goggle, drive by downloads 35:40 - Urban Outraged - Also Surveillance Camera Man 39:30 - Lake City Quiet Pills - What's in the code 46:20 - 973-eht-namuh-973 - David Dennison's mind-breaking project Music By Fanette Ronjat More Info The Backrooms Wiki This is the THE BEST Backrooms Game I've Ever Played video The Backrooms (Found Footage) video by Kevin Pixels 99 Rooms [walkthrough] 2004 Flash game video mortis.cc website Exit Mundi archive page The Death Clock Death Date Zombo Sentimental Corp  paranoia.com Paranoia.com: An Internet Mystery video on the Nexpo YouTube channel Urban Outraged Why does everyone hate Surveillance Camera Man? video The Mystery of Surveillance Camera Man Explained video The Lake City Quiet Pills Mystery on Know Your Meme Lake City Quiet Pills video on The Rabbit Hole YouTube channel Lake City Ammunition Plant website 973-eht-namuh-973 973 eht namuh Explained: My Look Into The Internets Most Mysterious Website - Elder's Vault original investigation video I finally understand it. The answer is not what I expected post 973-Eht-Namuh-973.com The Oracle Forum The Internet's Most Mysterious Websites video on Visual Venture YouTube channel (Lake City Quiet Pills, Time Cube, Mortis, Zombo, Sentimental Corp, OCT282011, Enricks.Angelfire, 973-eht-namuh-973) Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

12/17/25 • 52:02

EPISODE 151 | Global Warming Is Real Guest: Thomas Schueneman, environmental journalist, founder of the PlanetWatch Group, TDS Environmental Media and GlobalWarmingisReal.com A chat about some of the more pervasive and commonplace climate change skepticism claims and just some general kvetching about where we are in this conversation these days.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  More Info: Global Warming Is Real website Global Warming Is Real podcast TDS Environmental Network PlanetWatch website Project 2025: The First 180 Days (World Is Weird 15) The Great Replacement: The White Wing Goes Mainstream Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

12/3/25 • 39:24

EPISODE 150 | Operation Gemstone & the Gemstone File Very often sheer naked greed is hidden behind a glossy finish of virtue, something we can plainly see in the stories of two Gemstones from the conspiracy world – G. Gordon Liddy’s whacked out Operation Gemstone plans to help Richard Nixon get reelected, and the outlandish and complicated Gemstone File, which might be the very first mega-conspiracy. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it.  SECTIONS 01:58 - Operation Gemstone - Nixon in politics, Nixon really wanted to be re-elected, Operation Sandwedge, G. Gordon Liddy has ideas, a discussion about the fate of Jack Anderson, the Watergate break-in 17:39 - The Gemstone File - Authorship issues: "Bruce Porter Roberts", Mae Brussell, Stephanie Caruana, Factsheet Five finds a connection to CREEP 24:03 - The theory: Aristotle Onassis, Joe Kennedy, Meyer Lansky, Eugene Meyer and more; Howard Hughes get kidnapped, injured, doubled; Onassis hates Castro, Onassis hated the Kennedy brothers, RFK exposes Cosa Nostra, "sodium morphate", Onassis and mafia guys killed JFK, Onassis then owned LBJ 40:02 - The JFK conspirators move on, Onassis took out RFK, got the girl, got Nixon in office, Gerald Ford in the frame, "government as theater", the Group of 40 given to Kissinger,  Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick  46:12 - Diamonds and Pearls - More deals, more deaths and a lot of money, the Onassis corpro-mafia syndicate fractures after his death, the Mormon Mafia leaked dirt, the Pentagon papers were fake, more deaths and more money, the Brezhnev flu, maybe becomes the Octopus?  Music By Fanette Ronjat More Info: G. Gordon Liddy: Watergate’s Most Colorful Character on Politico Notorious GEMSTONE Meeting in Attorney General’s Office: Illegal Activities Planned How G. Gordon Liddy Bungled Watergate With an Office-Supply Request Full text of "G. Gordon Liddy, Will : The Autobiography Of G. Gordon Liddy (1980)" G. Gordon Liddy Describes GEMSTONE, the Plan He Presents to John Mitchell in 1972 video Operation Gemstone The Dark Secrets Unveiled video on the Outlaw News Network YouTube channel Gemstone meeting clip from TV show Gaslit Trailer for TV series White House Plumbers Part One: G. Gordon Liddy: The Fascist Behind Watergate video from the Behind the Bastards podcast G. Gordon Liddy's Hardcore Tips For Prison on David Letterman A Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File full text, formatted The Skeleton Key to the Gemstone File article Gemstone File blog Real Gemstone File blog Is Howard Hughes Dead and Buried Off a Greek Island? in Playgirl by Stephanie Caruana Who Really Calls the Shots? Bruce Roberts and The Gemstone File The Gemstone File by Jim Keith full text The Gemstone File: A Memoir by Stephanie Caruana on Amazon Project Seek: Onassis, Kennedy and the Gemstone thesis by Gerald Carroll on Amazon Greatest Conspiracy Theory Ever? A deep dive into The Gemstone File (1975) video on Control Alt History YouTube channel More Gemstone notions - The Opal File: The Financial Takeover of Australia and New Zealand Possible sequel to Gemstone: The Octopus - EPISODE 92 | Octopus's Garden: Dan Casolaro, INSLAW & Death (WIW 10) Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

11/19/25 • 54:31

EPISODE 149 | Russian Dolls: Rasputin and Blavatsky Russians are practical, artistic and deeply mystical. And they tend to fall under the sway of strong personalities. Like two people from the past - Rasputin, the so-called Mad Monk, and Helena Blavatsky, founded of Theosophy, which itself is the very root of the modern New Age movement. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it. SECTIONS 02:31 - Ra-Ra-Rasputin - The story of the Mad Monk, his weird death and his penis 17:31 - So You Think You're a Witch? - Helena Blavatsky goes form spoiled rich girl to wandering mystic, starts Theosophy, Emma and Alexis Coulomb try blackmail, the Hodgeson Report 29:01 - Rivers of Babylon - Theosophy's offbeat ideas about inherent mystic powers, the Seven Root Races 41:05 - Sorcerer's Puppet - Theosophy inspires others, Nazis, Neo-Theosophy, Agni Yoga, the I AM Activity, the Bridge to Freedom and the Great White Brotherhood Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Rasputin on biography.com The Murder of Rasputin Rasputin Was Poisoned, Shot, Beaten, and Drowned. But Did His Penis Survive? Inside The Wild Myths And Legends Surrounding Rasputin’s Penis HELENA BLAVATSKY The evolution of Theosophy The birth of theosophy Who Was the Mother of the Occult? (Part I) - Episode #66 of the Our Fake History podcast Madame Blavatsky: a seeker of truth — and a fraud The Dawn of Civilization: An Esoteric Account of the First Three Root Races Chains, Globes, Rounds and Root Races Theosophy: Origin of the New Age (Part 1) The theosophical roots of Nazism Theosophy and visual arts Influences on the New Age movement Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER   

11/5/25 • 47:44

EPISODE 148 | The Visitors: 3I/ATLAS & Friends Something is happening right now that maybe we should all pay at least a little bit of attention to. It’s time to break out the nice dishes and give the place a good dusting, because we have company folks. We have a visitor.  Probably a comet. But maybe not, according to some. Maybe it's an alien spaceship with bad intent. And it’s coming to get us. UPDATE: Nothing happened. What a surprise.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it. SECTIONS 03:21 - Wanderlust - 1I/ʻOumuamua, Avi Loeb, solar sails, technosignatures, 2I/Borisov, astronomical units (AUs) 12:56 - Poor Fractured Atlas - Avi Loeb gets into UAP, the ATLAS detection system, 3I/ATLAS, "normal" comets, maybe a planet seed 22:08 - Calling All Comets - 3I/ATLAS starts acting weird, the Dark Forest Hypothesis, an interstellar highway, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), nickel and iron 30:20 - In My House - A Mars flyby, the US government shuts down and conspiracy theories fill the void, a recap of weirdness, why it does not have "military implications" 39:15 - Supermassive Black Hole - The Overview Effect, real dangers, more stuff is probably coming Music by Fanette Ronjat MORE INFO The Uncensored Guide To ‘Oumuamua, Aliens, And That Harvard Astronomer in Forbes ʻOumuamua on RationalWiki New interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: Everything we know about the rare cosmic visitor on space.com Could comet 3I/ATLAS be alien technology? Controversial Harvard astrophysicist says yes 3rd interstellar visitor confirms a cosmic highway — Earth could be in ‘someone’s trajectory’ on EcoNews This Mysterious Object From Our Solar System Might Be a Planet-Making Seed “Physics Doesn’t Work Anymore”: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Traveling Backwards At 130,000 MPH Shatters Every Scientific Law Sun Fires Energy Blast Straight at Mysterious Interstellar Object Cruising Through Solar System Interstellar object spotted shedding mysterious metals in way that defies science: 'It's extremely puzzling' Are internet rumours of a comet hurtling towards Earth true?  Scientists reveal where 'alien object' heading past Earth will actually be going 3I/ATLAS is Captured in New Images as Mysterious Object Cruises Past Mars—What Does the Latest Data Reveal?   First Images of 3I/ATLAS from ExoMars TGO by Avi Loeb Mysterious interstellar visitor spotted above Mars appears as 'massive cylindrical craft' A Recap of the Anomalies of 3I/ATLAS on the Day of Its Closest Approach to Mars by Avi Loeb (the Trojan Horse article) 7 reasons why 3I/ATLAS's high-speed trajectory has military implications - nonsense article on Wion Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS May Be A 10-Billion-Year-Old Time Capsule From An Earlier Age Of The Universe 3I/ATLAS came from mysterious frontier of Early Milky Way? Scientists study interstellar comet's origin, track trajectory, travel speed, age Physicists detect water's ultraviolet fingerprint in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Asteroid just flew closer to Earth than many satellites, space agencies say The biggest threats to Earth from space Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

10/22/25 • 46:01

EPISODE 147 | Man Out of Time: The Comte St. Germain He composed and played music, spoke several languages, was versed in alchemy and the early sciences, and hung around with the likes of Mozart and Casanova, yet no one even knew his real name. Voltaire called him the “Wonderman”, though that may have been sarcasm, but most came to know him as the Comte, or Count, St. Germain. One of his many wild boasts and claims was that he was more than 500 years old. Perhaps even older than that. Just who was this mysterious figure who showed up in 18th century salons? Was he more or less than what he claimed to be? Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it. SECTIONS 02:17 - Complicated Shadows - Richard Chanfray makes claims, the Comte St. Germain 16:22 - Everyday I Write the Book - The Most Holy Threefold Wisdom and the Triangular Manuscript, Count Alessandro Cagliostro 23:15 - The Boy Named If - Blavatsky, Besant, Ballard and Bailey; incarnations and Bacons 29:18 - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Nicholas Flamel, the Wandering Jew, Leonard "Live-Forever" Jones, James Schafer and the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians, Alex Chiu's rings, Bryan Johnson and Blueprint 41:46 - Accidents Will Happen - Cryogenics and Dr. James Bedford, paths towards immortality, the oldest living people to date Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Richard Chanfray on ChemEurope.com Everything you wanted to know about Richard Chanfray, the Count of St. Germain on Sadhana 108 Saint-Germain: The Immortal Count on LiveAbout.com The Count Of St. Germain: Who The Hell Was This Guy? on Modern Rogue 10 Theories about the Never-Aging Count Saint Germain on Lost in History Count de St Germain – oldest man ever or clever trickster? on The Fortean Atheist The Myth of Real Life IMMORTAL - The Count of Saint Germain video on the BE AMAZED YouTube channel This Man Claimed to Be Immortal and History Can't Prove Otherwise video on Thoughty2 YouTube video Jacques St. Germain, The Infamous Louisiana Vampire on Pelican State of Mind 10 Notable People Thought To Be Immortal on Listverse 10 Terrifying People Who Claim to Be Immortal video on the Top 5 best YouTube channel The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel Wiki Leonard "Live-Forever" Jones on Kook Science Alex Chiu on RationalWiki Alex Chiu websites This California millionaire is peddling eternal life. Why do so many people believe him? in the Los Angeles Times Bryan Johnson websites portal World's 'oldest' woman who 'didn't enjoy single day' in long life dies aged 129 in The Mirror Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER   

10/8/25 • 46:19

EPISODE 146 | The Bicameral World of the Zizians One striking thing about the many stories that have appeared about the Zizians and the crimes they are accused of committing, is that each one starts at a different place. Some start with the attack on a Vallejo landlord that resulted in his being run through with a samurai sword and then work backwards and then forwards. Others begin their tale with the shooting of an older couple in Pennsylvania. Still others kick things off with the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent up near the Canadian border.  As a result, it can be a bit difficult to get a handle on exactly what happened when and what the several people currently in police custody are accused of.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya? Like, just do it. SECTIONS LEFT BRAIN 02:28 - Gimme Some Truth - Ziz LaSota, Effective Altruism, x-risk, MIRI, transhumanism and the Singularity, CFAR, LessWrong 12:25 - Digital Witness - Roko's Basilisk, “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream”, utilitarianism, the many-worlds interpretation, online censorship 22:58 - Adrift in Sleepwakefulness - The Zizians start as vegan anarchotranshumanists, unbucketing, the bicameral mind, unihemispheric sleep (UHS), sleep deprivation, Ziz Theory, the Rationalist Fleet, Curtis Lind offers a place to stay, the first suicide, self-blackmail RIGHT BRAIN 35:02 - Friendship Train - The Westminster Woods protest, arrests and a lack of cooperation, Ziz dies, Curtis Lind is stabbed repeatedly, Ziz is alive, Richard and Rita Zajko are killed; Michelle Zajko, Daniel Blank and Ziz arrested; Michelle blames LessWrong, Ziz is released and vanishes, more legal issues 50:19 - Lose Control - Ophelia Bauckholt and Teresa Youngblut wander around Vermont, a firefight with the Border Patrol, Curtis Lind is killed, Maxmilian Snyder dictates a letter; Zajko, Blank and Ziz arrested (again); trials are set Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info LessWrong on RationalWIki Roko's Basilisk on RationalWiki Zizian Murdercult summary, for those out of the loop on X by @Aella_Girl - January 29, 2025 Who is ‘Ziz’? How a mysterious group with roots in the Bay Area is linked to six deaths in the San Francisco Chronicle ‘Death upon death’: Defendant in killing tied to cult-like ‘Zizian’ group dictates 1,500-word letter over jail phone in the San Francisco Chronicle How a Vermont border agent's death exposed violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group on CBS News A Vermont border agent’s death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group on AP Alleged leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group to be held without bail after arrest in The Guardian Zizians: What we know about the 'cult' linked to six deaths on the BBC The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians by Evan Ratliff in Wired Alleged Leader of Roko’s Basilisk Murder Cult Says She Did Nothing Wrong, and Would Appreciate Some Vegan Food in Jail on Futurism Who Are the Zizians: Why 6 Killings Are Linked to Alleged Vegan Techie "Cult" on E! News What to Know About the Alleged Zizian "Cult" Linked to 6 Killings on E! News Possible Suicide Cluster Linked to Zizian Group, on Top of Killings on SFist Judge confirms trial date for ‘Zizian cult’ murder case on Courthouse News Service Grand jury indicts accused leader of cultlike 'Zizian' group on USA Today She Wanted to Save the World From A.I. Then the Killings Started in the New York Times Three Zizians face trial together in Maryland amid sprawling federal investigation on AP Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

9/24/25 • 57:51

EPISODE 145 | Trumpspiracies: What a Tangled Web Ever since Donald Trump first decided to run for the highest office in the United States, he has promoted an astonishing number of conspiracy theories. It’s almost as if a New York real estate baron famous for lying to clients, not paying his bills and exploiting loopholes for his own benefit had learned, somewhere along the way, that “truth” is a slippery subject. And because he’s not a very deep thinker, he has, like many people, confused truth with facts. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS 02:25 - Liar, Liar - 9/11 nonsense, open season on Muslims 08:50 - Would I Lie to You? - Boogeyman Obama, Birtherism  19:02 - Suspicious Minds - The Clintons, Biden, robot clones, Canada, assassinations, self delusion as super power 29:22 - Liar, Liar, Burn in Hell - Science, medicine, the Great Replacement, crime stats, Britain First, tweets and retweets 38:31 - Dance Little Liar - Haitians eating pets, conspiracy theorists in his administration 46;40 - Liar (It Takes One to Know One) - 2016 Russian election interference, Spygate, #Obamagate, Trump's impeachments Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info 58 Donald Trump Conspiracy Theories (And Counting!): The Definitive Trump Conspiracy Guide (from 2016) President Obama's Long History of Insulting Donald Trump The birth of the Obama 'birther' conspiracy ‘Birtherism,’ Trump and anti-Black racism: Conspiracy theorists twist evidence to maintain status quo Trump's history of launching "birther" conspiracy theories against rivals Trump promotes 'totally baseless' birther conspiracy theory against Nikki Haley Trump claims media 'dishonest' over crowd photos Comparison: Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s inauguration crowds Trump's crowd-size obsession to be tested at inauguration after 2017 controversy The surprising reason why the Park Service won't count folks at Trump's inauguration 'It eats him alive inside': Trump's latest attack shows endless obsession with Obama 12 false claims Trump has made about Obama since last month (from 2020) Trump's obsession with Obama took an ominous turn this week Twitter use by Donald Trump A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets FBI 2019 crime statistics Trump Says He’s Going To Check If ‘Somebody Stole’ Fort Knox $400 Billion Gold Supply. What We Know. No Evidence Haitian Immigrants Are Eating Ducks, Geese or Pets in Springfield, Ohio ‘They’re eating the pets:’ Trump, Vance earn PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for claims about Haitians Altogether fitting and proper? Trump repeatedly compares himself to Abraham Lincoln Donald Trump: Height, Weight, Obesity, and Documentation Seriously, What Is “Obamagate”? | The Daily Social Distancing Show (video) How Trump’s Obsession With a Conspiracy Theory Led to the Impeachment Crisis Trump impeachment trial: Conspiracy theories and fidget spinners How the Senate Could Bar Donald Trump from Running for President in 2024 Follow us on social: Facebook X (Twitter) Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

9/10/25 • 59:00

EPISODE 144 | Unwell and Unregulated: The Militia Movement The United States has always had a certain comfort level with violence, or at least the idea of it. Throughout its history, groups of armed citizens will threaten to use, or actually use, force to get their point across, either to effect change or to prevent that from happening. But in the 1990s, something changed, and groups formed around new ideologies that sometimes had little to do with objective reality. The Militia Movement was mainly rural, white, far-right Christians who’d been nurtured on conspiracy theories and half truths which they had chosen to believe because these made some sort of emotional sense to them, and because they had an unerring sense that they were right and everyone else was wrong. And some of them were willing to go to great lengths to achieve their aims. This is the breeding ground for the modern conspirasphere. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS 02:38 - Saturday Night Special - Precursors, the Minutemen, the Patriotic Party, Liberty Lobby, the Christian Defense League (CDL), Posse Comitatus  08:27 - Guns in the Sky - The Late Great Planet Earth, Aryan Nations, National Alliance, The Turner Diaries, Hunter, evangelicals, the Satanic Panic, still more anti-Jewish ideas, "Red Dawn" 14:20 - Ride a White Horse - Behold a Pale Horse, Milton William Cooper, Hour of the Time, Mysteries of Babylon 23:40 - Ruby Tuesday - Agenda 21, the Weaver family, the Ruby Ridge siege 30:56 - This Could Be Heaven - Victor Houteff starts Shepherd's Rod (later Branch Davidians), Vernon Howell becomes David Koresh and takes over, the Waco Siege 36:48 - Oklahoma Blues - The Militia of Montana (MOM), the Michigan Militia (Wolverines), Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing 39:56 - Militias take off and expand, attracting scammers and opportunists - Ron Cole, General Benton Partin, Mary Elizabeth Broderick, Roy Schwasinger & We the People, LeRoy Schweitzer & the Montana Freemen, Justus Township standoff 45:30 - Insane in the Brain - Militias also attract terrorists and lunatics - Willie Ray Lampley & the Universal Church of God (Yahweh) plus the Oklahoma Constitutional Militia plan massive bombings, the Unabomber, Georgia Republic, the Mountaineer Militia, Donald Beauregard & and Trix cereal, Mark "Mike from Michigan" Koernke, Norm Olsen, Charles Duke, Bob Fletcher and Belgian weather control, John Parsons talks purple UFOs and starts the Tri-States Militia of South Dakota (but turns out to be on the FBI payroll), Darrel Frech, Rick McLaren and space rays, Ted Gunderson sells pseudoscience gear, Bo "Rambo" Gritz pushes Y2K, Jack McLamb writes Operation Vampire Killer 2000: American Police Action Plan for Stopping World Government Rule Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Militia movement in the 1990s at EBSCO Militias in the US at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue 5 Things You Need to Know about Private Militia Groups from the National Police Foundation Examining Extremism: The Militia Movement at CSIS False Patriots report at the Southern Poverty Law Center, May 8, 2001 Posse Comitatus The Late Great Planet Earth The Turner Diaries - America's manual of hatred on BBC (audio, 9 minutes) What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America The Turner Legacy: The Storied Origins and Enduring Impact of White Nationalism’s Deadly Bible CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE PATRIOT/MILITIA MOVEMENT Behold a Pale Horse Pale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America Ruby Ridge, 1992: the day the American militia movement was born Maniacs and Militias: Waco to Extremist Groups Turning Point: The Rise of Right-Wing Politics, the Waco Siege, and the Response of American Law Enforcement Legacy Everlasting: how the 1993 Waco siege became a symbolic rallying cry for the American far right decades later  Clinton administration’s deadly mistake in Waco gave rise to Oklahoma City, Columbine in the New York Post (labelled as "entertainment", which seems odd)  The infamous Texas siege with a ‘straight line’ to QAnon, right-wing militias, and January 6 Two Minutes Past Nine: The story behind the Oklahoma City bombing on BBC Remembering the Oklahoma City Bombing, 25 Years Later at the Brennan Center for Justice  From Ruby Ridge to Oklahoma City: The Radicalization of Timothy McVeigh paper The Militia Movement and Second Amendment Revolution: Conjuring with the People 1996 paper Beyond the Bombing: The Militia Menace Grows report by the ADL Operation Vampire Killer 2000 text Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Bluesky Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

9/1/25 • 54:51

EPISODE 143 | Paranoia Is Forever: Disney Conspiracies Walt Disney’s goal was to make the “Happiest Place on Earth”, and to delight and inspire both children and adults through the ages. Many would say he succeeded beyond even his own wildest expectations. Others might say that Disney is, and always has been, a place of evil. And when you get as big as Disney has, you are naturally going to attract some rather wild narratives.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS 01:58 - Uncle Rat - Uncle Walt: anti-Jewish, Nazi, racist, head frozen  15:05 - Grim Grinning Ghosts - The parks, deaths and accidents, ghosts, the Haunted Mansion attraction 20:32 - There's no evil scheme he wouldn't concoct! No depravity he wouldn't commit. - Occultism at the parks and in the movies, sex is everywhere, pedofiles, dirty pictures in "The Rescuers", the makers of "White Wilderness" murdered a bunch of lemmings 30:58 - The Maleficent Seven - The company, the Disney Vault, copyright issues, Disney hates women 38:42 - In Canis Corpore Transmuto - Ron DeSantis tangles with the Mouse, Disney is surprisingly progressive or "woke" depending on who you are Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Fact-Checking the Age-Old Rumors of Walt Disney’s Dark Side Was Walt Disney Frozen? Deaths at Disney: Top 13 Deaths at Disney Theme Parks The death that sparked the legend that 'no one dies at Disneyland' MARR: Death At Disneyland - rewriting of the article "Waiting in Line to Die" by John Marr The Dark Side of Disney Real Human Bones Were Originally Used In Disneyland's Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride Doombuggies website Did a Former Disney World Princess 'Reveal the Truth'? The Hidden Messages in Disney: A Closer Look at Occult Symbolism on Chick Wick News DISNEY=666 video on Amazing VIP World YouTube channel 21 Completely Filthy Hidden Sex References in Disney Movies in Cosmopolitan Snopes: Is the Word 'Sex' Hidden in 'The Lion King'? Snopes: Is a Risqué Image of Sand Dunes Hidden in 'The Lion King'? Snopes: Was a Phallus Purposely Added to the Artwork for 'The Little Mermaid' VHS Cover? Snopes: Does the Minister in 'Little Mermaid' Get an Erection? Snopes: Did a Topless Woman Appear in Disney's 'The Rescuers'? (True, BTW) Snopes: Did Disney Fake Lemming Suicide for the Nature Documentary 'White Wilderness'? (Also true) The Darker Side of Disney ("boy love" symbols) The Dark Side of Disney Part 1 at Little Light Studios The Dark Side of Disney Part 2 at Little Light Studios Global Ranking of largest entertainment companies 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Disney Vault's History Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: ‘It’s Finally Happening’ in Variety Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images on BBC How the Disney-Midjourney Lawsuit Could Reshape the Battle Over AI and Copyright Copyright, Mickey Mouse and what it means to be within the public domain Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle at the Center for the Study of the Public Domain Popular copyright infringement cases highlighting how Disney is protective of its intellectual property rights The Moana Lawsuit: Writer Woodall Sues Disney for Infringement Did Disney or DeSantis win their big fight? Yes. in the Tampa Bay Times Snopes: Harlan Ellison and Disney (true) Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Bluesky Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

8/13/25 • 48:12

EPISODE 142 | Project 2025: The First 180 Days (World Is Weird 15) Donald Trump said he didn’t really know much about Project 2025 except that they sure liked him. And yet, of 313 specific Project 2025 initiatives, he’s already enacted 108 of them, and another 63 are actively in the works as of this recording. Quite a coincidence, wouldn’t you say? Project 2025 put a lot of importance of a sort of blitzkrieg if their boy won the 2024 election, a flurry of activity to define the first 180 days of his presidency and hopefully create so much change that, no matter what happens in future elections (if there are any) many of the changes they want to see happen will end up sticking around. That benchmark date was July 19.  So, let’s look at Project 2025. What they say, and some of their own justifications for why they say it. And we’ll also see just how much Trump has actively assisted them in realizing their vision for a very different America than the world has ever seen.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS 02:40 - The Mandate for Leadership, Version IX - The first of the Four Pillars, "cultural Marxism"; yes, it really is Gilead; white nationalists and Christian nationalists, family is the key, four main goals 08:52 - Three More Pillars - Info gathering, the Presidential Administration Academy, "climate change" is code for Christian depopulation, a secret playbook, Carter was evil, the DoD and Space Force 13:16 - Economy - General ideas, "fair trade" vs. "free trade", the Consumer Protection Bureau, the Department of Labor, the Department of Commerce 21:05 - Environment - General ideas, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior 25:09 - Transportation - General ideas, get married and make babies or no funding, the Department of Transportation, the FAA 27:11 - Education - General ideas, education is a private good, not a public one; the Department of Education, Parental Bill of Rights 33:12 - Identity - General ideas, LGBTQ+ and trans people ("radical gender ideology"), DEI, pornography 36:15 - Journalism - General ideas, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the FCC, the US Agency for Global Media (now a One America News organ), the Open Technology Fund 38:39 - Healthcare - General ideas, Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the CDC, the Department of Health is really the Department of Life, marriage, abortions, Planned Parenthood, in vitro fertilization, teen pregnancy, the Department of Health and Human Services 47:43 - Legal - General ideas, affirmative action, the FBI, the death penalty, the Secret Service as military cops, the Department of Justice, FACE Act no longer enforced, don't say trans 53:16 - National Security - Foreign policy shifts, USAID, NATO, nukes, the Department of Defense, Cybercom, the State Department, strengthen ties with Saudi Arabia 57:26 - Immigration - CBP, ICE, TSA, USCIS, refugees, asylum pay-to-stay scheme, birthright citizenship, mass deportations, more police, FEMA funds, the Department of Homeland Security 01:04:42 - Elections - General ideas, the FEC gets limits, photo ID to vote, armed police at polling stations 01:06:58 - Expansion of the Executive - The President is boss, loyalists only, the Insurrection Act of 1807, more surveillance 01:09:24 - Federal Staffing - Bring back the spoils-and-patronage system, the White House, the National Security Council 01:12:01 - Final Thoughts - Trump totally knows about Project 2025, the vision for an America-that-never-was, why the hell didn't you vote? Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Project 2025 Tracker website (updated daily) r/Keep_Track Full text of "Project 2025 Mandate For Leadership" The “Mandate for Leadership” Series Inside Project 2025's Secret Training Videos - video on ProPublica YouTube channel 5 Reasons Leftists HATE Project 2025 from the Heritage Foundation Project 2025 Quick Read

7/30/25 • 78:06

EPISODE 141 | Spirits in the Material World: Mediums and Spiritualism The late 19th and early 20th were rife with claims of contact with spirits of the departed, and plenty of people made a pretty penny convincing the grieving or the curious that they had the right stuff, the special connection to the Other Side. But it has continued past then, and even today there are those who would prey upon people to make a fast buck, supercharging the woo space in the process. We’ll look at mediums, magicians, seances, channelers and more, including some of the tricks these con artists use to ply their ignoble trade. And we’ll also examine what’s up with the Ouija board. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS Spirit (I Believe in You) - The Fox Sisters start it all im 1849, spiritism and spiritualism, the Cottingley Fairies Watching You Without Me - Cold readings, the Barnum Effect, shotgunning, Forer and Criss Angel, John Edward the Douche, the vanishing negative, turning a negative, the Rainbow Ruse, flattery, warm readings, hot readings, spirit guides, how to avoid being tricked Home by the Sea - Types of mediums, scammers getting caught (Daniel Dunglas Home, Rosina Mary Showers, Francis Ward Monck, the Davenport Brothers, May and Lizzie Bangs, Derek Acorah, Thomas John) The Ghost in You - Origins of the Ouija Board in 1890, ideomotor response (IMR), some believe and like, some believe and don't like, Yeats used it to write poetry, Pearl Curran and "Patience Worth" writes book, Emily Grant Hutchings writes a book with Mark Twain's ghost (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - Rosemary Isabel Brown channels dead composers, James Merrill uses a Ouija to write award-winning poetry, Jane Roberts starts the channeling industry with "Seth" Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info The Fox Sisters (a haunted history) Spiritualism Exposed: Margaret Fox Kane Confesses Fraud on the Skeptic Report spiritism (spiritualism) entry in the Skeptic's Dictionary The Spiritualists' National Union website Society for Psychical Research website A Pagan's Lexicon : Animal Spirits How to find your animal spirit guide on Mooky Chick John Edward on Villains Wiki Why do a quarter of people across the world believe humans have psychic abilities? A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS by Harry Houdini, full text James Randi Educational Foundation website Kennard Novelty Company website Written by Pearl Curran…or by Ouija Board? The book was supposedly written by Mark Twain’s ghost 100 years ago How to use the Ouija Board The secret of the Ouija board in The Week DIY Ouija Board! Rosemary Brown obituary 'Even the spirits get a say': A Look Into James Merrill's Ouija Poems The Problem of Seth's Origin: A Case Study of the Trance-Possession Mediumship of Jane Roberts, paper by Paul Cunningham Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Bluesky Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

7/16/25 • 54:27

EPISODE 140 | Rock On: Freemasons (Big 'Uns 7) Who are the Freemasons? People sure freak out about the them, even though many don’t even know what they get up to. What the heck do they do at their meetings? Why all the secrets and secret handshakes and code words and the like? Are they weird, scary, evil or just harmless? Let’s take a look and see. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS Long Live Rock - Masonic origins, Templars, variations and offshoots Stone Stone Picnic - The Illuminati, Freemasonry expands Pounded on a Rock - Are they creepy?, Anti-Masonry and the Morgan Affair Like a Rolling Stone - The Taxil Hoax of 1885, Jack the Ripper as a Mason Let's Go Get Stoned - The Affair of the Cards Stoned Is the Way of the Walk - Propaganda Due (P2), the Vatican Bank Scandal and the Years of Lead Might As Well Get Stoned - Riding the goat, Satanism, the NWO, secret masters, online sources, famous Masons Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info EPISODE 21 | The Knights Templar (Big 'Uns 2) EPISODE 18| The Illuminati: Bavarian Brouhaha (Big 'Uns 1) Episode 10 | Fright Delays: Denver Airport Is the Nexus of Evil masonicinfo.com Site Map Freemasons For Dummies Cheat Sheet Freemasons entry on RationalWIki Freemasonry Watch webshite Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor Secret Teachings of the Masonic Lodge book New Initiates Guide to Freemasonry - West Lancashire Freemasons Spooky Rituals of The Freemasons | The Freemasons Explained - video on The Great Courses YouTube channel The Midnight Masons website The Heresies of Masonic Ritual on The European Conservative Elks, Shriners, and Masons: How 'old man' frats got their names and symbols Performing Emotion: Freemasons and the Theater of Ritual -  interview with Pannill Camp on the Hold That Thought podcast Musicians Who Are Freemasons on Esoteric Freemasons Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Bluesky Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER   

7/2/25 • 51:06

EPISODE 139 | A Numbers Game: Mathspiracies Guest: Gary Arndt, writer and host of the Everything Everywhere Daily podcast We aren't really very good with numbers, so naturally we've come up with a lot of wacky ideas about them. Gary Arndt talks about numbers of all sorts, like why Pi is stupid, why prime numbers are cool, why the Fibonacci sequence isn't all that, when math leads to murder and much more. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS 02:25 - Numeracy rates, gambling is (usually) a sucker's bet, numerology, the Bible Code, p-hacking, Equidistant Letter Sequencing (ELS) 13:09 - The Hidden Hand of Mathematics, the Ultraviolet Catastrophe and the birth of quantum physics, the Fibonacci sequence and the Golden Ratio 20:05 - Pi, tau, the Cult of Pythagoras, irrational numbers, transcendental numbers, squaring the circle, Alex Jones and math, the real number of the Beast 28:51 - Why people believe conspiracy theories 30:13 - Angel numbers, the "meanings" of numbers 33:43 - Numbers stations 37:25 - Prime numbers, Prime Target TV series, trapdoor functions in cryptography, Al-Khwarizmi, double entry bookkeeping, the idea of zero, zero and null are different 43:20 - Base-10, base-12, base-60, and our timekeeping and calendar systems Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info Everything Everywhere Daily podcast The Bible Code book review in Notices of the AMS The Significance of The Number Forty-Two (42) by By Rabbi Dr. Hillel ben David (Greg Killian) Magic Apologetics: Equidistant Letter Sequencing in the Christian Research Journal Assassinations Foretold in Moby Dick! THE UNREASONABLE EFFECTIVENSS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES by Eugene Wigner The Ultraviolet Catastrophe and the Creation of Quantum Mechanics episode of Everything Everywhere Daily What is the Fibonacci sequence? on LiveScience Fibonacci Sequence on Math Is Fun Composing Balanced Images: The Golden Ratio on ProGrade Digital Everything You Need to Know About Pi episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Why Tau Should Replace Pi episode of Everything Everywhere Daily The Cult of Pythagoras episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Irrational Numbers episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Squaring the Circle episode of Everything Everywhere Daily e: Euler’s Number episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Pi Is Encoded in the Patterns of Life Alex Jones and 666 video A Guide to Angel Numbers and What They Mean Numerology Numbers 1-9: Exploring the single digit numbers in Numerology on Numerology.com Numbers Stations episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Number Stations on Priyom.org Number Station Recordings - Creepy radio broadcasts from unknown origins (video with over 4 hours of recordings) All About Cryptography episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Prime Numbers episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Prime Target TV series on IMDb Zero, My Hero episode of Everything Everywhere Daily Zero and NULL values  What is the Base-10 Number System? Base 12: An Introduction Babylonian Mathematics and the Base 60 System Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Bluesky Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER   

6/18/25 • 47:59