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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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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.4 • 797 Ratings

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.

    CLASSIC: What exactly is 'Natural Flavoring'?

    CLASSIC: What exactly is 'Natural Flavoring'?

    You can find phrases touting "natural" flavoring on products throughout most modern supermarkets, from beverages to cereal to more -- but what exactly does this mean? Join the guys as they delve into the fact (and fiction) surrounding the use of "natural" in advertising... and why there might be more to the story than you think.
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    • 34 min
    Strange News: Rap Beefs, Tornadoes, Brain Worms and More

    Strange News: Rap Beefs, Tornadoes, Brain Worms and More

    What's going on with all these tornado clusters-- and what does it tell us about the future of natural disasters? The gang weighs in on the larger context of recent rap beefs. Ben calls in from an undisclosed location, with the latest updates on brain worms and Presidential candidates, with a special message for Mother's Day. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.
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    • 57 min
    Introducing: The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister

    Introducing: The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister

    In Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for the murder of Gail Katz.

    But there’s one part of that story that’s still a mystery.

    During the investigation into Gail’s case, a torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail. Nobody knows her name or what happened to her after she was ruled out from the case.

    In Season 2, the amateur ladies detective club are back with a new mission: to uncover the identity of this woman and finally find Our Lost Sister.

    Listen here and subscribe to The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!
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    • 1 min
    Universe 25: The Parable of Rodent Utopias and Behavioral Sinks

    Universe 25: The Parable of Rodent Utopias and Behavioral Sinks

    What would happen if you built an almost-perfect world, limited in terms only of space? How would people react -- could you create a utopian society? These are the questions John Bumpass Calhoun asked himself during his career as an ethologist, which led him to create tiny 'universes' for rodents... only to find that, time and time again, these perfect civilizations collapsed. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they delve into the parable of Universe 25 and behavioral sinks.
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Listener Mail: Real Telepathy, Bird Flu and Cows, Voting Age, A Wholesome Conspiracy

    Listener Mail: Real Telepathy, Bird Flu and Cows, Voting Age, A Wholesome Conspiracy

    J Conner and Ben bond on the concept that technological breakthroughs may lead to the creation of real-life telepathy. Scootch weighs in on the pickle of voting age limits -- and age limits in general. Plant Queen reports on bird flu in America's farm animals, and Tonks shares a down-right wholesome conspiracy for kids at school. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
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    • 54 min
    Drugs As Weapons, Part II: Cannabis-induced Psychosis

    Drugs As Weapons, Part II: Cannabis-induced Psychosis

    Ah, cannabis! That oft-vilified, oft-worshipped source of so many creative snacks, amazing music, and... legal chaos. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to the world of "drugs as weapons," exploring the allegations that cannabis ingestion can lead some people to extraordinary psychotic breaks, resulting in dangerous breakdowns -- up to and including murder.
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    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
797 Ratings

797 Ratings

80s Ted Danson ,

Qualified recommendation

Consistently interesting podcast with affable hosts. Each episode is punctuated at regular intervals by - bizarrely - the same set of obnoxious adverts for other podcasts. On the podcast app that I use, one can skip forwards in 30 second increments so I am able to skip past these. Without such a function, it would be difficult for me to listen to an episode.

Baggal21 ,

Too far left

I listen to this podcast because I like the strange and unusual and stuff people don’t want you to know.
However, every so often they start on politics and are clearly very far left which is absolutely fine, everyone has political stances but to me this is not the place to discuss it. I listen to still like this to get away from politics. The final straw was them absolutely ripping Tucker Carlson for interviewing putin. Barbara Walters did it, popadopolous (whatever his name is) did it but they call him an “asset”. For an open minded podcast about the topics they cover it’s a shame they can’t be open minded to see life from both sides of the aisle.

Tenzindasal ,

Absolutely outstanding!

I’ve listened to quite a few of your podcasts and love the stuff you talk about.
It takes real guts to go into area you do and it’s so needed right now.
Please keep posting I love it
Julie

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