Havana Syndrome: Elaborate Hoax, or Sinister Spycraft? Plus, Checking in on the Charlie Kirk Conspiracy.
About this episode
The episode explores the controversial Havana Syndrome and its implications, alongside a discussion on conspiracy theories.
This week, Jason and Tyler welcome producer Justin Sayles to dig into a medical condition that the government claims doesn’t exist. In this episode: (3:08) Havana Syndrome (18:29) Reasons to cover up (27:05) Explaining the weapon (35:51) Let’s talk about "The Chef" (42:15) The Norwegian scientist (46:03) Other energy-directed weapons (49:27) Ranking military inventions (1:00:44) Is Havana Syndrome real? (1:07:16) LUSID score (1:10 :50) The Doomscroll Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Justin Sayles 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Jason Concepcion, Tyler Parker
Guest: Justin Sayles
Topics covered
- Havana Syndrome
- government cover-up
- energy-directed weapons
- military inventions
- conspiracy theories
Keywords
- Havana Syndrome
- conspiracy
- spycraft
- energy weapons
- military technology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Ringer
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