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Twenty Novel Hotels prompts a re-exploration of earlier conversations regarding backmasking and moral panics. Fellow Conspiracy Realists respond to Ben's questions about meat heists and commercial trucking. Ignicus and others ask for more information regarding the possibility of an active serial killer in New England. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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Robert, Mia, and Garrison discuss the second arc of Andor Season 2, covering the infiltration of an underground resistance, weaponized surveillance, and the personal cost of revolution.

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It seemed the world paused on April 21, 2025, when 88-year-old Pope Francis passed away after a long struggle with multiple health issues. As the Catholic church and the world at large wonders what the future will bring, a once-obscure piece of writing is back in the public zeitgeist: the "Prophecy of the Popes," which purports to predict the ascension of all Popes up until the rise of the antichrist. Why are some people so concerned? Well, according to the true believers -- Francis was the second to last Pope in the prophecy. And the next just may be the final Pope, leading to the destruction of Rome and the end of civilization as we know it.

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Just over 100 days into Trump’s second term, the damage in Washington, DC is already undeniable. From threatening local autonomy to J-6 insurrectionists getting off the hook, the nation's capital is under siege. 

Guest co-host Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls On The Internet, joins Weird Little Guys’ Molly Conger to break down what’s happening in DC—and why the rest of the country can’t afford to look away.

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The legendary civilization of Atlantis was first mentioned in the works of Plato, in dialogues that claimed to recount information from translations of ancient Egyptian texts. And people have been searching for this city ever since. So what was Atlantis, exactly? A metaphor, a work of fiction ... or a real, physical place? Join "Ben," Matt and Noel as they explore the fact and fiction of the ancient legend of Atlantis.

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Mia talks with trans journalists David Forbes, Mira Lazine, and Mady Castigan about how a lack of trans journalism got us here and how it can be supported.

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What caused the massive power blackout in Spain and Portugal? Anti-fluoridation activists gain ground in the wake of RFK Jr's newest statement. A former Disney employee gets in hot water for hacking menus. Mexico hopes to popularize anti-narcocorridos. The tariff controversy surrounding Amazon and the White House. The FBI may be close to eating its own. All this and more in this week's Strange News segment.

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James and Gare talk about how border reporting often ignores the impact of borders on Indigenous people and how differently migrants are covered during Democratic and Republican administrations.

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Margaret reads chapter seven of her book The Barrow Will Send What it May

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

1. The Old Economy Is Dead

2. Cosmopolitanism feat. Andrew

3. The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

4. May Day Special: The Gang Reviews Andor Season 2, Ep. 1-3

5. Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #14

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Sources/Links:

The Old Economy Is Dead

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2222-carbon-democracy?srsltid=AfmBOop1btGiR59VH99WTMZMzuAgua2p9xgWyT8zbZzAhET-DEwjImqw

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/china-raises-tariffs-on-us-goods-to-125-in-retaliation

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/national/business/2025/04/11/tariffs-shipping-china-port-of-la-declines

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trans-pacific-blank-sailings-soar-as-ocean-shipments-plunge

https://gcaptain.com/massive-surge-in-transpacific-blank-sailings-amid-u-s-china-trade-tensions/

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/air-cargo-faces-22b-revenue-hit-when-china-tariff-exemption-ends

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/modifying-reciprocal-tariff-rates-to-reflect-trading-partner-retaliation-and-alignment/

The Canadian Election: NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2025/results/#/all-parties

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4jd39g8y1o

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/the-ndp-is-set-to-lose-official-party-status-after-canadas-election-heres-what-that/article_ac2e10a8-98f0-412d-81dd-a3408b07c6b4.html

https://abacusdata.ca/2025-federal-election-final-poll-of-campaign/

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #14

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-department-reassigns-about-dozen-civil-rights-attorneys-amid-shakeup-2025-04-22/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/strengthening-and-unleashing-americas-law-enforcement-to-pursue-criminals-and-protect-innocent-citizens/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens/ 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/enforcing-commonsense-rules-of-the-road-for-americas-truck-drivers/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/advancing-artificial-intelligence-education-for-american-youth/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/investigation-into-unlawful-straw-donor-and-foreign-contributions-in-american-elections/

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2024/10/politics/political-fundraising-elderly-election-invs-dg/ 

https://bsky.app/profile/jameeljaffer.bsky.social/post/3lnxyq7teck2e

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/federal-court-says-first-amendment-bars-government-from-deporting-students-and-faculty-on-basis-of-political-viewpoint-says-challenge-to-trump-policy-can-go-forward

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/29/trump-border-militar-zone-migrants-charges/

https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lnxqhgvlzs2a

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/04/border-patrol-injunction/

https://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/UFW%20v%20Noem%20PI%20CLASS%20CERT%20RULING_04.29.pdf

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=35bc713ede854401a475cb9957dd2765 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-eases-tariffs-on-select-us-goods-as-trump-says-beijing-will-eat-the-costs-191201015.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-china-tariffs-are-shutting-the-big-loophole-that-make-shein-and-temu-so-cheap-234229735.html

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