National Endowment for Democracy: The New CIA?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
As Ben, Matt and Noel return from a holiday break, they recall a shocking discovery from their earlier investigation into the Atlas Network. What exactly is the 'National Endowment for Democracy'? Why does this... quasi-private, government-funded, global entity have so many people so concerned?
Also, why are so many people calling it 'a new CIA'? We're back, baby! Tune in.
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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. |
| 0:27.9 | My name is Matt. |
| 0:28.8 | Our colleague, Noel, is on an adventure, but we'll be returning shortly. |
| 0:32.9 | They call me Ben. |
| 0:34.3 | We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal |
| 0:38.0 | Fagan. Most importantly, you argue, you are here. That makes this the stuff they don't want |
| 0:45.0 | you to know. Now, while we were our recording at the end of December, we do want to give |
| 0:51.0 | everybody a happy New Year shout out because this episode is going to be publishing in 2026, which turns out to be a real year. |
| 1:01.3 | Oh, yeah, 2026. You thought 2025 was weird? Well, strap in. |
| 1:07.3 | We're actually recording this on the 19th, the day that 3-Eye Atlas is the closest to Earth that it's going to get on its journey through our solar system. |
| 1:15.1 | And, coincidentally, the day of the Epstein files release. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, the day a version of the Epstein files releases. |
| 1:24.7 | Yeah, we're looking back on some stuff. |
| 1:28.2 | Long-time listeners, you may recall that in a previous episode, |
| 1:31.9 | we delved into the story of something called the Atlas Network, |
| 1:35.8 | non-astronomical, it's a terrestrial, obscure, global entity. |
| 1:41.4 | It's like a meta-think tank that births other think tanks. And while their |
| 1:46.1 | activities may be earthbound, their success itself is astronomical. There's a lot to get into. |
| 1:54.4 | Please do check out our previous episode on this. We're talking allegations of corruption, |
| 2:00.0 | conspiracy, possible hidden |
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