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This video brings together some of the most interesting and talked-about moments from the A&M Podcast, a small preview of the types of deep-dive conversations we release every week. From surprising historical stories to fascinating scientific discoveries and the strange ways media shapes culture, these clips highlight just a fraction of what our full episodes explore. Whether it’s hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid with @FunnyOldeWorld , overlooked moments in 20th-century history with Paul Schatzkin or the behind-the-scenes world of Hollywood storytelling with John Kiriakou, these highlights show how wide our conversations go — and how much more there is to check out. If you enjoy this sample of our favorite moments, dive into the full episodes on our channel. We drop new, thought-provoking discussions regularly, and we’ve got a massive library of content waiting for you. Check out our podcast episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJsm7xUDWEM&list=PLZnj7rwvdhXKu8HZ20rIktKHoJdEYrE7k #austinandmatt #ampodcast #podcasthighlights #bestmoments #historyandculture #learnsomethingnew #deepsdivepodcast #interestingclips #weeklypodcast #longformcontent #curiosity #mindset #thoughts #podcast #podcastclips #highlights #episode
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Check out some of the highlights we've had at the Austin and Matt podcast and if you like it, hit subscribe. The CIA has a dedicated branch inside the Office of Public Affairs whose job it is [music] solely to work with Hollywood Studios. So, every movie and every TV show that comes out about intelligence is pro-CIA. They've [music] been scanning the Great Pyramid for years and then they did the official press release that they found a whole new entranceway corridor with a vated ceiling and they found a whole void in the pyramid that is the size of like a jumbo jet above the Grand Gallery. >> The Manhattan project was just getting started. Somebody flies to visit Farnsworth and invites him to work on a secret project in Chicago. But Farnsworth turned to his wife and said, "I think they're trying to build an atomic bomb, and I want nothing to do with it." >> Ancient people never made up fictitious geography. Doesn't matter what culture it is. There is no example that I've ever seen or anybody else for that matter uh where a writer makes up a fictitious geography. There's no such thing as like five acre wood or middle earth, that kind of fictitious geography concept in the ancient world. They don't do it.