Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: The “Most Dangerous Man” and the Looming Threat of Trigger Laws

Like many inventors, Thomas Midgeley Jr. was certainly driven -- but he seemed driven to constantly create increasingly dangerous, deadly substances. As more and more Americans become concerned about various Supreme Court rulings being overturned, people across the country are trying to figure out just what happens when a trigger law goes into effect. All this and more in this week's listener mail.

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It Could Happen Here - Tiananmen and the Question of Democracy, Part 1

We talk about the Tiananmen Square massacre and the movement for democracy in the workplace that the workers there were fighting for.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Corpsewood Manor Murders

When Dr. Charles Scudder and Joey Odom moved to a remote location in rural Georgia, they sought to create their own, personal paradise — complete with drugs, sex and occult symbolism. Locals agreed the men were eccentric, but, by all accounts, friendly and non-threatening. They seemed set to continue living out their strange social experiment in peace — until one violent day changed everything.

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It Could Happen Here - Operation Pridefall, Groomers, and Kink at Pride: Part 2

Gare talks about the anti-LGBTQ+ hate campaign "Operation Pridefall" and how it mirrors the current groomer trend and kink at pride discourse.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Berenstein or Berenstain? The Mandela Effect

How reliable are your memories? Is it possible that, somehow, history is changing? People around the world believe the past isn't as static as it might appear. Join the guys as they delve into the strange phenomenon known as the Mandela effect, touching on allegations of the multiverse, conspiracies and the tricky nature of memory.

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It Could Happen Here - Operation Pridefall, Groomers, and Kink at Pride: Part 1

We discuss the influx of “grooming” accusations levied against queer people in recent months alongside “kink at pride” discourse.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Digital Product Placement, Cop Car Corruption, and The Why People Are Hoarding Food

Digital product placement may be the future of cinema. Police in Highland Park seize a building an demand two cars as payment. The UN and multiple experts warn the planet that we have about 9-10 weeks before global food supplies reach a critical shortage. All this and more in this week's Strange News.

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 36

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 - Censorship in China

By almost every metric imaginable, China is a huge country -- and its government works around the clock to control the flow of domestic and international information. As Hollywood studios become increasingly dependent on profits from the Chinese market, they're forced to obey China's exacting guidelines regarding what can or can not be shown on screen. In today's episode, the guys explore the evolution of China's censorship regime -- and how it's changing the world of blockbuster film.

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It Could Happen Here - How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part 3

The conclusion of the saga of the Butterfly Center at the border. For now.

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