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Strange News: Spain's Porn Passport, the Paris Olympics, China's New Nuclear Reactor and a Bay of Piglets
Carl-Erik Björkegren: The Disappearing Billionaire
Listener Mail: The Most Dangerous Animal, Secret ESP Countermeasures, Spies and Psychics
The Mystery of the Dropa Stones
CLASSIC: Orang Minyak: Mythical Monster or Monstrous Cover-up?
Strange News: Crowdstrike, Fake Picassos, Cocaine Sharks, the Looming Yellowstone Volcanic Supereruption
Angel Hair and Star Jelly: What the heck is this stuff?
Listener Mail: Targeted Ads, Driving in Europe, a Word from King John
Can you hack the emergency alert system?
CLASSIC: What will humanity be like in 1,000 years?
Strange News: Horrifying Discovery of a Kenyan Serial Killer, Oceangate Cofounder Pitches Lunar Colony, Fentanyl Robbery Gang
Do fish ever really rain from the sky?
Listener Mail: The Good Fork, Microgeneration, FedEx Teams Up with the Cops, Nazi Drugs and UAP Sightings
STDWYTK: Breaking: Someone Tried To Kill A President
CLASSIC: The death of Panama Papers journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
Strange News: History's Biggest Password Hack, Mandatory Speed Limiters, and the First Robot Suicide.
The Pentagon's Anti-Vax Program, Part Two: The Conspiracy Goes Global
Listener Mail: The Targeted Pricing Conspiracy, Living Underground, Google is Getting Worse
The Pentagon's Anti-Vax Program, Part One: The Great Game is Dirty
CLASSIC: Will the real Shakespeare please stand up?
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