Elephants in Rooms

"Was Marilyn Monroe murdered? A whole lot of YouTube videos say she was. What actually happened to her?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/1PUt3 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Flock cameras. Are they leading us to a society without crime?  Or a police state?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/LvLVi FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"They're one of the most mocked and least liked religions I know of. But Mormonism seems to offer a LOT to its members. What's going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/2Uili FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Why did Hitler never invade Switzerland during World War II? Was it the Swiss deterrence, or something else? I went searching for answers." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/glbt8 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"We were taught to view the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a racist stain in the country’s history ... but was there any justification to support it?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/f1FsE FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms...

"Her refusal to give up a bus seat for a white man lit the fire of the American Civil Rights movement. But today, a good number of people say Rosa Parks was recruited for a publicity stunt. So what actually happened?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/9HvBw FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Busi...

"Did America’s founders commit biological warfare against the Native Americans? I went looking for the truth behind the famous story and found something stranger." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/XMxq8 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Growing up, we were taught that he was a villain of U.S. history, and today, McCarthy's name is an American swear word. But in recent years, some have argued he was more right than anyone gave him credit for. So, was he?"  -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/xChGe FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCor...

"In 1980, the median American home sold for $64,600. Today, that number's about $440,000. Why are homes so expensive? And is the system rigged against young people trying to buy their first one?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/fhecZ FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries: ...

"Koko was the most famous gorilla in the world because she talked. She also mourned her kitten and cried when her friend Robin Williams died. But was it real?"-- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/46nLB FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"A kid today is nearly five times more likely to be diagnosed autistic than a kid 25 years ago ... What’s really going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/lpy6K FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Why do tens of thousands of people pay good money to play, and sometimes suffer, deep in the desert?  I have some firsthand answers." – Ken FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"For a while, ISIS was the biggest story on Earth, but almost overnight they seemed to disappear. What happened?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/roHF9 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Ask most people and they'll tell you it's the thing that gives smokers cancer. Ask some others and they’ll tell you they use it on purpose. So is nicotine good for you or not?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/6w9Vj FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@Elep...

"They're not getting Hollywood-style briefcases full of cash. That's actually pretty darn rare. The real story isn’t quite as exciting … and YOU can decide about the ethics of it." – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/658nQ ► "Americans in Prison" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLECjw99F8s  FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenla...

"India is missing from the world’s elite athletes. But why?"  – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/3nOR9 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"In the United States, the Black murder rate isn't just marginally higher than the rest of the country … it’s seven times higher than Whites and well above every other ethnic group they track." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/GRxEr ► Video:  Why do Black athletes dominate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrvCsdEA-v8 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: http...

"I'd barely heard of data centers a year or two. Now they're the center of political rage across the country and world. What's going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/8cWbg FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Boys around the world have a problem with school. And now, women often completely dominate college. What's going on?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/DkoJh FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"Hitler came a lot closer to winning WWII in Europe than most people realize. So ... what would that've meant?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/tZY0L ► Why did the U.S. drop not one, but two A-bombs on Japan?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Hjqjs48zk FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Bu...

"In my lifetime, marijuana went from 'dangerous' to 'safe' to 'maybe dangerous, after all.' What's going on? And what's the truth?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/aFUus FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte     ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.c...

"A few years ago, it was the murder capital of the world. Today, your chances of getting murdered in El Salvador are lower than anywhere in North or South America. Was the solution worth the cost?" – Ken ►Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/8kvJL FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  busin...

"They say there are 50 million 'modern slaves' in the world, but what does that really mean? And why on Earth hasn't humanity fixed this by now?"  –Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/hILrx ► "The truth about Gaddafi":     • The truth about Gaddafi they don't want yo...  FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com...

"Seriously, how bad is this global warming thing? I hear the range from 'crisis' to 'hoax' with smart people on either side. Here's what I learned." —Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/XmgI2 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter: https://kenlacorte.substack.com ► X:  https://x.com/KenLaCorte   ► Business Inquiries:  business@ElephantsInRooms.com

"In the modern media, Mother Teresa is more reviled than revered. Are her critics anti-religious zealots and click-happy YouTubers? Or is there more to the story?"  –Ken Correction:  Donal MacIntyre is an Irish investigative journalist, not a British one. ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/tASCd Link to piece on Indian-Americans & convenience stores:     • The secret of...