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From UFOs to psychic powers, history is riddled with unexplained events.
Riddle me this: When is a person not a person? Or, more accurately, when is a person not a human being?
Could modern civilization really lose entire cities? Could we do so on purpose? It’s a wild idea, and a surprisingly persistent one.
This week, Matt and I explored a curious trend in assassination theories: murder by plane.
Who wouldn’t want to traverse the bounds of boring ol’ second-to-second linear time and live the nomadic life of a roaming chrononaut?
In our recent series on Hugo Chávez, Matt and I covered the short-lived 2002 coup d’état and Chávez’s untimely passing.
In our series on gun ownership in the United States, Matt and I ran into several surprises.
Show Notes: Libya and the Fall of Gaddafi
by Ben Bowlin | March 8, 2013
Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya for more than 40 years before he was killed by rebel forces in October, 2011. Our recent episodes on Libya explore two events: the tragic bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and the fall of the Gaddafi regime.
I don’t know about you, but I’m extremely skeptical when it comes to doomsday predictions. After all, people have been predicting the end of the world since the dawn of recorded history. Now, I’m not talking about large-scale, gradual catastrophes like the looming threat of environmental damage or the consequences of overpopulation. I’m talking about […]
One Year Later: Colony Collapse Disorder
by Ben Bowlin | April 17, 2012
First, some background: Around this time last year, bees were all over the news. Apiarists, nature-lovers and scientists claimed that honeybees were dying out. Entire hives were collapsing, and no one was sure why. I took a look at this phenomenon — colony collapse disorder, or CCD — in an earlier post, and though I […]
This week marks the 44th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. On April 4th, 1968, civil rights champion Dr. King was murdered by a single gunshot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The city plunged into a state of emergency, and while the nation mourned the loss of one […]
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