We ask strange, hilarious, paranormal, tough, and mysterious questions — then laugh our way to the best answers we can muster. Join us for the ride.
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Ep. #247: What If You Ran Until You Hallucinated?
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In the last 30 years, more than 1,000 people have attempted the Barkley Marathons, but only 20 have finished under the 60-hour time limit. Sources: Hallucinations and no sleep: Jasmin Paris on her historic ultramarathon Jasmin Paris first woman to complete grueling Barkley Marathons race The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young…
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Ep. #246: What If You Stole a Hotel?
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In 2018, Mickey Barreto checked into a hotel. Over the next five years he refused to leave, briefly owned the hotel, tried to take down an international cult, and got arrested. Go help our guy Bear! Sources: The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave The History of The New Yorker Hotel A loophole got New York City man a free hotel stay for five years until…
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Our guy bear needs some help! He was in a bad motorcycle accident and won't be able to work for a few months while he recovers. Bear's brought us many, many joys over the years and it's the least we can do to give back a little. If you can afford to spare a couple bucks please do! Ok, thank you, we love you. Bear loves you. We love Bear. And we'll …
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Ep. #245 - What If David Grusch Is Right?
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Hi! We're catching up about the past 5 months and discussing David Grusch's UAP claims.
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Ep. #244 - What If We Sampled the Buffet of Weird?
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We've got a bunch of topics today and we kinda get to all of them. Miley Cyrus saw a flying snowplow, Jeremy Corbell started a podcast, somebody's cutting off the internet, Ruby Tuesdays are popping up outta nowhere, there's a mysterious celebrity on some curtains, and Ryan's buying more websites.
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Ep. #243 - What If the Sky Was Full of "Objects"?
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We hosted a little live hang out with friends and listeners to discuss the balloons and objects that have been spotted (and shot down) over North America recently. We also talked about Warped Tour, Gucci's Loose Wings, and DJing middle school dances.
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Ep. #242 - What If You Fell Out Of a Blimp?
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On August 16, 1942 a U.S. Navy blimp took off from Treasure Island, just outside San Francisco. Five hours later it crashed 11 miles away in Daly City, CA with no one aboard. The two men aboard the blimp were never found. We're doing a live "call-in" show on Monday, 2/13. Join us!
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Ep. #241 - What If You Went On a Treasure Hunt?
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Spencer is using his penchant for conspiratorial thinking for good and trying to find buried treasure in St. Paul. Ryan is cold. No one is talking about blimps. We're doing a live call-in show on Monday, 2/13! Join us here!
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Ep. #240 - What If You Stole a Bunch of Books?
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Last year, Filippo Bernardini was arrested at New York's JFK airport and charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing over 1,000 unpublished and draft manuscripts from authors and publishers around the world. Strangely, it doesn't appear that Bernardini ever tried to profit from the thefts–the works were never leaked or sold, …
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Ep. #239 - What If You Lived In the Valley of the Skookum?
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Sali Sheppard-Wolford really went for it with her 2006 book Valley of the Skookum: Four Years of Encounters with Bigfoot. There's bigfoot, sure, but there are also UFOs, government conspiracies, poltergeist activity, time travel, astral travel, men in black, psychic warfare, flying tombstones, and phantom trains. This book has it all! Ryan's new re…
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Ep. #238 - What If Underwater Aliens Stole Some Elk?
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We're joined by Rob Kristoffersen of Our Strange Skies to break down the latest documentary from our least favorite investigator, Davey Copface. References: S.J. OFFICER ACCUSED OF FALSE SOLICITATION AUTOGRAPHS Assault Suspect Says S.J. Police Beat Him Bay Area Reporter, 4/28/83 Ray Salmen: Family of B.C. drowning victim turns to recovery team from…
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Ep. #237 - What If The World Ended In 2012?
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Some people thought the world was going to end on December 21, 2012. Ten years later, we're taking a look back at what people were expecting. Check out Ryan's new EP, Before What Came After, releasing January 20th. Watch The Race to Alaska (with an original score from Spencer). “Bracing, immersive and wonderfully congenial, this film is a tribute t…
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Dang! That's Weird - Lizard Men, Gnomes, and UFOs with Rob Kristoffersen
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The first three episodes of Spencer's new podcast, Dang! That's Weird are out now. Enjoy this episode with the one and only Rob Kristoffersen of Our Strange Skies, and subscribe to Dang! That's Weird on your favorite podcast app. Some things just can't be explained. Like a bipedal human-sized lizard carrying an orb through the Adirondacks. Today we…
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The Layers Lair - Let's meet the bakers!
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The Layers Lair is back for season 2, and that means the GBBO competition is back too! Spencer and Katie break each episode of the Great British Bake Off, try to understand British slang, and have a dang blast along the way. Check out this first episode, subscribe to The Layers Lair, and get your entries in for week 1 of the competition! Subscribe …
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Ep. #236 - What If Google Made a Sentient Robot?
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hi! we recorded a new episode! This week we're talking about Google's LaMDA language program and Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who thinks it's sentient.
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Ep. #235 - What If We Reviewed Our Own Podcast?
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Last January, we recorded an episode about a weird movie called Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey. We took it down after about a week because we decided to do a bigger project about it. That project turned into a podcast called Finding Quantum Quest. Now, more than a year later, we look back at that original episode to see what we got right, w…
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Ep. #234 - What If We Returned to the Tingleverse?
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OH BOY. We have a very special episode for you this week. We're returning to the Tingleverse and we brought a few friends with us. Ryan and Chance York are reprising their roles as Young Baby Sir Plinkington the bad boy unicorn and Scaly the Blue the velociraptor wizard, and they're joined by Lydia Liza aka Smorgas Bord the true buckaroo and Eric M…
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Ep. #233 - What If There Were Skinwalkers at the Pentagon?
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We're selling houses, watching 90s movies, and reading books about dinobeavers! This week we're discussing the new book from George Knapp, James Lacatski, and Colm Kelleher, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon. Make sure to check out Finding Quantum Quest. Episode 4 drops tomorrow!
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Ep. #232 - What If You Were the Devil's Dad?
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Jack Parsons had a hell of a life. He summoned the devil into his bedroom when he was 13, helped invent modern rocketry, performed sex magick rituals with L. Ron Hubbard, and then blew himself up in his garage. He also co-founded JPL. Episode 3 of Finding Quantum Quest drops tomorrow! Go listen and subscribe right the heck now!…
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Ep. #231 - What If You Dug A Tunnel?
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Some people just gotta dig! Seymour Cray dug tunnels so the elves could finish his coding. William Lyttle said of his tunneling "there is great beauty in inventing things that serve no purpose". Elton McDonald was "getting away from regular things, away from life. Nothing in particular. Just life itself.” Episode 1 of Finding Quantum Quest is out n…
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Introducing Finding Quantum Quest
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Hi friends! Our brand new podcast Finding Quantum Quest debuted this week and we wanted to share the first episode with you. The show follows our search for a lost animated sci-fi movie that was commissioned by NASA and starts Chris Pine, John Travolta, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Neil Armstrong, Amanda Peet, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Hamill, and a ton of…
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Ep. #230 - What If The Veggie Man Sucked Your Blood?
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OH HEY! We're back with stories of creepy cryptids from West Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland. We've got the Snallygaster, the Veggie Man, Tommyknockers and more! MORE IMPORTANTLY - THE FIRST EPISODE OF FINDING QUANTUM QUEST COMES OUT TOMORROW! You simply must go subscribe and listen. Right now. Even before you listen to this. Seriously, do it now.…
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Ep. #229 - What If A Little Alien Vacuumed Your Garden?
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The 1970s were wild! These days you either get gray aliens, a lizard creature, or maybe a tall nordic type. But back then there were little guys with jetpacks, disembodied pants, 11-foot tall sheets with buttons on their faces, and all kinds of wild stuff. On this week's episode, we're taking a look at some 1970s humanoid encounters as documented i…
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Ep. #228 - What If We Came Back?
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HI! We missed you! We're going to be releasing weekly episodes again starting next week. We're doing at least six, maybe more. Who knows? ALSO, we just launched a brand new podcast called Finding Quantum Quest. Please go listen to the trailer and subscribe now, the first episode launches 1/26. We've been working on this project for a year, we're re…
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Ep. #227 - What If Jeremy Corbell Saw Some Planes?
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HIIIIIIIIIIIII! Surprise! We're (very briefly) back to talk about UFOs, Jeremy Corbell, and our weekly joys.
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