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A listener asks the gang for more information about Ghost Weddings. GP Scoothe writes in to tell the tale of Bob Berdella. A story about a burgeoning proxy war in the Maldives, one of the first countries that may lose itself to the rising ocean. And a few letters from home. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
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The Mysterious Hanging Gardens of Babylon
CLASSIC: Cambridge Analytica and Facebook
Strange News: Aspartame and Cancer, Steroid Olympics -- and the White House Wants to Block Out the Sun
Weird Finance, with Paco De Leon
Listener Mail: Propaganda, Body Brokers, and Letters From Home
Are "Vibes" Real?
CLASSIC: Could a thought be alive?
Strange News: Corporations Get The Vote, A Navy Cover-up, and the Russian Coup that Wasn't
Tipping: A Conspiracy Afoot?
Listener Mail: Winchester Mansion, A Hotel Of Terror, Update on VW Conspiracy
Bone Valley, with Gilbert King
CLASSIC: Several Terrifying Things You Just Ate
Strange News: Fake Priests, Body Brokers and the Titan Sub Disaster
Should Any Books Be Banned?
Listener Mail: Can AI hallucinate? Glioblastoma and Cellphones. An Incredibly Upset Australian.
Lava for Good Live: The War on Drugs - Did Anyone Win?
CLASSIC: The Great Volkswagen Cover-up, with Scott Benjamin
Strange News: Secret Chinese Spy Station in Cuba, UFOs in Vegas, A Saturn Moon is Habitable
What is snake oil?
Listener Mail: Gremlins, Race Horse Deaths, and Solving the Toothpaste Heist
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