Ep. 278 - The G.A.T.E. Program

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In the 1980s and 90s, a series of programs for exceptionally talented students began appearing in schools across the United States. But in recent years, many former students from the Gifted and Talented Education, or GATE Program, have begun comparing their stories online. And many of them have come to believe that the GATE Program was a cover for a top secret government experiment. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://www.yahoo.com/news/enrolled-gifted-classes-child-now-230027333.html https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/ https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210016-5.pdf https://hemi-sync.com/product-category/by-genre/gateway-experience/?srsltid=AfmBOopztzPlvnIDZFmey3N9SZD6UDuUD_iG0bXgjzX_KypE2zv30CuF https://www.monroeinstitute.org/products/gateway-experience-wave-ii-viii?srsltid=AfmBOopsTkd0QZjYf4HvaQKG_BS7rd0QaIomASg9h3J22SQhljuuiuWe https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/project-stargate.html https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifted/comments/1hspxok/cia_involvement_in_gate/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Howard Dory. And I'm Jess Dory. And we host Plotting Through the Presidents. We take deeply researched, deeply
0:06.9	irreverent dives into the myths, mysteries, and scandals of the men and women who shaped America.
0:12.5	Join us as we dive deep into topics like, the undeniable ribs of Aaron Burr.
0:18.0	The what now? And the odd feeding habits of everyone's favorite founder, John Adams.
0:23.0	Subscribe and follow plotting through the presidents now to plot along with us.
0:26.9	Find out more at plodpodpod.com.
0:30.6	Hello, my name is Matt, host of the Pirate History Podcast.
0:36.3	Pirates rank among the most mythologized and romanticized
0:40.2	of all historical figures. It can become easy to forget that pirates were real people that had
0:46.1	real world concerns. If you like tales of high seas adventure, Daring Do, and also want to learn more
0:53.1	about who Blackbeard supported to be King,
0:55.8	you can learn more about all of that at the Pirate History podcast.
1:00.2	Hey, everyone, Nate here.
1:02.2	The audio for this episode is an extended version of a video from my YouTube channel.
1:07.1	If you're interested in checking out this video or any of the others that I've already made,
1:11.1	I'll put a link in the show notes. And without further ado, on with the show.
1:18.0	Picture this. You're back in elementary school. You're a bright kid. An imaginative kid.
1:24.7	You're sharper than a lot of the other kids your age. You notice things
1:28.9	that others don't. School work comes easy to you, sometimes too easy. You finish your assignments
1:35.8	faster than the rest of the class. This leaves you a lot of time to sit there staring out the window
1:41.3	and daydream. Then one day you get pulled out of class.
1:45.0	You're taken to a windowless room that you've never seen before. They give you puzzles to solve.
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