Dead Air | Ep. 06 | Amanda Got 7AM Odyssey Tickets and Mike Was Part of a CIA Study

Dead Air is what happens between Fear Archive episodes — no research, no structure, no plan. Just Amanda and Mike talking until something disturbing comes up. It always does. This week: Amanda crashed an AMC app at 7AM to secure 70mm IMAX tickets to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey on opening day. Peter put her in charge. She delivered. Mike still does not know what Tenet is about. They also cover: Amanda's review of Is God Is — the Tarantino-adjacent Southern Gothic revenge film everyone should be watching on a proper television. Mike's deep dive into Michael Jackson The Verdict on Netflix and why it completely flipped his understanding of the case. The Dead Internet Theory and whether most of what you are looking at online is AI-generated content designed to manipulate your decisions. A massive fire at the Hudson River Psychiatric Center in Poughkeepsie — a Kirkbride asylum built in 1867 that urban explorers have been documenting for decades. Amanda and Mike's separate and deeply unhinged teenage experiences breaking into King's Park and Pilgrim State. The GATE program, Soviet-era gifted education, and remote viewing. And Mike's confession that his Bank Street master's program involved being filmed by a TV news crew in behavioral simulations under a verbal NDA — and he may have been part of a study he never consented to. Also: Mother's Instinct on Netflix. Dorfan, a 1982 West German cannibal fan film getting a 4K remaster. Dirty sodas and Mormonism. Milk crate law. Purple pillows. And a murder fifteen minutes from Mike's house that he declines to fully describe on camera. Hosted by Amanda Kagiwada and Michael Ryan Assip. Executive produced by Cassie Jozefov. A Violet Hour Media production. LISTENER WARNING: This program contains strong language, discussion of violent crime, and Mike possibly being a government test subject. Popular Topics Include: Fear Archive podcast, Dead Air podcast, Christopher Nolan Odyssey film, Christopher Nolan IMAX, Dead Internet theory, AI generated content, Kirkbride asylum, Hudson River Psychiatric Center Poughkeepsie fire, King's Park Psychiatric Center, Pilgrim State Hospital, urban exploring New York, GATE program conspiracy, gifted and talented education CIA, Michael Jackson The Verdict Netflix, Is God Is film, Mother's Instinct Netflix, horror podcast behind the scenes, Amanda Kagiwada, Michael Ryan Assip, Violet Hour Media, horror podcast Philippines, Filipino horror podcast, pinoy podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices