Are popular product reviewers responsible for ruining products with negative reviews? Are we living in a simulation? These are the questions posed (and discussed) in this week's episode.

Links:

• Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies? - YouTube
• Don’t blame MKBHD for the fate of Humane AI and Fisker | TechCrunch
• A Scientist Says He Has the Evidence That We Live in a Simulation
• Simulation hypothesis - Wikipedia

Brian gets a new phone, Humane releases their answer to the smart phone, AI artwork in a movie causes an Upraor, and Angelo shares his book report for UFO, by Garrett Graff.

Links:

• Humane AI Pin review: the post-smartphone future isn’t here yet - The Verge
• The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For Now - YouTube
• Incredible New Device That Doesn't Do Anything Right - YouTube
• 'Late Night With the Devil' Directors Clarify AI Image Use In Movie
• UFO | Book by Garrett M. Graff | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

This week, Akon's city is a house of cards made of crypto, and an eternal question is answered: are psychedelic drugs a window to an alien world?

Links:

• The Brutal Collapse of Akon’s Scam City
• Akon City: tumbleweed rolls through site of rapper’s Wakanda-inspired dream
• Debt-trap diplomacy - Wikipedia
• Can psychedelics actually help us communicate with aliens? | Huck
• Taking DMT Can Lead to Experiences Similar to Those Reported by People Who Claim to Have Been Abducted by Aliens, Study Shows
• Survey of entity encounter experiences occasioned by inhaled N,N-dimethyltryptamine: Phenomenology, interpretation, and enduring effects - Alan K Davis, John M Clifton, Eric G Weaver, Ethan S Hurwitz, Matthew W Johnson, Roland R Griffiths, 2020
• Alex Jones Says Secret Government Program Uses Psychedelics To Communicate With Aliens - Marijuana Moment

This week, the DOJ sues Apple (how do you like them Apple(s)?), and Quebec wins the Double Density award for most UFO sightings based on the 2023 Canadian UFO Survey.

Links:

• United States v. Apple is pure nerd rage - The Verge
• Apple’s iPhone is not a monopoly like Windows was a monopoly | TechCrunch
• Canadian UFO Survey

This week:
• The PS5... Pro??? (Yes)
• TikTok... Banned in the US?? (Maybe)
• UFO Disclosure... Just around the corner?? (No)

Links:

• Sony’s PS5 Pro is up to three times faster, may arrive holiday 2024 - The Verge
• How the House quietly revived the TikTok ban bill - The Verge
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tiktok-national-security-review-1.7143574#:~:text=%22Canada%20made%20the%20determination%20that,security%20reviews%2C%22%20he%20said.
• Book Review: 'UFO' is a detailed look at the history of the search for the truth that's out there | AP News
• ‘It only takes one to be real and it changes humanity for ever’: what if we’ve been lied to about UFOs? | Alien life | The Guardian
• First on CNN: US is receiving dozens of UFO reports a month, senior Pentagon official tells CNN

This week, find out what happens when you move into a home that has smart devices that you can't control. In the paranormal segment, a look at flight MH370; ten years on and not many answers.

Links:

• Living with the ghost of a smart home’s past - The Verge
• 10 years after Flight MH370 disappeared, investigators have 'many theories but little evidence' | CBC News
• What Happened to MH370? What We Know About the Malaysia Airlines Flight. - The New York Times
• Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: Is There a Bermuda Triangle Connection?
• VFX Artists DEBUNK Flight MH370 Alien Abduction "Footage" - YouTube
• YouTube's Darkest Channels 5 - YouTube

This week, during a contentious tech segment, Angelo insists on discussing the tech that the duo are enjoying, whereas Brian would like to discuss more topical things, which Angelo deems too negative. In the paranormal segment, the duo tackles Goldie Hawn's alien encounter as shared in her Apple Fitness+ "Walk With Me" appearance.

Links:

• ELDEN RING - Shadow of the Erdtree | Bandai Namco Europe
• 28 Warning Signs Your Loved One Is A Music Gear Guy
• Goldie Hawn Knows That Aliens Have Touched Her Face | Vanity Fair
• Wyatt Russell defends mom Goldie Hawn's alien story
• Kurt & Wyatt Russell on UFO Sightings, Playing Professional Sports & Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - YouTube
• Kurt Russell was the civil pilot witness to the phoenix lights UFO - YouTube

This week, Brian and Angelo discuss the compromise in security that convenience can bring, specifically with proximity keys for cars. Then in the paranormal they have a look at the phenomenon of time slips and what they can possibly be.

Links:

• Gone in 20 seconds: how ‘smart keys’ have fuelled a new wave of car crime | Motoring | The Guardian
• There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes | Ars Technica
• The Mysterious Bold Street Time Slips in Liverpool - Exemplore
• The Paranormal and Out of This World Experiences of RAF Commander Victor Goddard | War History Online
• Reddit - Dive into anything
• Scenes from the Past: Carl Jung's Incredible Time Slip

This week, our fav Québecois duo discusses unreleased movies and the thrill and joy of locating the mythical Benadryl Hat Man.

Links:

• Why Warner Bros. Isn’t Selling ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’
• Marvel's The Fantastic Four Movie (1994) - YouTube
• Watch Doomed! the Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fanta - Free Movies | Tubi
• Computa on X: "Today is the 10 year anniversary of flappy bird getting taken down 💔" / X
• Thousands of people around the world have reported seeing a shadowy figure in a hat standing in their room while they're sleeping. Recreational Benadryl users report being able to consistently summon the entity/hallucination if they take enough of the drug. : UrbanMyths
• The Hat Man, TikTok's New Favorite Horror Villain, Explained
• Erowid Heroin Vault: "Cheese" Heroin
• Triggered an Alien Abduction

A look back at the May 23, 1997 episode of Coast to Coast AM, where UFO whistleblower "Victor" makes his appearance to discuss the Area 51 alien interview tape he had a hand in exposing.

Special Guest: Roo.

Links:

• Area 51: The Alien Interview - Special Edition (1997) - YouTube
• Area 51: The Alien Interview — The Revealer
• Area 51: Alien Interview - RationalWiki
• SpaceCamp OST - In Orbit - UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) NASA STS-80 - YouTube
• DiSTURBD KVLT newsletter

This week the duo discusses Apple Podcasts and the new transcription feature, and how psychics fare when appearing on TV.

Links:

• Apple Podcasts is getting auto-generated transcripts with iOS 17.4 - The Verge
• Apple Car EV Set to Debut in 2028 With Limited Autonomous Driving - Bloomberg
• Marlins Will Soar - by Scott Stapp - YouTube
• Interpretation of Trivium ("out of sync" remix by Youtube 2013!!) - YouTube
• santana shreds - YouTube
• Donna Hartt was one of three Calgary contestants on reality series | Calgary Herald
• Chloe Campbell | The Traitors Wiki | Fandom
• Psychic detective - Wikipedia
• Noreen Renier - Psychic Detective
• Use of Psychics in Law Enforcement
• Laboratory Test Shows Psychics Aren’t Psychic (But Here’s How You Can Pretend To Be) | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine