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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
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It seems ridiculously irresponsible with the benefit of hindsight, but the concept of giving Hitler everything he wanted was the policy among the UK and France as a way to keep the world from sliding into a second world war. Turns out it didn’t work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The secret military base Area 51 is inextricably linked to every secret, shady project the US government is rumored to be involved in – from reverse-engineering alien technology to coordinating a one-world government. The truth is much more mundane. Listen to this classic episode as Josh and Chuck break it down.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 1922, a little farm in the woods of Bavaria became the site of what would become Germany’s most famous unsolved murder, when six people were brutally killed with a pick axe. What led up to it and followed is nothing short of bizarre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Josh and Chuck live from Seattle as they (sky)dive into one of the most brazen robberies in the annals of crime and the only unsolved airline hijacking in American history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a small town in Iowa in 1912 eight people were murdered in the grisliest of ways while they slept. Local reputations were ruined when accusations flew, but could a drifting serial killer working across the Midwest have been behind it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On one terrible day in Chicago in 1982, seven people died suddenly and mysteriously. In just a matter of hours, it becomes clear, someone has poisoned bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol, one of the most trusted and widely-used products in America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The largest ever kidnapping case in the United States went down in the small town of Chowchilla, CA. Learn all about it today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The panic that began in Chicago spreads and begins to change the world. The investigation into the murders turns up leads and suspects, but still no one has ever been charged with the murders. It remains unsolved to this day. Find out the extent of what we know in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Long before we knew what serial killers were, a family in remote Kansas was disposing of victims at their family farm. Listen in to the Tale of the Bloody Benders if you dare!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In August of 1980 a bomb containing 1,000 pounds of dynamite was quietly delivered to Harvey’s, a casino and resort at Lake Tahoe. This kicked off a whirlwind caper that lasted 30 hours and ended up nearly demolishing the 11-story resort.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The murder of Ken McElroy comes off like a story from a cheap paperback book you’d get to read on a plane. But this is a true crime story, set in Missouri in the early 80s. And boy does it pack a punch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tune in today to listen to the story of when North Hollywood became a war zone after a brazen bank robbery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In July 1966, three women out for a day at the beach waded into the water of Lake Michigan, got onto a boat and were never heard from again. To this day, not a trace of them has ever turned up and theories of what became of them abound.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 1963, 15 men got together in England to pull off one of the most daring heists in history. The Great Train Robbery was the crime of the century, capturing the public's attention and leaving them torn on who to root for - the cops or the robbers. Learn all about England's greatest heist in today's episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Far Side is one of the greatest cartoons in history. Today we go to great lengths to convince you of that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The death cap mushroom lives up to its name. It’s a mushroom cap that causes death. Find out why.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sound effects are one of the unsung parts of any movie or TV show – they’re best when you don’t even notice them making what you see on screen even more real, and when they’re off you notice immediately. Learn how hard this amazing craft is in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you’ve ever wandered past what looked like a pile of dog barf on a log during a hike in the woods, you’d just seen slime mold - one of the most perplexing organisms on Earth. Listen to this classic episode and get as amazed as Josh and Chuck were when they recorded it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As part of our shameful history series, today we dive into the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and into the 70s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you try to kill someone who was already dead is that a bad thing? Yeah? How bad?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Khalid Ahmadi

Wow this episode is old as hell, the first one on cast box but I am not sure if it’s the Real Original first episode

Sep 29th
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selfstudys123

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Sep 24th
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selfstudys123

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Sep 24th
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Naina Randhawa

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Sep 24th
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Sep 22nd
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Jeff s

ahh yeah.. what he said

Sep 19th
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Tammy Buchanan

Obviously, mothers have to use cruel methods to teach their offspring. My 17yo tabby has taught my 4yo shelter nabbed hound how to hunt in the house, and not too nicely, at that. He is now essentially a horribly large cat when a lizard or frog /toad gets in the house. Billy and I have running bets on who can save the poor cold-blooded corner species first. It can get comical.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

The ways cats and dolphins are alike are uncanny. As much as I love both, I can't help but admit how sad it makes me that they share our propensity for cruelty. I self soothe myself with my hypothesis that we use it as a fear tactic to discourage predators larger and stronger than us TO EVEN THINK OF THE RISK OF FUCKING WITH ME.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

Of course, they use baby talk. Their pods have grandma's who teach their kids.

Sep 17th
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Dr Terziler

اكتشف عالمك السحري وأسرار شخصيتك من خلال خدمتنا المتطورة لـ "معرفة برجي"! نحن نقدم لك البوابة المثالية للغوص في أعماق علم الفلك وقراءة الطالع، حيث نساعدك على كشف النقاب عن برجك الحقيقي وكل ما يرتبط به من صفات فلكية مميزة تحدد جوانب كثيرة من حياتك. مع حاسبة الأبراج الذكية والدقيقة الخاصة بنا، لم يعد الأمر يتطلب أي تخمين أو شك. كل ما تحتاجه هو تاريخ ميلادك الهجري أو الميلادي لتحصل على إجابة واضحة وشاملة على سؤال: "كيف اعرف برجي؟" من خلال آلية حسابية فلكية معتمدة، تقوم أداة الحاسبة الخاصة بنا بحساب برجك الشمسي الأساسي الذي يمثل جوهر شخصيتك، طاقتك، والطريقة التي تتعامل بها مع العالم من حولك. ولكننا لا نكتفي بذلك فقط! نقدم لك تحليلاً مفصلاً لصفات هذا البرج، بما في ذلك نقاط القوة، التحديات، الميل العاطفي، والتركيب النفسي. كما نسلط الضوء على كيفية تأثير البرج على حياتك المهنية والعلاقات الشخصية. تواصل معنا بزيارة هنا: https://abrajonline.com/

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

If we drink bovine and goat milk, why wouldn't we try other mammal milk? I had lots of frozen breast milk stored and dated to be ensure our Vivian Rae could most safely transition to formula if something happened to me and also so my parents could feed her every Thurs evening while we had our SexyTime. In a real pinch, I had it with raisin bran and bananas, then recycled it and fed it again to my baby. I can't help but wonder what Emily thinks about that.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

Love this. My husband was sent a subpoena for a zombie debt hoping for a summary judgement with prejudice per LA statutes. As a transcriptionist, it took me 90 seconds to respond pro se and45 min to swing by our clerk of court.. I still laugh. They dropped suit and I was awarded all our filing fees and document request fees.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

Thank you for sponsoring NOW. For decades, they have manufactured reliable supplements in an industry that didn't even require it.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

Promise. Last post. Bayonette Presidential order. Are you fucking kidding me? Is this supposed to help Jan 6 insurgents kill more peace officers so they feel like they need more equipment? Let's have more cops on horse and foot. And , RUSH, Judast Priest, Iron Maiden, Heart, and Joan Jett plus Runaways. I could go on.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

I'm basically doing a running commentary on this podcast, mostly me expressing reasonable outrage. I normally fast forward through adverts, but I need a break too and will buy almost anything from some company willing to sponsor this episode. I am, as a COTA with voting as a BADL, bringing mail in ballots to my home bound patients and helping them to register. We have a dristricting problem here in Louisiana.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

Three strikes out life sentence Reagan era mandates? How many nonviolent families and following generations destroyed due to Marijuana schedule 1 violations?

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

BTW I'm a home health-care COTA in the Lower 9th, so my ear is on the ground.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

My brother is a retired police chief. I have always advocated for him to have every access to any equipment he and his colleagues need to be safe. I would never want him to have to implement anything working like a federal takeover except for something like Katrina.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

It's almost like the "War on Drugs." We all know how well that worked with American involvement with South American regimes.

Sep 17th
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Tammy Buchanan

I would point to our fairly new NOPD Kirkpatrick who has done so much good. She is doing her best to explain to Louisiana Far right that she commands a peace force, for better or worse that we cannot staff. We are 50% understaffed. I still believe any federal mandate to do this is an assault on communities. Bad idea. I follow Kirkpatrick communication and abhor federal martial law.

Sep 17th
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