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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files

Documentary, Science Fiction, Life Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Fiction

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

NUMBERS STATIONS. Not a relic of the past. Intelligence agencies use shortwave to communicate with spies, agents and assets in the field. Right now. Today. Let's listen to a few and learn how to tune in from home -- for free. Since World War One, numbers stations have been transmitting coded messages to spies around the world using shortwave radio. And they're still transmitting right now. We're going to listen to a few in this episode. These transmissions sound strange to casual listeners. But to the right set of ears, they contain information that could change the course of history. In fact, numbers stations *have* changed the course of history. Countless numbers stations are on the air right now -- for what purpose, few really know. And the people that *do* know? They aren't talking. They're essentially pirate stations -- operating illegally. But, nobody shuts them down. And no government acknowledges they even exist. Let's find out why. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewhyfiles/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your buddy, AJ, from the White Files.
0:02.3	You can't handle this.
0:03.3	Right.
0:04.3	And hecklefish.
0:05.3	We just wanted to tell you that if you want to start a podcast, Spotify makes it easy.
0:08.7	You have to be easy for humans to understand it.
0:11.0	We've stopped that.
0:12.0	I'm just saying.
0:13.0	Spotify for podcasters lets you record and edit podcasts from your computer.
0:17.0	I don't have a computer.
0:18.0	Oh, do you have a phone?
0:19.5	Of course I have a phone.
0:20.5	I'm not a savage.
0:21.5	Well, with Spotify, you can record podcasts from your phone too.
0:25.2	Spotify makes it easy to distribute your podcast to every platform and you can even earn
0:29.4	money.
0:29.9	I do need money.
0:30.9	What do you need money for?
0:31.9	Your kid and I'm getting killed on guppy support payments.
0:34.9	These three X wives are expensive.
0:37.4	You don't want to support your kids?
0:38.4	What are you, my wife's lawyer now?
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