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The Why Files: Operation Podcast

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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 The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic. Biological Sciences Science Science Fiction Social Sciences
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  • 619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program

    619: They Walk Among Us | The Human-Alien Hybrid Program
    Dec 6 2025
    A college student desperate for affordable housing gets matched with an unusual roommate who wears sunglasses indoors and speaks like a careful robot.

    When the student's mother visits and accidentally touches the girl's arm, the skin feels wrong—cold and spongy like raw mushrooms.

    What happens next reveals a classified military program, a family connection that defies physics, and a tragedy born from teaching someone to be too human.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A89ozmI2zOo
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    43 mins
  • 618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment

    618: The First Earth Battalion: America's Strangest Military Experiment
    Nov 26 2025
    A Vietnam War hero with zero casualties wrote a manual about warrior monks who hug daily and use ESP in combat. Instead of dismissing it, the US Army turned it into Project Jedi—a decades-long experiment in psychic warfare. Generals tried walking through walls.

    Intelligence officers hosted spoon-bending parties. Soldiers stared at goats until their hearts stopped. The CIA spent millions on remote viewers who claimed to see Soviet secrets thousands of miles away. Most experiments failed, but the successful techniques became foundational to modern Special Forces training.

    This is the true story of America's psychic soldier program and how a hippie field manual accidentally revolutionized military operations.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP3pOszdr5U
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    32 mins
  • 617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time

    617: Psyops: From Dead Babies to UFOs - The Same Pattern Every Time
    Nov 17 2025
    A behavioral expert who trains Navy SEALs and CIA operatives created a 20-point test that detects psychological manipulation with mathematical precision. Chase Hughes recently appeared on Shawn Ryan's podcast to discuss this system, and the same patterns appear in government propaganda, corporate deception, and social media algorithms.

    From a teenage girl's testimony that sold the Gulf War to Big Tobacco's forty-year lie, the scoring system reveals when you're being controlled. The formula works on anything—news coverage, corporate messaging, even the controversies you're arguing about right now.

    But once you learn to spot manipulation everywhere, you face a different danger. Foreign adversaries benefit when Americans trust nothing and question everything so intensely they can't function.

    The tool shows you how information is delivered. Deciding what's true is still your job.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X46H1dEADJU
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    38 mins
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Keep em coming AJ. By far the most interesting channel out there. Every Friday you fill my brain with fascinating stories. I can't recommend The Why files enough.

Best channel on youtube

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I loved everything, I watched on YouTube as well. superb! one of the main things I look forward to after work.

Excellent Presentation

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The Why Files YouTube channel and podcast, helmed by "the best storyteller online", has carved out a niche for itself in the crowded landscape of digital content by delivering riveting narratives infused with a passion for unveiling the mysteries of science and the unknown. Each episode is meticulously crafted, with a keen eye for detail and a narrative style that transforms complex subjects into engaging tales that are both informative and captivating.What sets The Why Files apart is the host's ability to engage with the content deeply, making listeners and viewers feel as if they are on a journey of discovery alongside him.

The best story teller online!!!

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Not only THE best YouTube channel ever created but one of the best programs ever made fullstop!
AJ and Hecklefish are hilarious!

THE best...

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I really enjoy these episodes. Research, storytelling and conclusion are the reason why I became a follower

Thanks TWF!

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