Representative Ro Khanna enters the circle to face 20 Americans in a high-stakes debate about power, privilege, and the Epstein files. In this episode of Surrounded, Khanna navigates a deeply polarizing political landscape, defending four uncompromising claims: that America's justice system is two-tiered, the DOJ is illegally withholding crucial files, Comme ... Show More
Apr 8
Why Are Vegans So Annoying? | Jack Symes Surrounded Follow-up
Philosopher and author Dr. Jack Symes and John Regalado meet again to dissect Jack's Surrounded debate with 20 meat eaters. In this follow-up, they examine the moral weight of animal suffering, the scientific data behind plant-based longevity, and the controversial argument that ... Show More
1h 8m
Aug 2025
Replay | The Early Internet & 9/11 Conspiracies | Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy
Jordan Klepper has heard a lot of 9/11 conspiracy theories, including this shiny emerald: Osama bin Laden was a CIA operative named Tim Ossman. Together with Dr. Joan Donovan, research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Jordan unpacks h ... Show More
1h 18m
Nov 2024
The Age of Climate Conspiracy Theories w/ Mick West
You know, it's amazing how despite this current age of information, we sometimes get lost in what’s actually true and struggle to wade through the constant barrage of misinformation. It sometimes feels like everyone's got a theory for something, whether it’s the results of the 20 ... Show More
1h 1m
Mar 2024
When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Journalist Tom Risen
Journalist and author Tom Risen is here to tell me about some of the real conspiracies that the CIA and the FBI were involved in from the 50s to the 70s and how, in 1975, one senator finally took these agencies to task, revealing shocking truths that would be used for decades to ... Show More
1h 16m
<p><strong>Mick West</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/mickwest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@mickwest</a>) is a co-founder and former technical director of Neversoft Entertainment, coder, pilot, Metabunk and Contrail Science founder, and author of <em><a href ... Show More
