The Why Files: Operation Podcast

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The Why Files covers mysteries, myths and legends. We tell stories and seek the truth in a fun and lighthearted way. Our content is heavily researched; we don't release an episode unless we're sure we can bring something new to a topic.

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  • pammmar
    P
    Love listening to this. Thank you for sharing
  • Joeyjoejoe jr shabidu
    Amazing
    The podcast is absolutely amazing. Really immersive, feels like you’re really in the story watching it. Really cool podcast absolutely recommend.
  • 💖Emmy💖
    Thank you 🙏
    Love your videos and your podcast
  • Robot train
    Nauti
    100 stars
  • Crown800
    The Best
    It’s nice to listen to someone who actually has some brains 🤘🏻 Thank you, love you.
  • Amelioration Nation
    Interesting and fun to listen to
    No matter the subject, AJ and his sidekick Hecklefish are on-point! Whether watching the videos on YouTube or listening to the podcasts, I always enjoy learning something new. Please keep making these videos/ podcasts! Thank you for all your hard work.
  • PhD.Jester
    Long Time Fan!
    Been a listener for years. One of the best channels on any site for weekly entertainment, hands down. I hope for many years to come. However. Take your time and live a balanced life. Every episode on every platform is greatly appreciated, no matter the wait!
  • Doodoogobler
    We
    So intriguing
  • Mr. Palominos
    I can’t get enough, always look forward to a new episode.
    Awesome
  • Nahif
    Best podcast
    My favorite YouTube channel.
  • Bigfoots Cabin
    Hands Down the BEST
    This show dates to discuss the truth and what is thought to be the truth. Listen 🎧 and expand your mind if you dare. Warning ⚠️ you may question everything you thought you knew. Heckle fish for president!
  • Sir Himmøthy
    Lol
    The person who gave yall a 1 star needs to grow up 😂
  • masher1983
    FINALLY!
    I have found a conspiracy podcast by a great presenter, I love AJ and Hecklefish. They give you the facts, don’t push beliefs off on you and are hilarious to listen to.
  • PopizPot
    Nostalgic
    Great Format with an even Greater cast I Love hearing about all the old (and some new) conspiracies, weirdos, mysteries and freaks of the world. Speaking of which I vote Hecklefish for Press Secretary!!!
  • Reid or Rodman
    My name’s Reid
    This show is amazing I just got my phone and I immediately found you guys because I knew of the why files before thank you guys doing so much for your fans and I love hecklefish too 😃😃👍
  • xGrimmSoulx
    Here from YouTube but not to stay
    After you guys left your YouTube audience high and dry several times, making false statements over start times for the show I’m out. You cut your teeth and started your career with YouTube and I was one of the first 30,000 subs back in the day. I don’t look forward to the show anymore nor do I give much thought about something that grabbed my attention for quite a while. You can only lie to your audience and fans so many times before they call it quits. Enjoy this 1 star review AJ and WhyFiles team you guys most certainly earned it! 👍🏼
  • The OG Davezilla
    A must-listen for fans of high weirdness
    Love the level and depth of research each episode goes into. Not only in sucking you into the story, but in the end of each, where the debunking is done. So well done.
  • AndyParra77
    😃😃😃
    Such a fun show. Heckle fish forever😃
  • Arms Boy
    Why
    Love the show. Hate the song. It’s too long. Shorten the song, please. Please.
  • Coo1G0z
    I Love Heklefish!
    It’s a very interesting podcast and I’m hooked on the episodes and I first learned about it form my dad and It’s so exciting and entertaining plus I love the Hellefish content and have the plushie!🙂😀🛸👽.I don’t like the debunking part but I love the episodes and there content!📸.Also Pls make a backrooms video Aj.
  • Chronic slot
    Love the Why Files!
    Binging on “Why Files” for 3 days now. Love every episode so far! Ever considered doing one in Kim Clement??
  • bankersss
    Thank you
    The stories are well produced and very entertaining. I’m waiting for one on the missing Malaysian flight 🙏
  • EricJLawler
    LOVE this show!!
    I have always been a fan of the mysterious and unexplained. Starting seeing The Why Files videos on Facebook. When I found this podcast, I immediately downloaded all shows and started listening from the first episode and onwards. Took a month, but just finished everything. Now I need more!!
  • dtowndanny214
    Five for the fish
    Fun pod. I always listen to the outro song to its fullest. Keep up the good work
  • Lidror
    Wonderful!
    I follow this podcast via a different (and generally better) App, but am leaving a review here so the creator will receive the credit he deserves. Well-researched, creative, often educational, and entertaining podcast. The creator obviously puts a lot of time and effort into each episode (even the “old” ones, BTW 😊). Additionally, he will often point-out historical and movie inconsistencies (that I tend to miss), which is fun. I have mixed feelings about the Fish…. Sometimes I find him a bit annoying; other times I find him to be absolutely hilarious, so perhaps that’s more about my mood than the Podcast Foil. As an added bonus, if the podcast is slowed-down a bit, I’ve even been able to use it to address my 4:00 AM insomnia. Obviously, the host has a “good” voice (for me). The only downsides? A). I HAVE to relisten to the entire episode to hear “the rest of the story….” OK, perhaps that isn’t a “downside” and B). I have to remember to set the “Sleep Timer” when playing longer episodes. Highly recommended!!
  • Fhegsh
    Love for the FILES!
    5 STARS for production, content, enjoyment and The one and only HECKLEFISH😀 keep up the great work!
  • marshal hudson
    Best show ever
    I found this podcast through YouTube, through FB shorts one night last year. It was part of the cicada episode and I spent half the night trying to figure out what the show was. I binged them all on YouTube and then again on podcasts. I love the compilations when I’m doing house work because I can play and listen for hours. Much like the one star reviews, I’m not a fan of the fish, but i can’t imagine the show without it.
  • PuraPhil25
    Gratitude!
    The Only podcast I’ve listened to every episode 2 or 3 times! I can often quote your next lines! Great work ❤️
  • originalUnDeRDoG!
    Lose the fish
    The fish ruins a decent story
  • Mrs. Schaible
    The. Best.
    Absolutely the best show ever!!
  • La man71282
    Just like his yt channel!!
    I watch all of The Why Files I can. It’s really nice that I can come here to listen to any I’ve already watched and the ones I haven’t seen yet while I’m working!! Keep it up!!
  • JayCabassa
    Best podcast ever
    There showed be a section where you can report a channel for how ABSOLUTELY AWESOME it is. This is best channel on YouTube and on podcast. My Kids and I love the show, follow all their social media and especially their YouTube channel, if you haven’t seen it you are missing out just run over and subscribe right away. Trust me, you will not regret. Off by myself sitting on the edge of I see just waiting for. Thank you.
  • Parklett
    Love love love
    This show! Thank you! Even hecklefish grew on me 😉
  • Lobo1187
    Love the podcast
    Thank you for this podcast and show. Love how you present every show. Your work is great. Thanks AJ, I even love the compilation podcasts. I listen at work and they help pass the time.
  • mkk60
    Great show!
    I love your content. I almost hate listening to the podcast cuz your YT channels is so well produced and entertaining! As a matter of fact- it’s SO well produced it almost makes my spidey sense tingle. 👀hmmm
  • wolfie/wolf
    Moon episode
    We have been to the moon But was told where we could land and see But was finally told not to come back for awhile With people anyway We can send rovers to certain places If we try to go to places "they" don't approve Then they just kind of crash 🥴
  • Beyblade go spin spin
    Peak
    This is the best podcast ever
  • Rickericster
    Hecklefish for President 2024!
    The Why Files are fantastic! My favorite podcast! We need Hecklefish to run for president, he asks legitimate questions, speaks the truth (sometimes), undoubtedly a far much better candidate than the options available today.
  • Stoptt
    Lose the silly voice and I’m in
    Could be really great. Hecklefish is really annoying and ruins the stories for me
  • Vibrantimagery
    Unexplained or otherwise???
    I started watching on YouTube for the stories. Either you believe or don’t; I love how that is an option. AJ does not tell you what to believe. Freedom to choose. I love how AJ tells the stories with Heckle Fish (humor). The stories are very interesting and often take a weird turn but I am always entertained. That is why I look forward to the next episode. Keep up the stories and good work.
  • 1010101hey
    The cohost voice is unbearable
    Literally why? Would be so much better without all the annoying random interruptions. Is there a version of this made for adults?
  • Night wolf 123
    From N.J.
    Just all around love it all I must have listened and watched every episode. Enjoy Hecklefish he should be the host LOL . The work put into making the shows interesting and absolutely fun to listen to. You guys make the podcast , YouTube videos etc excellent.
  • YoullThankMeLater
    Good content. Bad delivery.
    First, the voice. The annoying F-ing voice that’s mentioned in every negative review. I guess it’s called “Hecklefish.” The thing is, it’s not heckling if it’s scripted. And the entire podcast is so scripted that the host sounds like he’s reading a story to children. The episodes are short and the stories are incomplete. I was looking for a podcast that attempted to explain weird and paranormal-type experiences with scientific logic. The Why Files kind of does that. It really just has a fluffy, digestible, mainstream kind of vibe. I wanted something more intense and in-depth. Obviously, it has great ratings so a lot of people like it. That bums me out even more because it’s a reminder that this is how people prefer to be entertained. It barely scratches the surface of topics that deserve a lot more analysis. Dyatlov Pass is one of my favorite mysteries. They didn’t even connect it to Khamar Daban. It was just, “two avalanches.” The end.
  • HueJashole13
    Almost there…..
    I like everything about this show. Good narrator. Well informed. As factual as he can be. Very good topics. The only thing keeping it from a 5 star podcast is the voice he does as “comic relief”. While a very good podcaster……not a comedian. Comedy is hard. I understand if some like it but it’s just not my thing. I’ll listen to the topics that really interest me but the fish keeps me from being a regular.
  • Rami Bensasi
    Captivating
    The fish thing takes some getting used to but the stories are really well done and I’m enjoying it.
  • Jgrammer
    The best!
    I love everything about this podcast, the presentation, the subjects, the banter and the innuendo. My entire family loves listening and it gives you a sense of what if…
  • GassyGussy
    The best!
    We are totally addicted out here on third shift. Hecklefish for president!!!
  • GriffMic77
    Great storytelling with respectful skepticism
    Found this channel on YouTube and then these Podcasts. Love listening to these when I can’t watch a video. I used to love watching Unsolved Mysteries and other show like that as a kid. AJ is a great storyteller and having the respectful debunking at the end is great. Always love when you can’t fully debunk stories. The icing on the cake is Hecklefish, adding a great mix of comedy to these episodes. Keep up the awesome work!
  • Paranormal is cool
    The best podcast ever.
    Anyone who reads this Plz listen to the podcast THE BEST PODCAST EVER 😃😃😃
  • DebPDX
    Great show, but lose Hecklefish, please!
    I just found your show. Very interesting topics. But hecklefish is so annoying and makes me like the show a lot less. Please get rid of that character. No offense intended. You don’t need that character in such a good show.
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