It's a bear, it's a butter bean farmer, it's... the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp.  Join Matt and Carolanne this week as they talk through the 1980's favorite cryptid. 

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This week's booze of choice: Guinness and D&Tea

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp

Have an uncle that won't stop bringing up politics at your Thanksgiving dinner table? Are you listening to your family having conversations that make you die inside? This week, Matt and Carolanne present you wild conspiracy theories & topics to stop your uncle's problematic tirade and completely unhinge your holiday dinner. 

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This week's booze of choice: Glenlivet

Lead exposure is top of mind for millions of Americans today, but its lifelong effects weren’t known widely until recent decades. It’s estimated that 170 million Americans alive today were exposed to high-lead levels in early childhood, but do we know the true impact from their exposure? Today, Matt and Carolanne talk about America’s long-term influence from lead. 

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This week's booze of choice: Rose

Sources 

• https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/gasoline/history-of-gasoline.php

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies have quickly gained a strong foothold in society, with sites like 23andme garnering more than 14 million users worldwide since its inception in 2006. Though popular, 23andme had a doozy of an October this year with headlines highlighting a data leak targeting a specific heritage and a partnership with GSK to sell your information. This week, Matt and Carolanne talk about 23andme and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad October. 

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This week's booze of choice: Warm apple cider and a "splash" of whiskey 

Sources:

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/23andme-will-give-gsk-access-to-consumer-dna-data?leadSource=reddit_wall

Commercial aviation is considered one of the safest means of transportation because of its strict regulatory bodies and practices. But what happens when one of the most crucial elements of airplane safety, the parts, is self-regulated? This week, Matt and Carolanne discuss how an entrepreneur named Zamora was able to sell fraudulent airplane parts to major US carriers for five years before being caught. 

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This week's booze of choice: Some white wine, who knows

Sources

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-11/fake-parts-found-on-boeing-airbus-jets-plague-airlines

Cults have existed for thousands of years; cults like Scientology have made headlines due to their large audience and astounding wealth, but there are even more cults that have preyed upon countless individuals. Join Carolanne and Matt as they take a look into the crazy world of cults that actually still (sort of) exist.  

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This week's booze of choice: Lagunitas Maximus and Lagunitas Island Beats

Sources

• https://listverse.com/2023/04/23/10-forgotten-dangerous-cults-that-are-still-active/

On April 15, 1989, The Hillsborough Disaster tragically claimed the lives of 97 Liverpool fans during an FA cup semi-final; a human crush resulted from years of negligence and careless acts from local police, leading to decades of finger-pointing and cover-ups.  This week, Matt and Carolanne talk about the police cover-up that followed the largest loss of life in British sporting history.

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This week's booze of choice: Water

Sources:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19543964

These days you can buy almost anything to show proof or record of.. anything you'd need. You can buy fake COVID vaccine cards,  fake college diplomas to say you graduated top of your class from business school, or even fake diplomas saying you went to nursing school. This week, Matt and Carolanne talk about the fake nursing degree scandal that's led to thousands of fake nurses working.. maybe in a hospital near you.

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This week's booze of choice: Josh White Wine (or something, I don't know) and Revolution's Anti-Hero

Sources: 

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2023/02/21/how-thousands-of-nurses-got-licensed-with-fake-degrees/?sh=3d097c2f5c6d

States like Arkansas rolled back child labor laws in order to “lessen the burden” on children trying to work. While this is drawing a lot of criticism, there’s a more sinister story that’s been hiding. This week, Matt and Carolanne discuss the NYT report that uncovered that there are hundreds of migrant children in the U.S. are working long hours and in dangerous jobs.

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This week's booze of choice: Makers Mark and Voodoo Ranger IPA

Sources: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/05/1161192379/hundreds-of-migrant-children-work-long-hours-in-jobs-that-violate-child-labor-la

It’s a bird.. It’s a plane.. It’s.. just a piece of space junk? The Black Knight satellite theory has been debated for years - is it the work of ancient aliens 13,000 years ago? Or just some space junk? This week, Matt and Carolanne discuss the Black Knight satellite. 

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This week's booze of choice: Voodoo Ranger IPA

Sources: 

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a34981277/black-knight-satellite-conspiracy-theory/