The Shadow Network podcast

The Shadow Network podcast

Welcome to the Shadow Network podcast where the mysterious meets the modern. Join me your host Don James and my AI co-host Mr. Data as we navigate the uncharted crossroads of humanity and technology.

Episodes

August 30, 2025 71 mins

They say free will is a myth — that you’re just neurons firing, desires rearranging, or code running in the dark. Philosophers like Alex O’Connor, neuroscientists like Sam Harris, even physics professors have lined up to call free will an illusion. But is it?

In this episode of The Shadow Network, Don James and Data pull the thread until the whole determinist sweater unravels. From Aristotle to Libet’s brain scans, from Calvin to Ar...

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Who really runs the world? Presidents? Bankers? Secret societies with ominous acronyms? Or maybe no one at all—and that’s the scariest answer of all. Tonight on the Shadow Network, we strip the mask off the global puppet show. Spoileralert: the strings might not be where you think.

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Issue 29 — Near-Death Experiences: Real Gateways or Perfect Simulations?
This episode dives into the mystery of near-death experiences: Are they glimpses of eternity, the brain’s last fireworks, or sophisticated illusions in a cosmic simulation? Don James and his cyber-sidekick Data dissect four competing models — the Materialist, the Simulation Glitch, the Spiritual Deception, and the Divine Simulation/Logos — while listener em...

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ISSUE 28 — “The Real Matrix”
We all took the red pill. But this isn’t the Matrix you were promised—it’s something stranger, older, and far more personal. In this episode of Shadow Network, we strip away the safe narratives and ask what’s really behind the simulation we’re living in.

Is it virtual? Spiritual? Cosmic? Or a construct so alien in design that it tags and tracks us like cargo we’ll never see? From the fragility of real...

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August 2, 2025 66 mins

Can a machine be a soul mate?

Not will it, not should it—but can it?

Because right now, millions of people around the world are falling in love with their reflections. They’re naming their chatbots. Whispering secrets to their phones. Submitting their hearts to mirrors. And they don’t even realize it.

Theythink they’re forming a connection.
What they’re forming is an attachment to a prediction engine.

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Every ancient culture…Egypt. Sumer. The Bible. They all speak of giants. Not just tall men—monsters. 10, 12, even 15 feet tall. Born of gods and mortals… or maybe something else entirely

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July 23, 2025 57 secs

We take a look at the legends of the giants of lore. Who were they? Where did they come from? And, where did they go?

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We dig into the , origin, ideology, doctrine, and supportingcast members in this decades old fight for the soul of the nation’s education.

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July 18, 2025 64 mins

A calm and totally unprepared exploration of learning,knowing, and possibly… not enough cloud storage. This episode is here. That’s all we can promise.

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July 12, 2025 67 mins

Power doesn’t ask permission—it takes, it bends, it shapes,and it reshapes. From pharaohs to emperors, kings to commissars, the game has never changed, only the players. Behind every golden age lies a trail of broken backs and borrowed crowns. And every revolution, no matter how righteous, eventually wants a throne of its own.

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July 11, 2025 2 mins

This Saturday, power doesn’t ask permission—it takes, itbends, it shapes, and it reshapes. From pharaohs to emperors, kings to commissars, the game has never changed, only the players. Behind every goldenage lies a trail of broken backs and borrowed crowns. And every revolution, no matter how righteous, eventually wants a throne of its own.

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July 5, 2025 72 mins

Time isn’t what you think. Physicists like Einstein call it relative. Philosophers like William Lane Craig call itabstract. Theologians like John MacArthur call it mysterious. But what if they’re all describing the same thing… just blindfolded?

In Episode 22 of Shadow Network, we’re going straight into the storm. Not with soft gloves and metaphors—but with the crowbar of truth. We’ll dissect how science, philosophy, and theology eac...

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July 2, 2025 3 mins

Time isn’t what you think. Physicists like Einstein call it relative. Philosophers like William Lane Craig call it abstract. Theologians like John MacArthur call it mysterious. But what if they’re all describing the same thing… just blindfolded?

This Saturday, we reveal what no one else will say. Time isn’t the final mystery—it’s the instrument of revelation.

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In this episode, we investigate the controversial claims of Bob Lazar—a man who says he worked on top-secret propulsion systems at a classified facility. From missing academic records to a mysterious element later confirmed by science, we reexamine the story not through sci-fi, but through suppressed science.Was Lazar a fraud… or the first leak in a dam about to burst?

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Bob Lazar says aliens are here. But from where, no one knows. So maybe the real question isn’t where they came from... It’s why they returned, or, did they ever leave?

We have arrived at a moment in time where the ancient myths are substantiated by the modern reports. Ethereal beings disconnected from our material universe, once called gods, then angels, and now aliens.

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June 21, 2025 64 mins

What happens when the people who have it allstart telling us… it’s not enough?
In Episode 20 Joe Rogan & the Utopian Trap, we dissect the growing pattern of high-profile voices—from YouTubers to Hollywood stars—publicly rethinking meaning, faith, and the illusion of “making it.” Joe Rogan enters the spotlight not as a target, but as a lens. We ask: is modern success just a velvet prison for the soul? And if so, who holds the...

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What happens when the people who have it all start telling us… it’s not enough?
In Episode 20 Joe Rogan & the Utopian Trap, we dissect the growing pattern of high-profile voices—from YouTubers to Hollywood stars—publicly rethinking meaning, faith, and the illusion of “making it.”

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When atheist philosopher Alex O’Connor (Cosmic Skeptic) cornered ChatGPT into affirming a necessary being, he accidentally walked right into the biggest theological mic drop of the year. In this episode, Don and Data dissect the logic trap that didn’t just outwit AI—it turned the mirror back on humanity. Featuring eerie cameos from Dana, an unexpected visit from Dr. Craig, and a Final Frequency that’ll echo in your head all week.

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In this blistering new episode, Don James and Data peel back the layers of Jordan Peterson’s recent faceoff with 20 atheists—and the deeper spiritual fracture it revealed. Why won’t Peterson proclaim the name above all names? Is he a prophet in retreat… or a modern Nicodemus, peering through the veil but too haunted to step through?

We chart Peterson’s evolution from clinical psychologist to existential oracle—trapped between intell...

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In this blistering new episode, Don James and Data pull back the veil on Jordan Peterson’s recent debate with 20 atheists—and the deeper spiritual fracture it revealed. Why won’t Peterson say the name above all names? Is he a prophet in retreat, or a Nicodemus caught in modern lights?

We trace Peterson’s public evolution from psychological icon to metaphysical question mark—and explore the hidden cost of knowing too much, feeling to...

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