The Paranoid Strain

The Paranoid Strain

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

Recent Episodes

New! Unidentified--Wait...you're saying Bob Lazar might be full of crap?
March 31, 2026

New! Unidentified--Wait...you're saying Bob Lazar might be full of crap?

Bob Lazar messes with the bull and gets the horns when he goes public with what he (claims that he) knows. We wrap up Lazar's own narration of his biography, and then we consult some other perspectives that throw his claims i...
New! Unidentified--Bob gets a job. Lazar at Area 51
March 17, 2026

New! Unidentified--Bob gets a job. Lazar at Area 51

Bob Lazar, mild mannered physicist(?) and former brothel owner(?) goes to work at the world's most secret location, goes inside an alien craft, takes his friends out to see test flights of UFOs, gets canned, and has two guys ...
New! Unidentified--UFOs over Russia, the Black Mailbox, and Meet Bob Lazar
March 3, 2026

New! Unidentified--UFOs over Russia, the Black Mailbox, and Meet Bob Lazar

In case the Chads didn't bring enough bullshit about UFOs over Russia, we've got a few more tall tales about aliens from the Soviet Union. Then, we begin our miniseries on famous UFO "whistleblower" Bob Lazar, by way of the i...
New! Unidentified--Annie Jacobsen's folly, and Art Bell takes on Area 51
Feb. 3, 2026

New! Unidentified--Annie Jacobsen's folly, and Art Bell takes on Area 51

We continue the sad story of the very silly Stalin/Roswell story that the otherwise solid Annie Jacobsen decided was fit to print, and then we provide you with the minimum recommended daily requirement of Art Bell content, in...