History | Mystery | Crime | CultureWritten, Directed, & Produced by Dan LauerNarrated & Produced by Leyla Lawrence
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "The Abduction of Betty & Barney Hill" (13 August 2025, 36 minutes), "BONUS - Possibly Not 05: Liar Liar | Episode Commentary" (11 August 2025, 87 minutes), and "Double Attack: The Maneuvers of Manipulation" (11 August 2025, 23 minutes).
Almost Certainly Not publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 25 minutes across 11 episodes.
Booking probability for Almost Certainly Not is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Almost Certainly Not requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Almost Certainly Not's contact route on record: verified email.
Almost Certainly Not is a society podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Episode #11
<p>On a lonely stretch of highway in New Hampshire, Betty and Barney Hill's peaceful road trip home turned into a nightmare that defied explanation. A strange light in the sky. A sudden lapse in time. Fragments of...
<p>In this Almost Certainly Not companion series, we examine each episode's origins, production process, behind-the-scenes, personal thoughts, and most likely go off on some tangents in spite of our best efforts. In...
<p>Every move is calculated, every sacrifice intentional. Manipulation, like chess, is a game of control—of positioning others without them realizing they're being played. The most skilled manipulators don't force; they...
<p>In this Almost Certainly Not companion series, we examine each episode's origins, production process, behind-the-scenes, personal thoughts, and most likely go off on some tangents in spite of our best efforts. In...
<p >In the quiet of 1929 Arkansas, the tale of Connie Franklin gripped the nation. A drifter with a devil-may-care charm, Franklin disappeared just before he was to marry a young farm girl. Soon, whispers of a gruesome...
<p>In this Almost Certainly Not companion series, we examine each episode's origins, production process, behind-the-scenes, personal thoughts, and most likely go off on some tangents in spite of our best efforts. In...
<p >How often do we pause to examine the words we use, the phrases we repeat, or the idioms that slip into our conversations? From "shouting fire in a crowded theater" to "good fences make good neighbors," our common...
<p>In this Almost Certainly Not companion series, we examine each episode's origins, production process, behind-the-scenes, personal thoughts, and most likely go off on some tangents in spite of our best efforts. In...
<p >Imagine a life without food, where the human body thrives on nothing but air and sunlight. Breatharianism—a belief that we can survive without eating—has fascinated and horrified skeptics for decades. Devotees claim...
<p>In this Almost Certainly Not companion series, we examine each episode's origins, production process, behind-the-scenes, personal thoughts, and most likely go off on some tangents in spite of our best efforts. In...
<p>Sandra Lynn Johnson-Hughes vanished without a trace in the dense Sierra National Forest in the summer of 2020. Her campsite was found abandoned, her belongings scattered as if she'd left in a hurry. Then came the...
<p>THE PLATFORM is an audio play adaptation by author and filmmaker Dan Lauer of Chris Marker's seminal 1967 French film "La Jetée" which serves as the basis for the film "12 Monkeys."</p> <p>The following rules were...
Episode #9
<p> "The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things wake one up and one gets very familiar and intimate with them and finally they become tame again. No, it is more like...
Episode #8
<p>Leyla makes her triumphant return, while Dan drinks too much (for these days), shares too much and points to the sky, saying: "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken!"</p> <p>MUSIC: Slow Burn & Just As Soon Kevin MacLeod...
Episode #7
<p>No update today. Just a thing I wrote. I don't remember when and cannot say why. It's called "Mrs. America".</p>
Episode #6
<p>Yeah, I was in the right! Yes, absolutely in the right! I certainly was in the right! Yeah, I was definitely in the right; that geezer was cruising for a bruising...Yeah. Why does anyone do anything? I don't know, I...
Episode #5
<p>For the first time in a long time Dan does an episode solo. He doesn't like it. This, actually, should be considered a spinoff called "Maybe Certainly Not." Regardless, Dan has some updates about what is going on...
Episode #4
<p>O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.</p> <p>MUSIC: Slow Burn & Just As Soon...
Episode #3
<p>On Thursday, 23 January 2020 at 9:54 PM EST Leyla received a text message originating from Dan's phone number requesting that she call if available. She was and did. In the 13 years that Dan and Leyla have known each...
Episode #2
<p>Leyla is very gross in a lot of ways. Dan is very antisocial in every conceivable way. Leyla calls Dan a psychopath more than once. It turns out that Dan's imaginary friend made an appearance on the last episode and...
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