Joseph Matheny - The Man Who Hacked Reality Before the Internet Existed | The Basement Trailer

Sometimes conspiracy theories are psyops, to discredit legit conspiracies. This is a technique used by spooks and spies going back before the modern era. Winston Churchill summed it up best ... "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies"

I don't have a clue what this is about but it sure sounds interesting.

Yeah it was crazy when that guy showed up at Comet Ping Pong and somehow knew to shoot into a closet through a door destroying the electronics containing the surveillance footage and nothing else, and nobody else was hurt. Yeah, that WAS weird.

IT'S IN MY BOOK

I miss my guppies and lizard peeps

Not everyone has had that thing where they think of someone they haven't talked to in a while and then suddenly the phone rings and it's them.

The Basement has to be the coolest, most esoteric collection of interviews on the internet. I’m into weird podcasts and I’ve learned so many things and learned about so many incredible people on this show. Thank you 🙏🏻 (Still love regular WF, too! 🧡(

I was half-listening until he said "Esalen." If you're unfamiliar with it, give it a search. It shows how cults can insinuate themselves into 'science.'

Your ground floor self (and Hecklefish) would say to you "There's always a book".

Bring back Hecklefish!