Science Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/science/ Comedy, entertainment, pop culture, and topics we want to talk about. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:19:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SKLOGO-55ad8af4v1_site_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Science Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/science/ 32 32 Sofa King Podcast true episodic socialmedia@sofakingpodcast.com © Sofa King Podcast © Sofa King Podcast podcast Science Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/SofaKingPodcastCoverArt.jpg https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/science/ TV-MA Weelky Join SK Ultra Join SK Ultra 120746233 The Neubauer Experiment: Playing God with Triplets https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-neubauer-experiment-playing-god-with-triplets/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:58 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11586 In the 1960s and 70s, a secret psychological study set out to answer one of humanity’s biggest questions: Are we shaped by nature… or nurture? Led by child psychiatrist Peter Neubauer and hidden behind the respected adoption agency Louise Wise Services, identical twins—and even triplets—were deliberately separated at birth and placed into different families… without […]

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]]> full false 1:10:04 11586 Before NASA: The Incredible Story of Auguste Piccard https://sofakingpodcast.com/before-nasa-the-incredible-story-of-auguste-piccard/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:00:44 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11580 Before astronauts, before rockets, and decades before the space race… one man built a metal sphere, attached it to a balloon, and rode it to the edge of space. In this episode we explore the incredible story of Auguste Piccard, the Swiss physicist and explorer who pushed the limits of human exploration in two completely […]

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]]> full false 1:29:15 11580 Episode 750: Sleep Walking: Sex, Snacks, and Somnambulism https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-750-sleep-walking-sex-snacks-and-somnambulism/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:29:53 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11472 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the strange occurrence of sleepwalking. Though it mostly involves innocent movement in someone’s sleep, it can lead a host of more troubling symptoms such as sleep eating (we’re looking at you Brent), sleep talking, and even having sex while asleep. All with […]

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]]> full false 1:16:10 11472 Episode 749:Trees: The Wood Wide Web https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-749trees-the-wood-wide-web/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:52:26 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11463 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the most important and often misunderstood living beings on the planet. That’s right, we talk about trees. At first, this seemed like a boring topic, but once the research started, our minds were blown. The big reveal was that trees have a […]

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]]> full false 1:23:10 11463 Episode 734: Mars: The Future of Humanity? https://sofakingpodcast.com/mars-the-future-of-humanity/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:31:53 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10831 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk the red planet, Mars. There is a lot to unpack here. I mean, yes, it is super cool that errors in interpreting early photos led us all to think Mars was covered in canals and highways. This lead to fiction such as The […]

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]]> full false 10831 Episode 732: Archimedes: The Warrior Scholar https://sofakingpodcast.com/archimedes-the-warrior-scholar/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:59:22 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10809 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the ultimate brain baller, Archimedes. He was born in 287 BC, but he was a genius the likes of which the world has seldom known. The cool stuff was his machines. He created giant claws that could scoop attacking ships out of […]

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]]> full false 1:23:14 10809 Episode 724: State of A.I. Part Two https://sofakingpodcast.com/state-of-a-i-part-two/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:31:26 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10738 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we dive back in to the treasure trove of Artificial Intelligence with a talk on the state of A.I. (part 2). This time around, we talk about some of the newer events unfolding with AI. We cover the music being generated by AI, which uses the exact […]

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]]> full false 10738 Episode 714: The State of AI: Part One https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-state-of-ai-part-one/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:31:36 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10658 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the State of Artificial Intelligence. We’ve covered this topic before (way back in time), but so much has happened in the past year, and the growth is so stupendous, we thought it was worth revisiting. So, if you want to hear us […]

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]]> full false 1:35:49 10658 Episode 710: Tunguska Event: 15 Megatons of Terror https://sofakingpodcast.com/tunguska-event-15-megatons-of-terror/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:31:10 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10620 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the most mysterious disasters of the modern world—The Tunguska Event. Early one morning in the summer of 1908, a massive explosion ripped through the heart of Russia. It was estimated to be around 15 megatons of explosive force that destroyed […]

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]]> full false 1:25:55 10620 Episode 693: Noah’s Ark: From Searches to Science https://sofakingpodcast.com/noahs-ark-from-searches-to-science/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:31:49 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10464 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we discuss the myth, facts, science and searches for Noah’s Ark. This ancient myth tells of the global flood and Noah creating a boat that could carry all of life for 40 days and drop it safely ashore when the flood died down. Cool story, bro, but […]

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]]> full false 1:27:56 10464 Episode 689: Beer: Liquid Civilization https://sofakingpodcast.com/beer-liquid-civilization/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:31:12 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10434 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk beer. The history of beer is no less than the history of human civilization. Archaeologists and historians can track most major human innovations back to the need to make better beer. Its history is thousands of years old, and people think everything from the wheel […]

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]]> full false 1:19:17 10434 Episode 676: Yellowstone: World-Ending Super Volcano! https://sofakingpodcast.com/yellowstone-world-ending-super-volcano/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:31:29 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10320 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the Supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone Supervolcano is one of the few in the world, and if it ever erupts, it will be a world-ending, cataclysmic event. America will pretty much be a wasteland (and a good chunk of Canada…sorry neighbors to […]

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]]> full false 1:19:06 10320 Episode 675: Orcas: The Brainy Blackfin Behemoths https://sofakingpodcast.com/orcas-the-brainy-blackfin-behemoths/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:31:26 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10311 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the most intelligent animals on planet earth, the Orca. People call them killer whales, which is pretty wrong on both parts. One, they aren’t whales. Second, they aren’t really killers—at least not of humans. Sure, the ones held captive will […]

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]]> full false 1:30:55 10311 Episode 672: Solar Flares: The Sun’s 11 Year Itch https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-flares-the-suns-11-year-itch/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:31:53 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10286 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we turn our eyes to the heavens and talk about Solar Flares. These nasty little critters blast off of the sun in eleven year cycles and can wreak havoc with high tech equipment. In the past, people didn’t care much about this phenomenon. For one, they didn’t […]

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]]> full false 1:21:56 10286 Episode 667: The Wonderful World of Ants! https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-wonderful-world-of-ants/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:31:11 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10240 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the wonderful world of ants. Experts suggest that there are up to ten quadrillion ants alive on the planet, roughly 25% of all life on earth. They are highly organized, intelligent, social, and…creepy. They talk to each other via sound and pheromones. Ants grow […]

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]]> full false 1:09:45 10240 Episode 665: Sputnik: Start of the Space Race https://sofakingpodcast.com/sputnik-start-of-the-space-race/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:31:30 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10215 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about Sputnik. Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to ever orbit the earth, and it started the Space Race and made the Cold War grow even hotter. It was designed by the Soviet Union using a system of interlocking governmental agencies. Sputnik was […]

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]]> full false 1:33:20 10215 A Sofa King Classic: Fluoride https://sofakingpodcast.com/a-sofa-king-classic-fluoride/ Fri, 20 May 2022 11:00:08 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10176 Daves not here man … Classic This episode peels back the lid on the very popular conspiracy theory involving the use of fluoride in municipal drinking water. The common conspiracy theories get pretty crazy and talk about Communist plots and argue that Nazis used sodium fluoride to keep prisoners of war and concentration camp victims […]

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]]> full false 1:16:03 10176 Episode 655: Bob Lazar: The Godfather of Gray Aliens https://sofakingpodcast.com/bob-lazar-the-godfather-of-gray-aliens/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:31:54 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10106 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the man single handedly responsible for the popularity of Area 51 and gray aliens, Bob Lazar. In 1989, he gave a sensational interview to reporter George Knapp. In it, he talked about his time in an facility called S4 and his work figuring out […]

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]]> full false 1:33:17 10106 Episode 650: Snakes: On A Mothaf*ckin’ Podcast! https://sofakingpodcast.com/snakes-what-in-the-slithering-satan/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:31:25 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10075 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the animal that even makes Indian Jones’ skin crawl—snakes. Found through all of human mythology, this slithery mother can represent medicine and healing or Satan and destruction. It is an animal so radically different than humans, that it might as well be an alien. […]

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]]> full false 1:22:10 10075 Episode 643: Mummies: Crypts, Curses, and Kings https://sofakingpodcast.com/mummies-crypts-curses-and-kings/ Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:31:54 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9984 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we explore the eternal life of mummies. Everyone can picture the linen wrapped Egyptian kings, and most people know about curses and have nightmares of them coming back to life. However, it was more than kings. Middle class and poor Egyptians were mummified as were […]

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]]> full false 1:33:52 9984 Episode 630: Cocaine: One Hell of a Drug! https://sofakingpodcast.com/cocaine-one-hell-of-a-drug/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:31:23 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9892 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one hell of a drug, Cocaine! It releases more dopamine than any other natural drug into the human brain—way more than even sex. Cocaine made German scientists stick needles in their own eyes, and killed John Belushi, Chris Farley, Mitch Hedberg, and River Phoenix! […]

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]]> full false 1:48:01 9892 Episode 629: Corn: Mayans, Monocrops, and Monopolies https://sofakingpodcast.com/corn-mayans-monocrops-and-monopolies/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:31:31 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9878 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we drop some science and talk about one of the most important feats of agriculture in all of human history—Corn. You may be asking, why Corn? Many people argue that it is disastrous for the environment and for agriculture in the US. For another thing, it is […]

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]]> full false 1:39:24 9878 Episode 622: Holmesburg Prison Experiments: Acres of Skin https://sofakingpodcast.com/holmesburg-prison-experiments-acres-of-skin/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 10:31:30 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9832 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about a wicked case of human test subjects known as the Holmesburg Prison Experiments. This small prison in Philadelphia became home to a very unethical doctor named Albert Kligman. He was brought there to investigate a break-out of athletes foot among the inmates, but what […]

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]]> full false 1:25:19 9832 Episode 610: Order Octopoda: Earthly Aliens or Freaky Fish? https://sofakingpodcast.com/order-octopoda-earthly-aliens-or-freaky-fish/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9723 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the most insane and alien creature that lives the planet Earth—the octopus. The amazing animals of Order Octopoda are smarter than a dog, and they have three hearts and 9 brains! That’s right, they have a main brain and then a different brain for […]

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]]> full false 1:28:51 9723 A Sofa King Classic: The Lost Cosmonauts https://sofakingpodcast.com/a-sofa-king-classic-the-lost-cosmonauts/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:37 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9640 Still Fucking sick! But not as sick as this Episode. Check out another Sofa King classic. On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the conspiracy theory of the Lost Cosmonauts. (Finally, a conspiracy about space that isn’t the moon landing hoax or lizard people!) Our official history says that on April […]

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]]> full false 1:25:14 9640 Episode 590: Bees: Nature’s Little Machines https://sofakingpodcast.com/bees-natures-little-machines/ Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9514 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about a topic near and dear to Brent’s heart—Bees. We all know he thinks bees are robots, but why? It may be because of a crazy “Waggle Dance” they perform to communicate where food is. This dance has been repeated by actual robots […]

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]]> full false 1:50:46 9514 Chernobyl: A Sofa King Classic https://sofakingpodcast.com/chernobyl-a-sofa-king-classic/ Fri, 28 May 2021 11:00:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9349   Dave is gone for 8 days so here is a Sofa King Classic from the archives Quotable moments from radioactive grandmas to Cesium queefs… you wont want to miss this one. On this episode, we discuss the accident at the Chernobyl power plant as only the Sofa King Podcast can. The Chernobyl power plant […]

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]]> full false 1:32:59 9349 Project Azorian: Patreon Vault Release https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-azorian-patreon-vault-release/ Thu, 27 May 2021 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9345 On this bonus episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we cover a real world conspiracy theory that turns out to be true: Project Azorian. What was Project Azorian? Well, it was a little plan concocted by the CIA. In 1968, a Soviet nuclear sub sank, and the Russian didn’t know where it was. The US […]

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]]> full false 49:59 9345 Episode 577: Bayer: The Abhorrent Actuality of Aspirin https://sofakingpodcast.com/bayer-the-abhorrent-actuality-of-aspirin/ Fri, 07 May 2021 09:31:36 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9200 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the pharmaceutical company Bayer. What could be interesting about a company that is world famous for its aspirin? A lot, actually. This small German company didn’t invent aspirin, but it perfected and patented it, just as it did heroin (which it originally […]

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]]> full false 1:38:36 9200 Episode 576: Isaac Newton: 3 Laws and an Apple https://sofakingpodcast.com/isaac-newton-3-laws-and-an-apple/ Tue, 04 May 2021 09:31:29 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9199 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we hit you with some straight science and talk about the life, discoveries, and madness of Sir Isaac Newton. Everyone has heard the name, and most people know the legend of an apple falling on his head to make him conceive of gravity. This is kind of […]

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]]> full false 1:43:12 9199 Episode 575: Marie Curie: Of Science and Sexism https://sofakingpodcast.com/marie-curie-of-science-and-sexism/ Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9172 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the greatest scientists to ever live, Marie Curie. She battled with crazy sexism, anti-Semitism, and an endless bout of cancer and tumors due to her radioactive research. But through it all, she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the […]

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]]> full false 1:16:28 9172 Episode 571: The Sun: Hell in the Heavens https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-sun-hell-in-the-heavens/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 09:31:14 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9094 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look to the heavens and talk about the Sun. It is the primary source of energy for our solar system, and its scale and power are enough to give you anxiety if you really dig into the facts. It has been worshiped as a god in […]

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]]> full false 1:30:56 9094 SOFA KING CLASSIC: Nikola Tesla – Laser Pigeon Lover https://sofakingpodcast.com/sofa-king-classic-nikola-tesla/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9019 As per listener request, this week’s Sofa King Podcast covers the life and inventions of Nikola Tesla. Born in Croatia in 1856, he was the archetype of the mad scientist. We start the episode with a look at his feud and relationship Thomas Edison. At the heart of this rivalry was a race to provide […]

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]]> full false 1:12:10 9019 Episode 533: Elizabeth Holmes: Blood and Billions in Silicon Valley https://sofakingpodcast.com/elizabeth-holmes-blood-and-billions-in-silicon-valley/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:31:50 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8155 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the greatest failures and cons by any tech startup in Silicon Valley, the lies and deceit of Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes started the tech firm Theranos from Paulo Alto, California, home to all the tech giants. She idolized Steve Jobs so much, that […]

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]]> full false 1:25:55 8155 Episode 499: Polio: The Paralytic Pandemic https://sofakingpodcast.com/polio-the-paralytic-pandemic/ Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:31:32 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7685 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we get all pandemic on you and talk about Polio. Famous for causing paralysis and death through the first half the century (most notably in the US and UK), this disease goes back to ancient Egypt. Two doctors created different vaccines for the disease in […]

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]]> full 1:33:46 7685 Episode 495: Dreaming: What’s Going on In There? https://sofakingpodcast.com/dreaming-whats-going-on-in-there/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 09:31:02 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7639 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we explore one of the greatest mysteries of the human mind—dreaming. We all dream. Whether we remember it or not, our mind makes us dream several times a night when we get normal sleep. The average person is said to have five years of dreaming […]

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]]> full 7639 Episode 491: Alchemy: The Science of Magic https://sofakingpodcast.com/alchemy-the-science-of-magic/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:31:04 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7577 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the ultimate merger of science and magic, the ancient art of Alchemy. Everyone knows that Alchemy was an attempt to turn lead into gold using something called the Philosopher’s Stone. But it was much more than that. At the heart of Alchemy was a […]

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]]> full 7577 Episode 410: CERN: Physics, Conspiracies, and Other Dimensions https://sofakingpodcast.com/cern-physics-conspiracies-and-other-dimensions/ Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:31:46 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5237 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look get quantum and talk about one of the world’s greatest scientific organization, CERN. CERN, of course, is famous for their Large Hadron Collider and all the experiments and conspiracy theories that are associated with it (some of which are plausible, some of which […]

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]]> full 1:30:09 5237 Episode 378: Project Blue Book: Real Life X-Files https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-blue-book-real-life-x-files/ Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:31:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4522 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look to the skies (or at least to those who looked to the skies), and we explore the infamous Project Blue Book. From 1952 until 1969, Project Blue Book was the US Air Force’s official investigation into Unidentified Flying Objects. In fact, that’s where […]

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]]> full 4522 Episode 367: Project A119: Why Not Nuke the Moon?! https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-a119-why-not-nuke-the-moon/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:31:53 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4436 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at some Cold War madness and delve into America’s plan to nuke the moon—Project A119. The year was 1957. The Soviet Union had just launched Sputnik and was winning the nascent Space Race. The American military needed a win, so their […]

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]]> full 4436 Episode 366: Tuskegee Experiment: Bad Blood in Alabama https://sofakingpodcast.com/tuskegee-experiment-bad-blood-in-alabama/ Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:31:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4433 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the worst government conspiracy theories and most egregious cases of abusing medical ethics in American history—the Tuskegee Experiment. In a nutshell, the Tuskegee Experiment was the time the American government identified hundreds of African Americans who had syphilis and gave […]

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]]> full 4433 Episode 325: Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Genius https://sofakingpodcast.com/stephen-hawking-a-brief-history-of-genius/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3875 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we put our thinking caps on and talk about the life, thoughts, and struggles of Stephen Hawking. Hawking was largely considered the smartest person in our generation, and his theories on life, the universe, and everything radically changed our cosmology. His accomplishments are impressive enough as they […]

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]]> full 3875 Episode 318: Albert Einstein: The Ultimate Genius https://sofakingpodcast.com/albert-einstein-the-ultimate-genius/ Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:31:37 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3783 On this very nerdy episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about discoveries, math, and quantum shift in the world that was Albert Einstein. Virtually every discovery about Quantum Physicist is based in part on papers written by a very young Albert Einstein. By the age of 26, he proved that atoms and molecules […]

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]]> full 1:22:28 3783 Episode 313: Boston Dynamics: The Real-Life Terminators? https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-313-boston-dynamics/ Tue, 10 Jul 2018 11:05:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3749 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we oil up the servos and get ready to fight the upcoming robot overlords by exploring the history, robots, and unique funding source of the strangest corporation most people have never heard of—Boston Dynamics. Boston Dynamics was founded in 1992 as a means to fulfill its founder […]

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]]> full 1:25:51 3749 Episode 261: SHC: Spontaneous Human Combustion https://sofakingpodcast.com/shc-spontaneous-human-combustion/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:31:30 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3092 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the allegedly supernatural phenomenon of Spontaneous Human Combustion. Called SHC, Spontaneous Human Combustion has occurred for hundreds of years, with the earliest examples coming from the 1400s with a drunken Italian knight, and then many more cases coming up in the 1600s through modern […]

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]]> full 1:24:28 3092 Episode 239: Cannibalism: The Ultimate Taboo https://sofakingpodcast.com/cannibalism-ultimate-taboo/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/cannibalism-ultimate-taboo/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2017 11:31:05 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2773 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we explore the ultimate societal taboo: cannibalism. Cannibalism falls into three distinct categories: Endocannibalism, Exocannibalism, and Auto-Cannibalism. They are eating relatives to honor them, eating people to scare others, and eating your own flesh. But that of course leaves out the number one reason for modern cannibalism—starvation. […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/cannibalism-ultimate-taboo/feed/ 1 full 1:17:56 2773 Episode 222: AIDS: From Conspiracies to Cures https://sofakingpodcast.com/aids-conspiracies-cures/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:31:10 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2582 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast we talk about the various and deep conspiracy theories that surround the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. So, what’s the difference between HIV and AIDS? Traditional medicine claims that HIV is an immunodeficiency virus that attacks your body’s ability to fight off infection. AIDS is the breakdown of the immune […]

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]]> full 1:19:22 2582 Episode 217: Jack Parsons: Sex Magician Rocket Scientist! https://sofakingpodcast.com/jack-parsons-sex-magician-rocket-scientist/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2544 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we tell the truly unbelievable life-story of the founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratories, the rocket scientist and occultist named Jack Parsons. We’ve bumped into Parsons in several episodes in the past because he has some crazy ties with everything from Aleister Crowley to Scientology to Operation Paper […]

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]]> full 2544 Episode 203: Flat Earth: The Strangest Conspiracy https://sofakingpodcast.com/flat-earth-strangest-conspiracy/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:31:35 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2399 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the conspiracy theory that says the Earth is actually flat. Flat Earthers number in the thousands and grow every year, and in spite of what seems to be overwhelming scientific consensus from multiple fields of science, they deny the conclusions of a spherical earth. […]

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]]> full 1:33:29 2399 Episode 131: Alan Turing–Math versus Nazis! https://sofakingpodcast.com/alan-turing-math-versus-nazis/ Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:31:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1181 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the life of Alan Turing—the father of the modern day computer and the man who broke the Nazi Enigma Code and helped win World War II. Born in London, Turing was a mathematical genius at a young age and loved school so much, he […]

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]]> full 1:16:41 1181 Episode 128: Fukushima: Waves of Disaster https://sofakingpodcast.com/fukushima-waves-of-disaster/ Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:31:37 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1167 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daichi power plant in Japan. At 5:46 AM on Friday, March 11th of 2011, the fourth largest recorded earthquake known on the planet earth occurred. It was a 9.0, centered on the ocean floor 43 […]

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]]> full 1:29:17 1167 Episode 123: Project Stargate–Remote Viewing https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-stargate-remote-viewing/ Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:31:08 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1144 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about Project Stargate and the alleged phenomenon of remote viewing. Similar to telesthesia or travelling clairvoyance, remote viewing is supposedly a skill where someone can see something at a great distance and summon up visual details in their mind’s eye. Starting as a bunch of […]

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]]> full 1:14:44 1144 Episode 121: Doping, Steroids, and Athletics https://sofakingpodcast.com/doping-steroids-athletics/ Fri, 26 Aug 2016 11:31:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1135 On this Sofa King Podcast, we explore the controversies surrounding doping and steroid use in athletics. We start our discussion with a look at the Tour De France. Starting in 1903, this six day race has been tied to doping and drug use since its very first year. As technology evolved, so did the dope: […]

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]]> full 1:16:10 1135 Episode 116: Robert Oppenheimer–Troubled Genius https://sofakingpodcast.com/robert-oppenheimer-troubled-genius/ Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:31:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1117 This episode of the Sofa King Podcast looks at the life and genius of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the nuclear bomb. Born to a wealthy family in 1904, this man went on to master many areas of physics and was personally selected by General Leslie Groves to be the head of the Manhattan […]

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]]> full 1:34:12 1117 Episode 94: Chernobyl: Fallout, Death, and Heroism https://sofakingpodcast.com/chernobyl-fallout-death-heroism/ Tue, 24 May 2016 11:31:47 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=984 On this episode, we discuss the accident at the Chernobyl power plant as only the Sofa King Podcast can. The Chernobyl power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine suffered a ten day nuclear fire starting on April 26, 1986. This was one of only two Level 7 nuclear disasters in the history of nuclear power, and the […]

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]]> full 1:32:59 984 Episode 89: Fluoride: Healthy Teeth or Toxic Waste? https://sofakingpodcast.com/fluoride/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/fluoride/#comments Tue, 10 May 2016 11:31:05 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=966 This episode peels back the lid on the very popular conspiracy theory involving the use of fluoride in municipal drinking water. The common conspiracy theories get pretty crazy and talk about Communist plots and argue that Nazis used sodium fluoride to keep prisoners of war and concentration camp victims docile. We talk about those theories […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/fluoride/feed/ 8 full 1:16:03 966 Episode 87: Transhumanism and Immortality: A Talk with Zoltan Istvan https://sofakingpodcast.com/zoltan-istvan-talk-transhumanism/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/zoltan-istvan-talk-transhumanism/#comments Tue, 03 May 2016 11:31:41 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=951 On this episode, we interview our very special guest, Zoltan Istvan. Zoltan is a transhumanist (and is in fact the official Presidential candidate for the Transhumanist Party!). What is transhumanism? It is a social movement of people trying to use science and technology to improve the human condition, many hoping to achieve immortality within our […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/zoltan-istvan-talk-transhumanism/feed/ 2 full 1:25:59 951 Episode 81: Nazi Technologies and Operation Paperclip https://sofakingpodcast.com/nazi-scientists-operation-paperclip/ Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:31:31 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=913 This episode of Sofa King Podcast explores the amazing inventions of Nazi Scientists and the infamous Operation Paperclip. During World War II, German engineers and scientists were among the best in the world, developing technology that nobody else on earth could compete with. This technological domination is what led them to almost taking over the […]

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]]> full 1:27:00 913 Episode 69: Elon Musk – Man of the Future https://sofakingpodcast.com/elon-musk/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/elon-musk/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:31:32 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=827 Elon Musk was so smart as a child that IBM couldn’t even rank him on their scale for computer programmers. He started Zip2 in the 90s and sold it to create PayPal, and ended up with hundreds of millions of dollars as a result. After that, Musk decided to spend his own fortune funding the […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/elon-musk/feed/ 1 full 1:25:12 827 Episode 68: Cannabis – Legalization and Prohibition with Tyler Durden https://sofakingpodcast.com/cannabis/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/cannabis/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:30:57 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=814 This week, we look at the legalization and prohibition of cannabis. It got a lot of buzz on our Facebook page, and the number one sentiment from listeners was that it should be legalized and decriminalized for reasons varying from tax revenue to a decrease in criminal activity and a lessening of prison population. With […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/cannabis/feed/ 4 full 1:36:40 814 Episoe 67: Float Therapy with Dirk Bentz Owner of Salt 7even https://sofakingpodcast.com/float-therapy/ Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:30:34 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=812 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we discuss float therapy and sensory deprivation tanks. In 1954, a neuroscientist named John Lilly (also called a psychonaut and the basis for Walter Bishop from the TV show Fringe), created the first ever salt-based float tank. He was trying to experiment with the nature of consciousness, […]

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]]> full 1:36:05 812 Episode 60: Cancer Cures https://sofakingpodcast.com/cancer-cures/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:30:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=777 This week on The Sofa King Podcast, we discuss cancer and some of the alternative, innovative, and fraudulent claims on how to cure it. Many listeners have suggested we look at various cancer curing techniques, so we start with a look at what Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski does out of his Houston, Texas clinic. Burzynski has […]

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]]> full 58:33 777 Episode 56: Renewable Energy https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-energy/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-energy/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:30:21 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=756 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we explore solar power and other alternative energy sources. Since Americans spend 8% of their income each year on power, and since greenhouse gasses are killing the planet, many listeners wanted us to cover this topic. While solar energy is truly beneficial, we explore the growth of […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/solar-energy/feed/ 2 full 55:03 756 Episode 44: Chemtrails https://sofakingpodcast.com/chemtrails/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/chemtrails/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2015 12:31:44 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=697 We tackle another conspiracy theory on this episode and try to expose the truth behind Chem Trails. We all see jets flying in the sky and leaving a trail behind them. Scientists claim this is a con-trail of condensation, but some argue it is a chem-trail of chemicals being dumped into our atmosphere by the […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/chemtrails/feed/ 4 full 1:06:39 697 Episode 40: Simulations and Alternate Universes https://sofakingpodcast.com/simulations-and-alternate-universes/ Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:31:48 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=678 After recent discussions on the show about the “Berenstain” Bears and alternate realities, we decided to base this episode around a discussion of the nature of reality. More specifically, we explore the hypothesis that the universe is an advanced simulation run by a superintelligence and the arguments for alternate quantum universes and multiverses. This one gets pretty trippy! […]

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]]> full 1:09:55 678 Episode 37: NASA Conspiracies https://sofakingpodcast.com/nasa-conspiracies/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/nasa-conspiracies/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=654 On this episode, we look at some of the big conspiracies that surround NASA. Our look at the theories of the moon landing being a hoax led to use exploring other conspiracy theories surrounding the space agency and outer pace itself. Brent starts us off with an amazingly in-depth look at the Flat Earth conspiracy […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/nasa-conspiracies/feed/ 2 full 1:00:00 654 Episode 35: GMO Frankenfood https://sofakingpodcast.com/frankenfood/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/frankenfood/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:30:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=634 This week, our topic is a listener request in which we talk about Genetically Modified Organisms, also known as GMOs or Frankenfoods. A conservative estimate is that if you eat processed foods, somewhere around 70% of them have genetically modified, lab-created ingredients. Our conversation focuses on the positive side of GMOs as well as the […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/frankenfood/feed/ 2 full 1:00:00 634 Episode 33: Time Travel https://sofakingpodcast.com/time-travel/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/time-travel/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:30:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=624 In honor of the date Marty McFly travels to in Back to the Future II (October 21, 2015), this episdoe of the Sofa King Podcast focuses on time travel. Is it possible? What are the effects of altering the past, if you even can? These are good questions that we set to answer. We begin […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/time-travel/feed/ 2 full 1:00:00 624 Episode 22: Artificial Intelligence https://sofakingpodcast.com/artificial-intelligence/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:13:50 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=560 In this episode we take a look at Artificial Intelligence. We cover the broad spectrum from your household thermostat deciding when to kick on the AC, to the possibility of cognitively self aware machines deciding whether or not the human race is of any value to there motives. Will we harmoniously transcend into a blissful […]

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]]> full 1:00:00 560 Episode 21: Farmers Market KSVG Savage Radio https://sofakingpodcast.com/farmers-market-ksvg-savage-radio/ Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:31:13 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=553 On this episode we have a sit down with Jackie Allen, founder of the Hen’s Roost and several farmers markets in Bakersfield. We discuss why people should shop at farmers markets, the benefits of knowing your farmers, the problems with industrial produce and pesticides, and we look at the “dirty dozen” most polluted foods of […]

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]]> full 1:00:00 553 Episode 19: Fast Food KSVG Savage Radio https://sofakingpodcast.com/fast-food-ksvg-savage-radio/ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:35:08 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=539 Fast Food Curious about what is wrong with fast food, your hosts discuss some of the key topics and criticisms about America’s favorite way to eat. From obesity to Ecoli, antibiotics to illegal immigrants, and the debate about what minimum wage should be, we explore all the hot angles. Best-selling authors like Michael Pollan and […]

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]]> full 1:00:00 539 Episode 17: Moon Landing Hoax https://sofakingpodcast.com/moon-landing-hoax/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:40:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=516 Moon Landing Hoax Episode 17, The Moon Landing Hoax. This week, we explore the evidence that consipiracy theorists use to “prove” that the moon landing is a hoax. From photographic evidence to the Van Allen Radiation belt, we take apart each element of the moon landing and try to come to a conclusion about it. […]

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]]> full 1:06:31 516 Episode 10: Milk & Cookies https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-010-milk-cookies/ Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:31:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=300 Milk and Cookies. In this episode we discuss modern-day mega dairies and computer security (“cookies”). First, we look at the horrible practices and conditions in mega dairies, including worker treatment, illegal workers, animal abuses, and hormones and steroids in the dairy. Second, we discuss computer security and privacy from governmental NSA data mining to corporations […]

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]]> full 1:35:01 300 Episode 08: The Cosmos & Alien Abductions https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-008-the-cosmos-alien-abductions/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-008-the-cosmos-alien-abductions/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 12:02:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=274 The Cosmos and Alien Abductions. First, a look at the size of the universe, facts about the cosmos, the Drake Equation that predicts life in the universe, and the Fermi Paradox. Second, a look at the reality behind alien abductions, major cases, symptoms for abductees, alternate explanations of the phenomenon, and personal UFO/alien stories from […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-008-the-cosmos-alien-abductions/feed/ 2 full 1:29:08 274 Episode 02: Dangerous Vaccines & Police Brutality https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-002-vaccines-police-brutality/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-002-vaccines-police-brutality/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:04:25 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=146 Dangerous Vaccines and Police Shootings. Episode 2 of the Sofa King Podcast focuses its lens on vaccinations and recent police shootings. Your intrepid hosts look at many sides of the vaccine issue: autism, Big Pharma and corporate power, effectiveness, government mandates, dangers, and upsides. We fall on different sides of the vaccine debate, and you […]

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