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DragonKing Dark: Who is the Harvard alien hunter?

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For several years now, you may have been periodically reading headlines like “Harvard Professor Believes Object Traveling Through Solar System is Alien Spacecraft” or recently, “Harvard Professor Discovers Remains of Alien Technology on Earth.”

So who is this Harvard professor? He is Avi Loeb and he is, in fact, a Harvard professor. But what’s his deal? If a Harvard professor has supposedly discovered all of this, why has the world turned upside down at his “discoveries?” 

Let’s dig deeper into who this alien-discovering Harvard professor is, why his name keep coming up in the news and whether has he discovered evidence for aliens.

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DragonKing Dark: Corruption of the peer review process

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We need to be able to trust the gatekeepers of science. 

Science and scientific ideals are at the center of modern political warfare and science should be held to the course of political winds. We need science to be firm and accountable. But what happens when the very process that oversees acceptable science becomes corrupted? 

There is an outcry among the scientific community that this may well be happening due to a corruption of the peer review process. What is peer review and how could it be manipulated? 

That is the topic on this edition of the DragonKing Dark Podcast.

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DragonKing Dark: The Devil in the details

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DragonKing Dark continues to explore the greatest mysteries of the universe (and, perhaps, beyond).

This week, I take a look at Satan or, the Devil. It’s almost irrelevant if you believe in the Devil or not because billions of others do and those people make up large portions of the government you are under, the places you work, and the people that surround you. So, your life is influenced by the Devil whether you believe in it or not. 

But you might be surprised that a lot of what you think you know about the ultimate evil is not actually written in religious canon. This week, we look at misconceptions about the Devil and what the texts really say.

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DragonKing Dark: The mysteries of the origin of life

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How did life begin? The prevailing scientific consensus presents us with a primordial soup a few billion years ago which coalesced into life.

But wait: the science is not as settled as you might believe.

There are problems with that model and some leading scientists are challenging it. What even is “life?” Even that definition is not as clear in 2023 as one might think.

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, I will look at some of the latest questions being presented to origin of life researchers. No, we aren’t talking creationism either, but the straightforward science.

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DragonKing Dark: UFOs everywhere

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You can’t turn on the news these days without being inundated by news about UFOs (or UAPs as they are now branded). The military is seeing them, Harvard professors are seeing them, the public is seeing them — it’s madness! 

Had this happened in the 1950s, you would have been branded a lunatic. Now, however, the cat is out of the bag. Something is out there, but the question is what? Are we alone in this vast, vast universe or is it something else?

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, we examine the UAP/UFO phenomenon.

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DragonKing Dark: Going darker

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The newly revamped DragonKing Dark begins our new podcast journey looking at the mysteries of the universe, the unexplained and the unknown.

And we aren’t just going to take your word for it. We are going to examine these mysteries and ask ourselves what the evidence says. Are we being misled and what inputs are biased?

Today, we begin with the first and greatest mystery: how did we get here to begin with?

This podcast isn’t for everyone. Only you can decide if you truly want to know or if you want to be told. There is a difference. Zero politics. Zero biases.

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DragonKing Dark: The scandals of WWE’s Vince McMahon

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On this week’s DragonKing Dark, my run through the 100 darkest moments in pop culture series concludes with a trio of scandals involving WWE head honcho Vince K. McMahon.

I look at the alleged assault of Rita Chatterton, the 1990s steroids trial, and last summer’s exposed hush money scandal which temporarily saw him removed from power….only for him to come back stronger.

McMahon is not only Teflon when it comes to scandals, he somehow escapes any karma and comes back more powerful and wealthy. He is a super villain even Lex Luthor would be proud of.

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DragonKing Dark: The strange story of Fishbone

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Fishbone quickly became one of the most influential and inventive bands in all of popular music during the 1980s. However, the bizarre story of band member Kendall Jones threatened to derail this eclectic group.

Not only did he allegedly join a cult but another band member, determined to save him from himself, launched a plot to kidnap him. 

In my ongoing series of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture series, this is the strange journey of Fishbone.

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DragonKing Dark: The trials of Slick Rick

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Have you ever seen a show with fellas on the mic with one minute rhymes that don’t come out right? Well, pioneering rapper Slick Rick had a lot of things that didn’t come out right. The biggest of which was the U.S. government who hated him and sought him out at every turn. 

The story of Slick Rick (Richard Martin Lloyd Walters) makes the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history because, well, his bodyguard tried to kill him so Rick grabbed a gun, as rappers sometimes do, and went out and managed to shoot a few of the wrong people. The government then spent decades trying to deport him like Tony the Tiger.

Word.

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DragonKing Dark: The mysterious death of Thomas Ince

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Thomas Ince was the father of the Western movie genre.

During his career in the pioneer days of filmmaking, he produced around 800 movies and also was the first person to build their own movie studio.

So how did he end up on my ongoing list of 100 of the darkest moments in pop culture history?

Because of legendary historical figure and media mogul William Randolph Hearst, legendary actor Charlie Chaplin., and a hole that, may or may not, have been in Ince’s head.

On this week’s DragonKing Dark, learn all about Ince and his mysterious death.

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DragonKing Dark: The tragic death of Chadwick Boseman

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Continuing my 100 darkest moments in pop culture history on DragonKing Dark, we look at the shocking and tragic death of actor Chadwick Boseman.

He rose to worldwide prominence as Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe movies, including his own critically acclaimed solo film. The world was shocked when, unknown to virtually everyone, he died from complications from colon cancer.

Today, we remember Chadwick Boseman on DragonKing Dark.

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DragonKing Dark: The night Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield’s ear

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My 100 darkest moments in pop culture history series continues on DragonKing Dark.

In 1997, one of the most bizarre moments in boxing, sports and pop culture took place when during the second Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield fight, Tyson viciously bit the ear of Holyfield not once, but twice.

Tyson earned himself a disqualification and tons of negative publicity. 

This strange incident was a real black ear, err….eye, for boxing and stands as one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history.

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DragonKing Dark: The Mel Gibson rants

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Look, ok: Mel Gibson is a very good, and famous, actor. I like numerous Gibson movies: Mad Max, Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, Passion of the Christ, and on and on it goes. 

But there have been enough maniacal outbursts for anyone to wonder what exactly is going on inside Gibson’s head. Apparently, he is very anti-Semitic (and against others) and has expressed this in the most vile of terms.

Learn all about it on this week’s DragonKing Dark.

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DragonKing Dark: The death of Whitney Houston

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Whitney Houston was one of the most recognized and successful voices in any era of music with chart topping hit after chart topping hit.

However, a toxic relationship and a reality show with hip hop artist Bobby Brown brought attention to darker problems lurking in her life. Sadly, she would be dead before the age of 50 and an iconic voice would be silenced.

I take you through one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history with the death of Whitney Houston.

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DragonKing Dark: The crimes of Jared Fogle

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You probably didn’t expect the face of evil to look like a geek eating a footlong did you? 

Yet, here he is: Jared Fogle.

Why this goof became pop culture famous is beyond me, I mean, sure, literally for eating sandwiches and losing weight, but he’s sitting in prison now as he pleaded guilty to child sex tourism and child pornography charges in 2015.

There’s literally nothing good about this story and it’s certainly one of the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history. 

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