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Crackpot
Hosted by Crackpot: A Conspiracy Podcast · EN
Two law school buddies discuss the believability of conspiracy theories ranging from aliens to Tupac.
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Phantom Time and Famous Time Travelers
Nov 1700:50:51Tap to summarizeThis week Zach and Tim discuss the infamous Phantom Time Theory and how nearly 300 years never happened. The boys also go down the rabbit hole of time travelers caught on camera! Jump aboard your local time machine and get ready to duck away from the camera.
Transcribe →Aliens on the Moon
Nov 1000:59:57Tap to summarizeIngo Swann, one of the most talented remote viewers of all time, told a story about one of his most outrageous remote viewing experiences. It involves aliases, black budget military bases, UFOs, secret codes, and yes...aliens on the moon! This week the boys break it all down; the weird, the normal, the extraordinary. Tune in and found out for yourself what's real and not.
Transcribe →Rasputin: Mystic or Madman
Nov 300:45:43Tap to summarizeTune in this week to hear about the larger-than-life figure who shaped the course of history during the twilight years of Imperial Russia. From rubbing elbows with the social elite to serving as a trusted advisor to Russian nobility, Rasputin was an enigma. Fact or folklore, you decide as Tim shares stories about the man who was many things to many different people.
Transcribe →Talking in Tongues and Prayer Healing
Oct 2700:59:43Tap to summarizeThe Bible mentions speaking in tongues, but what is it and why does it occur? This week Zach shares stories of people speaking in tongues and presents them up next to the scientific investigations into what happens in the brain during an active glossolalia episode. In the second half of the show, prepare to throw away all your medicine and cancel your next doctor's appointment as the boys discuss the power of healing prayer! Does it work? (YES!) Is it real? (VERY!) And what has been observed in scientific studies? (Quite a lot actually). Tune in this week to learn all about these little understood religious phenomena.
Transcribe →Out of Body Experiences and Near Death Experiences
Oct 1300:51:56Tap to summarizeThere is no bigger question than 'what happens to us when we die.' This week Zach tackles it while talking about Out of Body Experiences (OBEs) and Near Death Experiences (NDEs) from Leslie Kean's book Surviving Death. What are they? What do people report experiencing? And what does science say about it all? Tune in this week to find out!
Transcribe →The Stoned Ape Theory
Sep 2900:50:21Tap to summarizeCan we trace human intelligence, ingenuity, altruism and the growth of our brain back to our consumption of psychedelic mushrooms? With the help of Terrance McKenna, Tim and Zach try to piece together this trippy human mystery. Put on your headphones and stare at your blacklight posters, we're going on a wild ride!
Transcribe →The Yonaguni Monument
Sep 2200:39:13Tap to summarizeTake a journey across land, sea, and time to hear about a mysterious underwater city in Japan. Situated only about 100 meters offshore and about 50 meters under the water are a collection of structures that not only evaded detection for thousands of years, but also left academics and archaeologists scratching their heads as to who or what put them there. Natural or man made? Could this monument hint at a lost continent? Tune in to find out!
Transcribe →9/11 The Collapse of Building 7
Sep 1500:51:26Tap to summarize9/11 has its share of conspiracies, but none are quite as suspicious and mainstream as the collapse of Building 7. It collapsed even though it wasn't hit by an airplane, it fell with perfect precision, and there were some suspicious tenants who had office spaces within it. Join us this week as we peel back the curtain on one of the biggest conspiracy theories we've ever tackled!
Transcribe →End of Life Experiences and After Death Communication
Sep 100:53:55Tap to summarizeThis week Zach shares stories about what happens when people are going through the dying process. Caretakers and medical professionals from all over describe the same baffling phenomena; lights, orbs, talking to people not in the room, and more. The boys also dip their toes back into communications that seem to be coming from beyond the grave. Spooky or comforting? Coincidence or real? You decide. It's all here folks.
Transcribe →Ancient Aliens: Utsuro-bune UFO and the 1561 Nuremberg Wood Carving
Aug 2500:51:17Tap to summarizeTravel back in time this week as Tim and Zach discuss some truly unbelievable stories of ancient - ahem - aliens. Tim starts out the show sharing the bizarre Utsuro-bune incident of a spherical boat (UFO??!!) that washed up in Japan. What did the fishermen find? Did they have contact with an actual extraterrestrial? In the second half of the show, Zach shares the infamous 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg. What took place over the city skies? Did the citizens of Nuremberg witness an actual UFO battle? And what did newspapers from the day have to say about it? Find out this week!
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