All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin BeckProd. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern__________________________________________

In this episode, we break down the newly released Epstein material, including photos, testimonies, and documents that are now public. We talk through what was actually released, what stands out immediately, and what it reveals about how deep this really went. This is not speculation or recycled talking points. It is a grounded discussion about evidence, patterns, and the uncomfortable reality that the story did not end where most people were told it did.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin BeckProd. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern__________________________________________We sat down to talk about autophagy and the work of Yoshinori Ohsumi and how he figured out the system cells use to clean themselves and survive. That was the plan at least. Somewhere along the way we went off the rails, made a lot of jokes, and followed more side roads than we probably should have. The science is real, the discovery is important, and the episode is very much us being us. Expect real information, questionable focus, and a conversation that drifts but still circles back to why this discovery actually matters.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠

@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠

Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin Beck

Prod. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern

------------------------------------------------In this episode we dive into one of the most documented and undeniable UFO encounters in modern history. The 1976 Tehran incident is on a different level. Civilians saw it. Military radar tracked it. Two F4 Phantom jets chased it and had their weapons and systems shut down as they closed in. This object split into smaller spheres. It dropped something to the ground. It outmaneuvered fighter jets like it was nothing. The United States intelligence community studied it, rated it highly credible, and could not explain it. We walk through the entire event step by step and break down why this case still stands as one of the strongest pieces of evidence that something not human was in the sky over Tehran that night.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠

@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠

Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin Beck

Prod. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern

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In this episode we dive into three of the most unbelievable warriors in real history. We talk about the giant monk Benkei and his legendary standing death. We break down Audie Murphys one man stand where he held off an entire German force by himself. We also explore the icy world of Simo Häyhä the White Death and how he became the most lethal sniper ever recorded. Our friend and author R A Sisco joins us to add his insight and energy as we unpack the wild stories behind these men who pushed the limits of fear and survival.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠

@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠

Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin Beck

Prod. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern

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In this episode, we dive into The Black Vault and break open two of the most compelling UFO cases ever pulled from declassified government files. First, we explore the 1957 Levelland UFO Incident, where multiple drivers in West Texas reported their engines dying as a glowing craft hovered above the highway. Then we move to Pennsylvania for the 1965 Kecksburg UFO Incident, a fiery object seen across several states before an alleged military recovery deep in the woods.

We break down the official reports, the eyewitness accounts, the government explanations, and what the declassified documents actually reveal.

This is a grounded, evidence-heavy look at two encounters that still raise serious questions decades later.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠

@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠

Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin Beck

Prod. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern

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This one is exactly what it sounds like. A little bit of everything. We got into bad movies that are somehow awesome, threw wild what if questions at each other, talked about Bigfoot, conspiracies, and whatever random thoughts came up along the way. It is pure chaos, no script, just real energy and weird laughs.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠

@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠

Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin Beck

Prod. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern

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We talk about how the government shutdown unfolded, what really happened with SNAP benefits, and how the Pentagon and Department of Defense used the distraction to move things quietly behind the scenes. The press played its part, keeping the public focused on the noise while something much bigger was happening out of view. This episode looks at how power works when everyone is looking the other way.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin BeckProd. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern--------------------------

We dive into the infamous Time Cube Theory, Gene Ray’s wild claim that time doesn’t flow the way we think it does. This episode breaks down the logic, the madness, and the strange cult-like following that grew around it. It’s weird, it’s cosmic, and it’ll make you question everything you thought you knew about time and reality.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin BeckProd. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern-------This episode dives into the hidden connection between emotion and technology. We break down how social platforms learned to measure and manipulate human feeling starting with Facebook’s secret experiments and leading into what may be modern digital mind control. From Project ECHO to Operation PsyNet we expose how algorithms do not just predict behavior they shape it. This is the unseen system that decides what you feel and when you feel it.

All our shid - https://linktr.ee/smarteducated⁠

@badcat.studio on Instagram - https://tinyurl.com/Badcat-Studio⁠

Intro song: Ship of Theseus - Dustin Beck

Prod. David Southern - ⁠https://tinyurl.com/David-Southern

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In this episode we go deep into the green glow and trace the evolution of night vision from Nazi infrared rifles to modern fusion goggles that blend heat and starlight into one image.

We break down the real missions where this technology changed the game, from the catastrophic crash at Desert One to the silent reconnaissance flights over Vietnam and the soldiers of today wearing AI assisted panoramic goggles that can see through darkness, dust, and smoke.

It is the story of how humans learned to turn night into a weapon and why even now the dark still wins sometimes.