Is the world ending? Is civilization collapsing? How have some scientists studied the nature of hope, despair, and doom? 

One scientist builds a utopia for mice and rats to see how long it might take for their civilization to collapse under its own weight. Another scientist drops rats in tanks of water to study the effects of fear. We take a look at these experiments and speak to evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein to understand whether or not the fate of the rat utopias might predict the collapse of our own civilization. 

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In June 2021, the Pentagon released a report detailing their latest intel on UFOs. Its brevity left a lot of room for various interpretations and conspiracies. We take a look at the history between the US government, UFO sightings, and the way conspiracy theories bubble to the surface of American discourse.  

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A few hundred dead crows are discovered in a parking lot. After months of lab work, the Department of Environmental Conservation can’t identify what killed the birds. Is there a local menace, or is there a larger conspiracy at play? 

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A prank between two brothers ends tragically. Some people claim the ghost of the boy haunts the house in which he died. Although the small town seems to have memories of this boy, there are no police records to confirm this happened. Is it possible that this town has tricked itself into believing a legend? Or was there some type of cover up? 

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An estranged brother tries to hunt down the men responsible for his brother’s murder. He faces death threats, personal demons, and the Irish Mob throughout New York City in the 1970s.

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An estranged brother tries to hunt down the men responsible for his brother’s murder. He faces death threats, personal demons, and the Irish Mob throughout New York City in the 1970s.

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An 89-year-old grandmother entertains the idea that we might be living in a simulation. An absurd world has forced her to reconsider the nature of reality. 

Are ghosts proof that we live in a simulation? Is deja vu a byproduct of the system malfunctioning? Can the dead communicate with us from beyond the machine? 

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Shane Cashman looks for stories of paranormal encounters outside the Washington DC area. More people than usual seem to be speaking out about their belief in unexplained phenomena. When COVID hit, reports of paranormal activity spiked. Fear and confusion warped our sense of the world. Shane talks to one local cook about extraterrestrials and tries to understand the public’s disinterest about the recent Pentagon UFO report.

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