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Matter of Fact: A play on "matter" (physics) and "facts" (news).

Hosted by Larry White · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 215 episodes

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215
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About this podcast

Every story has a structure; every event has a cause. Matter of Fact dissects the latest trends in science, technology, and physics with rigorous analysis. We apply first principles to the news, helping you understand not just what is happening, but the mechanics of how and why.

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Larry White hosts Matter of Fact: A play on "matter" (physics) and "facts" (news)., a science show with 215 episodes published.

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True Crime Story: The Deputy and the Detonator

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In 2007, Duan Yihe, a high-ranking official in Jinan, orchestrated a car bombing to murder his mistress, Liu Haiping, after she threatened to expose their decade-long affair and demanded a one-million-yuan settlement. As

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The Deadly Performance of Dalia Dippolito

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Dalia Dippolito and her husband Michael, both of whom had criminal backgrounds, entered a volatile marriage marked by financial theft and Dalia’s repeated attempts to return Michael to prison by planting drugs in his car

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The Dark Secrets of the Allan Memorial Institute

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The Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, once a lavish family mansion, became the site of the CIA’s clandestine MKUltra human experiments led by the prominent psychiatrist Dr. Donald Cameron. Patients were subjected to

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The Curse of Annabelle and the Death of Dan Rivera

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In July 2025, renowned paranormal investigator Dan Rivera was found dead in a Gettysburg hotel room while conducting a national tour featuring the infamous Annabelle doll. Although a medical examiner officially attribute

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The Cuckold’s Revenge: The Acupuncture Clinic Murder

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John Tokuhara, a popular Japanese-American acupuncturist in Hawaii, was found shot to death in his clinic in 2022, a crime that police eventually linked to his extensive history of illicit affairs with married female pat

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The Controversial Life and Disappearing Fortune of Fan Zeng

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Fan Zeng is one of China's most commercially successful contemporary painters, yet his career is shadowed by a "black history" of betraying mentors such as Shen Congwen and Li Kuchan, as well as a scandalous personal lif

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The Cellar of Judgment: Su Hong’s Serial Retribution

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Su Hong, a woman from Heilongjiang, murdered four people between 2003 and 2010, targeting her brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and two local brothers whom she viewed as "unfaithful" or predatory. She concealed the victims'

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True Crime Story: The Boss and the Bubble

Jun 3, 20261h 10m0

The Chinese reality show Only You became a national phenomenon by using a confrontational format where "Boss" judges often humiliated job seekers to generate viral ratings. A decade later, many of those once-arrogant cor

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The Case of Yang Jia: Cracks in the System

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On July 1, 2008, Yang Jia launched a violent attack on the Zhabei Public Security Bureau in Shanghai, killing six police officers and injuring others using a knife after infiltrating the building with firebombs and tear

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The Boiler Room Butcher: The Crimes of Jiang Yingku

Jun 2, 202641m0

Jiang Yingku was a local official in the Heilongjiang procuratorate system who led a ruthless criminal gang responsible for the murders of 21 people between 1993 and 2000. To eliminate debts and seize assets, the gang ta

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The Billionaire Who Bought Six Ranks in Six Years

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Lu Enguang was a self-made billionaire who, driven by an extreme obsession with the prestige of official status, spent millions in bribes to climb the Chinese political hierarchy. To facilitate his rapid ascent, he becam

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The Billionaire and the Feng Shui Master

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Nina Wang rose to become Asia's richest woman after her husband, Teddy Wang, disappeared in a 1990 kidnapping and was later legally declared dead. She maintained control of the Chinachem Group by winning an eight-year le

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The Beauty and the Gun: Cambodia’s Prison Break Myth

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In November 2025, a coordinated jailbreak occurred in Cambodia when a woman handed a gun to a prisoner outside a court, enabling six inmates to escape briefly before they were all recaptured following a car crash. While

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The AI Detective: Merging the Dahlia and Zodiac Mysteries

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In 2025, self-taught computer genius Alex Barret claimed to have solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac Killer mysteries by using AI and a new decryption method to identify a single suspect named Marvin Marrow (Mr. 2M). Barr

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Shadow of the First Secretary: The Rise and Fall of Li Zhen

Jun 1, 202652m0

Li Zhen, known as the notoriously arrogant "Number One Secretary of Hebei," leveraged his position under provincial leader Cheng Weigao to manipulate political appointments and amass wealth through corruption and faked c

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Shadow of the Cinnabar Mole: The Google Wife Murder Case

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Chen Liren, a Google engineer and Tsinghua University graduate, is accused of brutally beating his wife, Yu Xuanyi, to death in their Santa Clara home following a period of intense marital conflict and work-related stres

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Kim Ju-ae: The Rise of North Korea’s Little Successor

May 29, 202647m0

Kim Ju-ae, the approximately 13-year-old daughter of Kim Jong-un, has been rapidly elevated through highly choreographed public appearances to a position of immense authority, recently reported to be the head of North Ko

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Justice for Puppies: The Fight Against Pet Poisoning

May 29, 202644m0

In September 2022, a 65-year-old resident in a Beijing neighborhood intentionally poisoned eleven pets and two stray cats using a highly toxic pesticide called fluoroacetic acid,. After her beloved dog Py died, a woman n

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Justice and Mercy: The Jaskirat Singh Sidhu Deportation Conflict

May 29, 202649m0

In 2018, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, an inexperienced truck driver, caused a catastrophic collision in Saskatchewan that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team after he ran a stop sign because he was distracted

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J.K. Rowling and the Legal Battle Over Biological Sex

May 29, 202636m0

J.K. Rowling has sparked intense controversy by firmly advocating that the legal and social definition of a woman should be based on biological sex rather than self-identified gender. In April 2025, the UK Supreme Court

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