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A Yakuza operative gets pinched for smuggling nuclear material. Mixtape legends and fast food empire Wendy's claims they are 'definitely not' doing surge pricing -- and the public remains skeptical. Alex Jones struggles with the recent court ruling. Statements from Memphis gang leaders inspire a conversation about the military. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.
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CLASSIC: The Gulen Movement
The Strange Story of Adam's Calendar
CLASSIC: Can You Really Delete Your Internet History?
Strange News: Balloons, UFOs and Other Explosive Distractions
The 2022 Twitter Files
Listener Mail: Balloons or Baloney? Another Government Worker and Politics as Religion
Do cops have their own gangs?
CLASSIC: Real-life Superpowers
Strange News: FBI Agent Caught Working For Oligarch, Man Sues Due To 'Friend Zone,' Secret Russian Satellite is Disintegrating -- and No One Knows Why
The Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Listener Mail: "Adam's Calendar," Glitter in Tasers, and the Grim Allegations of Coerced Death in Canada
The Egg-spiracy
CLASSIC: Inside America's Zone of Death
Strange News: Bacteria in Eyedrops, a Tesla Road Rager, and "Bring Back the Dodo!"
Oops, All Voicemail
Listener Mail: Stuff the Military Doesn't Want You To Know, Haunted Planes, "AI" and Art
How To Be A Skeptic, Part Two: Friends and Family
CLASSIC: It's Our Lucky Day, With Archer's Dr. Krieger
Strange News: Russia Triggers Doomsday Clock, Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster, Gene Therapy will Amaze and Terrify
Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?
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