The Basement: Quantum Compilation | From Particle Colliders to Parallel Realities

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   18 Sep 2026 · 36 min

   The Poltergeist Who Follows You Home

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   14 Sep 2026 · 2 hr 36 min

   The Basement: Donald Hoffman | Consciousness, Math, and the Case for Letting Go

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   12 Sep 2026 · 41 min

   Bases in the Ocean, and a War for Earth | The Friendship Case

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   7 Sep 2026 · 3 hr

   The Basement: Dan Flores | Ice Age Giants, Camels in America, and Coyote Resilience

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   5 Sep 2026 · 42 min

   The Zone of Silence: America's Missile Secret

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   29 Aug 2026 · 41 min

   The Alien Murders: Three Bodies, Three UFOs

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   24 Aug 2026 · 3 hr 41 min

   The Basement: Diana Pasulka | Angels, Vatican Archives, and a Government Email

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   21 Aug 2026 · 41 min

   The Basque Bloodline | Descendants of Atlantis

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   17 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 57 min

   The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased

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    15 Aug 2026 · 43 min

    They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation

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