The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Poltergeist Who Follows You Home

#23 trending · Society & Culture

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Sep 18
36 min

The Basement: Donald Hoffman | Consciousness, Math, and the Case for Letting Go

#14 trending · Documentary

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Sep 14
2 h 35 min

Bases in the Ocean, and a War for Earth | The Friendship Case

#38 trending · Documentary

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Sep 12
41 min

The Basement: Dan Flores | Ice Age Giants, Camels in America, and Coyote Resilience

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Sep 7
2 h 57 min

The Zone of Silence: America's Missile Secret

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Sep 5
42 min

The Basement: Quantum Compilation | From Particle Colliders to Parallel Realities

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Aug 31
3 h 51 min

The Alien Murders: Three Bodies, Three UFOs

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Aug 29
40 min

The Basement: Diana Pasulka | Angels, Vatican Archives, and a Government Email

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Aug 24
3 h 41 min

The Basque Bloodline | Descendants of Atlantis

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Aug 21
41 min

The Basement: Mitch Horowitz | Gandhi, Reagan, and the Occultists History Erased

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Aug 17
2 h 56 min

They Left Everything Behind Except an Explanation

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Aug 15
43 min

The Basement: Travis Taylor | Black Holes, UFOs & Skinwalker Ranch

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Aug 10
3 h 33 min

JFK's Assassination and the CIA's Psychic Cold War

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Aug 8
54 min

The Basement: MrBallen | YouTube's Best Storyteller Tells His Own

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Aug 3
3 h 58 min

The Hunter Who Became the Hunted | Carl Higdon Abduction

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Jul 31
37 min

The Basement: John B. Alexander | Roswell, MJ-12, Skinwalker: The Colonel Who Was There

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Jul 27
3 h 41 min

The Basement: Jeremy Corbell | Betrayal, Surveillance, and the Secret Higher Than Nuclear Weapons

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Jul 20
4 h 06 min

Prophecy of the Popes | Saint Malachy's Countdown

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Jul 18
46 min

Human Evolution and the Power of the Mind: Science Compilation

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Jul 15
3 h 12 min

Human Hybrids and Interdimensional Creatures: Cryptids Compilation Vol. 5

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Jul 14
2 h 57 min

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#2 ▲ 2 Documentary US

#19 ▲ 14 Society & Culture US

What listeners say

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Would love to upgrade this to 5 stars, but the whiny bug that interrupts is so distracting that I frequently give up and stop listening even though I’m interested in the content. You’re a very talented storyteller and speaker and simply don’t need the gimmick. Comedic relief isn’t needed with your dramatic storytelling and is a distraction.

statedept1515 · Sep 2026

I work midnights and am sitting 95% of the time. I’m lucky where I can watch tv or listen to podcasts during the down time. I recently started using YouTube more and found this gem. I don’t know how I found it but this is one of the most well put together programs. It reminds me of Lore but not as “dry”. AJ inserts his humor and researches things more extensively than others. Hecklefish is awesome! and my spirit animal. #iykyk

sst_ther · Dec 2024

Love everything about this podcast! AJ, Hecklefish, the stories and conspiracies. It is by far my favorite. I am caught up on all of the episodes so I go back and listen to them all again and I watch the YouTube channel as well. I am hooked and wish there were more podcasts this entertaining.

dlg24! · Dec 2024

This show is transformative for me. The content is so interesting and Andrew is a gifted story teller. I also really appreciate the debunking sessions at the ends of episodes. Of course, with that comes the chills I get when he doesn't debunk. Those are the episodes that really stay with me. Be safe and keep bringing it, Andrew. You are a treasure.

dmoni · Dec 2024

Narrator speaks too fast, too excited sounding for the content, and the constant cartoonish voice (which I’ve learned is something called the Hecklefish) is annoying and distracting.

Durst98 · Sep 2026

Loved the episode on simulation theory. Was really enjoying the episode on time travel when he introduced some ‘voice’ that I guess was supposed to be funny but absolutely ruined it for me, it was like nails on a chalkboard.

twolskii · Dec 2024

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