Strange News: One Card To Rule Them All, Pop Culture and Space, Horrors of Kenyan Death Cults, and More

Update: 2025-04-28

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History's largest credit card merger looms on the horizon. Commentary on not-quite-space and a celebrity named Katy Perry. Ben takes the crew around the globe to learn more about wildlife piracy, the horrors of Kenyan cults, and the fascinating web of fentanyl, casinos, China and Mexican drug cartels. All this this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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