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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Strange News: Ku-Wait a Second: an Indian Billionaire Saves Escobar's Hippos, Oil Prices Spike, Greece To Ban Online Anonymity, the FBI vs. Bigfoot, and More

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.211K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this week's strange news segment: Ben and Matt explore a billionaire's mission to save Pablo Escobar's Hippos. Also, western oil profits skyrocket as the conflict in Iran continues, triggering drama in OPEC. But Ku-wait one second... the FBI investigated Bigfoot? What happened at the White House? Also, an epidemic of disappearing Chinese scientists. Tune in to learn more.

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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.

0:28.9

My name is Matt.

0:29.9

Our colleague Noel is on an adventure, but we'll be returning shortly.

0:33.9

They call me Ben.

0:35.4

We're joined as always with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.

0:40.3

Most importantly, you are you, you are here.

0:43.4

That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.

0:46.9

If you are tuning in to our weekly strange news program, the evening it publishes,

0:51.9

let us be the first to welcome you to May 4th,

0:56.6

2026. We've got a we've got so much. May the fourth be with you. Right, right. It's an old

1:03.1

coat, but it checks out. Yeah, it's going to be May. And, you know, shoutouts to Justin Timberlake

1:09.9

aside, Matt, always love to begin our weekly, Strangely, And, you know, shout-outs to Justin Timberlake aside.

1:20.1

Matt, always love to begin our weekly strange news program with some good news and maybe end on some good news as well.

1:26.9

So we've got a breaking story from an old obsession of mine and many other peoples.

1:32.1

Remember that time Pablo Escobar got so famous and so powerful that he almost became the state power of Colombia?

1:36.3

You know, the name is ringing a bell of some sort.

1:40.7

Hmm.

1:41.3

Well, don't you tell us more about this guy.

1:44.0

It's sniffing a line for sure.

1:46.8

Pablo Escobar, famous, infamous for a lot of things. He is the basis of so much folklore about

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