Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - ScienceStuff, with Jorge Cham

Are we living in a simulation? What's the future of AI? How can humans understand the past, present, and future of the universe -- assuming, of course, that time exists? In this interview segment, Ben, Matt and Noel welcome special guest Dr. Jorge Cham, the creator of the new hit podcast ScienceStuff, and pick his brain about some of the biggest questions in all of human civilization.

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Native America Calling - Friday, July 11, 2025 – What we’ve learned in the 35 years since the Mohawk Resistance at Oka

The 78-day armed standoff just outside of Montreal in 1990 is credited with clearing a path for reconciliation between Indigenous tribes and the Canadian federal government. The country can count a number of initiatives, government resolutions, and task forces that sprouted from the violence 35 years ago. But many of Indigenous people connected to the direct action say any progress since then is slow and insufficient. We’ll recount the conflict sparked by a town’s plan to build a golf course and condominiums on sacred Mohawk land and assess the state of awareness for Indigenous issues since then.

Ann Coulter (Photo: by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia/CC)

Also, what is the most effective response when public figures make comments that go well past acceptable boundaries? How are they held accountable? We’ll reflect on a social media post by conservative commentator Ann Coulter that prompted rebuke by hundreds of Native American leaders and individuals.

GUESTS

Russ Diabo (Kahnawake Mohawk), policy analyst

Waneek Horn-Miller (Mohawk), Olympian and veteran of the Oka standoff

Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi), publisher and editor of Native News Online and Tribal Business News

Anton Treuer (Leech Lake Ojibwe descendant), professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University

 

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Break 2 Music: Coffee (song) James Bilagody (artist) Near Midnight (album)

It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #24

The gang discuss two shootings outside ICE/Border Patrol facilities in Texas, how Elon Musk’s AI chatbot went full nazi, plus updates on immigration and tariffs.

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5460936/trump-tariffs-economy-china-policy

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/trump-tariff-letters-trade.html

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/detainee-being-held-at-alligator-alcatraz-describes-conditions-at-everglades-facility/3653144/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-allege-inhumane-conditions-at-immigration-detention-center/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/families-immigrant-detainees-allege-horrible-conditions-alligator-alca-rcna217743
https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1942757371052233180 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-antisemitic-posts-1235381165/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/tech/grok-4-elon-musk-ai

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.160.0.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/americas/trump-venezuelan-migrants-us-prisoner-swap.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483/gov.uscourts.mdd.457483.319.0.pdf

https://bsky.app/profile/nicolemicheroni.bsky.social/post/3lthwaxneuk2x

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-operation-excalibur-in?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Native America Calling - Thursday, July 10, 2025 – Tulsa takes new tack on tribal jurisdiction

The Muscogee Nation will assume some law enforcement duties in the city of Tulsa, Okla., when it comes to tribal citizens. The development over jurisdiction ends a federal lawsuit filed by the Muscogee Nation in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark McGirt decision in 2020. The Cherokee and Osage Nations also potentially have jurisdiction claims in Tulsa and other cities. Local law enforcement officials and Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) oppose the agreement, saying it creates a two-tiered system of justice. We’ll find out what the new agreement solves and what it leaves unanswered.

Also, tribes connected to Florida are speaking out against the Trump administration’s fast track plans to establish a detention center for immigration actions near the Florida Everglades. Miccosukee and Seminole tribal officials and citizens say the center, dubbed the “Alligator Alcatraz,” infringes on land that is their “cultural, spiritual, and historical identity.”

GUESTS

Betty Osceola (Miccosukee), environmental educator

State Rep. Scott Fetgatter (Choctaw/R-OK 16)

Robert Miller (Eastern Shawnee), law professor at Arizona State University and tribal judge

Jason Salsman (Muscogee), press secretary for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation

 

Break 1 Music: One Good Reason (song) Sara Kae (artist) One Good Reason (album)

Break 2 Music: Coffee (song) James Bilagody (artist) Near Midnight (album)

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Bird Deaths, Gas Station Bars, The Battle of Blair Mountain and More

Sloth inspires a round-up of recent news stories from the world of birds. Fae shares a story of real-life bars inside gas stations. Kevin prompts an exploration of hidden history -- the earth shaking Battle of Blair Mountain, and the resulting cover-up from the Powers That Be. Plus puns. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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It Could Happen Here - The Minnesota Assassination & Evangelical Terrorism

James and Gare discuss the targeted assassination of a Minnesota Democrat by an anti-abortion evangelical missionary.

Sources:

https://mblsportal.sos.mn.gov/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=0792690a-c0b6-e811-9165-00155d0deff0

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25976535-boelter-federal-affidavit/

https://web.archive.org/web/20250614161224/https://www.pguards.net/leadership-team

https://youtu.be/Sh01z1t2l3w?si=vSme9mqCPmeDROqp

https://www.startribune.com/timeline-how-an-early-morning-assault-against-minnesota-lawmakers-unfolded/601373039

https://www.startribune.com/melissa-hortman-shooting-vance-boelter-suspect/601373342

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/vance-boelter-due-back-in-federal-court-thursday-afternoon/

https://www.wired.com/story/shooting-minnesota-melissa-hortman-vance-boelter/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/us/vance-boelter-minnesota-shooting-invs

https://web.archive.org/web/20230723010430/https://www.redliongroupdrc.com/#

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #483 – “2009” (Part 1) with Keith Carey, Kyle Clark, & Jordan Williams

In this episode, Rivers is joined at Disgraceland Studios by THREE hilarious people, comedians Keith Carey, Kyle Clark, and the INCREDIBLE visual artist Jordan Williams for our annual tradition of trying to find the funniest year of all time. This time, it's all about THE YEAR 2009. In Part 1, we go into absolutely everything from the first six months of this year: movies, music, TV, and politics. We also get pretty drunk on Four LOKO. This was an absolutely crazy year for news and pop culture and we hope y'all have as much fun listening to it as we did recording it.  Follow Keith and Kyle on all forms of social media @KeithTellsJokes and @KyleClarkIsRad respectively. Check out Jordan's incredible art on Instagram @GooneyBirdCrafts. Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock  Subscribe on Patreon for an UNCUT video version of the show as well as HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod 

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Raymond Allen Davis Incident

It's an open secret that not everything is as it seems in the world of diplomacy -- a great many individuals operate with some degree of subterfuge and invisibility. So what happens when things go wrong, and these often disturbing, unseen things become visible? Tonight's story takes us to Lahore, Pakistan: on January 27, 2011, CIA contractor Raymond Allen Davis found himself in a brutal firefight in traffic. What follows becomes an international scandal reaching all the way to the President of the United States. Join Ben, Matt and Noel to learn more.

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Native America Calling - Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – Tribes forced to find new clean energy paths

President Donald Trump’s earlier executive orders and the comprehensive spending bill he just signed mark the end of dozens of tribal green energy initiatives. They mark a major shift in direction away from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources championed during the Biden administration. Those projects aimed at energy sovereignty that can’t find new, private-sector funds will halt or scale back their original scope.

And, an Alaska tribal village is hoping a transition away from oil-fueled energy will both save money and help the environment.

 

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Break 2 Music: Coffee (song) James Bilagody (artist) Near Midnight (album)