Messy Minded Podcast

From candlelit basements to elite forest retreats, this episode of Messy Minded dives deep into the strange, spooky, and occasionally sinister world of secret societies. Jess explores the mystics, the misfits, and the megalomaniacs who’ve operated behind closed doors for centuries — including the Rosicrucians, Bohemian Grove, the dream-walking Benandanti, and Skull and Bones. Along the way, we’ll meet scandal-prone Enlightenment br...

From Nigerian princes to fake tech support, the internet is a scammer’s paradise — and we’ve all almost fallen for something.

In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess explores the wild, weird world of online scams: how they work, why they work, and the real people behind the cons. We’ll cover the classics — phishing emails, romance frauds, lottery hoaxes — and dig into how these schemes have evolved over time, from laughably bad gramma...

Let’s be honest — we all lie. Some lies are small and polite. Others are… slightly more elaborate and involve fake résumés, secret second lives, or pretending you read the terms and conditions.

In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess explores why we lie, how we lie, and what all this deception says about being human. From white lies to whoppers, from gaslighting to government spin, lying turns out to be less about evil and more about ...

Before Iceland became a tourist dream of volcanoes, hot springs, and cozy sweaters, it was an uninhabited island at the edge of the known world — until a few bold or lost people showed up.

In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess digs into the strange, winding story of how Iceland was discovered and settled. We’ll meet Norse explorers like Ingólfur Arnarson, the man credited with founding Reykjavík, and Flóki Vilgerðarson, who brought ...

Hey, I’m Jess — your guide, your researcher, and your resident overthinker on Messy Minded, the podcast for curious weirdos who love true stories with an unexpected side quest.

Each episode, I deep dive into whatever has hijacked my brain that week — scams, liars, secret societies, Icelandic settlers, bog people, folklore, fake identities... it’s educational chaos with just enough research to make you sound clever at parties.

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