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[indistinct chatter]

Aliza Hollister

you know that friend who always has the most random info and somehow makes it the most interesting thing you've heard all week? hi, that's me. i'm aliza and indistinct chatter is where i break down the news, spiral into history and conspiracies, talk pop culture, and somehow tie it all together. no fluff, no lectures. just the scoop! new episode every tuesday. love ya!

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53 episodes

  1. Trick or Treat: Holiday Spirit or Extortion? 41:40
  2. Scream Inception: Fandoms, Requels, and Meta Franchises 40:23
  3. Screams for Sale: The Dark History of Haunted Houses 1:02:10
  4. Boomers vs Millennials: Which Generation Is Which? 39:33
  5. Cheyenne Mountain: What’s Really Inside the Bunker? 46:15
  6. The Autumn Equinox & Mabon: Ancient Tradition or Modern Creation? 45:13
  7. The Dead Internet Theory: 57.5% Bots, 42.5% Humans 40:53
  8. Beanie Babies: Brilliance, Betrayal, and Bankruptcy 55:05
  9. UVB-76: Russia's Doomsday Radio Has A New Message 38:40
  10. Wild Horses: 6,331 Sold to Slaughter While BLM Denies It 49:45
  11. Did We Actually Land on the Moon? A Deep Dive into the Conspiracy 48:40
  12. To Catch a Predator: The Dark Lore Behind A24's Primetime 43:30
  13. Why Can't We Let Go of Charles Manson? 56:03
  14. Who Actually Owns Your Food? Conspiracy Theories That Were Real 1:14:15
  15. Something Is Outside the Tent: Survival Folklore & Missing 411 1:19:09
  16. I Didn't Want to Get Involved: The Bystander Effect 1:13:07
  17. Why We Blame the Sky: Heatwave Homicides, Hollywood Werewolves, and Cosmic Typos 50:52
  18. Witches, Asylums, and Eve: The History and Psychology of Male Panic 46:49
  19. Are Algorithms Killing Our Voices? The Death of Regional Accents and Corporate "Blanding" 40:13
  20. The Fight for Visibility: Understanding Pride Beyond the Parade 57:34
  21. Stars, Stripes, and Secrets: The Real History of America's Flags 44:25
  22. Ticks, Lyme Disease, and... We Might Be Aliens 41:43
  23. AI Data Centers: Eminent Domain, the Jobs Myth, and Why Graduates Are Booing 44:44
  24. Vancouver, Vancouver, This Is It: Mount Saint Helens and the 169 Volcanoes in Your Backyard 28:06
  25. UFO Files Dropped, Scientists Are Missing, and Finals Got Hacked 31:05
  26. Met Gala Explained: The History Behind Fashion's Biggest Night 41:59
  27. Walpurgis Night: Halloween's Witchier, Older Sister You Never Knew About 43:33
  28. The Chainsaw Was Invented for Childbirth (And Other Things You Didn't Know) 37:14
  29. 193 Million Acres, One Big Problem: What's Happening to the US Forest Service 33:35
  30. Chemtrails, Bunkers, and Big Pharma: The Conspiracy Theories Taking Over Right Now 58:46
  31. Women Built Horror: From Mary Shelley to Modern Feminist Horror (And Why It Still Matters) 26:28
  32. Coverture, the Pink Tax, & the Laws That Still Control Women 36:25
  33. She Invented It, He Got Credit 32:52
  34. The Matilda Effect: Rosalind Franklin, Katherine Johnson, Virginia Hall, and the Women History Forgot 28:52
  35. AI Cults Are Real: From a Google Engineer's Church to the Thought Experiment That Got Elon Musk a Girlfriend 43:11
  36. Smokey Bear: The WWII Origins, Real-Life Rescue Bear, and Complicated Legacy of America's Most Famous Mascot 24:12
  37. Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather, and Why Colorado's Biggest Wildfires Are Usually Our Fault 27:59
  38. Government Conspiracies That Were Actually Real: MKUltra, COINTELPRO, and the Programs They Denied Until They Couldn't 34:49
  39. Super Bowl LX Predictions, Groundhog Day Lore, and the 2026 Grammys Biggest Moments 26:58
  40. What Radicalized Me? Labor Strikes, Empathy, and Why Questioning Authority Isn't Actually That Radical 40:20
  41. The History of Income Taxes: From Ancient Egypt to the IRS and Why You Still File Your Own Return 22:10
  42. The Golden Globes Just Recognized Podcasts - And Here's Why That's a Bigger Deal Than You Think 17:00
  43. 2026 Predictions: AI, Travel, Hustle Culture, and What's Actually Coming 27:51
  44. Toodles to 2025: The Wildest, Saddest, and Weirdest Year in Recent Memory 48:04
  45. The Great Eggnog Riot of 1826: The Night West Point Cadets (Including Jefferson Davis) Lost Their Minds 14:39
  46. How Cold Cases Are Being Solved by Students, Reddit, and DNA - The New Era of Citizen Investigation 33:47
  47. The Satanic Panic: How Dungeons & Dragons, Heavy Metal, and Daycare Centers Got Blamed for the Devil 51:40
  48. The Montauk Project: The Real Conspiracy Theory That Inspired Stranger Things 49:27
  49. Thanksgiving: The Real History They Didn’t Teach You (Myths, Massacres & Modern Traditions) 51:08
  50. What Is Infantilization? Signs, Examples & Why It’s More Dangerous Than You Think 46:58