Tonight, we bring you a technically challenged but still entertaining episode as we work around glitches and interruptions to take yet another glimpse at the wild and weird news of the week. Including a look at the alchemical journey within Alice in Wonderland, news that Saturn will soon be transiting the sign of Aries, a report that Noah's Ark has been found, and the uncomfortable news that scientists are splicing human DNA into mice to make their brains bigger. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- Alice in Wonderland and Alchemy
https://alessiopuppis.com/2024/12/31/alices-alchemical-journey-the-hidden-symbolism-in-wonderland/
- Saturn in Aries coming soon
https://www.almanac.com/saturn-aries-2025-turns-heat-saturns-move-aries
- Noah's Ark found at last?
https://nypost.com/2025/05/13/science/noahs-ark-sites-fully-preserved-secrets-discovered-by-scientists/
- Scientists spliced human DNA into mice to enlarge their brains
https://thedebrief.org/human-dna-spliced-into-mice-caused-them-to-grow-abnormally-large-brains-revealing-clues-to-evolution-of-intelligence/
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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