A bonus special from NoFriender and the Thrash Metal Show Podcast asking the question- Would Megadeth exist if not for Metallica? In January, When It Was Cool will have coverage of Metallica live in concert so prep yourself with this great new Thrash Metal Show Special!

More discussion this week about the hot topic of artificial intelligence and the problems we may, or may not, be facing in the future from machines that can think for themselves. In other recent news we take a look at more recent UFO sightings, and reports that a portal to another dimension opened up in Australia recently. It's an amazing mix of stories on this weeks DragonKing Dark. Patreon get an ad free extended edition where we answer recent questions, comments, and posts on a variety of topics.

The NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast is back with a look at the year 1986 in thrash metal music. The Thrash Metal Show Podcast is a documentary style series taking a look at the origins and evolution of thrash style heavy metal music and is presented by WhenItWasCool.com.

On this edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast host Karl Stern takes a look at stories in the news including a story about how young people today are turning off the news in large numbers because they don't trust it. Plus, the Mars rover has found a shiny rock that has everyone talking, and what happens when artificial intelligence has a hiccup? One article warns of dire consequences.

The NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast is back with a look at Anthrax and the album Among the Living. This is part three of a series. The Thrash Metal Show Podcast is a documentary style series taking a look at the origins and evolution of thrash style heavy metal music and is presented by WhenItWasCool.com.

Ghosts, the paranormal, UFOs, religious experience- is it all just in our heads? Everything we experience and perceive is literally just our brains interpretation of input from our senses. People with certain mental disorders and illnesses like dementia seemingly experience real events in the their minds that aren't actually happening in the real world so is this evidence that supernatural experiences are all just inside our own minds or are our minds amazing receivers to a realm beyond our own?

The NoFriender Thrash Metal Show Podcast is back with a look at Anthrax and the album Among the Living. This is part two of a series. The Thrash Metal Show Podcast is a documentary style series taking a look at the origins and evolution of thrash style heavy metal music and is presented by WhenItWasCool.com.

In so many ways technology has helped mankind and advanced us to live longer and healthier lives. But it has come with a cost. While the tech has opened up the world and given us instant access to information we previously had to manually search out there are more and more studies that have uncovered the chilling ways it is impacting our lives. Does tech really make our lives easier or has it added complexity and stress and given the worst among us a new tool to exploit, harass, and prey.

No matter what name you give to "them" there does seem to be a powerful elite controlling the course of our lives. Perhaps it's no more than politicians and the ultra-rich setting the agenda and influencing mass areas of policy and news but whatever the name, whatever the machination, it seems we are pawns in a larger game.

This week on DragonKing Dark we take another look at what the Bible has to say about topics of the paranormal. Many of the supernatural elements in paranormal belief are not only in the Bible but originate there. Obviously, things like angels, demons, and miracles, but the very idea of the occult has it's origins in the Bible. How about other things like UFOs? Ghosts? Magic? On this edition of DragonKing Dark we search for these elements in the Bible.