The Strange Machine

Is the world going to end in December of 2012? This question is slightly easier to answer than most of the rest of their episodes, but Nathan and Lee are joined by Professor Juliana Ramirez Herrera to examine the truth behind the mass panic.

On this episode, Lee and Nathan discuss the complex relationships between anxiety, depression, and conspiracy theories. Also, special guest pod person Tony 5 talks about his own experiences falling down the rabbit hole...

Lee and Nathan are exhausted, and decided to spend a recording session hanging out and asking each other some questions about conspiracies and their experiences with conspiracy research. They cover movies, UFOs, depression, 9/11, the USAF, and a pile of other things...

In August of 1942, a blimp took off from San Francisco to do a submarine patrol. Later that day, it crash landed back in the city with nobody on board... what happened to the crew? On this episode Nathan talks about blimps, which he enjoys but not as much as he enjoys talking about airplanes.

On this episode, Lee takes a closer look at the classic alien myth of the Roswell crash. Then, Nathan takes a look at another explanation for what happened that day - it's stranger, more disturbing, and even more far-fetched...

Something happened in a rancher's field near Roswell New Mexico in the summer of 1947. This is one of the most famous UFO stories of all time, and Lee does a deep dive into the story behind the story...

It's time to empty out the junk drawer. This time, Lee and Nathan find stories about how it might not actually be the year we think it is, a strange flying jellyfish over Eastern Canada, and how the CIA might be spying on you through your video games.

In 1993, hundreds of believers descended into a bunker to wait for a promised nuclear apocalypse. Like all promised apocalypses at this point, it didn't come true. On this episode, Lee, Nathan, and guest podperson Dr. Shelly Lesher climb into the bunker with them, to try to understand what makes someone want the end of the world. Also, they talk about pennies.

At the beginning of 1954, Guatemala had a functioning democracy. By the time the year was over, they didn't. What role did the CIA play in that? On this episode, Nathan and Lee look at OPERATION SUCCESS and the way that it almost resulted in the destruction of the entire world...

In 1970, a book was published that predicted how the end of the world was going to imminently unfold. Did it come true? If you are reading this sentence, it did not. However, on this episode Lee does a deep dive into the text to see if we can get some truth out of a failed prophecy...