Listener Mail: Bird Deaths, Gas Station Bars, The Battle of Blair Mountain and More

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Sloth inspires a round-up of recent news stories from the world of birds. Fae shares a story of real-life bars inside gas stations. Kevin prompts an exploration of hidden history -- the earth shaking Battle of Blair Mountain, and the resulting cover-up from the Powers That Be. Plus puns. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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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 IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:27.4	My name is Matt.
0:28.4	My name is Noel.
0:29.8	They call me, Ben.
0:31.1	We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:35.4	Most importantly, you are you.
0:37.4	You are here. That makes this the stuff
0:39.8	they don't want you to know. Welcome back friends and neighbors fellow conspiracy realist.
0:45.9	This is July 10th, 2025. And as always, with our much belovedbeloved super producer returning from adventures out west in the territories,
0:59.5	we couldn't think of a better way to start tonight's program than to learn a little bit about Ruta Bakers.
1:05.6	Dylan, if you could.
1:07.4	Yes, there were times.
1:10.2	Yes!
1:10.9	I'm sure you knew
1:13.1	when I fit off more
1:17.5	Ruta Bega
1:18.2	Wow.
1:22.8	A bit off more Ruta Bega than I could chew.
1:25.8	That's a mouthful.
1:27.4	I was really hoping you would you would try and match the voice there or Ruta Bega than I could chew. That's a mouthful.
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