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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic. Biological Sciences Science Science Fiction Social Sciences
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  • 637: Basement #008: Avi Loeb | 3I Atlas, Alien Craft, and Suppressed Research
    Mar 23 2026

    Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, a internationally bestselling author, and one of the most decorated astronomers alive. He earned his PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at 24, led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative, and spent five years at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton before joining Harvard.

    He has published over a thousand scientific papers, written nine books, and in 2025 was ranked third in publication record and research impact among all astronomers worldwide. TIME named him one of the 25 most influential people in space.

    As founder of the Galileo Project, Loeb is the only scientist of his standing conducting systematic, instrument-based research into extraterrestrial technology — and publishing every finding.

    AVI LOEB SOURCES & LINKS

    https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorAviLoeb
    https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/
    https://avi-loeb.medium.com/
    https://open.spotify.com/show/1zhndXkvSY2b8FdjspFpCd
    https://x.com/ProfAviLoeb

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    3 hrs and 14 mins
  • 636: Vanished: Three Disappearances Nobody Can Explain
    Mar 20 2026

    Gather round for three missing persons cases that investigators, search teams, and forensic experts have never been able to explain.

    A medical student disappeared from a packed bar in Columbus, Ohio — a building covered in cameras, with one way in and one way out. Police confirmed he never left. The footage proves he entered.

    A family of three vanished from the Oklahoma mountains, leaving behind their dog, their cash, and a piece of security footage that still disturbs everyone who watches it.

    A nineteen-year-old called his father from the side of a dark road in Minnesota. They stayed on the phone for forty-seven minutes. Then one word — and the line went dead.

    No bodies recovered in two cases. No suspects charged in any of them. Three families left with open case files and no explanation that holds together.

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    43 mins
  • 635: Basement #007: Hugh Newman | Giant Skeletons, Sumerian Myths, and Megaliths
    Mar 16 2026

    Hugh Newman is an author, explorer, and ancient mysteries researcher who has spent over two decades investigating megalithic sites around the world.

    He is the founder of the Megalithomania Conference, now in its 20th year, which brings together academics, archaeologists, and independent researchers to examine ancient sites from multiple disciplines.

    He co-authored the book Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe: The World's First Megaliths and has written extensively on giants, earth grids, and ancient metrology.

    Hugh has conducted fieldwork at sites across Turkey, Egypt, Malta, Peru, and Britain, and regularly leads research tours to locations most people never get access to.

    He appears on Gaia's Ancient Civilizations series and runs the Megalithomania YouTube channel, where he documents new discoveries as they happen.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25q2-hP6NgU&t=1s

    HUGH NEWMAN SOURCES & LINKS

    Website: www.megalithomania.co.uk
    Youtube: www.youtube.com/MegalithomaniaUK
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/megalithomania
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/MegalithomaniaOfficial/
    Instagram: megalithomania1, hughnewman1
    X: https://x.com/MEGALITHOMANIA
    Merchandise: https://megalithomania.dashery.com
    Tours/Travel: www.megalithomania.co.uk/tours.html

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    2 hrs and 45 mins
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best approach for these subjects could be debunked by AJ but it was a great story you can bet excellent presentation and I would have to say the team are the cutaway magicians thanks for the entertainment. can't get enough of it

Top of the range entertainment on mass free

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The Why Files is one I find hard to turn off, and I love Heckle.

love it!

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astonishing that it took wife files to bring this to our attention. even if the story is clunky as AJ suggests it could have been rewritten and made into a better movie than Apollo 11 with Tom Hanks in my humble opinion. tremendous work AJ and team thank you.

why have we never heard about this one before?

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very well told and relaxing voice with good facts keep it up please and I'll keep listening

good to hear this storys n histroy

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Deep Dives are so good! Leaves me wanting more and more! Holding my breath Why Files team.

Holding my breath for more…

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