Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Long-term US Official Exposed as Cuban Spy, QAnon Queen Trolled, the 23andMe Hack

23andMe reacts to a massive hack compromising information of customers across the world. Benevolent trolls infiltrate the telegram channels of the QAnon Queen. Career US diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha is charged with spying for Cuba -- for more than forty years! All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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It Could Happen Here - The Right Wing Palestine Grifters Part 1: The Left Creates a Monster

In the first of three episodes about the right wing grifters exploiting Israel's crimes in Palestine we look at the conditions on the left that made their rise possible

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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: Printed Guns & Sold Schematics by SJ Klapecki

Margaret reads you a story about an engineer in a collapsed United States, just trying to make her living selling weapons to rebels.

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 110

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Extraordinary Rendition: Yes, The Government Can Kidnap You

While there are many forms of government they all have one thing in common: they make the rules. In theory, they maintain order and safety as well. But how far could a government go to defend what it sees as the 'Greater Good?' In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into the infamous global kidnapping phenomenon known as extraordinary rendition. What is this cross-country conspiracy? How did it start? What are the consequences in the modern day?

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Did OpenAI Build a Non-human Entity? Water Treatment, Mandela Effect and Google Maps

The Turd Herder calls in to speak about UV light and water treatment. Agent 907 asks about the Mandela effect. Anonymous describes issues with Google Maps, and GPS overall. Elijah and several other sources ask for more information about the accelerating potential -- and potential for conspiracy -- surrounding research into AI: What if something 'wakes up'? All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What is Exercise Flintlock?

Since 2005 -- officially -- the United States has conducted a training program known as Exercise Flintlock. This program, which has multiple partners in various roles, aims to educate and prepare forces in Africa's Sahel region against the growing threat of non-state actors and terrorists. Proponents argue it saves lives. Critics allege it's another School of the Americas... and that the US may well be creating the same villains it claims to fight.

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It Could Happen Here - Bug Out Bags!

James and Margaret talk about bug out bags, the things that might be useful in a crisis, and the things that probably won’t.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Henry Kissinger, America’s Darth Vader

Henry Kissinger has worn many hats over the course of his long life. To some, his geopolitical career is a study in the ruthless, brilliant application of realpolitik. To others, he is a war criminal responsible for massive waves of death in multiple countries across the globe. Join the guys as they delve into the strange, at times disturbing career of Henry Kissinger -- including the Stuff He Doesn't Want You To Know. On the heels of Kissinger's death, the guys revisit this Classic episode.

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It Could Happen Here - Occupy Gotham

Garrison and Mia discuss the parallels to Occupy Wall Street in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises, conspiracy theories surrounding the movie, and the problem of constituent power. 


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