This week inside the Anti-Matter Minute, Joeba and Ripley crack open cold ones and investigate one of the internet’s greatest modern conspiracies: Birds Aren’t Real.

From the infamous 1959–2001 “avian replacement” timeline to power-line charging theories and suspiciously tactical geese, the crew dives headfirst into the satire that somehow became culturally unstoppable. Along the way, Zero identifies a possible government surveillance unit onboard the Black Swirl… and things spiral exactly how you’d expect.

Plus:

autonomous avian surveillance breakdowns

conspiracy escalation logic

firmware migration theories

NSFAQ returns with listener questions

and absolutely no bird is beating the allegations...

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Close Encounters of the Slurred Kind is a Slurred Kind LLC production and a comedy podcast engaging in satire, parody, and critical commentary. Any conspiracy discussed is presented for entertainment purposes only.

If you genuinely believe a goose works for the federal government… that’s between you and the power lines.

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