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Quantum Refuge
Episode 668
Qasem Waleed is a 28-year-old physicist who has lived in Gaza his whole life. In 2024, he joined a chorus of Palestinians sharing videos and pictures…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Wubi Effect
Episode 667
When we think of China today, we think of a technological superpower. From Huawei and 5G to TikTok and viral social media, China is stride for stride…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Glow Below
Episode 665
A call to oceanographer Edie Widder about a fish with a very odd immune system quickly becomes something else: a dive into the deep sea, into a world…
5 months ago
What Up Holmes?
Episode 664
Love it or hate it, the freedom to say obnoxious and subversive things is the quintessence of what makes America America. But our say-almost-anything…
5 months, 1 week ago
Content Warning
Episode 663
Over the past five years TikTok has radically changed the online world. But trust us when we say, it’s not how you’d expect.
Today we continue our yea…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Creation Story
Episode 662
Ella al-Shamahi is one part Charles Darwin, one part Indiana Jones. She braves war zones and pirate-infested waters to collect fossils from prehistor…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Episode 661
This is the story of a three-year-old girl and the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl is a legal battle t…
6 months ago
Voice
Episode 660
Over the course of millions of years, human voices have evolved to hold startling power. These clouds of vibrating air carry crucial information abou…
6 months, 1 week ago
The Spark of Life
Episode 659
In the 1920s, a Russian biologist studying onion roots made a surprising discovery: underground, down in the darkness, it seemed like the cells insid…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Los Frikis
Episode 658
How a group of 80’s Cuban misfits found rock-and-roll and created a revolution within a revolution, going into exile without ever leaving home. Repo…
6 months, 3 weeks ago