Kyle is back from vacation and we start off with talking about an interesting speech given by VP Pence at the Hudson Institute concerning China. Strap in because it gets scary... seriously. After that we take a more entertaining look at some robots from Boston Dynamics and end with some talk about drugs disguised as Aztec artifacts. 

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Sources

 VP Pence Speech

Sri Lanka Port Article

Social Credit Score Article

Clive Hamilton's Book Silent Invasion

Meth Disguised as Aztec Artifacts

Robot Parkour

This week I am riding solo for a short episode on some legends of the Nahanni Valley in Northern Canana. I botched one or two pronunciations so please forgive me!

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Sources:

https://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/nwt/legends-of-the-nahanni-valley/

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/10/the-mysterious-valley-of-the-headless-corpses/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/23zq4r/the_valley_of_the_headless_men/

This week I talk about a house that was built to withstand hurricane Michael, the restoration of a Rembrant, and I end with the life style of the ultra-wealthy. 

Sources:

https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-house-that-survived-hurricane-michael-reminds-us-wh-1829816153

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/restoration-rembrandts-most-ambitious-work-will-be-view-museum-galleryand-online-180970565/

https://www.businessinsider.com/roman-abramovich-net-worth-yacht-cars-houses-photos-2018-10#abramovich-has-homes-all-over-the-world-including-a-1184-million-home-in-kensington-palace-gardens-in-london-an-area-nicknamed-billionaires-row-24

This week Kyle and I tell the tales of some strange stories from our native states of California and Indiana as we begin to set the mood for Halloween!! 

Sources:

http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/unnaturalindiana/unnaturalindiana5lakemonst.html

https://blog.newspapers.library.in.gov/crawfordsville-monster/

http://www.cryptopia.us/site/2015/03/mill-race-monster-indiana-usa/

This week my main stories concern the missing Chinese Interpol President and underwater archaelogy in the Great Lakes. 

Sources:

https://www.vox.com/world/2018/10/8/17952378/interpol-meng-china-investigation-corruption

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/underwater-archaeologists-may-have-discovered-oldest-shipwreck-lake-erie-180970503/

http://time.com/money/5420391/nikki-haleys-resignation-debt-finances/

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/drinks/a23708063/best-whisky-year-2019-is-american/

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/amtraks-most-scenic-routes-are-on-super-sale

This week Kyle and I discuss our fitness levels to start out with, then get into some articles about quantum computing and hyperloops and finish off with some news about Planet X and how scientist are searching for it.

Sources 

https://www.space.com/41995-dwarf-planet-the-goblin-discovery-planet-nine.html

https://futurism.com/quantum-computer-first-practical

https://futurism.com/hyperloop-ceo-thoughts-future-of-transportation

This week Kyle and I have an update and discuss the on going ramifications of the fire that destroyed the National Museum of Brazil. The meat of this episode centers around the back story on Venezuela and how the country came to be in its current struggling econmic and political state as well as some stories from Arizona and the Superstition mountains. 

Sources:

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/09/unexplained-deaths-disappearances-and-a-cursed-treasure-in-arizona/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1gUR8wM5vA

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brazil-national-museum-collections-scientific-contributions

This week Kyle's grandfather, Oliver is in town and we interview him about his experience being born in post war Germany and then growing up in Venezuela and eventually moving to California in the 60's. Oliver is one of the most interesting people I know and we hope you enjoy his unique perspective.  

This week I discuss an 11 yr old hacker, North Korea news and pig waste from Hurricane Florence. 

Sources:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/an-11-year-old-changed-election-results-on-a-replica-florida-state-website-in-under-10-minutes

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/climate/florence-hog-farms.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-leader-offers-to-dismantle-nuclear-test-site--but-only-after-us-acts/2018/09/19/cbdd6a60-bb77-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?utm_term=.58c1f25f38dd 

This week Kyle and I talk about McKamey Manor of Summertown, Tennessee and some stories of little people/fairies/dwarfs of folklore and first hand accounts including the Nain Rouge of Detriot. 

Sources:

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/sdut-mckamey-conversation-2015oct30-htmlstory.html#

https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts-culture/cover-story/article/20993198/tennessees-mckamey-manor-torture-on-demand 

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/12/strange-encounters-with-the-mysterious-little-people-of-detroit/

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-elusive-little-people-2594711

https://www.thoughtco.com/encounters-with-little-people-2593965