The Uncover Up Conspiracy Cast

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first person to escape the Earth's atmosphere into space. In 1968, he was killed in a tragic and suspicious plane crash. Why would the Soviet government have wanted Gagarin dead? And were they somehow responsible for the crash? Lee and Nathan also discuss the tragic Soyuz 1 incident, in case listeners weren't already sad enough.

In 1961, the USSR placed a man named Yuri Gagarin into a tiny capsule on the tip of a massive rocket and shot him into space. This is the story of that moment, and Lee spends the episode teetering back and forth between being inspired by the humanity of the story and being discouraged by the systems and structures the humans are stuck in. For more information on this topic, check out "Starman: The...

In 1983, the entire world was on the brink of disaster. The slightest mistake or miscalculation could have resulted in a nuclear armageddon that would have wiped entire countries off the map. And in the middle of all of that, some ominous blips showed up on an early warning system. Were we all killed? Listen to find out...

Many claims are made about the advanced technology developed by Germany during WWII. Is any of it accurate? Nathan and Lee go back to the 1940s to look at some of the so-called "Wunderwaffen", and Lee has to spend another episode listening to Nathan talk about airplanes. Then, near the end of the episode, there's an alarming revelation about pumpkins.

On this episode, Lee and Nathan open up the junk drawer and pull out segments on an urban legend about Phil Collins* from the 1980s, a recent example of the use of hiphop tracks for state propaganda, and the evil dangers that lurk in Lee's childhood toys. * not the drummer from The Police

On this episode, Lee takes a close look at a British documentary from the 1970s that claimed that there was a secret Soviet/American space program to sneak people off the Earth to try to colonize Mars.

To Lee's dismay, Nathan has managed to trick him into doing an entire episode about Cold War aircraft. However, the story turns out to be much stranger and more interesting than Lee was expecting, as it features honeypot spies, top secret Air Force programs, bizarre nuclear projects, and at least one person gets thrown off a train.

In the 1980s, some documents started circulating that appeared to be a top secret memo regarding a massive cover up of a UFO crash. On this episode, Lee looks into the story and things get predictably weird and complicated.

In the 1970s, ranchers in multiple states found some of their cows dead on the ground, seemingly drained of blood and with strange surgical incisions on the bodies. Who was doing this, and why? Nathan and Lee investigate, come up with a reasonable explanation, and then stumble across a wildly unreasonable truth...

We think things are pretty dicey politically these days, but how dicey did they used to be? On this episode Lee argues that it was quite dicey indeed in the 1700s, when the British were plotting to assassinate George Washington. Were they successful? Obviously no. But there are lessons to be learned from the story...

What happened to Betty and Barney Hill in the two missing hours between when they left Montreal and when they arrived at home? The story of the Hills is one of the all-time UFO encounter classics, and there are some extremely important lessons to be learned from it. Also, it's interesting.

In the 1950s, lots of people came forward claiming that they had met with aliens, and that those aliens had an important message for us Earthlings. On this episode, Lee and Nathan look at three examples of alleged alien contactees to try to figure out what it all means (hint: it's something to do with nuclear annihilation).

The battlefield is a terrible place. How can we make it an even more terrible place? Drugs and robot suits. On this episode, Lee and Nathan examine the use of meth in WWII and Vietnam, and then examine a DARPA plan to build exoskeletons. Also, telepathy and mind control.

How did this happen? 100 episodes of The Uncover Up!?! To get to the bottom of this, Lee and Nathan investigate their own origin stories - young Lee as a seeker looking for spiritual meaning, and young Nathan lost and aimless in an absurd world without any meaning. Also, Nathan gets a tattoo, and a nuclear physicist pops in to say hello.

On this episode, Lee and Nathan look into the motivations behind the concept of building a "super soldier", and examine some historical examples involving hashish, booze, hallucinogens, and terrifying ape/human hybrid experiments.

Who are the mysterious Men in Black that intimidate and frighten people who come forward with stories of UFOs? Lee and Nathan investigate the investigators, and as usual crash into a Gordion Knot of disinformation, cover ups, and lies coming from all directions. Also, Nathan reads a short poem.

On this episode, Nathan begins by going off to scenic Paris, Ontario to hunt for a monster, and (in a Twilight Zone-esque twist) he and Lee learn that the real monster is... human beings.

On this episode, Lee and Nathan attempt to leave behind this world (with all its hassles and irritations) and find a lost island civilization instead. However, things take a dark turn, as they learn a lesson about the dangers of myth making...

On this episode, Lee and Nathan examine the relationship that exists between conspiracy communities and scammers who try to take financial advantage of them. Coincidentally, while they are recording the episode someone is trying to scam Nathan over the phone. Also, Nathan talks about shrimp.

What does a witch hunt look like in America of the 1950s? Lee does a deep dive into the paranoid world of Senator Joseph McCarthy. But is McCarthy a true believer in his cause, or a cynical conman? As usual, the more pessimistic answer is likely the more accurate one...

Is it possible that our entire existence is nothing more than someone else's sandbox-style video game? On this episode, Lee and Nathan get into quantum physics, epistemology, metaphysics, ontology and ethics to try to get to the bottom of that question. Also, Nathan reminisces about playing Ultima IV on a Commodore 64 in the 1980s.

Are we really living in the real world, or just in some kind of elaborate trick or simulation? Turns out humans have been wondering that for a few thousand years, and on this episode Lee and Nathan explore three philosophical schools that take this question seriously.

On this episode, Lee, Nathan and special guest pod person Dr. Shelly Lesher dive deep into the nature of existence to look into the possibility that the Pentagon has been working on a gamma ray weapon that would fit in the palm of your hand, but destroy a city block. In order to help make the science make sense, they start with a 10 minute primer on what the atom is, what isotopes are, and what is...

On this episode, Lee and Nathan examine a mysterious and threatening area of the world in their own backyards. Is there something sinister going on in the Great Lakes that's claiming ships, planes, and lives?

At the end of the 17th century, the town of Salem accused dozens of people of being part of a massive witch conspiracy, and many of those accused end up being put to death. How could something like this have happened, and could it happen again?