Sep 25, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 15 segments
Your subculture sceptics are looking upwards at chemtrails - supposed evidence of a secret programme to manipulate the weather, control populations, or even alter our minds. But where did the idea…
So, this time around, get your tinfoil hats back on.
In fact, actually, no, don't do that.
Get in here, close the door, and put my homemade breathing apparatus on I made for you out of this old shoe, a garden hose, and some shredded copies of the Radio Times.
Because I want to keep you safe, man.
Keep you safe from the man.
So I can tell you the truth.
I see you're jazzed on all cylinders for this one.
Are they innocent white lines in the sky from planes, or a sinister machination for the world government to block out the sun and make us all infertile?
I know what I
believe.
You can believe whatever you want, baby.
It's a free world.
Ish.
At least that bit's free.
The chair I'm sitting in is relatively free.
Actually, can you believe whatever you want? It's a good question.
Not if you're being mind-controlled.
What? Anyway, you got my shoe wrapped tightly around your face, keeping you safe? You breathing into that?
Yeah, I think I'd rather be breathing the nerve agent, actually.
Good.
Pretty.
What do you know about this before diving in?
So, this time around, get your tinfoil hats back on.
In fact, actually, no, don't do that.
Get in here, close the door, and put my homemade breathing apparatus on I made for you out of this old shoe, a garden hose, and some shredded copies of the Radio Times.
Because I want to keep you safe, man.
Keep you safe from the man.
So I can tell you the truth.
I see you're jazzed on all cylinders for this one.
Are they innocent white lines in the sky from planes, or a sinister machination for the world government to block out the sun and make us all infertile?
I know what I
believe.
You can believe whatever you want, baby.
It's a free world.
Ish.
At least that bit's free.
The chair I'm sitting in is relatively free.
Actually, can you believe whatever you want? It's a good question.
Not if you're being mind-controlled.
What? Anyway, you got my shoe wrapped tightly around your face, keeping you safe? You breathing into that?
Yeah, I think I'd rather be breathing the nerve agent, actually.
Good.
Pretty.
What do you know about this before diving in?
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