The Why Files: Operation Podcast
Episodes
The Basement: Donald Hoffman | Consciousness, Math, and the Case for Letting Go
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman discusses his journey from writing fighter jet code to challenging physicalism, arguing that space and time are a user interface rather than objective reality.
Bases in the Ocean, and a War for Earth | The Friendship Case
This episode explores the "Friendship Case," a 1950s Italian UFO contact story where a group of 100 people allegedly delivered supplies to alien…
The Basement: Dan Flores | Ice Age Giants, Camels in America, and Coyote Resilience
Host Dan Flores discusses his new book on the coyote, exploring its role as a survivor and trickster in Native American mythology.
The Zone of Silence: America's Missile Secret
This episode investigates the "Zone of Silence" in Mexico, debunking myths about radio interference, alien visitors, and compass anomalies while…
The Basement: Quantum Compilation | From Particle Colliders to Parallel Realities
This episode features physicists Travis Taylor, Daniel Watson, Avi Loeb, Eric Wargo, Tom Campbell, and Rizwan Bur discussing frontier science topics.
The Alien Files: Three Bodies, Three UFOs
This episode presents three unsolved mysteries: the 1980 death of Zygmunt Adamski on a coal pile in England, linked to local UFO sightings; the 1966…
The Basement: Diana Pasulka | Angels, Vatican Archives, and a Government Email
Host AJ Jacobs interviews religious studies professor Diana Walsh Pasolko about her new book, *The Others*.
The Basque Bloodline | Descendants of Atlantis
This episode investigates the Atlantis myth, connecting Plato’s account to Basque legends of Atlantica and their unique Rh-negative blood type.
The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased
Host John Joseph Adams interviews author Mitch Horowitz about his new book, *Esoterica*, and the history of occult ideas in American culture.
They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation
This episode of The Why Files presents three unsolved disappearances: Maura Murray, who vanished after a car crash in New Hampshire in 2004; Lars…
The Basement: Travis Taylor | Black Holes, UFOs & Skinwalker Ranch
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JFK's Assassination and the CIA's Psychic Cold War
This episode explores the JFK assassination through the lens of Dr.
The Basement: MrBallen | YouTube's Best Storyteller Tells His Own
The Why Files host interviews John Allen, known as Mr.
The Hunter Who Became the Hunted | Carl Higdon Abduction
This episode details Carl Higdon’s 1974 alien abduction in Wyoming, where he was taken by a creature named Auso to a distant planet.
The Basement: John B. Alexander | Roswell, MJ-12, Skinwalker: The Colonel Who Was There
The Basement: Jeremy Corbell | Betrayal, Surveillance, and the Secret Higher Than Nuclear Weapons
Prophecy of the Popes | Saint Malachy's Countdown
This episode examines the Prophecy of St.
Human Evolution and the Power of the Mind: Science Compilation
Substitute host Jesse covers six ways reality affects consciousness, starting with CRISPR gene editing’s potential for super-soldiers and eugenics.
Human Hybrids and Interdimensional Creatures: Cryptids Compilation Vol. 5
This episode explores cryptid legends, focusing heavily on the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
The Basement: Thomas Campbell | This Sound Frequency Unlocks Out-of-Body Travel
Tom Campbell, a former physicist and NASA engineer, discusses his early out-of-body experiences and work with Bob Monroe’s lab.
Stories That Still Haunt the Internet: The Soup Room, The Masked Feast, The Station That Isn't There
This episode explores three internet mysteries: Hasumi’s 2004 disappearance after arriving at the non-existent Kisaragi Station, the origins of the…
The Basement: Danny Goler | The Laser Experiment and the Code Inside