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Buckle up: Conspiracy Bill is back. Bill Simmons joins the pod to surprise Jason and Tyler with the 12 stories that have had him doing deep dives. Here’s today’s agenda:

00:07: Stephen King’s alias

04:39: Bill Simmons’s alias: Conspiracy Bill

08:40: Conspiracy Bill’s 12 Deepest Dives of the Year

20:12: No. 12: Havana Syndrome

25:35: No. 11: The Fox News mask incident

29:44: No. 10: Epstein won the Powerball?!

31:37: No. 9: The Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner

35:51: No. 8: What happened at the Miami mall?

38:41: No. 7: The Niners substation situation

41:32: No. 6: Nancy Guthrie

43:24: No. 5: What’s up with Trump’s ear? His hand?

48:35: No. 4: The microphone …

48:35: No. 3: Missing scientists

54:36: No. 2: Matt Miller … or Karen Read

01:00:33 No. 1: The Lindsay Clancy case

01:10:25 Bonus round: Why did Mark Cuban sell the Mavs? Plus: JC’s Long Island serial killer theory.

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Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker
Guest: Bill Simmons
Producers: T Cruz and Justin Sayles
Video editing: Marco Escalante and T Cruz
Engineering: Jacob Cornett
Social media: Paige Ransbury

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Midnight Boy and very concerned Lakers fan Jomi Adeniran joins Jason and Tyler to break down an eventful—and suspicious—week in L.A. sports. First, they break down everything surrounding the Lakers sale (including the involvement of the alleged "good" Kushner) and the ongoing Buss family drama. Then, they look at the NBA's investigation into Kawhi Leonard and Steve Ballmer, which is reportedly nearing a conclusion.

02:48: Connecting all the dots on the Lakers Sale
16:48: Adam Silver's role in this?
29:25: The "good" Kushner
31:30: The Buss family drama: Jeanie goes 20-v-1
42:46: Lakers GM Chris Paul?
44:40: The latest on Kawhi
57:25: The Pablo Torre of it all
01:00:38: The Doomscroll: Bill Gates's daughter and cookie stuffing
01:05:50: Evidence in the ice cream box
01:09:30: Two origins of life on Earth?
01:11:35: The Romans took tax fraud really seriously
01:14:55: Military leave for 'GTA VI'

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Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker
Guest: Jomi Adeniran
Producers: T Cruz and Justin Sayles
Engineering: Sarah Reddy
Social media: Paige Ransbury

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The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel joins the podcast to help break down the small-potato scenarios of AI run amok.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(7:15) Low-stakes AI scenarios

(40:21) Trump’s catering truck escape

(43:57) AI viruses

(47:22) The missing Nicolas Cage movie

(54:18) Ancient Chinese civilization

(57:02) Italy’s cheese banks

(59:21) Flock stalking

(1:03:26) Iranian money laundering

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Charlie Warzel

Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

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Jason and Tyler welcome back co-host of ‘The Press Box’, Bryan Curtis to review to tape and answer the question on the nation’s collective mind: does President Trump keep pooping himself? 

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(6:25) Presidential health lies

(19:37) Poop or the field?

(44:19) Doomscroll: An AI slowdown?

(52:47) Alleged NATO spy

(54:39) eBay stalking scandal

(58:11) Ancient Amazonian city found 

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Bryan Curtis

Producers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

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Chris Ryan returns to help Jason and Tyler give the people what they want: cryptids! Inspired by Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ they take a look at some of folklore’s most fantastical creatures.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(3:31) Cryptids in ‘The Odyssey’

(16:26) The goblin shark

(19:55) The unidentified organism

(22:38) The barreleye fish

(23:20) New Loch Ness Monster sighting

(25:25) Cryptids that’d be the best hang

(40:19) Giant great white shark

(42:02) Stories we’re keeping tabs on

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Chris Ryan

Producers: Donnie Beacham and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

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Jason and Tyler are joined by cohost of The Ringer Fantasy Football Show Danny Heifetz to discuss allegations that China is fueling data center resistance.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(3:19) Roosevelt shot McKinley?

(8:30) Chinese psyop causing data center hate?

(40:38) Trump’s "Freedom Fuel"

(53:47) The Doomscroll: Taylor Farms

(58:09) Police buying Israeli spy vans

(1:00:07) Meta targeting employees?

(1:03:49) The Center for Intellectual Freedom

(1:07:05) Jimothy the raccoon

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Danny Heifetz

Producers: Donnie Beacham and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

Additional support: Dae Shik Kim

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Former national security adviser and cohost of Pod Save the World Ben Rhodes joins to discuss the conspiracy of an informal agreement between superpowers to stay out of each other’s spheres.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(3:15) Spheres of influence

(21:55) Marco Rubio running Venezuela?

(29:11) Let’s talk about drones

(38:45) Ben Rhodes’s top conspiracies

(43:59) Tips for the paranoid

(48:58) The death of Lindsey Graham

(51:42) Terrorists and AI

(54:20) Waymo calls police on teens

(55:46) The MSG celebrity “risk” list

(1:00:00) Zara’s dangerous pants

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Ben Rhodes

Producers: Donnie Beacham and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

Additional support: Dae Shik Kim

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Jason and Tyler welcome Anthony Dabbundo, cohost of The Ringer Gambling Show, to discuss the latest in a long string of controversies involving the governing body of football.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(4:19) Is the World Cup rigged?

(13:49) Is corruption affecting the matches?

(23:30) What’s the answer?

(29:55) Famous “rumored to be rigged” matches

(50:10) The Doomscroll: ESPN analyst investigated

(56:33) The Mitch McConnell mystery

(58:41) Donald Trump’s meme coin

(1:02:52) Explosive diarrhea!

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Anthony Dabbundo

Producers: Donnie Beacham and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

Additional support: Dae Shik Kim

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Cohost of Midnight Boys Jomi Adeniran joins to crack open the star-spangled mailbag and answer the questions lighting up our inbox this Fourth of July.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(4:42) What makes a good conspiracy?

(12:37) Favorite sports conspiracies

(23:47) Princess Diana and international intrigue

(46:49) The Doomscroll: Ukrainian catfishing

(49:39) Russian hackers

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Jomi Adeniran

Producers: Donnie Beacham and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

Additional support: Dae Shik Kim 

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Actor/comedian Adam Conover joins to discuss Peter Thiel’s invitation-only organization and a list of the all-time evil billionaires. Plus, a pair of weight-loss drug stories, drone warfare in Russia, and theories about the afterlife.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(3:02) Peter Thiel’s "Dialog"

(13:13) Jason’s theory about Dialog

(38:03) All-time evil billionaires

(48:23) The Doomscroll: Ozempic hacked

(50:51) New obesity drug in the White House?

(53:09) Claude Mythos update

(56:11) Ukrainian drones

(1:02:23) The ghost of Dennis Hopper

Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker

Guest: Adam Conover

Producers: Donnie Beacham and Justin Sayles

Art direction: David Shoemaker

Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton

Engineering: Sarah Reddy

Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff

Additional Support: Dae Shik Kim

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