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The Why Files: Operation Podcast · 309 episodes with transcripts

The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.

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The Basement: Jeffrey Kripal | Inside the Archives of the Impossible

October 19, 2026

Jeffrey Kripal (0:00)

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AJ Gentile (0:12)

Today, I'm talking with Jeffrey Kripal. He holds an endowed chair at Rice University where he runs an archive of the impossible. Over a million documents on the paranormal. Jacques Vallée's files are in there. John Mack's 150 boxes and 3,400 letters people wrote to Whitley Strieber after they read Communion. Rice…

Yep. Oh, so technically it's been an archive of the impossible since 1962

Jeffrey Kripal (1:39)

Yeah. Well, fantastic.

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