Conspiracy Clearinghouse
A rather skeptical look at conspiracies and mysteries. Each episode will examine conspiracy theories, most of which are not true, a few of which might be a little bit true and even a couple that turned out, in fact, to be true. This is the podcast that dares to look behind the curtain that’s behind the curtain. Episodes every other Wednesday.
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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 bu
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 waggi
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 th
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 outla
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 moder
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 s