In The Weeds: Episode 1

Summary

This episode dives into a variety of conspiracy, paranormal, and high strangeness stories currently circulating in popular discourse. Topics range from alleged government experiments using prisoners for Neuralink testing to mysterious incidents such as blood rain and UFO sightings. Each segment explores unique claims that challenge mainstream narratives and provoke thought on the unexpected aspects of reality.

Key takeaways

• 1Neuralink's connection to ICE and allegations of prisoners used for brain chip testing.
• 2A former soldier claims to have seen a 'forbidden map' in a military facility that suggested extraterrestrial landscapes.
• 3An unexplained meteorological phenomenon where it rained blood in North Carolina in 1884.
• 4Reports from Pennsylvania residents detailing UFO encounters and sightings of cryptids in 2025.
• 5Claims by public figures about the rigging of sports events, including NFL scripting by elites.
• 6A UFO supposedly melting from ice in Greenland.

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Transcript excerpt

We got rumors and speculation, sobs and misdirection, strange, bizarre sightings, and we're- Well, well, well, as Jack Skellington, the hero of Halloweentown, once said, What's this? A new thing? With a new intro? Do we like the new intro? Probably not. I can work on it. But welcome to a new kind of episode that I'm trying out called In the Weeds. Clever, huh? Where I, Greg Carlwood, wade through whatever it is that's going on out there and share curious clips and compelling threads, and we just comb through the conspiratorial, cultural zeitgeist as best we can. I'm psyched about this. I come across so many weird stories or wild claims and just interesting ideas, little health-related things. The list really is endless. So I'm taking my guest curation skills and applying them to just general curation of all sorts of things that I think are on brand that I bookmarked this month in preparation. I wouldn't call it a clip show exactly, because a lot of the things that I might share are text-based rather than something to play. But here's what I'm thinking. It's going to be more casual than a usual THC episode, but tighter than a typical live stream. I'm picking 10 things from my big long list, and we'll take the first five for the free show and continue on to another five for the plus show. I know I recently reframed plus as something to be thought of in hours, and hopefully you'll give me some grace on this first one, because I don't know exactly how long it's going to be or how much I can talk about each one of these things myself before wanting to move on to the next one. ...

Excerpt from The Higherside Chats, Jan 29, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.