Journey to the Fringe

Have you ever wondered about olde timey UFO sightings? You know just the regular stuff like did the UFOs look the same, what did the people of the time think, how did the sightings go? Well don't worry hypothetical person who has perfectly reasonable thoughts, we got you with the great airship flap of 1897. We are going to cover the two distinct portions of it: the ship sightings throughout Califo...

Sorry guys but I got strep throat so I don't have the energy to describe this episode well. It's the men in black, you get what you get. In the intro we discuss hippos finding new homes.

You ever drive through the suburbs and wonder why we settled on this perfect batch of green sitting in front of everyone's house? Well let me tell you how we got here with this whole lawn thing. There's some fun stuff and also a guy with a ridiculously epic name. Oh and also I should mention it's awful in just like so many ways. Lets have this chat and look at the weird and horrible world of lawns...

Did you hear about all those feet washing up on the west coast of Canada? It may sound like the set up to a bad pun, but this is serious... so the puns are restricted to the title (and maybe later on in this description who knows). Over the course of a decade 20 feet washed up on shore, most of them in thoroughly described shoes, others in vaguely described boots. This is an issue somehow unique t...

We had a lot of fun talking about de-extinction last week right? Well what if it turns out some of these extinct boys don't even need to be de-extincted??? that's right they've just been hiding outside of most humans for the last few millennia. Today we are talking about extinct species with sighting well after they were became extinct. And no were not talking about some bugs or things smaller tha...

Today we took a listeners question and talk about the push to de-extinct animals. We are going to talk about what that is, the pros and cons and the animals scientists and companies are talking about bringing back to life. If that didn't sound appetizing enough for you, we spend a weird amount of time talking about woolly mammoths and their sought after meat. Oh also there's a joke about Japan dur...

Happy Earth Day everyone, with this holiday comes Earth based fringe topics. We bring you, Hollow Earth. We start with the history of this theory going back to antiquity times (where the best antiques come from!) then we look at the modern iterations of this strange phenomenon up to and including vacation itineraries. We finish off by looking at offshoots of this topic, like maybe we are the inter...

Today we take a look through our own solar system and at an often neglected little potato that has like 35 minutes worth of things to talk about. We start this episode off with a few facts about the little guy. We then look at attempts to probe him and the conspiracies that orbit it. Watch for some appearances from our favourite weirdos. In the intro we discuss the relatable Vladmir Putin who may...

If a lost continent was a barn animal what sound would it make? Mu You are welcome to use that one at your next black tie affair... should any of our other previous tips fail to work (but what are the odds on that right??). Today we talk abut the lost continent of Mu. First proposed in the 1800s by Augustus Le Plongeon, this is a weird one and lets not pretend we wont eventually wind up in some so...

In the intro Taylor intrigues us with an article about the fermi paradox, you may remember the Fermi Paradox from another Journey to the Fringe Episode... where we also discussed it. The article discusses being a technologically advanced civilization focusing on messages that are more likely to give you a positive response by looking for planets giving out radio communication that see odd or manuf...

Oh, Hello, fancy running into you here, might as well stay a while and listen to this episode. In the intro we're following up on our avian flu intros that have, to our surprise, been unfolding over the last couple of episodes and this time we're discuss egg prices... because apparently we are old people. Second up, Ursula Southeil AKA Mother Shipton, NOT of the little mermaid. We delve into the l...

In this final episode on post war Japan we are going to cover a whole bunch of topics. The scientists the US decided not to charge with war crimes, the Unification Church cult which mass marries people to strangers and requires its female members to have sex with the cult leader to purify their wombs, and a porn star turned attempted assassin. There is a lot in this episode so I hope you enjoy! In...

This is a follow up to our previous episode, and guess what??? No need to rerecord! you get the unfiltered (but heavily edited) story. We take a look the US and its involvement in shaping post war Japan, the part we didn't cover in the previous episode. Oh boy was there some shit going down behind the scenes on the previous episode and we are going to take you behind that curtain. We're talking es...

So I want to talk about some shady dealings that went down in Japan, and to do that I'm pretty sure many of us need a history lesson. So here it is! Japan like you've never thought of it, let's call this the pre-anime post-ninja period because lets face it we need historical markers. We start this episode looking at the little colonial power that could and some of its impact on Asia that is usuall...

We unfortunately had troubles with our next episode in the Japan series so we have to re-record and that will be out next week. For now though let’s focus on our learned friend Andrew Basiago. Now Andy is an interesting guy, he received multiple degrees and practiced law in the state of Washington for many years never receiving a complaint leading to penalty. Although that isn’t out of the ordinar...

*TRIGGER WARNING* This episode includes discussion of sexual assault and cannibalism, listener discretion advised, even more than usual Just like the episode, i'm going to start on a nice, happy note! Taylor has that part (the happy part) this week and he tells a tale of cave paintings holding way more information than we ever thought possible! Cavemen, amiright? Onto the good, the bad, the Japan....

In this continuation of our look at Richard C. Hoagland we really start to look at some of the crazier things he has done throughout his career. We will cover that time he wrote a book while in jail (also why he was in jail); how he bullied his way into claiming he came up with the plate humanity sent out on the Pioneer Space Probes; his claim that Nasa is both occult and ran by Nazis; his theory...

We continue our tour through the notable personalities within fringe communities and this time we are setting our sights on someone who has been part of this scene for close to 60 years, Richard C. Hoagland. In this episode we look at his biography from his start as a young space and science museum curator to his heights of science advisor and speaker which he still dabbles in today. From there we...

We can't get enough of "selected topic" and it's conspiracy theories lately! This week, Antarctica! Last week, Lunar (that's the moon), but if you're here for last week's description boy are you in the wrong place. We've got conspiracies a plenty on this episode, read all about it! We've got; The entrance to hollow earth which includes the south pole hole. Listen with caution because you're about...

The lunar new year is upon us and werewolves couldn't be further away (timing wise anyways). But I bet you're wondering, the moon isn't fringy... well yeah I never doubted how astute and attractive our listeners are. What is fringy are some of the things people believe about the moon. Is the moon the same size as the Sun?? Is it really a secret spaceship or home to a secret space program??? Are so...

If you need convincing listen to this!

Welcome back to yet another episode of Journey to the Fringe now playing: Season 3. To pump us up this week as our warm up to the main event, Taylor is sharing a (vaguely) relatable and/or inspiring story of a newly elected congress member George Santos... who lied about everything. It really is everything including graduating, where he's worked and being Jew(ish). We also don't know where he live...

We are starting this year off with one of our annual history lessons. This one is on the struggle of the working class to amass rights. Today we will talk about the Thibodaux Massacre and the Vancouver general strike of 1918. The Thibodaux Massacre is the story of newly freed slaves working on sugar plantations in Louisiana. Although the slaves had been freed, the wages and living conditions share...

What a year and with all the things that were going on including this podcast! Now between the time these these beautiful little podcast episodes were lovingly handcrafted and then left overnight to rise (not necessary but that's how we get the episode sizes we're looking for) to the end of the year things can change. Well fret not friendly neighbourhood listener for we are here to fill you in on...

It's that time of year again, Christmas! Limited edition this year with one exclusive, seasonal , very short episode specifically on the one reason you should be terrified of Christmas.. if you're a kid that is. If you're an adult, well, we might be giving you a renewed sense of holiday spirit with our seasonal topic giving those little brats their just deserts. Enter; Krampus! Who is Krampus, wha...