On this episode we bring you an astoundingly alchemical show as we once again take a look at the weirdest and wildest stories we could find this week, including the news that the ALICE atom smasher has turned lead into gold, commentary by an official from the Bush Sr. administration who says the US has built a massive underground city for the elites, a report that the atheistic theory of life building up from chemical reactions has failed again, and a recent sighting of a Harpy eagle proves they have returned to Mexico, where they were once thought to be extinct. All of this and then after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Our Haunted Planet," by John A. Keel.

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Notes:
- Lead turned into gold by ALICE
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/particle-physics/worlds-largest-atom-smasher-turned-lead-into-gold-and-then-destroyed-it-in-an-instant
- Bush official claims secret underground city built for elites
https://nypost.com/2025/05/05/real-estate/bush-housing-official-claims-us-built-21t-city-for-rich-and-powerful-to-live-in-near-extinction-event/
- Origin of life theory thrown into doubt
https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-challenges-160-year-old-long-standing-origin-of-life-theory/
- Harpy Eagles spotted in Mexico
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/giant-mystical-eagle-thought-to-be-extinct-in-mexico-reappears-marking-landmark-moment-for-conservationists/
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/A-harpy-eagle-in-attack-posture-credit-Jonathan-Wilkins-CC-BY-SA-3.0-Wikimedia-696x487.jpg
- Our Haunted Planet
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Haunted-Planet-John-Keel/dp/1517343119
https://archive.org/details/Our_Haunted_Planet

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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