What is an oligarch?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
"Oligarch" - when we hear this word in the West, it's almost always associated with Russian business types who made loads of money during the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, as Ben, Matt and Noel discover in tonight's episode, oligarchs have always been around, in almost every single civilization... and the U.S. is no exception. In fact, despite being a democracy on paper, the U.S. itself is a lot more like an oligarchy than our rulers would have us believe.
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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 IHeartRadie. Hello, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:27.5 | My name is Matt. |
| 0:28.4 | My name is Noel. |
| 0:29.5 | They call me Ben. |
| 0:30.9 | We're joined as always with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan. |
| 0:35.5 | Most importantly, you are you. |
| 0:37.7 | You are here. That makes this the stuff pal Fagan. Most importantly, you are you. You are here. |
| 0:38.8 | That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:43.0 | And guys, I was thinking about this. |
| 0:45.4 | We've talked a little bit off air about it. |
| 0:47.8 | What a time to host a critical thinking conspiracy show. |
| 0:52.5 | Man. |
| 0:54.1 | You're not wrong. I mean, if we had never... thinking conspiracy show. Man. |
| 0:55.1 | You're not wrong. |
| 0:59.5 | I mean, if we had known what we know now. I was going to say something similar. |
| 1:00.8 | We knew a little bit. |
| 1:01.9 | I mean, you know, it ebbs and flows, but boy, is it flowing. |
| 1:05.8 | We always knew that at the end of times, there would be folks somewhere in their basements or a room in |
| 1:13.9 | their apartment going, the end is coming. |
| 1:16.6 | The end is coming. |
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