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Episode 398
Scientists took about 300 years to lay out the Periodic Table into neat rows and columns. In one hour, we’re going to mess it all up. This episode, …
5 years ago
Escapescape
Episode 397
As we hit the one year mark since the first U.S. state (California) issued a stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we put out a call …
5 years ago
Dispatch 14: Covid Crystal Ball
Episode 396
Last summer, at a hospital in England, a man in his 70s being treated for complications with cancer tested positive for covid-19. He had lymphoma, an…
5 years ago
The Ceremony
Episode 395
In November of 2016, journalist Morgen Peck showed up at her friend Molly Webster's apartment in Brooklyn, told her to take her battery out of her ph…
5 years, 1 month ago
Red Herring
Episode 394
It was the early 80s, the height of the Cold War, when something strange began happening off the coast of Sweden. The navy reported a mysterious soun…
5 years, 1 month ago
Facebook's Supreme Court
Episode 393
Since its inception, the perennial thorn in Facebook’s side has been content moderation. That is, deciding what you and I are allowed to post on the …
5 years, 1 month ago
Smile My Ass
Episode 392
Candid Camera is one of the most original – and one of the most mischievous – TV shows of all time. Admirers hailed its creator Allen Funt as a poet…
5 years, 2 months ago
Post Reports: Four Hours of Insurrection
Episode 391
We’re all still processing what happened on January 6th. Despite the hours and hours of video circulating online, we still didn’t feel like we had a …
5 years, 2 months ago
More Money Less Problems
Episode 390
Back in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning and the shelter-in-place orders brought the economy to a screeching halt, a quirky-…
5 years, 2 months ago
Sight Unseen
Episode 389
As the attacks were unfolding on the Capitol, a steady stream of images poured onto our screens. Photo editor Kainaz Amaria tells us what she was loo…
5 years, 2 months ago