How Tarot Cards (Might) Work
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever used a Tarot deck? Heck, have you designed your own? In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore the strange history of the Tarot, from its origin as a card game for wealthy Italians to its present, multivariate state as anything from a fun diversion to a genuine tool of 'divination'. Spoiler, Conspiracy Realists: the guys are pretty convinced they've figured out why the Tarot is so popular -- and how it actually works.
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:06.5 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.0 | A production of IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:28.3 | Is this your card? |
| 0:29.2 | My name is Matt. |
| 0:30.2 | Yeah, my name is Noah, and this is not my card. |
| 0:32.4 | They call me Ben. |
| 0:33.7 | We're joined as always with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal, fagin. Most |
| 0:38.9 | importantly, you are you. You are here. That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:45.5 | And tonight, fellow conspiracy realists, we are exploring something we, oddly enough, have not covered for quite some time. |
| 0:53.4 | Over almost two decades, we never got |
| 0:56.5 | to tarot cards. How is that even possible? And we read the cards. We have very good news. |
| 1:02.9 | You can see a picture of the shore here. We are hanging out on a stuff-themed Virgin Voyages cruise this October. Guys, couldn't be more excited. And by stuff, we mean all of the shows with stuff in the name. Not all, but some of our favorites and some of our best friends, like Josh and Chuck, stuff you should know. That's right. Stuff they don't want you to know. We'll be joined by the Dalmudis themselves, Josh and Chuck. |
| 1:29.7 | Oh my gosh. |
| 1:30.3 | Yes. |
| 1:30.7 | I'm so excited. |
| 1:31.4 | Also, stuff Mom never told you. |
| 1:33.3 | What other stuff? |
| 1:34.5 | The best stuff is going to be you on the cruise with us because we get to hang out, like actually |
| 1:39.1 | just hang out on the ship. |
| 1:41.6 | Sometimes we even go off the ship to do things in Bermuda. What? Yes, with you. |
| 1:48.4 | Shall we excur? We can't wait for you to join us from October 2nd to the 7th. We're heading out |
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