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Mysterious Universe

Always interesting and often hilarious, join hosts Joe Hodgdon and Brandon Thomas as they investigate the latest in reality, futurology, weird science, consciousness research, alternative history, cryptozoology, UFOs, and new-age absurdity.

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 13 min
Latest: 9 Oct 2026
Language: English

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9 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

36.14 - MU Podcast - The Tayos Caves Mystery Part 1

Welcome back to MU! Deep beneath the Ecuadorian jungle, explorer Juan Moricz claimed to have discovered an enormous cave system containing strange architecture, golden artifacts, and a library of ancient knowledge written on thousands of metal plates. From conflicting eyewitness accounts and Father Crespi’s bizarre collection to Erich von Däniken and a massive 1976 expedition involving Neil Armstrong, we follow the Tayos mystery as one extraordinary claim turns into a decades-long obsession nobody has been able to completely settle. And for your Plus+ extension we enter Episode 05 of our…

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S36 · E13 · 2 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
36.13 - MU Podcast - MU Interviews - Charlie Robinson - 002
Welcome back to Mysterious Universe! This week we are joined by author, podcaster, and owner of Activist Post Charlie Robinson! We go over his newest book and talk about his perspectives on a depopulation agenda, who might be behind it, as well as potential solutions. Join us for a darkly fascinating topic that isn't covered in too many places! Then for Plus+, we continue the conversation and just get weird! Charlie tells us about his personal experiences of seeing the "grid", a little bit of hollow earth/Denver airport talk, and of course, hackable sex bots. This is an extension you don't…
S36 · E12 · 25 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
36.12 - MU Podcast - The Skill Trap | Outsourcing Ourselves
Welcome back to MU! As AI and automation get better & better at doing our jobs, they may also be slowly doing away with the way humans have always learned to become good at them. With examples from robotic surgery, Michelin kitchens, warehouses, bomb disposal, banking, and more, our second installment of Matt Beane’s The Skill Code explores how we build real expertise, and how intelligent machines could either hollow that process out or help create an entirely new kind of apprenticeship. Welcome to your Plus+ extension, and thank you all for joining us on Plus+! Buddhists believe that…
S36 · E11 · 24 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 24 min
36.11 - MU Podcast - This Hollow Earth - Episode 01: Deep Lore
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 36, episode 11! According to Buddhist doctrine, Agartha is a subterranean land located deep within the center of our planet. Buddhists believe millions of people live in this underground paradise. Their lives and destinies are directed by an all-powerful and all-wise ruler. What wonders lie just beneath us all? We are here today to begin a fascinating saga series titled This Hollow Earth, based on the work of Warren Smith in his 1977 book, This Hollow Earth - The astounding investigation into the 'lost worlds' beneath our planet’s surface. We are here to…
S36 · E10 · 11 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
36.10 - MU Podcast - MU Interviews - Chris Mathieu - 001
Welcome back to MU season 36 episode 10! This week we offer our first interview of the new era, with Chris Mathieu of Forbidden Knowledge News making his debut MU appearance! We talk about his work, his background, his spiritual awakening, and much more. Check out his podcast wherever you listen for an amazing compilation of the strange. Then in our Plus+ extension, we go into detail on Chris's personal experiences, including an encounter with a "reptilian" and the fabled "It Happened May the 4th", a wild tale of psychedelics, synchronicities, and how he found his path. Forbidden Knowledge…
S36 · E9 · 4 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
36.09 - MU Podcast - The Strange World of Genius Animals
Welcome to Mysterious Universe season 36 episode 09! Today we investigate the strange world of genius animals of the most impressive calibre: Wizard Pets that earn their keep in life… and in our hearts. From mathematically inclined K-9s, to prophetic pups, to exceptionally conversational horses with a lot to say, including, but not limited to, where to find the bodies of dead loved ones. For our Plus+ extension, we go headfirst into The Shining Island by Jason Quitt. Jason does a masterful job of tracking the myths and legends of Plato, Egypt, and more into a picture of what Atlantis might…
S36 · E8 · 28 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 19 min
36.08 - MU Podcast - Free-Running | The Human Clock
Welcome back to MU! This week we take a look at Why Time Flies by Alan Burdick and find out that even “official” time is a negotiated average built from clocks around the world. Then we move into the story of Michel Siffre, who removed himself from daylight, clocks, calendars, and ordinary human routine, and his cave experiments reveal just how quickly the body's internal rhythms can drift when they're cut loose from the outside world. Welcome to your Plus+ Extension, and thank you all for joining us on Plus+! Animals, along with all living things, are affected by cosmic rhythms and…
S36 · E7 · 21 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
36.07 - MU Podcast - Strange Powers of the Mind
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 36, episode 07! Today we dust off a 1968 banger written by Warren Smith to investigate some strange cases of some strange powers of the mind. From unheeded premonitions that should have been heeded, to a Yogi burying himself in the outfield of a baseball game that is played in full, only to be dug up at the end of the game, just a little parched. Including, but certainly not limited to, a remarkably perceptive mentalist detective who solves an impossible quadruple murder case in Canada. For our Plus+ extension, we conclude the amazing journey through…
S36 · E6 · 14 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
36.06 - MU Podcast - The Human Torch - Spontaneous Human Combustion
Welcome back to MU! Today we bring a collection of some of the strangest spontaneous human combustion cases on record, from victims reduced almost entirely to ash in otherwise untouched rooms to survivors who claimed flames seemed to erupt from nowhere. Along the way, the cases pull in fire science, the wick effect, strange electrical phenomena, and more as we wade through this great selection of craziness from Jenny Randles & Peter Hough. Welcome to your Plus+ Extension and to the final installment of our Visitors from Within Saga, part 06 - Changing the Abduction Experience. This has been…
S36 · E5 · 7 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
36.05 - MU Podcast - Visitors From Within - Extraterrestrial Sexuality - part 04
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 36 Episode 05, as today we continue our epic saga with part 04 of … Visitors From Within by Lyssa Royal and Keith Priest. Offering us greater insight into the Zeta Reticuli and their unique perspectives on sex, sexuality, intimacy, and emotion. What a world looks like when you abolish those icky things from your advanced culture altogether, and exactly why they are looking to get back up onto the sweet saddle and get to riding again, reminding us all to lock in our safety words for the experience ahead. Then in Plus+, we continue with Alien Lives Matter…
S36 · E4 · 31 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
36.04 - MU Podcast - Contact Protocol: Janice Leslie's UFO Odyssey
Welcome back to MU! After the death of her husband, Janice Leslie enrolls in psychic Ted Owens' unusual psychic training and soon begins documenting a series of increasingly bizarre encounters involving mysterious lights, silent aerial objects, telepathic impressions, and multiple eyewitnesses. Cases like these suggest there's something more going on than simple nuts & bolts craft. Welcome to your Plus+ Extension, and thank you all for joining us on Plus+! Today we continue our epic saga with part 03 of … Visitors From Within by Lyssa Royal and Keith Priest, offering us some selections the…
S36 · E3 · 24 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 12 min
36.03 - MU Podcast - Visitors From Within - Extraterrestrial Encounters and Species Evolution - part 01
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 36 episode 03! Today, we take a deep breath and entertain that which we have many a time maligned with a look at the work of Lyssa Royal and Keith Priest with their book, Visitors From Within. Though we are skeptical, that skepticism is harmonized with a keen awareness of the variety of freaky woo woo found around us, and the stone-cold fact that all sides of a story doth make’th a story, not just the one we emotionally prefer. In our Plus+ extension, we continue the wild stories from Jerome Clark’s 2000 book Extraordinary Encounters. From the bizarre…
S36 · E2 · 17 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
36.02 - MU Podcast - Other Planets & the Universal Human
Welcome back to MU! In our continuation of Emanuel Swedenborg's works, he claims that for years he spoke with spirits from Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, the Moon, and even worlds beyond our solar system. We follow his incredible cosmic travelogue, exploring how each civilization lives, worships, and contributes its own unique role in what he called the "Universal Human"...his vision of a living, inhabited universe, unlike anything else written in the 18th century. Welcome to your Plus Extension and thank you for joining us on Plus+! Today we happen upon some freaky happenings on,…
S36 · E1 · 10 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
36.01 - MU Podcast - Beyond and Back - The Christian's Guide to the Eternal Afterlife
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 36 episode 01! Kicking this fresh new season off with a look at the uber-religious view of what happens after they die. Christians believe that death is not the end, but the beginning of an eternal existence based on faith in Jesus. The afterlife centers on the promise of a restored, perfect world-often described as a renewed Earth-where believers experience unhindered joy, total healing, and the continual presence of God. Today, we talk death, dying, and your right to die. That includes a 30-minute-in-heaven near-death trip to a crystal city in the sky…
S35 · E25 · 26 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 15 min
35.25 - MU Podcast - The Underground World
Welcome back to the final episode of Season 35! This week we dive into one of the strangest corners of UFO lore: the world of ancient tunnel systems, hidden civilizations, and secret cities beneath the Earth. From tunnels under Mt. Lassen, to military/alien underground facilities, and the legendary Rainbow City, we pull a few tales from Commander X's 1990 cult classic and explore a sprawling mythology that helped shape modern conspiracy culture. Welcome to your Plus Extension as we wrap up Season 35 with a bang! We have a lot to get to with our wrap-up on this sexy-ass, silly-ass topic. We…
S35 · E24 · 19 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
35.24 - MU Podcast - (AI) - Artificial Insemination and the Human Zoo
What does one do when one finds oneself nose to absence of nose with those who claim they are on a mighty quest to save that which they themselves have admittingly destroyed? Fortuitously encountering you, along their journey for Sur-thrival and deemed lucky you scoop-up-able simply for being in their path. Like so much wildlife in some sort of unannounced breeding program that you remain ignorantly unaware of the role that you play concerning their “cosmic” visions for some grand design or even just a simple curiosity. Thank you for joining us as we ponder the peculiar puzzle that is the…
S35 · E23 · 12 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
35.23 - MU Podcast - Reality.exe - The Simulation Hypothesis
In the back half of The Simulation Hypothesis, Rizwan Virk leaves the gaming and physics foundations behind and heads straight into the deep end: dreams, reincarnation, karma, synchronicity, near-death experiences, UFOs, AI consciousness, and the possibility that ancient mystics were describing the same reality modern technologists are now stumbling toward from the opposite direction. Along the way, he tries to connect Buddhism, Philip K. Dick, quantum mechanics, and modern computing into one giant framework where reality behaves less like dead matter and more like an interactive information…
S35 · E22 · 5 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
35.22 - MU Podcast - UFO Reflections | Abductions
UFOs capture our attention like nothing else can as we hear stories of these flying wonders and contemplate their origins, missions, and purposes. Some captivate more than others, literally capturing unsuspecting citizens to be brought aboard these enigmas for more baffling experiences. Philip Mantle is an outstanding researcher, author, and firsthand witness to the world of the freaky woo-woo.His new book, “UFO Reflections,” boasts a wide variety of said “woo” and offers us all greater insights into this highly strange phenomenon. In our Plus+ extension, we visit an MIT computer scientist…
S35 · E21 · 29 May 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
35.21 - MU Podcast - The Golden Wave
Welcome back to MU! This week we look into Children of the New Earth by Jill M. Jackson, a wild blend of Starseed mythology, psychic children, spiritual evolution, and humanity’s technological crossroads. From Indigo children to the "Solar Rays", we go through the variety of children appearing with the apparent mission of healing the earth and ushering us into the next age of human ascension! Buckle up for this one, it's a wild ride! Did you know that there are shapeshifters and mighty morphers are all around you? Offering oodles of fun questions like, what defines the definition of…
S35 · E20 · 22 May 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
35.20 - MU Podcast - Many Mini Mysteries - Making a big deal of the small stuff
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 35 episode 20!This realm boasts a massive amount of tiny happenings. Many Mini Mysteries can be found to surround you in every wee way within every micro moment of every diminutive day. Satisfying the appetite for the petite. We're talking about making a big deal out of the small stuff with a mini flying saucer invasion of tiny ray-gun-toting one-armed aliens appearing to children in Malaysia and more Mini Mysteries. In our Plus+ extension, we dive into one of the strangest blind spots in human nature: the way intelligent people become trapped inside…

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Mysterious Universe is a English tech & science podcast from 8th Kind. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: 8th Kind
Language: English
Category: Tech & Science
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 13 min
Latest episode: 9 Oct 2026
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