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A lighthearted look at conspiracies and their theorists... or deep state shills working to obfuscate the truth? You decide.

The Hypothetical Institute


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    Episode 211 - Racism removed cocaine from cola

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 49:40


    We're talking soft drinks. All the hard facts and medium-firm lols.     

    JFK - Revisit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 66:42


    With a new tranche of documents released, we take a peep at more inconsistencies like bunchy jackets, and Rob Reiner's four shooter theory. 

    Weekly World News Jan 1 1985

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 37:01


    This week we're going back to the mid-80s to read some WWN. Out on the streets hypercolour might have been king, but below the waves the world belonged to fugly mermaids.

    Weekly World News Dec 1 1981

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 58:23


    It's chock full of predictions yet no one sees Hypercolor coming just a decade away. 

    No Dogs Club: Sea Slugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 47:50


    It gets nerdy and horny in this one. We're sorry. 

    Weekly World News November 10, 1981

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 62:32


    We dive into what was in the news exactly 33 years ago. Learn about Princess Diana, turtles (again), and some spooky predictions

    No Dogs Club (A Hypothepod Production)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 48:48


    No dogs here. But we have turtles. Wanna lean some turtle facts? We got you fam. 

    Episode 209: Sunflowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 75:15


    This week we're talking about sunflowers, and by extension, the replacement of our cool dude sun with a daggy pale alternative.

    Episode 208: The Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 56:48


    You can always rely on The Hypothetical Institute for your up-to-the-minute news coverage. This week we're talking about the Olympics, transphobic brainworms and Dr Raygun.

    Episode 207: Near Miss Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 63:12


    This week we're talking about the failed assassination of Donald Trump and the myriad conspiracies it has spawned. This was recorded a few days after the shooting so feel free to marvel at our prescient analysis and ignore the non-prescient bits.

    Episode 206: Whose Idea Was Cowtipping?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 53:23


    This week we're talking about tipping over cows.

    Episode 205: RFK Jr's Brain Worms

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 68:30


    This week we're talking about RFK Jr and his brain worms.

    Episode 204: Playground Fights

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 61:31


    Why did 1000s of people come out and say they wanted to assault an 11 year old girl? We get to the bottom of the Lexi Bonner videos which went viral across the soc meds and in the playgrounds of the UK (and apparently Australia). With some slight diversions reminiscing about a dead shark and the sunglasses from They Live.

    Episode 203: A Bridge Too Far

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 56:56


    This week we're talking about that current event: the bridge collapse in Baltimore.

    Episode 202: Where's Princess Kate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 51:57


    It's a very timely episode as we discuss Kate Middleton and wonder what we need to do to get a Daily Mail Photoshop commenter gig. In the news: Kevin Kelly. What happens when you send cancer into space? Why is Elon Musk smearing Haitian refugees?

    Episode 201: Drug Olympics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 68:47


    This week we imagine what would happen if the idle rich listened to too much FM radio sports bant and decided to finance an Olympics where everyone was juiced to the gills. Wait, we didn't imagine it, it's really happening? Fantastic!

    Episode 200: Taylor Swift

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 67:39


    This week we're talking about TayTay and her journey from unwarranted alt-Right icon to right-wing outrage machine boogeyman - all while she continues to pump out banger upon banger.

    Episode 199: Aliens At The Mall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 53:52


    This week we talk a bit about the tunnels in Brooklyn before we get onto some real news: there's aliens at the mall and they're RUMBLIN'!

    Episode 198: Christmas Just Ain't Christmas Anymore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 23:46


    Folks, it's just a tiny little news show under your tree. See you in 2024.

    Episode 197: Some Humans Just Like You Discuss The Human News

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 53:08


    This week we're looking at some news: Alex Jones is back on Twitter and his uncle is a cyborg. A bloke in New Zealand leaked a bunch of confidential health data - and raises some important questions about: a) LinkedIn etiquette, and b) New Zealand taking the piss generally. And people continue to go to great lengths to prove or disprove whether MH370 was abducted by a stock image of a cloud.

    Episode 196: Dun Dun

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 61:57


    Well folks, if Law & Order is going to pivot into conspiracy theories, we will pivot into Law & Order. And if we have to watch huge amounts of copaganda to do this, so be it.

    Episode 195: You Know What They Say About Bigfoot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 55:46


    Folks, it seems decidedly NQR that we did 194 of these things before we got around to the BIGFOOT. In fact it may not even be the case at all. Yet we uncovered new (to us) facts about Bigsfeet that surely we would have known if we'd done this already. To that end, Luke "Robbo" Robertson and Cam "Cammo" Smith are discussing Bigfoots, how to murder them, and which is the worst branch of the US Military. It goes: Space Force (obvs), Air Force (Top Gun), Army, Marine Corps (too enigmatic, are you of the land or the ocean?), Navy (too many tall tales), Coast Guard (almighty Poseidon's waves crashing down upon essentially billions of tiny boulders? the coast guards itself). This is being uploaded at 1:37am and guess what Cam did at 4pm yesterday. Listen to the episode to find out.

    Episode 194: A Peruvian Alien In Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 51:29


    This week we're talking about UAP disclosure and Peruvian aliens. Plus some news (including immediately outdated news about the Sound Of Freedom guy which we will update in the next ep)

    Episode 193: Maui Wildfires

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 52:55


    This week we talk about the wildfires in Maui and how they quickly became grist for the mill of every conspiracist.  

    Episode 192: The Sound Of Freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 70:25


    This week it's all about saving the kids.

    Episode 191: Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 67:50


    Folks, this week we're talking about FAKE PEOPLE. They walk amongst us... or do they?

    Episode 190: Oceangate and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Sub

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 58:24


    This week we're talking about the Oceangate sub disaster. Was it a case of Go Woke, Get Smooshed, or was it all about Hunter Biden's laptop? Don't worry, we check in with some psychics to find out.

    Episode 189: Joe Exotic Material

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 66:53


    Hi folks, yep, you read that title right, we are back in our Anything Goes Titles Era and talking about impending extra-terrestrial disclosure... or are we?

    Episode 188: My Name Is Trump And I'm Here To Say...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2023 68:50


    This episode we're talking about right wing grievances as expressed through the mediums of parody songs and MAGA rap.

    Episode 187: Pop That Balloon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 45:22


    This week we're talking about the recent spate of UFOs plaguing the Americas.

    Episode 186: 15 Minute Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 36:39


    This week we're talking about 15 Minute Cities - just a bit of common sense urban planning? Or are they going to shoot you if you take too long in the supermarket?

    Episode 185: Social Media Giant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 50:34


    This week we discuss algorithms (and giants)

    Episode 184: Ancient Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 48:59


    This week we're talking about the Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse and whether it's even possible that people in the olden days could think to put some rocks on top of each other. Warning: some bad Back To The Future opinions from one member of the podcast.

    Episode 183: So this is Pissmas...

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 27:07


    This week we're having a quick chat about drinking copious amounts of piss at Christmas and getting absolutely MASHED.

    Episode 182: Wieambilla Murders

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 50:31


    This week we're talking about the recent murders in Queensland which have put a spotlight on the Australian conspiracy scene.

    Episode 181: Dan Andrews Redux & Paul Pelosi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 52:39


    Folks, this week we're talking about two incidents that are more connected than you might think: Dan Andrews stacking it on a tiny staircase and the assassination attempt on Nancy Pelosi. We have News Corp losing their mind, fake news content farms, and DOGS. ON. SMACK. A little something for everyone. Dan Stans, all complaints may be directed to Luke on Mastodon: @tinyshinyhands@westport.skatepark

    Episode 180: King Charles

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 47:28


    This week we're talking about our new King - is the Antichrist? Is he an eco-fascist? Is he a vampire? Plus Salty is scared of scary movies. SPOILER ALERT FOR M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN'S SPLIT. No spoiler alert for Mark Duplass' Creep, because I edited the spoilers out. You're most welcome.

    Episode 179: The World Is Ending On September 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 43:04


    This week we're talking about a very timely conspiracy theory: that the world is going to end on the 24th of September, 2022.

    Episode 178: Las Vegas Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 45:13


    We last spoke about the Mandalay Bay shooting in Las Vegas not long after it happened in 2017. We revisit it now to look at how conspiracy theories about it have continued to fester.

    Episode 177: Eating Bugs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 37:39


    This week we have a chat about eating bugs - do you have the guts to get some grubs down your gullet? What if we told you that you already eat about ten bugs a day? Would that seem like great messaging to you?

    Episode 176: Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 47:24


    Write an episode description for our podcast episode about artificial intelligence conspiracy theories. In this episode of the podcast, we explore the world of artificial intelligence conspiracy theories. We discuss the history of AI and its development, as well as the various conspiracy theories surrounding its existence and purpose. We also examine the evidence for and against these theories, and try to make sense of it all. (We don't do any of that - we talk about the time that Robbo accidentally told the Google robot that his brewery was closed)

    Episode 175: The Real Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 40:50


    This week we're talking about The Real Queen! Was Queen Elizabeth swapped out at birth? And who is the charismatic Canadian getting people to stop paying their lecky across the Commonwealth?    

    Episode 174: The Secrets of Scomo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 54:04


    It's hopefully the last opportunity we'll have to cover this one - we take a look at some of the conspiracy theories around former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's photo opportunities. If you'd like to follow along at home, we've linked photos on the Podbean page at hypotheticalinstitute.podbean.com: Ladders. Nails. Fake Curry. Raw Curry. Fake Shoes.   (Bonus: Chicken Coop)

    Episode 173: Election Fraud!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 54:29


    This week we discuss some local election fraud conspiracy theories, but mainly talk about the incredibly poorly-made movie 2000 Mules.

    Episode 172: Disney Groomers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 43:07


    This week we discuss the latest attacks on trans & queer lives by the American Right. Plus were Heinz right to name a condiment after ass-eating? And should non-evil gay children be represented in Disney movies?

    Episode 171: The Touch Of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 47:20


    This week Luke and Cam are discussing martial arts fakery. Salty does not appear on this ep due to a contractual dispute (will not return until he can read his Bigfoot/Nessie slash epic Lochside Passions).

    Episode 170: Old Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 50:21


    This week we check in on some old friends: Peekay, RussianVids, Jeff O'Toole, Side Thorn, Conspiracy Granny, etc. How have the old guard fared in the brave new world of everything being a conspiracy? Listen in and find out!

    Episode 169: Silver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 45:22


    This week we're talking about that shiny stuff we all know and love to hoard/neck. If the NSA are listening, please rendition Robbo for rubbing his beautiful weather in everyone's face.

    Episode 168: Urine Trouble Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 47:52


    We're back in 2022 - it's the year of thriving with ya mates and we know one way to achieve that goal: slurpin' down big buckets of piss. We're talking urine therapy, folks! Get it in ya!

    Episode 167:Tartarian Mud Flood

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 41:58


    What if the world was flooded with mud? We'd lose a lot and then pretend nothing happened, for some reason? Find out all about this, as well as some sick guitar jams. 

    Episode 166: Lost Continent of Mu

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 41:58


    turns out the people on the lost continent of Mu were NOT justified. At all. Please reassess your opinions on the ancients of Mu Mu because they were more than likely, very racist. 

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