STEVE X is back to discuss the mysteries behind the DIA, or the Denver International Airport, or DEN, or Illuminati World HQ...whatever you want to call it. It has underground tunnels, "Apocalyptic" Murals, Masonic time capsules, it was built on a Native American Burial Ground (possibly), its runways form a Swatstika, it has a Demonic Mustang statue that killed the Artist who made it, it has Gargoyles...and more! To top it off, Airport officials have fully embraced the chaos & conspiracies surrounding its existence. Is it all in good fun or all smoke & mirrors? We don't know! So join us in a spirited conversation about all of this Mile High Madness!

A PIECE ABOUT THE MURALS WITH ARTIST LEO TANGUMA:

https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/rocky-mountain-pbs/dia-mural-conspiracies-story

THE FUNNIEST VIDEO ABOUT THE CONSPIRACIES I WATCHED. BY SAM REID:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05u20D-clpM

LISTEN TO:

Jonathan Richman - Only Frozen Sky Anyway

Wet Leg - Moisturizer

Charley Crockett - A Dollar A Day

The Cure - Paris & Live

Flawed Mangoes - Anomaly IV

Scott Walker - Scott4

Dean Johnson - Nothing For Me, Please

The Cult - Love

Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out

Failure - Comfort, Magnified & Fantastic Planet (also watch the documentary EVERY TIME YOU LOSE MY MIND)

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

Tyler Childers - Snipe Hunter

Tyler, The Creator - Don't Tap The Glass

Gang Of Four

Fugazi

Jesse Welles - Pilgrim

Loaded Honey - Love Made Trees

Lorde - Virgin

Joshua Ray Walker - Tropicana

Vastum

NEW WORD OF THE NITE:

lach·ry·mose

/ˈlakrəˌmōs/

adjective

tearful or given to weeping.

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INTRO & OUTRO MUSIC BY LEE DANIEL DINGES