Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know
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Have you ever been convinced you heard a voice -- shout, a whisper, someone speaking directly to you -- only to turn around and realize no one was there? This experience is more common than we might comfortably imagine. For millennia, people who heard voices in their heads were considered prophets, lunatics, or vessels of infernal forces. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the nature of this particular paracusia -- ultimately learning modern science still struggles to understand what may well be a conspiracy within your own brain.
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CLASSIC: Google, the Pentagon and AI
Strange News: Armenia Under Attack, A Missing Jet and Murders in LA
Listener Mail: Astral Travel, Real Estate as Crime, Voluntary Adrenaline
The Underwater Internet
CLASSIC: What is the Windsor hum?
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Listener Mail: Can You Be Anonymous Online? Murders at the Brooklyn Mirage. A Haunting Story From Disney's Haunted Mansion.
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Listener Mail: Divine Intervention, Smoking Wet, Billionaire Names and Deadly Mushrooms
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