Newspapers documented mysterious airships across the American West in the 1890s. Some accounts described crews stepping out to speak with witnesses. Walter Bosley explains why he thinks these stories deserve another look:

Walter Bosley believes Disneyland was engineered as a “psychotronic device” to influence human consciousness. His theory centers on energy beneath the park & the placement of one particular ride:

Episode #434 w/ Walter Bosley is available now. Walter is a former FBI counterintelligence specialist, Investigator of historical occult mysteries, author of pulp fiction novels and a screenwriter who has appeared on History Channel's 'Ancient Aliens'.

HIV cases became the sole focus of Baron Coleman’s (@baroncoleman) law practice for years. He explains how challenging HIV test kits became the foundation of his criminal defense strategy:

Baron Coleman (@baroncoleman) says Charlie Kirk’s bodyguard changed his behavior in the final minute before the shooting. He walks through the footage & the gesture he wants explained:

Baron Coleman (@baroncoleman) claims Google Trends showed searches for Tyler Robinson before Charlie Kirk was killed. Then he started looking up other names connected to the case. He says that’s where it got stranger:

Episode #433 w/ Baron Coleman (@baroncoleman) is available now. We discuss the latest on his investigation into Charlie Kirk's death, Tyler Robinson's case, Charlies final text message, Erika Kirk's strange behavior, Egyptian planes & much more.

Connor Leahy (@NPCollapse) says that America is in a political “death spiral.” The people who could fix the government want nothing to do with it. He explains how that cycle feeds itself:

“AI is more like grown rather than written.” Computer scientist Connor Leahy (@NPCollapse) explains why even the people building AI struggle to understand what happens inside it:

“We don't have much time left.” Connor Leahy (@NPCollapse) warns that AI is approaching a point of no return. He explains why we might not recognize it until it's already behind us:

Episode 432 w/ Connor Leahy (@NPCollapse) is available now. Connor is an AI researcher & co-founder of EleutherAI. He helped expand access to powerful open-source language models, but later became one of the more outspoken voices warning that increasingly capable systems may outstrip society’s ability to control them.

A single bluefin tuna is worth over $70,000. But the financial incentives behind the tuna industry could be manipulating the market price. Valentine Thomas (@valentinethomas) discusses what this has to do with protecting fish populations:

Most seafood in the grocery store is renamed to make it more appetizing to consumers. Danny & Valentine Thomas (@valentinethomas) break down "Chilean sea bass" and other fish that are not as appealing as their names suggest:

Spearfisher Valentine Thomas (@valentinethomas) says shark influencers leave out what happens before they get in the water. Here's why sharks are not as friendly as they might seem on social media:

Episode #431 w/ Valentine Thomas is available now. Valentine is a world-class spear-fisher, freediving instructor & author. We discuss China's corrupt fishing industry, pirates, the disturbing rise in the shark population & the big problem with environmental activism.

Andy Casagrande (@ABC4EXPLORE) agreed to spend the night alone in polar bear territory for a National Geographic shoot. The crew brought an electric bear fence. They forgot the battery. That was the first of several things to go wrong:

Shark filmmaker Andy Casagrande (@ABC4EXPLORE) watched a tiger shark put its jaws around his wife's head. Another diver caught the entire encounter on camera. He says the GoPro crew wanted the footage deleted:

Episode #430 w/ Andy Casagrande (@ABC4EXPLORE) is available now. Andy is a two-time Emmy winning wildlife cinematographer, producer, on-camera presenter, and shark diver best known for his long-running work on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.

Michael Phelps needed to swim 100 meters for Shark Week. Andy Casagrande (@ABC4EXPLORE) says producers picked a beach where two people had been fully eaten by great whites. Andy explains the dark history of Fish Hoek Beach and how he privately warned Phelps:

Journalist Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) fought for months to obtain Thomas Crooks’ autopsy & toxicology reports. What he found raised questions the reports themselves couldn’t answer: