CIA vs. the Cartel, Cuban Drones, and Top 5 Conspiracy Theories With Chris Ryan

CIA vs. the Cartel, Cuban Drones, and Top 5 Conspiracy Theories With Chris Ryan

From Wait a Second... by The Ringer

May 21, 2026 · 1h 12m

About this episode

Chris Ryan joins Jason and Tyler to discuss various topics including health outbreaks, CIA activities, and conspiracy theories.

Chris Ryan returns for another “doomscroll” with Jason and Tyler. In this episode: (2:58) Hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks (15:23) CIA and the Tecámac car bombing (22:14) RFK Jr. and tanning restrictions (30:52) Missing Maldives divers (38:11) Cuban military drones? (43:56) Fun insurance fraud schemes (49:23) ‘The Feed is Fake’ (1:03:17) Top five conspiracy theories Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Chris Ryan Producers: Cory McConnell, Donnie Beacham, and Justin Sayles Art direction: David Shoemaker Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton Engineering: Sarah Reddy Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Additional Support: Dae Shik Kim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Concepcion, Tyler Parker

Guest: Chris Ryan

Topics covered

  • CIA
  • cartel
  • conspiracy theories
  • drones
  • health outbreaks
  • insurance fraud

Keywords

  • Hantavirus
  • Ebola
  • CIA
  • Tecámac
  • RFK Jr.
  • Cuban drones
  • insurance fraud
  • conspiracy theories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Tecámac, Cuban military, The Feed is Fake

Places: Maldives

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