Fake Surveillance, Damaged NFL Br...
Fake Surveillance, Damaged NFL Brains and Allegedly Manipulated DNA | TMI Ep 451
The TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan by Ted Rall and Manila Chan
Aug 28, 2026
55:23
Episode notes

A homemade surveillance decoy produces three felony charges, a major study measures the NFL’s CTE problem, disputed DNA evidence sends a man to prison, and a Las Vegas traveler books a hotel that apparently exists only online.

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