Now this is something I've never even heard of before. After losing the Civil War you assume that all of the confederates just like...hung around and made kids that would be racist several generations later flying participation trophy flags, right? Turns out, about 20,000 Confederates, including soldiers and their families, decided that they didn't want to live in this new America, and after trying out several central and south American countries ended up in Brazil. The craziest part? They're still around! There's a town called Americana in Brazil where people still celebrate their Confederate heritage to this very day. Someone should probably, like, explain to them why they shouldn't be celebrating that? But, oh well. Brazil is the Try-Hardiest country in the world and will take anyone.Thanks for tuning in! You can find us on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for listening and tell us what you think!

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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Owl takes a week off to drive back to Colorado from Maryland, so the Beavis and Butthead of podcasts (Vulture and Hawk, respectively), take over for our second bullshit episode. They compare and contrast It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Seinfeld, talk about a chess champion who puts stuff in his butt which leads to a whole conversation about how sensitive their butt holes are. This is a good episode if you've ever had questions about what's on the other side of a glory hole. Spoiler alert: until after 2017 it was always a dude on the other side. Also a good source of information if you're trying to find local glory holes in your area. Important stuff. Thanks for tuning in! You can find us on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for listening and tell us what you think!

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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Welcome to the conclusion of the Hare Krishna series! Today we talk a little bit more about the beliefs of the Hare Krishna, but really focus on the history of Swami Prabhupada, the coming up story of ISKCON up to his death. After he dies the eleven "scoundrel" gurus take over and pretty much turn the whole movement into a crime syndicate where they can do whatever they want. The focus of our story today is on Keith Ham, or Guru Kirtananada, how he manipulated his followers and the whole Hare Krishna Movement, and how the whole thing turned into a downward spiral to murder. There's sexual molestation, there's drugs, there's guns, there's rock and roll. The Beatles, man. They wrote a whole song about it that's now on the Gaurdians of the Galaxy soundtrack. Frickin just...Wild, man. Thanks for tuning in! You can find us on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for listening and tell us what you think!

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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Welcome back to Birdz Ain't Real! After a little hiatus, we're back and full of new energy! We're flipping the script a little bit. We're still here to talk about conspiracy theories, but we've decided it's going to be so much more than that. Cryptids, cults, conspiracies, and all things wacky and weird in this world are up for discussion. This week we talk about the Hare Krishna Movement, also known as Krishna Conciousness, also known as ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). This is a two-parter because of all the information we need to discuss. In this first episode we talk about what the Hare Krishna believe, and get a little into their humble beginnings with A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada coming to America to spread the word of Krishna. We foreshadow a little bit into the troubling time they had up through the eighties, but we won't get to the drugs and murders until part two. Thanks for tuning in! You can find us on Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for listening and tell us what you think!

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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"Still Pickin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

The CIA has committed countless atrocities in the name of progress. Welcome to Birds Ain't Real! We like to keep things light and fun because they world is full of monsters and horrors that we have no control over. The Cold War has been going on since right after World War II, and everything about it has completely shaped the world as we know it. So many proxy wars over the years have blurred the fight between democracy (pronounced: capitalism) and communism into what we know as modern history. There's a competition to see who can be the biggest global bastard, and we all get to lose! Today we talk about the specific casualty of inner city black folk during the Iran-Contra Affair in which the CIA works with big name drug dealers to sell cocaine in order to launder money for their third party conflicts in other countries. Did Ronald Reagan single out inner-city minorities by ruining their lives with crack? Or, did the over-policing of specific neighborhoods just become undeniably evident as drugs flooded the streets of the United States? That's up to you to decide. As for me? The one who writes the descriptions to these episodes? I need a drink thinking about all this. 

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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We did it! Twenty episodes. That's like, ten more episodes than most podcasts last bro. Lately the news has been telling us that some sort of secret force is burning down food factories and that people be killing cows. Why? Something nefarious, something terrible, something we can't even comprehend. What is this maniacal force? Socialism...somehow...for some reason. Globalism? Something like that. There's mountains of dead cows and chickens all over America. Could this be because of disease and weather? Naw, gotta be something sinister. Honestly, we spend a lot of this episode just talking about eating the rich and that's alright. We should all talk about ways to dismantle the elite more often. Anyway, enjoy! 

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hey friends, we bring to you an episode in which we do not talk about conspiracy theories, but just sit back and shoot the shit talking about our lives. Well, mainly Owl X talking about his renaissance festival life and future plans (edit since this episode was recorded: Louisiana was a fun thought but didn't end up being in the cards). We do come up with a term that I think describes what we do pretty accurately. The folks at Birds Ain't Real aren't conspiracy theorists, we are conspiracy theory theorists, I think that explains what we do pretty well. We talk about carnivorous plants, K-Pop tragedies, Thailand and ladyboys. A few spoilers of what's to come in the next couple of episodes, but you get to see a bit of our creative process which is really just...bullshitting, hence the name of the episode. Really enjoyed recording this though, so let us know if you'd be interesting in hearing more Bullshit Episodes. Stay sleazy. 

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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On this, the twenty-fifth year after Princess Diana died, magazines are going nuts talking about the life she lived, who she was, why she was the most famous person in the whole world. But...do they talk about the truth? Was the death of Princess Diana a tragic accident? Or, was it made to look like a tragic accident? Was there foul play and, if so, who was behind the assassination? On August 31st 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died from the injuries she sustained in a car crash in Paris, France. Was her relationship with Dodi Fayed what pushed the royal family to murder? Was the driver, Henri Paul, simply too drunk to be operating a vehicle in the busy Parisian underpass? Or, did the bodyguard, Trever Rees-Jones inject Henri with a cocktail that poisoned him and caused him to crash? If anyone could make this look like an accident, the Queen of England definitely has the means. What about the Fiat? What about the mystery motorcycle? Tune in to find out more.

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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On this episode we jaunt back over to jolly old England to discuss possible interruptions in the royal blood line. We talk about David Icke and his multiple books on the subject of whether or not the royal family are reptilians (lizard folk with a very anti-Semitic origin). Could the royal family be flesh eating overlords that control our every move? I guess that's a separate question from whether or not they're reptilians. We then discuss how the skeleton of King Richard III was found while digging up a parking lot, could his DNA result mean that the royal family we know today isn't actually part of the hierarchical lineage? Did Queen Elizabeth I die of the plague only to be replaced by a very pretty boy who lived out the rest of his life pretending to be the queen? As always, some of this may be real, some of this may be bullshit, and it's up to you to decide.

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

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Vince McMahon recently "retired" from the WWE. He made his mark in professional wrestling history, but not without a few stains that lie on the proverbial bedsheet of the WWE. Mostly, you know, actual sexual assault charges, but did he impregnate his own daughter for the sake of entertainment? Or, was that Macho Man Randy Savage? His move from WWE to WCW came at a very convenient time. We talk about Chris Benoit's death and dig into whether it was a case of CTE, or perhaps if Kevin Sullivan's Satanist ways lead to some ritualistic undertaking that killed the Benoit family. No matter what you think, or what actually happened, the line between fact and fiction in the WWE is super interesting and it's hard to tell where the stories stop and real life for these larger than life characters begin.

Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3417-bama-country

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license