The Paranoid Strain

The Paranoid Strain

The podcast that explains why so many people believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.

Recent Episodes

Oct. 15, 2024

New! Unidentified--Roswell--It wasn't aliens, dummies.

As the episode subtitle implies, we're gonna talk about why the Roswell "aliens" were almost certainly military test dummies. While we're at it, we'll explain why that's true in spite of the fact that those dummy tests didn'…
Oct. 1, 2024

New! Unidentified--Roswell: The mortician's tale, and the little alien bodies

Continuing our skeptical look at Roswell, this time examine the story told by town mortician Glenn Dennis--a fascinating combination of real events, confabulations, and total crap. We also look into the eyewitness reports of…
Sept. 17, 2024

New! Unidentifed--So, what really happened at Roswell?

We're back a week late, but I hope you agree it's worth it. Having heard the pro-UFO version of Roswell last time, we now seek to learn why so many dedicated investigators have looked into this situation and decided it's sou…
Sept. 10, 2024

Unidentified--Interlude

We're gonna need another week
Aug. 27, 2024

New! Unidentified--The Roswell incident (as told by an expert UFO believer)

This time, we hear the full story of Roswell--or, at least, the full story as it's told by those who are convinced that a UFO crashed there. This is audio captured during the great 2017 Paranoid Strain road trip, and we hear…
Aug. 13, 2024

New! Unidentified--The pre-UFOs that set the stage for Roswell

Roswell is right around the corner, but first let's consider the unidentified objects that appeared in the night skies before everybody decided they were shaped like saucers. To wit, we'll cover The War of the Worlds, the fo…