The podcast episodes explore various perspectives on the nature of reality, questioning whether our experiences accurately reflect an objective external world or if our perceptions are shaped by cognitive and evolutionary biases.

For example, in Side Stories: The Fourth Top, the hosts touch upon philosophical discussions about the limitations of human knowledge and the inability to fully comprehend reality. Similarly, in #439 BITESIZE | How Your Brain Creates Your Conscious Reality | Professor Anil Seth, the guest proposes that our brains construct a 'controlled hallucination' of the world, suggesting that the reality we perceive is an interpretation of external and biological cues.

The debunking the humiliation ritual theory episode explores how people's tendency to attribute strange events to sinister forces or conspiracy theories often stems from an inability to fully grasp the nature of reality. Meanwhile, the Jack Wagner - A Deep Dive Into Otherworld - The Paranormal Podcast 820 and The Ontocalypse Is Upon Us episodes delve into the concept of reality and how the UFO phenomenon challenges our understanding of it.