680. The Netherlands: The Revolt that Made The Modern World (Part 4)

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He's the only agent to get both an Iron Cross from Hitler and an MBE from the— No way. Yeah.

George Mack

The Most Important Questions Of Our Tim…

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He got rejected, rejected, rejected, and was like, okay, I'll take matters into my own hands. So he then becomes the most valuable spy for Britain during World War II.

George Mack

The Most Important Questions Of Our Tim…

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Between Vietnam, the Watergate scandal, and the revelation of covert operations like MKUltra, people are primed to believe that intelligence agencies could be capable of just about anything.

Carter Roy

Rewind: Area 51, S4, and the Rise of Bo…

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Those who believe we did go to the moon have their own long list of evidence, like over 800 pounds of moon rock, photographic proof of footprints and lunar rover tracks captured on the moon's surface, five subsequent trips back up there, and Buzz Aldrin punching a guy in the face for suggesting otherwise.

Carter Roy

Rewind: Area 51, S4, and the Rise of Bo…

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When I die, have a little thought from my memory, but don't mourn me too much.

PFT Commenter

Roger Clemens, Open Championship Previe…

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A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil has sold for a record $50,000,000. A Sotheby's auction house says the fossil nicknamed Gus is now the most expensive set of dinosaur bones ever auctioned off.

Jael Snyder

NPR News: 07-15-2026 1AM EDT

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250 years ago, the founders said that when a system of government becomes oppressive, even if that's embodied in part in corporations, it's our right and our duty to throw it off.

Jen Golbeck

How surveillance tech erodes your priva…

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He said there was a reason he knew he could pull this off. He used to fly gliders. He said he felt like he'd made a number of investments over the years of kind of boosting his knowledge so that he could make one enormous withdrawal.

Alan Castel

How to Improve Your Memory & Cognitive …

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What you do in your own home is fucking my business. That's what it is. Whatever you do in your own home, I wanna fucking know about it.

Fin Taylor

What You Do In Your Own Home Is All Of …

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