# Baseless Conspiracies Ep. 192: Mitch McConnell's Mystery and the Yemenite Children Affair, Part 2

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Published: 2026-07-07T04:42:51+00:00
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## Resource

Jon Herold and Zak Paine are back for Monday night, and things get weird fast. After a brief detour into USMNT soccer heartbreak (the goalie deserves his own investigation), the guys dig into the increasingly strange case of a Senate leader who hasn't been seen in public for weeks. Hospital statements, a very specific 911 call, a spouse's oddly timed overseas meetings, and a family that has gone completely silent all get picked apart with the pair's trademark mix of skepticism and dark humor. Then they pick up where they left off on a heavier historical thread, tracing the roots of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewish history in Israel before returning to the ongoing series on a decades old controversy involving missing children and unanswered questions from the state's early years. Expect callbacks to old internet lore, a few audience shoutouts, live chat questions about Project Looking Glass, and the usual sponsor break that somehow turns into a mini music video. As always, nothing here is confirmed, everything is baseless, and that's exactly the point.

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