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Ep. #73 - What If Your Pasta Was Creepy? Mar 21, 2018

Lydia Liza's here to talk about creepy internet mysteries. First we cover the bizarre voicemail that @strayedaway received, warning of a dangerous, non-human presence. Then, we get into the Dear David saga, in which cartoonist Adam Ellis was (maybe) haunted by ghost boy.

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Ep. #72 - What If You Saw A UFO? - To The Stars Academy, The Belgian Wave Mar 13, 2018

On today's episode, we review the new "go fast" video released by Tom DeLonge's To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science. We then get into the Broad Haven UFO sighting and the Welsh Triangle UFO flap of the late 1970s. Finally, Ryan walks us through the Belgian Wave UFO sightings of 1989-90.

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Ep. #71 - What If A Video Game Could Kill You? - Polybius Mar 07, 2018

This week, we recount the legend of a video game, allegedly created by the government, that controlled minds, caused seizures, and maybe even killed people. We know - it’s gonna get weird. But when do we not, eh? Hold onto your butts, gang. We’re talking 80’s Atari games, barfing from Berzerk, the Mile High Mystery Conference, and a whole lot more - this week, on The What If? Podcast.
Hot Topics: Polybius, Sinneslöschen, Coinop.org, Kurt Koller, Bigfoot Conferences, Peer Pressure, and a whole lot more.
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Ep. #70 - What If You Were Reincarnated? - Past Lives, Reincarnation Feb 28, 2018

Do people live, die, and then live again? We’re talking reincarnation on this episode of The What If? Podcast. We tell stories of children who claim to have past lives, American women who believe they were previously Irish citizens, and professors who spent their careers interviewing people who thought they were a person once before. Get down as we leave the planet, and try to come back again, on this week’s episode.
Hot Topics: Ghost Catapults, Goat Simulators, 4 Year Old Dads, Housewives, It’s Ryan’s Birthday, Groundhog Day, Heck Heck Heck, and much more.

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Ep. #69 - What If You Disappeared? Pt. 5 - Australian Disappearances Feb 21, 2018

Weird stuff is happening in Australia dudes. We're talking about the disappearance of Frederick Valentich, an Australian pilot who was probably abducted by a UFO, and the Kaz II, a yacht whose whole crew disappeared without a trace. Ghost Yachts!

Ep. #68 - What If You Disappeared? Pt. 4 - The Tromp Family Feb 14, 2018

In August of 2016, a family of five left their home in a rush, leaving behind their credit cards, identification, and cell phones. They claimed they were being stalked by someone who wanted to rob and kill them. Over the next six days, the family experienced a series of misadventures, including car theft and multiple hospitalizations, before returning home and resuming their normal lives.

On today's episode, we try and figure out why they left and what happened during those six days.

Ep. #67 - What If You Were A Medical Mystery? Feb 07, 2018

Today, we're sharing four stories of humans who defy medical explanation. Tarrare ate live cats, snakes, lizards and puppies, and swallowed an eel whole without chewing. Wim Hof climbed Mount Everest wearing only goggles and a pair of shorts. Oliver Sacks spent years studying and treating people suffering from Encephalitis Lethargica. An obese gentleman went 382 days without eating. Yep, it gets weird today folks, so hold onto your butts.
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Ep. #66 - What If You Heard Something Strange? Jan 31, 2018

We're talking about mysterious sounds, including the hum, sky trumpets, the bloop, and the world's loneliest whale. We also debut a new way to open the show, plan a podcast field trip, and pitch a new kids show.

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Ep. #65 - What If Cattle Got Mutilated? (Cattle Mutilations) Jan 24, 2018

So guys, turns out they do. Hold onto your butts. No seriously, hold onto your butts, 'cause they comin' for that cow bum. Cattle mutilations are a strange phenomenon that's been happening since the 1970's, where mostly cows, but animals of all kinds, end up with missing body parts, organs, and blood. We know. It's weird. But that's what you're here for, eh? Spencer tells us what heifers are through a cold, Ryan's officially freaked out for the first time in a long time, and of course we make some burger jokes—on this week's episode of The What If? Podcast.

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Hot Topics: Bull Dongs, Please No Black Helicopters, Burger Jokes, Heck, Cows eh guys?
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Ep. #64 - What If You Weren't Alone? - Third Man Factor Jan 17, 2018

On today's episode, we're talking about the third man factor. Some people, when faced with life-threatening situations, sense the presence of another person. This presence offers words of encouragement, support, and guidance, and has led some people to overcome seemingly impossible odds.

We share stories of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition, Ron DiFrancesco's escape from the World Trade Center, Jerry Linenger's experience on the Muir space station, and James Sevigny's miraculous avalanche survival.
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Ep. #63 - What If We Can't Leave? (Space Junk, The Kessler Effect) Jan 10, 2018

We're talking about space junk and the Kessler Effect, which suggests that space debris might create more space debris through a series of collisions. Don Kessler, for whom the Kessler effect is named, suggested that there might eventually be enough space debris to prevent us from launching new objects into orbit.

We also wonder if Keanue Reeves might be the greatest action hero of our generation, we introduce some new sounders, and Spencer tells a story about The Power Team.

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Ep. #62 - What If You Found A Rip In Time? Jan 03, 2018

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Sims is here and we're talking about Ken Webster's book The Vertical Plane. In 1984, Ken Webster came into contact with a man named Lukas from the 1500s, and an extremely cryptic, possibly from the future, possibly extraterrestrial group called 2109. They used the word processor on a BBC Micro computer to communicate with each other across space and time.

We also discuss time portals underneath London, fatbergs, and college students who can see into the future.

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Ep. #61 - What If We Played The Wikipedia Game? Dec 27, 2017

It's that time of the year where we play the What In The F&%K Was That? Wikipedia game. Spencer asks some questions about unusual topics and Ryan tries to think of the word "Omakase".

Hot Topics: Your Podcast Sucks I'd Rather Set My Ears On Fire, Middle School Linkedin, Jesus Nut, ManhattanHenge, Products Inspired By The Simpsons, Bird People, Bigfoot Traps, and much more.

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Ep. #60 - What If Your Government Knew About UFOs? Dec 20, 2017

We're talking about the recent news that the U.S. government ran a secret, black budget program to research unidentified aerial phenomenon from 2007–2012. The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program was headed by Luis Elizondo, who is now working with Tom DeLonge's company, To The Stars.

Hot Topics: The Nimitz Incident, Pee Wee Herman, We Have Been Hoodwinked Maybe Bamboozled, Dr. Tight Shirt, Sekret Meetings, Bobby Bigfoot Has A UFO In His Garage, Skinwalker Ranch, Tom DeLonge Makes Me Uncomfortable, I Can't Talk About That, and much more.

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Ep. #59 - What If You Got Hacked? Dec 13, 2017

We're talking about hacking. Ryan runs down the history of hacking, starting with model trains and long distance calling. Spencer talks about Gary McKinnon and how he stole pictures of UFOs from NASA. We also play the What In The F%$K Was That!? Wikipedia game.

Hot Topics: Gary McKinnon, Phone Phreaking, Gef The Talking Mongoose, Dog Spinning, What In The F%$K Was That!?, We Have Been Bamboozled, Phantom Time Hypothesis, Hackathon, 1337 h4x0r, Self-deprecating Worms, and much more.

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Ep. #58 - What If You Visited Area 51? Dec 06, 2017

Area 51 has inspired more speculation and conspiracy theories than probably any other place on Earth. Today, we're trying to figure out what's really going on in there, and how many aliens live inside.

Ryan runs through some of the history of the site, including the development of the U-2 and A-12 spy planes. Spencer takes a look at the story of Bob Lazar, who allegedly reverse engineered alien spaceships at Area 51 in the late 80s.

Hot Topics: Area 51, Groom Lake, Oops, I'm Garfield, 50% BS - 50% Conjecture, Bob Lazar, Mad Mike Hughes, I Didn't Speak To Any Aliens, Instant Death, and much more.

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Ep. #57 - What If You Found A Pyramid? Nov 29, 2017

Spencer and Ryan are talking about pyramids. Egyptian pyramids, Sudanese pyramids, Chinese pyramids, even underground pyramids. Who made 'em? What's in 'em? How many aliens were involved? As usual, many questions are asked, and few are answered.

Hot Topics: Does Ivory Come From Elephants, The Great White Ninja, Brick-Pyramid-Sh*t-House, Cholula Pyramid Storage Tank, The Kingdom of Kush, Sparkling Barf Water, Naturally Ass-enced.

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Ep. #56 - What If You Visited Antarctica? Nov 22, 2017

We're back from our world travels and we're talking about Antarctica. It's real strange down there dudes. Antarctica is larger than the continental United States, it's never been warmer than 58 degrees, there aren't any time zones, and there's just one native insect species. Oh, and it's full of UFOs and Bigfoots.

Hot Topics: Antarctica, Operation Highjump, Rodney Marks, whale tanks, seal sounds, no more dogs, we're a bit rusty, and much more.

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Ep. #55 - What If You Joined A Secret Society? Pt. 2 - Freemasons, Bohemian Grove Nov 15, 2017

We're back with part two of our series on secret societies, and things are definitely getting weirder. Dude parties in the woods (Bohemian Grove), dude parties in private buildings (the Freemasons), and frankly just too many dudes behind closed doors. Are they deciding our fates? Rigging the world for riches and destruction? Find out this week on another wild and weird episode of The What If? Podcast.

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Ep. #54 - What If You Joined A Secret Society? Pt. 1 - [Illuminati, Bilderberg Group] Nov 08, 2017

To listen to this week's episode, you have to know the secret handshake, the secret codeword, and engage in your first Stone Cutters initiation - that's right - we're talking secret societies today on The What If? Podcast. Strange rituals and the histories of the nefarious and secretive groups of people that supposedly run the world. In part one of our two-part series on secret societies, we actually join The Illuminati, so you're gonna wanna listen in.
Hot Topics: Freemasons, Stone Cutters Simpsons Episode, China, The Bilderberg Group, Alex Jones Standing Outside and Yelling At People, and much more.

Ep. #53 - What If You Saw A UFO? [Ariel Phenomenon, Randall Nickerson Interview] Nov 01, 2017

On today's episode, we're talking to Randall Nickerson, director of the upcoming feature-length documentary, Ariel Phenomenon. The film tells the story of 60+ elementary school students who, in 1994 in Ruwa Zimbabwe, saw a UFO land near their school. Two beings climbed out of the craft, and students who made eye contact with the beings received messages about the future of our planet.

Randall has contacted many of these students as adults, and they've agreed to be involved with the film. He's also been given access to footage of the original interviews with the students, conducted by John E. Mack, MUFON investigator Cynthia Hind, and the BBC.

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Ep. #52 - What If "Stranger Things" Really Happened? Pt. 2 - [MK Ultra] Oct 27, 2017

Part two of our series on the myths, legends, and stories that influenced Netflix's hit show Stranger Things. MK Ultra is referenced in Stranger Things season 1, and it is implied that Eleven’s superpowers are the result of MK Ultra experiments on her mother, Terry Ives. MK Ultra was a very real CIA program that ran from 1953–1973. The program involved more than 150 human experiments involving psychedelic drugs, paralytics and electroshock therapy.

Hot Topics: I am disturbed, why am I doing this?, El is the Unabomber, tables, ladders, and chairs, Project Midnight Climax, LSD, CIA, Stranger Things, and much more.

Ep. #51 - What If "Stranger Things" Really Happened? Pt. 1 [The Montauk Project] Oct 25, 2017

Part one of a special two-part series on the myths, legends, and true(?) stories that inspired Stranger Things. We're focusing on The Montauk Project, an alleged secret government program that carried out human experiments in an underground base on Long Island, NY between 1971 and 1983. Get ready for stories of time travel, dimensional portals, psychic spying, and interdimensional bigfoot, and how they all tie into Netflix's hit show.

Hot Topics: Stranger Things, Demogorgon, Montauk, Preston Nichols, Al Bilek, Ed Cameron, Duncan Cameron, Stewart Swerdlow, MK Ultra, Interdimensional Bigfoot, Time Travel, Gray Aliens, Podcast Hypeman, and much more.

Ep. #50 - What If There Are Artificial Moon Structures? Oct 18, 2017

It's our 50th episode! Today, we're talking structures on the moon, the spaceship moon hypothesis, and weird obelisks on Mars. Ryan runs through some of the better-known moon structures and Spencer describes how the moon is probably a hollow egg full of lizards.

Hot Topics: Moon Structures, Moon Bases, Ancient Aliens, It's Full Of Lizards, That's Not How Science Works, Space Spiders, Tower Cube, Mars Obelisk, Spaceship Moon, Hollow Moon, and much more.

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Ep. #49 - What If You Could Time Travel? Oct 11, 2017

These days, the concept of time travel is ubiquitous, but it hasn’t always been. The first reference to a time machine wasn’t until 1895 when H.G. Wells published The Time Machine. Spencer runs through a brief history of time travel, Ryan thinks aliens are us from the future, and we try and solve some paradoxes.

Hot Topics: Time Travel, Time’s Arrow, A Poem About My Favorite Taco, An Existential Crisis In Every Box, I WANNA DIE, Time Storms, UFOs are Time Travelers, and much more.

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Ep. #47 - What If You Disappeared? Pt. 3 [The Death Valley Germans] Sep 27, 2017

We're wrapping up our three-part series on mysterious disappearances and missing people. Adrian Gorder's in the house for a deep dive into the case of the Death Valley Germans. On October 21, 1996 a park ranger in Death Valley National Park found an abandoned mini van, 2.5 miles from the nearest road. The van belonged to a German family vacationing in California who had apparently vanished without a trace. The case went unsolved for over a decade until a rogue badass, Tom Mahood, stepped up to find some answers.

Hot Topics: Death Valley, Bud Ice, Plymouth Voyagers, No One Should Be Named Egbert, Les And Tom Are Badass, Deserts Aren't Mountains, It's Never Too Hot For Bourbon, and much more.

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Ep. #46 - What If You Disappeared? Pt. 2 [David Paulides, Missing 411] Sep 20, 2017

Y'all couldn't get enough of the disappearance stories brought to light by David Paulides and his Missing 411 work. So friends, today, we dive back into the vast web of strange tales surrounding people who go missing under mysterious circumstances. We tell more previously unheard stories on our podcast, from Paulides' books and his newest movie, and discuss what in the world we (and he) think is happening.

We learn a whole lot today, including the fact that Spencer barely leaves his house, Gorder is 33 feet tall, people in Minnesota go missing sometimes (which terrified us Minnesotans), and a whole lot more.

Hot Topics: Russian P*ss Space Ghost, Shout Out to TJ and Tanzania, Spencer Doesn't Leave His House, Missing 411: The Movie, The Saddest Episode Of Boy Meets World, Dolphins Are Douchebags, "I'm The King Of This Podcast Now"
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Ep. #45 - What If You Had An Invisible Boat? [Philadelphia Experiment, 'Not Alone Podcast' Crossover] Sep 13, 2017

Today on The What If? Podcast, you'll hear our first ever crossover episode, with the dope dudes from the Not Alone Podcast! Today we're talking about The Philadelphia Experiment, an alleged military exercise in 1943 that made a US Navy Destroyer literally disappear. But not just turn invisible - as the story goes, when it left the line of site, the Destroyer and all it's sailors entered other dimensions and locations.
Is time travel real? What about space travel? Can the military bend time and light as a weapon? Is all of this a bunch of B.S.? Yep, it probably is! But all we know is, we're going to ask some questions and laugh about it, the whole way through, with our new buds Sam Fredrickson and Jason Moitoso of the Not Alone Podcast.
Hot Topics: Morris Jessup Loves Aliens, Carl Allen aka Carlos Allende, The Philadelphia Experiment, Sailor Puns Ahoy, A Bit Discombobulated, Never Had A Bad Year Again, and much, much more.

Ep. #44 - What If You Disappeared From The Flannan Isles Lighthouse? [Eilean Mor, Flannan Islands Lighthouse] Sep 06, 2017

What's scarier than three men disappearing without a trace, at the same time, in a lighthouse, on an island, in the middle of the North Atlantic Sea? As we discover, this week on The What If? Podcast: not much. In today's episode we delve deep into the mystery of Eilean Mor, an island off the coast of Scotland that houses.... A lighthouse. And in 1900, three men disappeared from that very lighthouse without a trace. Listen along, and find out how and just maybe why they never came back.
Hot Topics: Roasted By Scottish Dudes, The Keepers Of The Light, A Giant Candle Wick, Choo Choo Rides Are Terrible, "There's Supposed To Be Dudes Here!", Young Baby Salmon Man, The Skypeople, Blue Man Group Myth, Laspurdan Pygmies of Scotland, and much more.

Ep. #43 - What If You Bought Skinwalker Ranch? [Part 2] Sep 01, 2017

In part two of our series on Skinwalker Ranch, we take a look at the National Institute of Discovery Science's investigation and some possible explanations for all the bizarre happenings.

Hot Topics: Robert Bigelow, The Hunt for the Skinwalker, Bulls in a Chinese Trailer, Portal-Hopping Bigfoot, Self-Destructing Sasquatch, Dr. Jim - We Accept, Who Has The Answers?!

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Ep. #42 - What If You Bought Skinwalker Ranch? [Part 1] Aug 30, 2017

We feel like we tell you guys things are about to get weird every week. Well this week, we're getting weirder than... Maybe we've ever gotten. On this episode of The What If? Podcast, we dive into the strange tale of Skinwalker Ranch. A 500 acre plot of land in southeastern Utah that has been home to sightings of nearly every paranormal phenomenon that's ever existed.

UFOs, orbs, bigfoot, skinwalkers, cattle mutilation, poltergeists, and nearly every other weird element you can think of. It seems beyond the realm of believability, but once you hear the stories, you may question a whole lot more than you think.
Hot Topics: What If You Bought A F*cked Up Ranch?, It's Been A Weird Week, Terry and Gwen Sherman, How Do You Go To Bed?, Bigfoot's Spaceship RV, Exploding Clouds and Knives In The Microwave, "Damn, You Didn't Tell Me You F*cked Around With Portals and Sh*t!", Basquatchball.com, and much more.

Ep. #41 - What If Bigfoot is Real? [Sasquatch, Cryptozoology] Aug 23, 2017

We take our very first step into the world of cryptozoology on The What If? Podcast, with one of our wildest episodes yet. Yep, that's right folks: Bigfoot. Or if you like, Sasquatch, Yetis, Skunk Apes, Gigantopithecus - whatever folklore term meets your needs. We have another very first on this episode, which is that the homie Dan (aka DJ Name) brought his own soundboards. That's right folks, double the soundboards—double the fun.
Spencer talks about inter-dimensional Bigfoot portals. Ryan recounts the Patterson-Gimlin film, and Dan soundtracks the weirdness.
Hot Topics: What If Bigfoot Was God?, Drinking Moonshine 'Til You See Bigfoot, Dances With Bigfoot, Chuck Tingle Bigfoot Book Titles, Wright Patterson Air Force Base Has A Frozen Bigfoot, The Patterson-Gimlin Film, Bigfoot Poems, Kidnapped By Bigfoot, and so much more.

Ep. #40 - What If You Could Predict The Future? [Nostradamus, Baba Vanga, Ray Kurzweil] Aug 16, 2017

Crystal balls, ominous prophecies, and scientific predictions abound in this week's episode of The What If? Podcast. We're joined by the superhomie Conrad Schoenleber, as we talk about predicting the future, in all the ways that we as humans try to figure out what's coming. Get ready for a big dose of oracles, seers, savants, soothsayers, and more. Spencer tells us about the blind oracle Baba Vanga, Ryan talks about J.W. Dunne, and his experiments with time, and Conrad schools us on all things nerdy.
Hot Topics: The Baba Vanga Venga Boys, What Happened To Miss Cleo?, If I Only Had Some Eyes, Predicting 9/11, Nastradamus, Don't Ask The Robot, Billy's Got The Juice, Space Apples, Ray Kurzweil

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Ep. #39 - What If You Were In Two Places At Once? - [Astral Projection, Doppelgängers, Consciousness] Aug 09, 2017

Have you ever felt like you left your body? Even for a moment? Seen an identical look-alike of yourself, somewhere out in the real world? Have you ever willed yourself free from your form, and traveled through space? Well, we haven't either - at least, mostly. But boy oh boy, are we about to talk about it today. Friends of the show Eric Mayson and Chance York join us this week as we discuss out of body experiences, astral projection, doppelgängers, the nature of consciousness, and a whole lot more.

Hot Topics: Beavers In The Desert, Lucid Dreaming, LSD, Sensory Deprivation Tanks, Bike Racks Are Hilarious, Pejorative Viking Accents, A Wikipedia K-Hole, Evil Twins, It's Nonsense Until It Isn't, and much more.

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Ep. #38 - What If You Couldn't Remember? [The Invisible Gorilla, Kent Cochrane, BK Doe] Aug 02, 2017

We journey back into the mind this week, and back into human memory. Last week's episode was all about remembering, but this week we flip the question on its head, and tell stories about people who forget. What is amnesia, and what happens to the people who get it? We talk about how unreliable our memories really are, myths about memory, and more. Spencer tells the story of "Burger King Doe," and Ryan tells the story of world-famous memory loss patient, Kent Cochrane.
Hot Topics: "A Lie Was Born" Gets Its Own Theme Song, Blind From Burger King, Sing Along To David Icke, Kent Cochrane, 17 Years In The Woods, Invisible Gorillas, and more.

Ep. #37 - What If You Couldn't Forget? [Hyperthymesia, Savants, Jill Price] Jul 26, 2017

Our memories don't always work the way we wish they did. But most often, it's because we can't remember things. But what if your memory worked very differently than that? What if instead of being unable to remember - you were unable to forget? On this week's episode of The What If? Podcast, we explore people with memories that work in strange and mysterious ways. Spencer tells the story of Derek Paravicini, a piano prodigy and autistic savant from the United Kingdom who can't forget any song he's ever heard. Ryan tells the stories of Aurelian Hayman and Jill Price, just two of many people who remember nearly every detail of every day of their entire lives, and some details from other people's lives too...
Hot Topics: It Gets Fuzzy Pretty Quick, Out To Beers, Muppet Treasure Island, Spencer Got Stabbed, Of Course Ryan Hasn't Seen The Sixth Sense, Hoarding Memories, Total Recall, What Happens When We Forget?

Ep. #36 - What If You Never Came Home? - "The American Dyatlov Pass" [The Yuba County Five] Jul 19, 2017

Dim the lights and strap in for a doozy, folks. This week Spencer and Ryan recount the strange and terrifying mystery of The Yuba Incident, sometimes referred to as: The American Dyatlov Pass. In Northern California in 1978, five friends left a basketball game they were attending on a Friday night, and none of the men ever came home. What may have happened, and how they were discovered, will probably shock you... It did us.

Hot Topics: The Yuba Incident, Shout Out To Basketball, The Mercury Montego Was Fire, Running Into Time-Traveling Bigfoot, 20 Miles Uphill, Oh Fuck Run, Similarities to The Dyatlov Pass, Astonishing Legends.

Ep. #35 - What If Humans Kept Evolving? - Human Evolution Jul 12, 2017

The guys are talking human evolution, futurism, and breakaway civilizations. Ryan breaks down several types of human evolution. Spencer ponders evolution in space and thinks the gray aliens might be a new species of humans. They also pitch a new drunk, home renovation TV channel, HGBS.

Hot Topics: Human Evolution, Breakaway Civilizations, HGBS: Home and Garden Bullshit, Inspirobot, Tall People Be Fuckin', Wearing A Bear, President Kombucha, and Sometimes It's Not Your Night.

Ep. #34 - What If You Found Something Strange? [Toynbee Tiles, Box of Crazy] Jul 05, 2017

The guys are talking about finding weird stuff. Spencer’s breaking down the Toynbee Tiles, and Ryan’s talking about the box of crazy. Sharks are also mentioned.

Hot Topics: Box of Crazy, Toynbee Tiles, Arnold Toynbee, Sevy Verna, Sharks Eating Sharks, Sharks Eating People, People Eating Sharks, Reddit, Imgur, Limewire, Russian Nesting Sharks, Bruno Borges, and much more.

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Ep. #33 - What If We Mapped The Oceans? Jun 28, 2017

Holy shit the oceans are weird! What's down there? Colossal squids? Buried cities? Alien Octopods? James Cameron? Who knows?!

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The guys are talking about mapping the oceans, and how little we really know about them. Turns out that whole "We know more about the surface of Mars than the bottom of the ocean" thing is true.

Hot Topics: Oceans, James Cameron, Titanic, Jacques Piccard, Bathyscaphe Trieste, Do Fish Explode? Baltic Sea Anomaly, What in tarnation is happening in Antarctica?

Ep. #32 - What If We Interviewed Big Mike? [UFOs, Alien Abduction] Jun 23, 2017

The guys sit down with Mike Knox to talk about his UFO and alien encounters. He shares several stories about tracking UFOs on radar over Lake Superior, gray aliens healing his separated achilles tendon, and being abducted from his hunting property in western Wisconsin.

Hot Topics: UFOs, aliens, abduction, frozen pizza, air force, radar, nuclear weapons, and much more.

Ep. #31 - What If You Saw A UFO? [Part 2] Jun 21, 2017

The guys wrap up their conversation about UFOs. The Ariel Zimbabwe incident, UFOs and nuclear weapons, Chilean Air Force UFOs, 15-foot tall praying mantises, and beautiful, blond-haired space tutors are all discussed.

Hot Topics: How is Ancient Aliens still on the air?, For real, There are 150 episodes of that show, How many times can you talk about Nazis and the occult?, That’s not even about aliens, Pyramids in Antarctica? Are you fucking kidding me?, Also that’s not history.

Ep. #30 - What If You Saw A UFO? [Part 1] Jun 14, 2017

Spencer and Ryan are discussing UFOs and aliens. They break down their recent trip to a MUFON meeting, Big Mike’s story, and some of the better-known UFO sightings.

Hot Topics: The Battle of Los Angeles, Betty and Barney Hill, UFOs, Aliens, MUFON, Big Mike, J. Allen Hynek, Close Encounters, Alien Abduction, Grays, Beautiful Blond Space Tutors, 15-Foot Tall Space Bugs, and much more.

Ep. #29 - What If You Lived Forever? [Life Extension, Ray Kurzweil] Jun 06, 2017

Max is in the house to talk radical life extension. We break down Ray Kurzweil’s three bridges to eternal life, the social and economic effects of living longer, and a bunch of other stuff.

Hot Topics: Elysium, Ray Kurzweil, Palo Alto Prize, Bruno Watch 2017, Really Old Lobsters, Ryan is a Highlander, Your Weekly Dose of Existential Dread, Nanobots, and much more.

Ep. #28 - What If The World Ends? - Part 2 [Doomsday Preppers] May 31, 2017

The guys are preparing for the worst in part two of their conversation about the end of the world. Taxidermied raccoons prepared to explode, secret government underground lairs, and Y2K are discussed.

Hot Topics: Jimmy's Cats, Doomsday Preppers, Y2K-Compliant Refrigerators, My Basement Meat Stash, FREE GUNS, No More Of Miley Cyrus' Lewd Acts, NO MORE SLEEPOVERS, Project Greek Island, and much more.

Music by Eric Mayson

Ep. #27 - What If You Could Record Your Dreams? May 24, 2017

Sean Anonymous, Eric Mayson, and Chance York join the party to talk about dreams. The guys are discussing precognitive dreams, dream recording, lucid dreaming, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Recorded live at the Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis, 5/16/17.

Ep. #26 - What If The World Ends? - Part 1 [Apocalypse Scenarios] May 17, 2017

The dudes are talking about the end times! Spencer thinks solar flares and GPS failure will be our undoing, Ryan thinks it might be runaway nanobots, or maybe ebola. Part two is coming next week and will cover fun ways to prepare for the imminent apocalypse.

Hot Topics: Driving Into The Ocean, The Spanish Flu’s PR Problem, Dino Wipeout, Super Bacteria, Human Extinction, Deer Mummies, #DONWUWWY, No One Goes To Earth Anymore - It’s Too Crowded, Killer Tofu.

Music by Big Cats

Ep. #25 - What If You Were Visited By The Men In Black? May 10, 2017

The dudes are talking about the Men In Black - not the Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones kind, but the witness-intimidating, lipstick-wearing, maybe-from-outer space kind. They discuss the story of Indrid Cold and Woodrow Derenberger’s trip to the planet Lanulos, the time a robot in black threatened to make Harold Hopkins’ heart disappear, and Collin Bennett’s experience with a holographic UFO cloaking device.

Hot Topics: Men in Black, Ingrid Cold, Woodrow Derenberger, flying space lamps, lipstick-wearing robots, magic tricks, telepathic aliens, WWII bomber planes, 90s CGI, and much more.

The Mothman prophecies - John Keel

Visitors From Lanulos - Woodrow Derenberger

Ep. #24 - What If You Disappeared? [David Paulides, Missing 411] May 03, 2017

The dudes are talking about people who have mysteriously vanished. They try and get to the bottom of the Missing 411 series by David Paulides. Is it bigfoot? Aliens? dimensional portals? They also have a Bruno Watch 2017 update, the tale of Robot Grandma, the Henry McCabe voicemail, and some listener-submitted ghost stories.

Hot Topics: Missing 411, David Paulides, A Sobering Coincidence, Robot Grandma, Mount Shasta reptilians, Bruno Watch 2017, Aurora Steve, Gotcha Bitch, Watch Out Little Bitch, Ghost Stories, Henry McCabe.

Missing 411 movie trailer

CanAm Missing

Henry McCabe voicemail

Bruno Borges updates

Ep. #23 - What If The TSA Isn't The Answer? Apr 26, 2017

We're back with our second live episode! Eric Mayson and Chance York join us to talk about the TSA. Mayson tells a story about flying without an ID, Chance shares some insights from Malik, Spencer needs help with his pants, and Ryan shows us the TSA's Instagram feed.

Hot Topics: Bomb Water, TSA, Bags of Dicks, Stanford Prison Experiment, Security Theater, Follow us on Instagram Bro, Flying While Intoxicated, Don't Bring _____, ______, or ______ Through Security.

Ep. #22 - What If It's All Connected? [Coincidence, Synchronicity] Apr 19, 2017

Chance York is here to talk about coincidence and synchronicity. We start out with Carl Jung's groundbreaking work, Synchronicity. Spencer describes the curse of Amir Temur, the 14th century conquerer who possibly cursed Joseph Stalin, and The Wreck of the Titan, the 1898 novella that seemingly predicted the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Ryan tells us about Russian spies sending messages inside fake coins, and the story of Reino Hayhanen. Chance finds some percussion.

Hot Topics: Coincidence, Synchronicity, Carl Jung, The Wreck of the Titan, Amir Temur, Russian Spies, Reino Hayhanen, Space Dolphins, Bruno Borges, Sorry Wisconsin, My Hear Will Go On, Potty Training Breakthroughs, Timbaland Steals a Sheep, 500 Year Old Curses, Sean Anonymous, June 22nd, and Much More.

Carl Jung - Synchronicity

Morgan Robertson - The Wreck of the Titan

Molecular Hydrogen on Enceladus

Russian Spy Nickels

Tamerlane's Curse

The Secret: A Treasure Hunt

Ep. #21 - What If You Found Buried Treasure? Apr 12, 2017

We’re on the hunt for buried treasure! Ryan’s on the trail of the golden owls, and Spencer’s going on about The Secret, a fantasy book about Fairies who buried twelve gems across the United States. We also cover Bruno Borges, the Brazilian alien enthusiast who went missing after spending three weeks making a wild art installation in his bedroom, and the Nazi’s Operation Bernhard, a plan to print 130,000,000 fake British pounds in order to bring down the English economy.

Hot Topics: Bruno Borges, Codex Seraphinianus, Golden Owls, The Secret, Nazi Gold, Reptilians, Shoutout to Sweden, Reverse Shoutout to Wisconsin, French Music, Let’s Crowdfund a Treasure Hunt, Fairies, Muppet Treasure Island, Three Quarters of a Swedish Man, and much more.

Operation Bernhard

La Chouette

Bruno Borges

On the Trail of the Golden Owl

Ep. #20 - What If Miss Cleo Worked For The CIA? [Remote Viewing] Apr 05, 2017

We haven’t been cancelled yet! Mayson’s here and we’re talking about remote viewing. We break down Major Edward Dame’s book Tell Me What You See, Ryan tells us about Project Stargate, we read through a declassified CIA document about remote viewing Mars a million years ago, and Mayson thinks it’s a ALL A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! (He's probably right).

Hot Topics: British-Lady.com, Stranger Things, Ed Dames/Helms/Harris/Gein, Yao Ming Last Thursday, Martians Are Really Tall, Space Pictures, Mars Weed, It’s Just A Dude Making Up A Story, What If You Got Too Deckered Bud?, and much more.

Remote Viewing Mars (CIA document)

Major Edward Dames - Tell Me What You See

CIA Reading Room - Project Stargate

Ep. #19 - What If Ideas Belonged To Everyone? [Intellectual Property] Mar 29, 2017

P.O.S and Eric Mayson join us for our very first live episode. Ryan asks "holy shit does someone own this"?, Spencer talks about Humanzees, Stef thinks money is to blame, and Mayson claims not to own oxygen.

Hot Topics: Chumans, Intellectual Property, What Is My Purpose?, Everybody Sample Stef's Shit, The World's Saddest Kindergartner, Uncle Mouse, Naruto, How Do You Milk A Snake?, Stalin Was A Dick, You Get Cancer.

Ep. #18 - What If Aliens Went To Art School? [Crop Circles] Mar 22, 2017

Crump’s in the house to talk crop circles. Ryan gives some history of the phenomenon, Spencer thinks Carl Sagan might be an ancient alien enthusiast, and Crump schools us on Mayan clocks.

Hot Topics: Bring Back Kazaa, Dr. Horace Knows Everything, The Mowing Devil, Sam & Dave, Spencer Doesn’t Know Who Ed Harris Is, Time Traveling Squids, Microwaves Did It, ISIS Sharks, and much more.

Dr. Michio Kaku thinks microwaves made crop circles

Dr. Horace Drew on crop circles

Milk Hill crop circle

Mayan crop circles

The Sagan Conspiracy by Donald Zygutis

Arecibo crop circle