Lee Harris Claims to Channel Aliens. Why Do Millions Believe Him?

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The episode opens with a State Farm ad read promoting bundling home and auto insurance. Mariana then introduces Lee Harris as a radical departure from her usual underworld guests — a channeler claiming contact with 88 intergalactic beings called 'The Z's,' with over half a million followers and a global community built around his teachings. She admits she dismissed him when she first heard about him, but grew fascinated the more she read. The cold open lands on the episode's defining exchange — Mariana asks how she can know the Z's are real, and they respond by questioning the nature of reality itself — before the conversation rewinds to the beginning of Lee's story.