What happens to the economy if aliens show up? Not the movie version. The real version where markets panic, confidence collapses, and everyone suddenly forgets how money is supposed to work. This week, we dig into the idea that confirming UFOs or UAPs could trigger an ontological shock that rattles financial systems in ways no central bank has a policy for.

Then we head into dream engineering, where researchers are testing whether your sleeping brain can be nudged to solve problems while you are out cold. Using targeted memory reactivation, the idea is to plant cues that help your mind keep working in the background, like a night shift you never agreed to.

And because the universe loves balance, we finish with an emergency room story that escalates into a full hospital evacuation. Yes, it involves an artillery shell lodged where it absolutely should not be, and yes, it ends with the bomb squad being called.

So that is the episode. UFO economics, puzzle solving in your sleep, and a reminder that humans will always find new ways to surprise medical professionals. Like, subscribe, and tell us what weird science story we should chase next.






CHAPTERS:

00:00 Ex–Bank of England Analyst Warns: Aliens Could Crash the Economy

03:35 Ontological Shock 101: When Reality Breaks

05:00 From Panic to Euphoria: How Markets Might React to UAP Disclosure

11:16 Can Sleep (and Dreams) Help Solve Hard Problems?

15:13 Dream Engineering & Lucid Dreaming: Hacking Sleep for Creativity

17:21 Inside the Experiment: Puzzles, Sound Cues, and Watching Inception

18:51 Dream Cues for Puzzle-Solving (and Lucid Dream Strategies)

20:40 ‘Rent a Human’: AI Agents Hiring People for Real-World Tasks

21:41 Proof, Crypto Payouts, and the Weirdest Job Examples

27:31 ER Evacuations: When ‘Foreign Objects’ Become a Public Safety Issue

28:58 Annual ‘Stuff Stuck in Bodies’ Highlights (Yes, Mostly Butts)

39:11 Mailbag & Sign-Off





SOURCES:

 

https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-6

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675723001535

https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-man-wwii-shell-lodged-in-rectum-bomb-squad-called-2021-12

https://futurism.com/future-society/hospital-evacuated-man-ww1-shell

https://futurism.com/space/alien-life-financial-collapse

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-england-warned-prepare-aliens-212252751.html

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bank-of-england-must-prepare-for-ufo-announcement-f3mh8l9vh

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human-bodies

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agents-incapable-math

Creative problem-solving after experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleep

What happens to the economy if aliens show up? Not the movie version. The real version where markets panic, confidence collapses, and everyone suddenly forgets how money is supposed to work. This week, we dig into the idea that confirming UFOs or UAPs could trigger an ontological shock that rattles financial systems in ways no central bank has a policy for.
Then we head into dream engineering, where researchers are testing whether your sleeping brain can be nudged to solve problems while you are out cold. Using targeted memory reactivation, the idea is to plant cues that help your mind keep working in the background, like a night shift you never agreed to.
And because the universe loves balance, we finish with an emergency room story that escalates into a full hospital evacuation. Yes, it involves an artillery shell lodged where it absolutely should not be, and yes, it ends with the bomb squad being called.
So that is the episode. UFO economics, puzzle solving in your sleep, and a reminder that humans will always find new ways to surprise medical professionals. Like, subscribe, and tell us what weird science story we should chase next.
 
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Ex&ndash;Bank of England Analyst Warns: Aliens Could Crash the Economy
03:35 Ontological Shock 101: When Reality Breaks
05:00 From Panic to Euphoria: How Markets Might React to UAP Disclosure
11:16 Can Sleep (and Dreams) Help Solve Hard Problems?
15:13 Dream Engineering &amp; Lucid Dreaming: Hacking Sleep for Creativity
17:21 Inside the Experiment: Puzzles, Sound Cues, and Watching Inception
18:51 Dream Cues for Puzzle-Solving (and Lucid Dream Strategies)
20:40 &lsquo;Rent a Human&rsquo;: AI Agents Hiring People for Real-World Tasks
21:41 Proof, Crypto Payouts, and the Weirdest Job Examples
27:31 ER Evacuations: When &lsquo;Foreign Objects&rsquo; Become a Public Safety Issue
28:58 Annual &lsquo;Stuff Stuck in Bodies&rsquo; Highlights (Yes, Mostly Butts)
39:11 Mailbag &amp; Sign-Off
 
SOURCES:
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<a href="https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-6">https://defector.com/what-did-we-get-stuck-in-our-rectums-last-year-6</a>
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675723001535">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675723001535</a>
<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-man-wwii-shell-lodged-in-rectum-bomb-squad-called-2021-12">https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-man-wwii-shell-lodged-in-rectum-bomb-squad-called-2021-12</a>
<a href="https://futurism.com/future-society/hospital-evacuated-man-ww1-shell">https://futurism.com/future-society/hospital-evacuated-man-ww1-shell</a>
<a href="https://futurism.com/space/alien-life-financial-collapse">https://futurism.com/space/alien-life-financial-collapse</a>
<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-england-warned-prepare-aliens-212252751.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-england-warned-prepare-aliens-212252751.html</a>
<a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bank-of-england-must-prepare-for-ufo-announcement-f3mh8l9vh">https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bank-of-england-must-prepare-for-ufo-announcement-f3mh8l9vh</a>
<a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human-bodies">https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human-bodies</a>
<a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agents-incapable-math">https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agents-incapable-math</a>
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2026/1/niaf067/8456489?ref=404media.co">Creative problem-solving after experimentally provoking dreams of unsolved puzzles during REM sleep</a>

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed. 

From tales of historical idiocracy and scientific genius to weird and wacky cultural phenomena, Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant are here to take you on a wild conversational journey, deep diving into the crevices of science, history and culture that you never knew existed.

Bizarre science history from academics with beers