We The Sheeple

Wide open spaces. If the Chicks have taught us anything through their musical musings it's that such spaces are pretty neat. Or maybe terrible? Honestly I couldn't tell you any other lyrics to that particular song. But in any case, where else on this planet can you find more spaces of a wide open nature than the open ocean? I struggle to think of any. I personally find the open ocean utterly terrifying, but maybe sailor's dig it? At least most of it... On this episode we're discussing The Bermuda Triangle! This topic falls into a group with quicksand and falling coconuts of "things I worried an inordinate amount about as a child". Batten down the hatches matties! Follow us on Twitter: @wethesheeplepod Have a topic you think we should cover? Email us: wethesheeplepod@gmail.com Music: Intro: Alien visitors Ads: The Bounty Hunter Outro: Trip with a UFO From: https://soundtrackuniverse.com [https://soundtrackuniverse.com/] Hear from an expert in online literacy: https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an [https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an] Sources: * http://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html [http://www.physics.smu.edu/pseudo/BermudaTriangle/evwjones.html] * https://archive.org/details/bermudatriangle00berl/page/96/mode/2up [https://archive.org/details/bermudatriangle00berl/page/96/mode/2up] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle#cite_note-Gaddis,1964-9 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle#cite_note-Gaddis,1964-9] * https://www.chinasona.org/Thiaoouba/Bermuda-triangle.html [https://www.chinasona.org/Thiaoouba/Bermuda-triangle.html] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bermuda_Triangle_incidents [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bermuda_Triangle_incidents] * https://www.livescience.com/23435-bermuda-triangle.html [https://www.livescience.com/23435-bermuda-triangle.html]

You might argue that you can't really call a podcast bi-weekly when you constantly miss your upload date. I would heartily refute this argument if I could think of a single defense beyond "huff my shorts". Where's the beef? This is the famous philosophical quandary posed by the almighty burger sorceress known only as Wendy. And how to answer such a weighty question? Unfortunately I can't tell you. I can tell you where a very small percentage of the beef is though. It's lying dead in a field after being mutilated under mysterious circumstances. In this episode we're discussing Cattle Mutilation. I suppose when you're a cattle rancher in a rural part of the US you've got a lot of time to consider who or what might have goofed around with your cattle corpses. Follow us on Twitter: @wethesheeplepod Have a topic you think we should cover? Email us: wethesheeplepod@gmail.com Music: Intro: Alien visitors Ads: The Bounty Hunter Outro: Trip with a UFO From: https://soundtrackuniverse.com [https://soundtrackuniverse.com/] Hear from an expert in online literacy: https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an [https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an] Sources: Mad Cow Disease and Cattle Mutilations? — Our Strange Planet [https://www.ourstrangeplanet.com/the-san-luis-valley/guest-editorials/mad-cow-disease-and-cattle-mutilations/] Close Encounters of the Herd Kind: UFOs, Aliens & Cattle Mutilation, page 1 (abovetopsecret.com) [https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1062678/pg1] Detectives perplexed by mysterious Oregon cattle mutilations - oregonlive.com [https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/04/detectives-perplexed-by-mysterious-oregon-cattle-mutilations.html] 'Not One Drop Of Blood': Cattle Mysteriously Mutilated In Oregon : NPR [https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/767283820/not-one-drop-of-blood-cattle-mysteriously-mutilated-in-oregon] The Mysterious History of Cattle Mutilation - HISTORY [https://www.history.com/news/cattle-mutilation-1970s-skinwalker-ranch-ufos] Cattle mutilation - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra

Are you really late anymore if you've been so consistently for three uploads? Only God can say. In any case we are back for the second part of our exploration of the JFK assassination. A lesser (but maybe more punctual) person would make a joke about how it's going to be mind-blowing. I strive for jokes only slightly more elevated. I'm thinking between the Blue Collar Comedy tour and the New Yorker. What do you get when you cross a New Orleans businessman and an Attorney General with a somewhat loose grasp on reality? The unedited Zapruder film of course! Follow us on Twitter: @wethesheeplepod Have a topic you think we should cover? Email us: wethesheeplepod@gmail.com Music: Intro: Alien visitors Ads: The Bounty Hunter Outro: Trip with a UFO From: https://soundtrackuniverse.com [https://soundtrackuniverse.com/] Hear from an expert in online literacy: https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an [https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an] Sources: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_family] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy#Official_investigations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy#Official_investigations] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapruder_film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapruder_film] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_John_F._Kennedy_Assassination_Records_Collection_Act_of_1992 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_John_F._Kennedy_Assassination_Records_Collection_Act_of_1992] * https://www.schooltube.com/media/Zapruder+FilmA+JFK+Assassination+%5BHD%5D/1_3pmydxgt [https://www.schooltube.com/media/Zapruder+FilmA+JFK+Assassination+%5BHD%5D/1_3pmydxgt] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictabelt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictabelt] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_man_(JFK_assassination) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_man_(JFK_assassination)] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Clay_Shaw [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Clay_Shaw]

I regret to inform you that I can't make a joke about uploading a day late two episodes in a row. Therefore there will only be this humorless acknowledgement of my failure. You know what's not humorless? Assassination! Wait, that can't be right... On this episode we're talking about The JFK Assassination. Hold on to your butts or butt like protrusions, we're only scratching the surface in this two parter! Follow us on Twitter: @wethesheeplepod Have a topic you think we should cover? Email us: wethesheeplepod@gmail.com Music: Intro: Alien visitors Ads: The Bounty Hunter Outro: Trip with a UFO From: https://soundtrackuniverse.com [https://soundtrackuniverse.com/] Hear from an expert in online literacy: https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an [https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an] Sources: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_family] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy#Official_investigations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy#Official_investigations] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Commission] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapruder_film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapruder_film] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_Assassinations] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_John_F._Kennedy_Assassination_Records_Collection_Act_of_1992 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_John_F._Kennedy_Assassination_Records_Collection_Act_of_1992] * https://www.schooltube.com/media/Zapruder+FilmA+JFK+Assassination+%5BHD%5D/1_3pmydxgt [https://www.schooltube.com/media/Zapruder+FilmA+JFK+Assassination+%5BHD%5D/1_3pmydxgt] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictabelt [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictabelt] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_man_(JFK_assassination) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_man_(JFK_assassination)] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Clay_Shaw [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Clay_Shaw]

I'M NOT LATE, YOU'RE LATE!!! I very intentionally didn't upload this episode on the normal day and made the extremely deliberate choice to upload it Thursday evening. I swear it on Devin's iridescent chitin. Here at Sheeple HQ we're well-oiled (on massage Mondays at least) and organized much like the world's best militaries. As it turns our being disciplined isn't the only thing a huge military needs to thrive, it also needs Tom Cruise. This episode we're discussing the Military Entertainment Complex, the little known but widely seen network of entertainment products sponsored by the US military. If it sounds weird, and perhaps a little dystopian, that's because it is! Follow us on Twitter: @wethesheeplepod Have a topic you think we should cover? Email us: wethesheeplepod@gmail.com Music: Intro: Alien visitors Ads: The Bounty Hunter Outro: Trip with a UFO From: https://soundtrackuniverse.com [https://soundtrackuniverse.com/] Hear from an expert in online literacy: https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an [https://omny.fm/shows/factually-with-adam-conover/why-critical-thinking-can-t-beat-misinformation-an] Sources: * Playing War: How the Military Uses Video Games - The Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/playing-war-how-the-military-uses-video-games/280486/] * Shall we play a game?: The rise of the military-entertainment complex | Salon.com [https://www.salon.com/2013/09/19/shall_we_play_a_game_the_rise_of_the_military_entertainment_complex/] * US Army pauses video game streams after accusations of violating free speech - The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21335347/us-army-military-pauses-esports-twitch-streaming-war-crimes-criticism#:~:text=The%20US%20Army%20has%20paused,streamers%20about%20US%20war%20crimes.] * America's Army is finally closing for good | PC Gamer [https://www.pcgamer.com/americas-army-is-finally-closing-for-good/] * Report: Defense Dept. paid NFL millions of taxpayer dollars to salute troops | PBS News Weekend [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/defense-department-paid-5-4-million-nfl-honor-troops] * Report: At least 50 teams were paid by Department of Defense for patriotic displays - The Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/04/report-at-least-50-teams-were-paid-by-department-of-defense-for-patriotic-displays/] * How Hollywood became the unofficial propaganda arm of the U.S. military | CBC Radio [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-hollywood-became-the-unofficial-propaganda-arm-of-the-u-s-military-1.5560575] * Military-entertainment complex - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-entertainment_complex] * How the U.S. military made 'Top Gun' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' possible - The Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/27/top-gun-maverick-us-military/] * Updated ‘Complete’ List of DOD Films | Spy Culture [https://www.spyculture.com/updated-complete-list-of-dod-films/]