Best Freetown Podcasts (2026)

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Freetown State Forest: Inside the Bridgewater Triangle’s Most Haunted Forest 12:28

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Freetown State Forest sits at the heart of the Bridgewater Triangle and is often called the most haunted forest in Massachusetts. In this episode, we explore its history, land, legends, and why so much darkness is associated with this place…✨Join Unlocking GATE: Restricted Access for our research docs, podcasts, livestreams and more 👉https://patreo…

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I Will Not Grow Old Here: The Lights of Sandton 31:46

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To wrap up our December re-releases, here’s the third and final episode of our award-winning series. Mary-Ann explores the contradictions of life in Alexandra. There are no easy answers, and not everyone will make it out of Alex—but there’s something infectious about the energy and persistence of young Alexandrians, a spirit Mary-Ann embodies and h…

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I Will Not Grow Old Here: The Air We Breathe 38:45

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In episode two of our three-part series re-release, Mary-Ann steps out of her comfort zone to explore parts of Alex she's been warned about her whole life. Her search for answers leads her to places where past and present overlap. How will she find her way out of Alex when the legacy of apartheid lingers, practically in the air she breathes? Meanwh…

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Is Santa a Mushroom? The Strange Secret Behind Flying Reindeer 17:02

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Santa symbolism may have come from fly agaric. This might explain the strange, psychedelic roots of Christmas. From flying reindeer to red-and-white symbolism, tonight we're talking about how ancient rituals, shamanism, and folklore shaped the modern Santa myth. Long before malls and movies, winter traditions were tied to altered states, seasonal r…

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Hidden Kitchens World—With Host Frances McDormand 49:07

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Host Frances McDormand leads us through this rich international story collection of land, community and food. From the organic olive groves and vineyards being grown on confiscated Mafia land in Sicily, to secret night clubs embedded in Soviet dissident kitchens. From tales of "cooking dogs" in Medieval England, to the little-known tale of agricult…

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I Will Not Grow Old Here: A Girl from Alex 29:47

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Continuing with our December re-releases, today we’re sharing the first episode of the series that earned us our first Ambies nomination and first One World Media award. This story starts with a number: 70%. That's how many young people in South Africa are unemployed. Youth hustle and hope to find success, but how do you make it in a place like Ale…

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The Bridgewater Triangle: The History Before the Legends 9:47

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The history of the Bridgewater Triangle begins long before the modern legends. In this episode, we explore the Indigenous history and how King Philip's war shaped the land that would later be called the Bridgewater Triangle. ✨Join Unlocking GATE: Restricted Access for our research docs, podcasts, livestreams and more 👉https://patreon.com/UnlockingG…

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Zambia's Sacrifice Zone 25:28

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To continue our month of episodes from the Radio Workshop archives, we're revisiting a story from last year. Oliver grew up in Kabwe, Zambia. Nearly a century of lead mining has poisoned Kabwe's land, air, and water, making it one of the world's most toxic towns. Now Oliver is watching a new mining boom sweep across his country, this time for miner…

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GATE | The Proof They Tested Kids for ESP: Psychic Experiments in Classrooms Really Happened 55:31

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Were GATE and other students secretly tested for abilities? In this deep-dive episode, we uncover the proof of the little-known history of school-based ESP experiments... from 1950s classroom telepathy tests to the controversial envelope studies on high schoolers. This episode features @Cryptidcandy 's research, and he makes a cameo appearance. The…

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The Keepers—With Host Frances McDormand 55:16

23d ago55:16

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The Keepers, from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winning actress Frances McDormand. Stories of activist archivists, rogue librarians, curators, collectors and historians. Guardians of history, large and small. Protectors of the free flow of information and ideas. Keepers of the culture and the culture and collections they keep…

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Love Is a Conversation 20:45

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As we head into the holiday season, we’re re-releasing some of our favorite episodes you might have missed—this one is from 2023. The story takes us to Lagos, where we meet audio producer Mo Isu. Mo suffers from severe anxiety—so severe that he knows it's time to get professional help. But will his stern, old-school father approve? Mo decides to fa…

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The Gold Leaf Lady: A Psychic Case Science Couldn't Explain 13:55

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Tonight we’re diving into one of the strangest and most controversial cases in parapsychology: Katie, the woman researchers called The Gold Leaf Lady.In the 1980s, Katie stunned investigators when metallic gold leaf began appearing on her skin, on her face, her shoulders, even her back, sometimes right in front of witnesses. Parapsychologist Dr. St…

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Researchers Created a Ghost, and Then They Lost Control of It... | The Philip Experiment 22:47

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This is the true story of the Philip Experiment. What happens when a group of scientists tries to prove ghosts aren’t real… and ends up creating one? The Philip Experiment was a real parapsychology experiment in 1970s Toronto that started as a test of belief and ended with unexplained physical phenomena. Table tilting, knocks, cold breezes, and ans…

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My Whistle My Voice 22:17

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Last Friday, South African women shut down the country a day before the G20 Summit - an initiative led by Women for Change. Across the country, thousands gathered at midday to bring the country to a standstill and honour those who have lost their lives to gender-based violence and femicide. With 16 Days of Activism approaching, it’s crucial that we…

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Remembering Marcyliena Morgan - Keeper of the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard 19:09

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Today, we're thinking about Marcyliena Morgan, a keeper extraordinaire, a linguistic anthropologist who founded and championed the Hip Hop Archive at Harvard. Marcyliena Hazel Morgan was born in Chicago, May 8, 1950 and passed away September 28, 2025. We were fortunate to interview her in 2018 as part of the opening story in our NPR series The Keep…

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Glitch in the Matrix | Sky Cities Phenomenon 12:34

2M ago12:34

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Real life Glitch in the Matrix stories about cities appearing in the sky. What would you do if you looked up and saw an entire city floating above you? Towers, skyscrapers, and windows glowing through the clouds like a parallel world hanging above your own. This is one of the strangest modern mysteries ever caught on camera: the 2015 Foshan, China …

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Glitch in the Matrix | Street Light Interference 21:13

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Ever noticed a streetlight flicker or go out as you walk beneath it? This mysterious phenomenon, known as street light interference, has been reported around the world for decades. In this episode, we explore real-life SLI cases, scientific theories, psychic energy fields, and whether these electrical “glitches” could be signs of human bioenergy in…

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The Birth of Rice-A-Roni 17:59

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The worlds of a young Canadian immigrant, an Italian pasta-making family, and a 70-year-old survivor of the Armenian Genocide converge in this story of the San Francisco Treat. A Canadian woman, Lois DeDomenico, marries an Italian immigrant, Tom DeDomenico, whose family founded Golden Grain Macaroni in San Francisco. Just after WWII, the newlyweds …

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Glitch in the Matrix | Real Time Slip Stories: The Phenomena of Anomalous Slips 21:19

2M ago21:19

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This episode of Glitch in the Matrix discusses real stories of time slips, we discuss Bold Street in Liverpool, the Moberly-Jourdain incident, and the Kersey Timeslip. Is this phenomena the same as a haunting, or is it retrocognition? Could the stone tape theory be to blame? ✨Get my free Secrets About Consciousness They Don't Want You to Know here:…

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Demon Goggles During Vietnam War: What Did They See? 11:26

2M ago11:26

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In this very special Halloween week BONUS episode, we look into the strange urban legend of Demon Goggles during the Vietnam War. What did soldiers see? Could this have been dicyanin dye? There are unverified accounts of demons with red eyes, skeletons and shadow entities all watching from the jungles of Vietnam. ✨Get my free Secrets About Consciou…

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All Colors Sam the Sandown Ghost Clown | Alien, Robot, Clown, Ghost? 1:08:21

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This is the full story of All Colors Sam, the Sandown Ghost Clown. In 1973, two children on England’s Isle of Wight followed a strange siren into the woods and came face-to-face with something no one could explain. He called himself Sam. Part clown. Part alien. Part machine. He spoke through a handheld device, lived in a metallic hut that vanished …

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Bone Music - A Collaboration with 99% Invisible 20:21

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In the 1950s, some ingenious Russians, hungry for jazz, boogie woogie, rock n roll, and other music forbidden in the Soviet Union, devised a way to record banned bootlegged music on exposed X-ray film salvaged from hospital waste bins and archives. The eerie, ghostly looking recordings etched on X-rays of peoples' bones and body parts, were sold il…

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GATE | The Mall World Dreamscape: A Bizarre Clue 22:50

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Mall World is the name given to a strange recurring dream shared by countless former GATE students. It's an endless fluorescent mall remembered in eerie detail. Maybe these shared dreamscapes may connect to verified dream-conditioning research or Monroe Institute's Gateway Process tapes. Or could it simply be an imprint on collective consciousness …

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Just Enough Light 30:21

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For the past year, Siphesihle Magagula has been going door-to-door selling solar power. He convinced nearly all of his neighbours to buy a basic solar kit, bringing lights to about 400 homes for the first time. His neighborhood, Nomzamo, never had electricity before — despite being close to South Africa's biggest coal mines and power stations. But …

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Mars Remote Viewing: The CIA Saw an Ancient Civilization 36:11

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Mars Remote Viewing shocked even seasoned investigators. In 1984, the CIA tasked a psychic spy to view Mars 1 million years ago and what he saw was a dying civilization, pyramids, and tall robed beings. This fully declassified document describes a vision of ancient Martians, forgotten ruins, and a possible planetary exodus. In this episode, we expl…

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Aggie & Walter Murch — Family, Farming & Filmmaking 33:58

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GATE, MKULTRA & Monarch: Did They Experiment On Us? 36:09

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GATE MKULTRA: Was the Gifted & Talented Education (GATE) program linked to MKULTRA mind control? In this episode, we dive deep into Monarch, memory, and the dark history behind GATE. Apologies for the audio quality - I had to use my spare mic until my new one comes in :O) ✨Get my free Secrets About Consciousness They Don't Want You to Know here: 👉 …

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Alanna and Steve - Red String of Fate or Something More? | Glitch in the Matrix 4 19:09

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Alana and Steve’s story is filled with eerie synchronicities that walk the line between fate and coincidence. From wedding dresses to airports, apple orchards to chance encounters overseas, their lives keep crossing in ways that seem impossible. Is it random… or is there something bigger at work? In this episode, we dive into the wild string of upd…

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Out for Delivery 19:37

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33-year-old Goodnews is a food delivery rider by day and an aspiring writer by night. He works 12 hours a day weaving through Lagos traffic to deliver as many orders as he can to customers. Although he is an engineering graduate, Goodnews is part of the 85% of working Nigerians unable to find formal employment. By joining the country’s growing gig …

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Disappearing Into Thin Air | Glitch in the Matrix 3 14:45

3M ago14:45

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What happens when someone vanishes into thin air, right in front of witnesses? In this episode of Glitch in the Matrix, we explore chilling cases of people who disappeared without a trace, often mid-step, mid-sentence… sometimes in full view of their families and friends. From the eerie snow-covered fields of 19th-century Illinois to strange vanish…

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The Real Ambassadors — A Jazz Opera for Louis Armstrong by Dave & Iola Brubeck 36:15

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The Real Ambassadors is a poignant tale of cultural exchange, anti-racism, and jazz history. And it's a love story — between life-long husband and wife partners, Iola & Dave Brubeck and their vision for a better world. Appalled by the racist treatment of Black jazz musicians in the United States in the 1950s and 60s, the Brubecks wrote a musical ba…

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Lucid Dreaming: How to Control Your Dreams 20:00

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Lucid Dreaming: How to Control Your Dreams and explore the hidden world of the subconscious. From reality checks to dream journaling, this episode dives into techniques that let you wake up inside your dreams and shape them any way you want.We’ll cover:🌙 What lucid dreaming really is🌀 The science and history behind it🔑 Proven beginner techniques li…

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Dolphins: CIA Psychedelic Spies 32:52

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Dolphins: CIA Psychedelic Spies explores one of the strangest true stories in Cold War history. From government experiments with dolphins and secret Navy programs, to John C. Lilly’s psychedelic dolphin research, this episode uncovers bizarre attempts to weaponize, communicate with, and even expand the minds of these intelligent marine mammals.We’l…

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The Women's School of Planning and Architecture: Not Only Survive but Flourish 28:05

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The Women’s School of Planning and Architecture, popularly known as WSPA, ran for four summers from 1974 to 1979. You could learn woodworking in the morning and feminist theory in the afternoon, and then let loose and make candy houses in the evening. Childcare was free, tuition was minimal, and the locations were scattered throughout the country, …

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GATE Program and MKUltra: Is There a Connection? | GATE: Chosen Children 40:28

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The GATE program and MKUltra may be more connected than you think. In this episode, we uncover how Cold War paranoia, Operation Paperclip, and mind control experiments could have influenced schools, children, and even an entire generation.Join me as we explore the dark history of CIA projects like Bluebird, Artichoke, and Stargate, along with the u…

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Nothing Wrong, Bro 23:02

4M ago23:02

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When 26-year-old Shacky called his friend at midnight from a Johannesburg park, he was ready to end it all. For years, both young men had carried their struggles in silence—unemployment, family pressure, and the weight of being told to “man up” no matter what. But that night changed their friendship forever. In this deeply personal story, 23-year-o…

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Kibbe at the Crossroads - Lebanese Immigrants and Cooking in the Mississippi Delta 19:34

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We travel to the Mississippi Delta and the world of Lebanese immigrants, where barbecue and the blues meet kibbe, a kind of traditional Lebanese raw meatloaf. Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Delta in the late 1800s, soon after the Civil War. Many worked as peddlers, then grocers and restaurateurs. Kibbe — a word and a recipe with so many …

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The Belmez Faces: The Haunted Floor 16:32

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The faces of Belmez are one of the strangest unsolved mysteries in paranormal history. In 1971, a woman in Spain discovered a human face forming in her concrete kitchen floor - then another, and another. Were they spirits? Psychic projections? Or something darker? In this episode, we explore the terrifying story behind the Bélmez Faces, the bodies …

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Young Africa. One story at a time. 0:43

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Forget the Africa you think you know. This is Radio Workshop. Support the show We can only do this work because of your support. You can make a donation at radioworkshop.org.By Radio Workshop

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Lerina Garcia: The Woman Who Slipped Dimensions | Glitch in the Matrix #2 15:57

5M ago15:57

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Today we explore the strange and unsettling case of Lerina Garcia, a woman from Spain who claims she woke up in a parallel dimension. Her boyfriend was gone. Her job had changed. Her family remembered events completely differently, and no one believed her.Did Lerina experience breakdown, a glitch in the matrix, or a real dimensional shift? 🔥 NEW ME…