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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

CLASSIC: Plastics, Microplastics and Conspiracy

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Look around -- how many objects in your immediate vicinity contain plastic? This malleable, durable material has become ubiquitous -- you can find in the depths of the oceans, at the summits of the highest mountains. And, if you're like most people, plastic will be here long after you're gone. Historically, manufacturers have claimed plastic pollution can be solved by recycling... but what if there's something they don't want you to know?

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0:00.0

Fellow conspiracy realist, how much of you is plastic?

0:04.9

I think a credit card size amount per day.

0:08.5

Those per day.

0:09.7

And your brain crosses the brain blood barrier.

0:13.4

Your body overall, yes, especially if you are a person carrying a child inside of you now, that they probably are going to get a dose of plastics

0:24.9

too.

0:25.6

We're basically Lego at this point, guys.

0:27.6

Yeah, look, if you're not driving currently or operating heavy machinery, take a pause

0:32.7

and look around your environment and ask yourself how many objects in your immediate vicinity contain

0:39.7

plastic. Spoiler, it's a lot.

0:42.8

It's just so damn convenient.

0:44.4

Even if you are driving, think about how much of a car is plastic nowadays versus, I don't know what,

0:50.3

40 years ago, 50 years ago.

0:52.0

Coding on the gear shifts, the dash panel, all the rubber.

0:57.2

I mean, I guess that's different than plastic, but it's plastic.

0:59.2

You can go to some of the most inaccessible parts of the earth, and you might reach a place

1:06.6

where humans have never been in recorded history, but you know it would probably beat you to the punch?

1:12.1

Plastic.

1:12.8

Yeah.

1:13.3

It really insists upon itself, as you would say, Ben.

1:15.8

And it likes to spread its plastic seed.

1:19.1

Mm-hmm.

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