# ShortHand: The Men Who Stare at Goats & the Psychic Arms Race

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Podcast: [RedHanded](https://stenobird.com/podcast/redhanded-836966)
Published: 2026-06-12T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8914388
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## Resource

If someone told you they could read your mind, levitate, walk through walls, or make your heart explode in your chest, you’d probably either say they were crazy or wait to hear the punchline, and you’d be right to do so. But for over 30 years, the US government spent tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money attempting to create psychic super soldiers of the future, with all those skills and more. This is the ShortHand on Jim Channon and the First Earth Battalion. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram

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