The Hypothetical Institute
A lighthearted look at conspiracies and their theorists... or deep state shills working to obfuscate the truth? You decide.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 218
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
No Dogs Club: Tantanoola Tiger
Salty and Luke are NOT dogs. You know what is? The bloody Tanty Tiger.
Episode 211 - Racism removed cocaine from cola
We're talking soft drinks. All the hard facts and medium-firm lols.
JFK - Revisit
With a new tranche of documents released, we take a peep at more inconsistencies like bunchy jackets, and Rob Reiner's four shooter theory.
Weekly World News Jan 1 1985
This week we're going back to the mid-80s to read some WWN. Out on the streets hypercolour might have been king, but below the waves the world belonged to fugly mermaids.
Weekly World News Dec 1 1981
It's chock full of predictions yet no one sees Hypercolor coming just a decade away.
No Dogs Club: Sea Slugs
It gets nerdy and horny in this one. We're sorry.
Weekly World News November 10, 1981
We dive into what was in the news exactly 33 years ago. Learn about Princess Diana, turtles (again), and some spooky predictions
No Dogs Club (A Hypothepod Production)
No dogs here. But we have turtles. Wanna lean some turtle facts? We got you fam.
Episode 209: Sunflowers
This week we're talking about sunflowers, and by extension, the replacement of our cool dude sun with a daggy pale alternative.
Episode 208: The Olympics
You can always rely on The Hypothetical Institute for your up-to-the-minute news coverage. This week we're talking about the Olympics, transphobic brainworms and Dr Raygun.
Episode 207: Near Miss Universe
This week we're talking about the failed assassination of Donald Trump and the myriad conspiracies it has spawned. This was recorded a few days after the shooting so feel free to marvel at our presci…
Episode 206: Whose Idea Was Cowtipping?
This week we're talking about tipping over cows.
Episode 205: RFK Jr's Brain Worms
This week we're talking about RFK Jr and his brain worms.
Episode 204: Playground Fights
Why did 1000s of people come out and say they wanted to assault an 11 year old girl? We get to the bottom of the Lexi Bonner videos which went viral across the soc meds and in the playgrounds of the …
Episode 203: A Bridge Too Far
This week we're talking about that current event: the bridge collapse in Baltimore.
Episode 202: Where's Princess Kate?
It's a very timely episode as we discuss Kate Middleton and wonder what we need to do to get a Daily Mail Photoshop commenter gig.
In the news:
Episode 201: Drug Olympics
This week we imagine what would happen if the idle rich listened to too much FM radio sports bant and decided to finance an Olympics where everyone was juiced to the gills. Wait, we didn't imagine it…
Episode 200: Taylor Swift
This week we're talking about TayTay and her journey from unwarranted alt-Right icon to right-wing outrage machine boogeyman - all while she continues to pump out banger upon banger.
Episode 199: Aliens At The Mall
This week we talk a bit about the tunnels in Brooklyn before we get onto some real news: there's aliens at the mall and they're RUMBLIN'!
Episode 198: Christmas Just Ain’t Christmas Anymore
Folks, it's just a tiny little news show under your tree. See you in 2024.