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Cockpit Axe Attacks, the Plague Is Back, and a Botched-Execution Update

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Show Notes

Terror Month continues and we’re looking upward to the skies. Jason and Tyler use last week’s wild flydubai story to discuss other harrowing aviation incidents before hitting updates on the Siberian plague situation, Christa Pike’s botched execution, and more.

(00:00) The mysterious case of Ben Padilla

(02:57) The flydubai copilot axe attack

(08:47) Edibles and passing out on a red-eye

(13:26) Germanwings Flight 9525

(30:02) The flydubai "false flag" theory

(32:34) Doomscroll: The plague is back?

(41:59) Christa Pike update

(52:01) Another Epstein death

(56:04) The Fed official honeypot scheme

(01:02:46) Anthropic gets even more religious

(01:07:16) Houthis (and Toyotas 4runners)

(01:12:09) The Arizona road-rage AI video

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