April 25th, 2023
The Insidious Agenda Podcast
Chapter 40 - Good Luck. Goodbye. The Mystery of Cicada 3301
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Hello Everyone,

Here we are again for another chapter of the Insidious Agenda Podcast. Chapter 40, hard to believe I'd ever make it this far. I'll admit, I'm definitely feeling the same things most claim to early on with the production deadlines, etc. I'm also currently involved in the PSAC Union General Strike here in Canada. Hopefully we'll have a resolution to that soon, but until that time, life is a bit more hectic than normal.

That being said, i'm pleased to bring you a new episode; something i'm sure a lot of people are unfamiliar with although there may be some listeners who get their memory jogged from this and remember the early-mid 2010's Cicada 3301 puzzle. 

I find the whole story to be fascinating. Both, in terms of how in depth the puzzles were and how much they drew from literature, numerology, symbolism and even going so far as to touch on the Occult. We might never get to know who Cicada 3301 was, or were. But nonetheless, they left us with one of the most clever and confounding mysteries the internet has ever seen.

I know, this episode is much shorter than normal; however I have a good (and really cool/awesome reason for it). I'm going to be away next weekend, so I'm having to draft/produce/release two podcast episodes in a one week timeline. It almost feels like there's a special long weekend coming up, but i'm not so lucky. 

I'll be headed down to Calgary, Alberta on Friday afternoon in anticipation of the Calgary Fan Expo. No, i'm not involved or doing anything "podcasty" there. I'm going to meet the one and only Anakin Skywalker. That's right, THE Hayden Christensen. I'm incredibly excited. I don't know what i'll say yet, but maybe just something to the tune of, "thanks for helping make growing up awesome!" Either way, i'll definitely get to have my "fan girl" moment :)

So that's it for this week. I hope you enjoy the mystery of Cicada 3301! Until next time.

Stay Spooky,

Nick

REFERENCES

1. Flannagan, S. "The Weird True Story of Cicada 3301." Grunge. September 5th, 2021. The Weird True Story Of Cicada 3301 (grunge.com)

2. Boxentriq. "Cicada 3301 First Puzzle Walkthrough." Boxentriq. Unknown Publish Date. Cicada 3301

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