Topic: Radio Transcription

A listener theory suggests that the frequent appearance of the number 33 in news stories is a signal to the "inner circle" that a story is fake. The theory traces the number back to 16-inch radio transcription discs that ran at 33 1/3 RPM. The hosts compare this to other theories about Masonic influence and the use of "phony interviews" in the golden age of radio.

The hosts discuss the limitations of AI transcription and OCR, noting that computers still cannot match the human ear for decoding Morse code over fading high-frequency (HF) radio signals. They argue that humans are "amazing machines" capable of reading damaged text or signals that would baffle a program like IBM's Watson.