About this podcast
Hi, I’m Ken LaCorte. I spent 20 years behind-the-scenes at Fox News and now host “Elephants in Rooms”.
Here, we jump into topics that many people avoid and that the mainstream narrative often vilifies. Even when they’re true.
If you’re looking for true insight into issues – without straw men or sensationalism – you’ve found the right place.
Episodes
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- What's the deal with Mormons? · 22 min"They're one of the most mocked and least liked religions I know of. But Mormonism seems to offer a LOT to its members. What's going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes…
- Why did Hitler give Switzerland a pass? · 21 min"Why did Hitler never invade Switzerland during World War II? Was it the Swiss deterrence, or something else? I went searching for answers." -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes…
- Might Japanese internment have been justified? · 24 min"We were taught to view the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II as a racist stain in the country’s history ... but was there any justification to support it?"…
- The real Rosa Parks: What they didn't teach us in school · 23 min"Her refusal to give up a bus seat for a white man lit the fire of the American Civil Rights movement. But today, a good number of people say Rosa Parks was recruited for a…
- This professor invented a genocide. Here's how. · 19 min"Did America’s founders commit biological warfare against the Native Americans? I went looking for the truth behind the famous story and found something stranger." -- Ken ►…
- They called McCarthy crazy. Then the KGB files opened. · 19 min"Growing up, we were taught that he was a villain of U.S. history, and today, McCarthy's name is an American swear word. But in recent years, some have argued he was more right…
- Housing isn't broken. It's working as designed. · 19 min"In 1980, the median American home sold for $64,600. Today, that number's about $440,000. Why are homes so expensive? And is the system rigged against young people trying to buy…
- Was the story of "Koko the talking gorilla" a lie? · 20 min"Koko was the most famous gorilla in the world because she talked. She also mourned her kitten and cried when her friend Robin Williams died. But was it real?"-- Ken ► Script…
- "Everyone’s autistic now." Here’s what's going on. · 20 min"A kid today is nearly five times more likely to be diagnosed autistic than a kid 25 years ago ... What’s really going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes…
- I've been to Burning Man 10 times. Here's what really happens. · 20 min"Why do tens of thousands of people pay good money to play, and sometimes suffer, deep in the desert? I have some firsthand answers." – Ken FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter…
- ISIS was the biggest story on Earth ... then it vanished · 19 min"For a while, ISIS was the biggest story on Earth, but almost overnight they seemed to disappear. What happened?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/roHF9…
- Why 80% of doctors got this wrong · 17 min"Ask most people and they'll tell you it's the thing that gives smokers cancer. Ask some others and they’ll tell you they use it on purpose. So is nicotine good for you or not?"…
- How do politicians get so rich? · 19 min"They're not getting Hollywood-style briefcases full of cash. That's actually pretty darn rare. The real story isn’t quite as exciting … and YOU can decide about the ethics of…
- Why is India so bad at the Olympics? · 17 min"India is missing from the world’s elite athletes. But why?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/3nOR9 FOLLOW KEN: 🐘 ► Ken’s Free Newsletter…
- Why are Black men murdered so often? · 21 min"In the United States, the Black murder rate isn't just marginally higher than the rest of the country … it’s seven times higher than Whites and well above every other ethnic…
- Why does everyone suddenly hate data centers? · 20 min"I'd barely heard of data centers a year or two. Now they're the center of political rage across the country and world. What's going on?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes…
- What if boys were never the problem? · 17 min"Boys around the world have a problem with school. And now, women often completely dominate college. What's going on?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/DkoJh…
- What if Hitler had won? · 18 min"Hitler came a lot closer to winning WWII in Europe than most people realize. So ... what would that've meant?" – Ken ► Script Sources and Notes: https://shorturl.at/tZY0L ► Why…
- What we got wrong about weed · 18 min"In my lifetime, marijuana went from 'dangerous' to 'safe' to 'maybe dangerous, after all.' What's going on? And what's the truth?" -- Ken ► Script Sources and Notes…
- El Salvador jailed 2% of its men. Here's what happened. · 19 min"A few years ago, it was the murder capital of the world. Today, your chances of getting murdered in El Salvador are lower than anywhere in North or South America. Was the…
