The JFK Cover-Up: Conspiracies, Cuba, and the CIA. Plus: Netanyahu’s Alive (We Think?), With Chris Ryan.

About this episode

The episode discusses the JFK assassination, conspiracy theories, and evaluates a recent video of Benjamin Netanyahu.

This week on Wait a Second…, Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker are joined once again by Chris Ryan. They cover the JFK assassination, the CIA's potential involvement, the conspiracy theories that followed, and their myriad cultural ripple effects since 1963. Later on in The Doomscroll: The guys evaluate Benjamin Netanyahu's evidently AI-enhanced proof of life video, scrutinize a UFO sighting in Queens, and debate whether the disappearance of an American aviation expert could actually be a clandestine defection to a rival superpower.04:09: A look back at the JFK investigations and potential cover-ups14:34: A Lee Harvey Oswald timeline21:34: Jason's JFK assassination theory29:37: Chris's visit to the Book Repository32:28: The zany ways the CIA tried to kill Castro54:16: The LUSID Score01:00:06: The Doomscroll: UFOs, disappearing aviation experts, and Netanyahu's "death"Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler ParkerGuest: Chris RyanProducers: Cory McConnell, Donnie Beacham, and Justin SaylesArt direction: David ShoemakerMotion graphics and animations: Chris CalletonEngineering: Sarah ReddySet design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Concepcion, Tyler Parker

Guest: Chris Ryan

Topics covered

• JFK assassination
• CIA involvement
• conspiracy theories
• Netanyahu proof of life
• UFO sightings
• aviation expert disappearance

Keywords

• JFK assassination
• CIA
• conspiracy theories
• Netanyahu
• UFO
• aviation expert
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• Castro
• cover-up

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

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