Strange News: Put My Face on the Money, Qatar and the US, AI Censorship in Film, and More

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The United States Treasury moves to print current President Trump's face on a new coin, prompting an exploration of why the US officially doesn't put living people on the money. Qatar and the US reach a new level in what Lady Gaga would call a "Bad Romance." (Ben here: we recorded this before the news of the Idaho military base hit; the gang and I are currently in international waters -- wish us luck!) Microsoft has a 'come-to-Jesus' moment with Azure. Chinese authorities leverage AI to improve their censorship regulations for Western films. All this and more in this week's strange news 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 IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:28.2	My name is Matt.
0:29.2	My name is Noel.
0:30.1	They call me Ben.
0:31.4	We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:35.9	Most importantly, you are you, you are here, and that makes this the stuff they don't want
0:42.3	you to know.
0:43.9	Fellow conspiracy realist, we welcome you to October 13th, if you're hearing this, the day
0:49.8	it comes out.
0:51.1	We are recording on October 8th, this catches us midway, or on the very cusp, of exploring the high seas.
1:00.6	As we've mentioned in the past, we're all excited.
1:04.3	We spend some time off air kind of just bonding together over some stuff.
1:08.7	I made a pretentious poetry reference, obviously.
1:12.3	And guys, how are we feeling before we get into the news here?
1:17.5	Beaten down by the world and its happenings.
1:22.1	I feel gently massaged by the world and its happenings.
1:25.3	But that's, you know.
1:26.8	Well, I mean, you go on the front page of, well, the front page, the home page of the
1:32.0	guardian.
1:32.8	Front thing of, yeah.
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