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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic. Biological Sciences Science Science Fiction Social Sciences
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  • The Basement: Joseph Matheny | The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed

    The Basement: Joseph Matheny | The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed
    Jun 1 2026
    For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://Mengotomars.com. Get 25% off Cowboy Colostrum with code WHYFILES at https://cowboycolostrum.com/WHYFILES. Joseph Matheny invented something in 1989 that nobody had a name for yet. He called it a story. The internet called it the first alternate reality game. The Navy called him to ask how he did it. He turned them down. Tonight he's in the basement explaining how he built an early AI, game-mastered Robert Anton Wilson at Esalen, and why QAnon looks so familiar to him. Some things are better understood when you know how the trick works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    2 hrs and 54 mins
  • The Forbidden Theory of Morphic Resonance

    The Forbidden Theory of Morphic Resonance
    May 29 2026
    Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://shopify.com/why Start your risk-free Greenlight trial today at https://greenlight.com/why Find support and have someone with you in therapy—sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/whyfiles . #ad Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at https://RocketMoney.com/thewhyfiles In 1920, a Harvard scientist put rats in a water maze. It took 165 tries before they learned which exit was safe. Thirty generations later, rats were solving the same maze in 20 tries. Rats on a different continent — with no connection to the original colony — started at 25. The knowledge had spread. No one could explain how. A Cambridge biochemist named Rupert Sheldrake spent years studying cases like this — rats, birds, crystals, dogs, and humans — all showing the same pattern. His conclusion got his book called the best candidate for burning in modern scientific history. Then someone stabbed him for it. The evidence is stranger than it sounds, and the implications are hard to ignore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • The Basement: Luke Caverns | LiDAR Is Revealing Ancient Cities the Amazon Was Hiding

    The Basement: Luke Caverns | LiDAR Is Revealing Ancient Cities the Amazon Was Hiding
    May 27 2026
    Go to https://nicnac.com/whyfiles and use code WHYFILES for 20% off, or use the store locator to find Nic Nacs near you. Get your free, 30-second personalized assessment TODAY at https://PDSDebt.com/BASEMENT The Basement: Luke Caverns | LIDAR Is Revealing Ancient Cities the Amazon Was Hiding Luke Caverns is an anthropologist and explorer who's mapped over 80 ancient archaeological sites using LIDAR — sites that don't appear on any map. His grandfather found and lost seven gold mines in New Mexico. Luke found them again. Now he's planning the largest LIDAR scan ever done in the Amazon. We also go deep into Alexander the Great's missing body, the Were Jaguar cults of the Olmecs, and the Minoan civilization that may have been Atlantis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    4 hrs and 51 mins
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Why files is a show covering stories that keep us awake at night, interesting, disturbing and intriguing stories. Somehow, AJ still manages to keep the mood light and the show always leaves me smiling. Operation podcast goes beyond the format of the show with deep dives into already seen topics.

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i love the stories, its speciale and I list All the time. I love I tells stories

i love hus work

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I love it, love the videos and just got onto the podcasts, listening at work 😃

everything

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Love the show, the way it’s research and it’s presentation, and cheeky hecklefish is great combination x

AJ and hecklefish

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Keep em coming AJ. By far the most interesting channel out there. Every Friday you fill my brain with fascinating stories. I can't recommend The Why files enough.

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