Podcast Episodes

1344: Avocados | Skeptical Sunday

Episode 1344

Does your guac come with a body count? Jessica Wynn peels back blood avocados, cartel taxes, and deforestation on this week's Skeptical Sunday.

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22 hours ago

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1343: Stats Say Most Men Are Bad and It Makes You Sad | Feedback Friday

Episode 1343

You've read the data on men and violence, and it's draining your hope in half the population. Can the numbers survive a fact-check? It's Feedback Fri…

2 days, 22 hours ago

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1342: Jacob Ward | How AI Turns Convenience Into Control

Episode 1342

Think you make your own choices? The Loop author Jacob Ward shows how AI preys on the autopilot brain, and what a little friction can do to fight bac…

3 days, 22 hours ago

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1341: Lou Valoze | Outsmarted the Criminals, Betrayed by the Government

Episode 1341

Lou Valoze ran Ray Khan — one of the ATF's most effective informants ever — then watched the system he served leave the man out to dry.

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5 days, 22 hours ago

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1340: ZYNs | Skeptical Sunday

Episode 1340

Are ZYNs gas-station Ozempic or a dopamine loan shark? Nick Pell digs into the nicotine pouch boom this Skeptical Sunday — and the verdict is messy.

W…

1 week ago

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1339: Brother's Objection Threatens Family Connection | Feedback Friday

Episode 1339

Your brother demands you cut off the parents who hurt him years ago, but your kids love their grandparents. Now what? Welcome to Feedback Friday!

And …

1 week, 2 days ago

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1338: Jamie Metzl | The AI Ten Commandments

Episode 1338

Jamie Metzl asked AI to distill thousands of years of human wisdom into 10 commandments. What it reflected back says more about us than the machine.

F…

1 week, 3 days ago

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1337: Nicole Sachs | How Your Nervous System Might Be Keeping You Sick

Episode 1337

Mind Your Body author Nicole Sachs explains how pain is your brain's alarm, and why facing buried feelings can reverse symptoms once thought permanen…

1 week, 5 days ago

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1336: Dialysis | Skeptical Sunday

Episode 1336

This Skeptical Sunday, Jessica Wynn explains how dialysis became a $50B industry where under 40% of patients survive five painful years of dependence…

2 weeks ago

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1335: Protecting Your Kids from the Evil They Hid | Feedback Friday

Episode 1335

Assaulted at a Buddhist center known for cover-ups, you were silenced. How do you keep the kids safe when your ex takes them there? It's Feedback Fri…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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