The Disappearance of Andreen McDonald: A Larger Context
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
On paper, Andreen and her husband Andre McDonald lived a life most Americans would envy - a self-made millionaire power couple, the McDonalds regularly contributed to philanthropic causes in their native community, as well as in their San Antonio community. On March 1st, 2019, Andreen McDonald was reported missing. In tonight's exploration, Ben, Matt and Noel map out the heartbreaking events, while also examining the larger, multigenerational context often left unexplored. Warning: this episode may not be appropriate for all audiences. If you or someone you know may be experiencing domestic violence, please don't hesitate to reach out for resources and support. The US Domestic Abuse Hotline is available 24/7 at the following number: 800-799-7233.
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:06.9 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.1 | A production of IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:26.7 | My name is Matt. |
| 0:27.6 | My name is Noel. |
| 0:28.7 | They call me Ben. |
| 0:30.0 | We are joined as always with our super producer, Andrew Triforce Howard. |
| 0:34.1 | Most importantly, you are you, you are here. |
| 0:36.7 | That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:41.3 | Guys, we've talked about it before, but you know how social media has created a weird double life for people? |
| 0:49.0 | Yeah, yeah. It's the got of something we have to contend with. It's hard, especially for |
| 0:53.3 | younger folks who are just seeing idealized versions of everybody they know and, you know, kind of forcing them to compare themselves. But it's honestly not exclusive to young people. I fight with it myself, as I'm sure you guys do from time to time. |
| 1:06.9 | The weirdest thing for me is that people will create triple and quadruple and quintuple lives with varying social media and other apps where they're interacting with people online as varying personas with different names, different looks, different lifestyles. |
| 1:22.0 | It's fascinating. |
| 1:23.5 | And don't get us started on online dating or do because we have an episode coming out about |
| 1:29.2 | that. |
| 1:29.6 | It is very much a conspiracy. |
| 1:31.7 | Appreciate that note, too, about the, what was it, Whitman said? |
| 1:36.1 | We are vast. |
| 1:36.7 | We contain multitudes that can't be more literally true online. |
| 1:41.0 | And even without the social media thing, some lives look perfect on paper, |
| 1:47.4 | just like some laws look perfect on paper. I don't know about how we're all feeling, |
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