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EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 19 MIN

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from Unusual Practice · host Charli | Breaking Illusions

Eleven scientists. NASA. MIT. Caltech. Los Alamos. The nuclear weapons complex. The Air Force. All DEAD or missing between 2023 and 2026. The White House called it "pretty serious stuff." The FBI opened an investigation. Congress wants answers. But why did it take two years, and a missing general, for anyone in power to pay attention? IN MEMORY OF GREAT MINDSThis episode is dedicated to the researchers, scientists, and engineers whose work pushed at the edges of what we think is possible -and who are no longer here.Michael David Hicks — NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Frank Maiwald — NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryMatthew James Sullivan — U.S. Air Force Intelligence Nuno F.G. Loureiro — MIT Plasma Science & Fusion CentreCarl Grillmair — California Institute of Technology / NASA Jason Thomas — Novartis Research Amy Catherine Eskridge — Institute for Exotic Science, HuntsvilleAnd to those not yet found : Monica Jacinto Reza, Anthony Chavez, Melissa Casias, Steven Garcia, William Neil McCasland...may you come home. And the list continues! 

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