The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
4.8from 9,039 ratings
- 469
- Episodes
- 167
- Transcribed
- 9,039
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About The Why Files: Operation Podcast
The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.
- Publisher
- The Why Files: Operation Podcast
- Category
- fiction · science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Mar 2022
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
167 of 469 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Basement: Brian Laythe | Ghosts, Possession, and Shadow People
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Poltergeist Who Follows You Home
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Basement: Donald Hoffman | Consciousness, Math, and the Case for Letting Go
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The Basement: Brian Laythe | Ghosts, Possession, and Shadow People
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And, of course, Cheyenne in South America showed this as well in Mexico, that some version of the night hag is, has different representations across multiple cultures. Now, you can say that this just is a combination of sleep paralysis, which is very obviously measurable, plus a hypnagogic episode, right? And in fact, I believe in hypnagogic episodes to the point that if a person reports haunting phenomena coming out of sleep or into sleep, I tend to be like, eh, probably hypnagogic. Sure. Right? Or hypnopompic, depending on whether they're awake or asleep. Right. But again, from Hufford and other sources... […]
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- Brian Laythe
- Donald Hoffman
- Dan Flores
- Diana Pasulka
- Mitch Horowitz
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- 4.8 / 5
- 9,039 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100
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- 42
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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