Aug 19

What Will the World Look Like in 2050?

Bold, funny, and fiercely argued predictions for 2050: AI everywhere, climate reckoning, megacities, proxy wars, moon bases, lab-grown organs, AR over VR, and America’s political shift. Agree? Disagree? Dive in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

53m 8s

Aug 12

Déjà vu: Have We Been Here Before?

From reincarnation to brain glitches, we explore déjà vu’s strangest theories and the science that finally cracked its mystery—revealing it’s not future vision, but a fascinating illusion of memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

33m 47s

Aug 8

How Many People Actually Died Because of Chernobyl?

Chernobyl’s official death toll is 31—but estimates range up to a million. This video dives into the cover-ups, chaos, and radioactive aftermath of history’s worst nuclear disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 15m

Nov 2022

Jonestown Pt. 2

With more than 900 people dead, the Jonestown Massacre has sparked many theories over the past 40 years. Did the government have a hand in these deaths? Could the cult have been connected to the mysterious MK-Ultra program? And was Jim Jones murdered, or did he fake his own death ... Show More

59m 21s

Apr 2018

Jonestown Massacre

At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide”. Jones himself was found dead from a shot to the head. But the details of this mass suicide doesn't quite line up. W ... Show More

1h 2m

Oct 2022

Jonestown Pt. 1

At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide.” But was this truly a mass suicide, or was it a mass murder? And why do some people think Jim Jones faked his own de ... Show More

1h 2m

Aug 2019

The Jonestown Massacre

Sara, Casey, and Danny are back with another cult. This time they’re breaking down one of the worst mass murders in American history, the Jonestown massacre. They will talk through how it began and how everything went south so quickly for the Peoples Temple. Learn more about your ... Show More

57m 51s

Mar 2021

Assassinations: from the ancient world to JFK

Historian John Withington, author of Assassins’ Deeds: A History of Assassination from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, explores some of history’s most notorious political killings. From the first known assassination to the plots to kill Franz Ferdinand and JFK, he reveals how t ... Show More

51m 14s

Jun 2021

Psychology of Conspiracy Theories Pt. 1

Reptile overlords. Pizzagate. QAnon. What makes conspiracy theories so alluring, and why are some more unshakeable than others? Today’s episode breaks down the driving forces behind false narratives, and what happens when true believers take extreme actions. Learn more about your ... Show More

50m 41s

Feb 2024

Conspiracy | 3. Who killed JFK?

On the 22 November 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and charged with the murder, but over the past 60 years millions of people have come to believe that Oswald was just a small cog in a wider plot to murder the president, o ... Show More

1h 10m

Jan 2024

Jonestown

We all know what happened at Jonestown, but who was Jim Jones before the tragedy at the People's Temple?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

57m 57s

Jul 2018

Jim Jones

Jim Jones was the cult leader and founder of the People’s Temple. Known for his extreme beliefs on Christianity, socialist politics, and racial equality, Jones is infamous for the mass murder-suicide he led of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana. Urging his church’s me ... Show More

44m 22s

Was the Jonestown Massacre Orchestrated ...