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Project - Project Alpha Part I

Apr 10, 2023

42:22

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Free Time

3min

The Girl Beneath the Sea

4min

The Importance of Order

3min

The Psychic Phenomenon

2min

The Dark Period of Government Psychological Research

2min

Stranger Things

2min

Yuri Geller and the Psychic Boom of the 1970s

5min

The Tonight Show Is Mount Olympus

2min

10.

Manscaped's Performance Package 4.0 Trimmer

2min

11.

The Magic of Yuri Geller

3min

12.

Randy's Secret Method to Humilation of Parapsychology Poster Boy Yuri Geller

2min

13.

The Unforgettable Geller Segment

2min

14.

Yuri Geller's False God

3min

15.

The Rise and Fall of Parapsychology

2min

16.

The Dark Side of Project Alpha

2min

17.

The Story of Randy Mastemited Project Alpha

4min

The Cold War is on, the threat of nuclear annihilation is constant. In a world of fear, a social contagion breaks out: the belief in psychic powers. Military, government and academia take it so seriously they spend millions to find people who can demonstrate these feats. Amidst this backdrop, the scion to one of America’s largest military contractors funds a study at Washington University in St. Louis to find child psychics. Two boys apply and are accepted, but they have something up their sleeve…

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