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For many farmers in rural 1990s China, it seemed like a godsend: new businesses promised to pay a full month's wage for just a few hours donating plasma. The Plasma Economy campaign swept the nation, making blood brokers and biotech companies tons of cash... and then the reports started arriving: multiple small communitites suddenly had HIV and hepatitis. What went wrong? Tune in to learn more.
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The Strange Case of Benjaman Kyle
Listener Mail: Smurfs and CERN, A Possible Cult in LA, and Solving Wartime UFOs
The Houston, Texas Lovers' Lane Murders
CLASSIC: Hollywood’s Abuse Epidemic
Strange News: Baby Powder and Voting Lawsuits; Deputies Plan Murders; US Feds Arrest Leaders of 'Secret Chinese Police Stations'
Listener Mail: The Psychedelic Devil's Bread, Invasive Species and Q Hydrogen
Astroturf and Cancer
UFOs in the Korean War
CLASSIC: Should we be conCERNed?
Strange News: Furbies Reveal Plan For World Domination, Pentagon Leaks Rock Uncle Sam, and More Details on Ye's Donda Academy
What is the RESTRICT Act? TikTok and Beyond
CLASSIC: Is there really a lost civilization in the Grand Canyon?
Conspiracy, Congress and Crime: The ABSCAM Story
CLASSIC: What exactly are "Ghost Lights"?
Strange News: A Death in St. Petersburg, International Sperm Donor Sued for Incest, US Actor Works for Russia
How Ouija Boards Work
Listener Mail: The Sinister Truth Behind the TikTok Ban, Juggalos, EMTs, and Medically-assisted Suicide in Canada
The COVID Lab Leak
CLASSIC: The Strange World of Inexplicable Skeletons
Strange News: Astrotrurf is Potentially Deadly, the Nashville School Shooting, and Columbian Police vs. the Occult
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