21 episodes
Mission Implausible iHeartPodcasts
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- Society & Culture
As former high-level CIA operatives, John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea would create fake conspiracies around the world. Now, with the help of experts, they execute their own fun and fearless investigation into conspiracy theories past and present to assess what's real. And how. And why.
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- Executive Producers: Adam Davidson, John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea & Jonathan Stern
- Associate Producer: Rachel Harner
- A production of Honorable Mention and Abominable Pictures
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Minisode - The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade
One time when the CIA got it very wrong (with John Sipher, Jerry O'Shea and Adam Davidson)
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Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro’s Illegitimate Son (with Jon Lovett)
Were Margaret Trudeau's “borders” open to Cuba? (with Jon Lovett)
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The Deepest State (with Mark Zaid)
We’re ALL The Deep State. Whistleblowers, whistleblowees, and the people who defend them. (with Mark Zaid)
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Minisode - A Coup in Germany
This week, an attempted coup in Germany was stopped. A "prince" believed that a bureaucrat loophole could restore his lineage to power and reboot Germany to its pre-WW2 glory.
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What's the Deal with Congress?! (with Denver Riggleman)
Guest Denver Riggleman gripes about his time as a sane Republican in Congress and how he was shunned for his morality. How Jerry was recruited into the CIA. And how to win a bar fight.
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Minisode - Doing Horrible Things and then Justifying It
The conspiracy to protect Trump's lie about how it was the Ukranians who interfered with the 2016 election and not the Russians. How people rationalize taking money from Saudi Arabia. And two Russian spies were caught in Germany. (with Adam Davidson)