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🗓️ 24 January 2024
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0:00.0 | Since World War I, number stations have been used to transmit coded messages to spies worldwide. |
0:06.0 | These stations use shortwave radio, which is tech you might expect to see in a World War II movie. |
0:11.0 | But even with the advancements in modern day technology, |
0:14.4 | you may be surprised to learn that these number stations are still used today. |
0:18.2 | They're actively transmitting messages around the world right now. At the height of the Cold War, shortwave |
0:24.1 | radio listeners started to notice strange broadcasts. Starting with a |
0:28.3 | weird melody or tone, these transmissions were followed by the unnerving sound of a woman's robotic voice counting |
0:34.7 | in German, or the creepy voice of a child reciting letters in English. |
0:40.4 | These transmissions sound strange to casual listeners, but to the right set of ears they |
0:48.0 | contain information that could change the course of history. |
0:51.3 | In fact, number stations have changed the course of history. In fact, number stations have changed the course of history. |
0:55.0 | Even though we're in the age of satellites, artificial intelligence, broadband |
1:06.6 | Wi-Fi and cyber warfare, it could be that the old-fashioned radio is the real tool of the |
1:12.0 | New World Order. If you want to conspire with spies, and |
1:15.0 | the real tool of the New World Order. If you want to conspire with spies, military |
1:15.3 | organizations, governments, or the ruling elites, and your goal is to |
1:19.0 | communicate a plan to oppress the masses, you don't want to leave a digital trail. So to help facilitate your quest |
1:25.7 | for world domination, you broadcast the encrypted details of your evil plot over shortwave |
1:30.9 | radio, also known as number stations. You may have heard that |
1:34.5 | number stations are a relic of the past, but number stations are active and |
1:38.6 | being used right now. We'll listen to a few of the transmissions in this |
1:42.4 | podcast. |
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