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Conspiracy Bill’s Top 12 WILDEST Stories of 2026, With Bill Simmons

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Show Notes

Buckle up: Conspiracy Bill is back. Bill Simmons joins the pod to surprise Jason and Tyler with the 12 stories that have had him doing deep dives. Here’s today’s agenda:

00:07: Stephen King’s alias

04:39: Bill Simmons’s alias: Conspiracy Bill

08:40: Conspiracy Bill’s 12 Deepest Dives of the Year

20:12: No. 12: Havana Syndrome

25:35: No. 11: The Fox News mask incident

29:44: No. 10: Epstein won the Powerball?!

31:37: No. 9: The Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner

35:51: No. 8: What happened at the Miami mall?

38:41: No. 7: The Niners substation situation

41:32: No. 6: Nancy Guthrie

43:24: No. 5: What’s up with Trump’s ear? His hand?

48:35: No. 4: The microphone …

48:35: No. 3: Missing scientists

54:36: No. 2: Matt Miller … or Karen Read

01:00:33 No. 1: The Lindsay Clancy case

01:10:25 Bonus round: Why did Mark Cuban sell the Mavs? Plus: JC’s Long Island serial killer theory.

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