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Britain’s Conservatives Are About to Lose Big
Episode 78
Parliamentary elections on July 4th look bleak for Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. The Tories will almost certainly lose power for the first tim…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Airport Lounge Arms Race
Episode 77
For years now, the fanciest places in air travel keep getting fancier. Airport lounges have become bigger, nicer, and far more ubiquitous than only a…
1 year, 8 months ago
What Cities Can Teach Us About Life Online
Episode 76
Humanity’s transition to life online is disorienting, but perhaps not without comparison. According to the researcher danah boyd, people faced simila…
1 year, 8 months ago
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Homelessness?
Episode 75
Later this summer, the Supreme Court will rule on City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, one of the most important cases on homelessness to come up in a lon…
1 year, 8 months ago
Is Sasha Velour in Danger?
Episode 74
Sasha Velour won RuPaul's Drag Race with her spectacular rose-petal lip sync. She wrote and illustrated The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of D…
1 year, 8 months ago
Russia’s Psychological Warfare Against Ukraine
Episode 73
After months of struggle with little movement, the war in Ukraine may be nearing a crucial point. With American aid stalled for months, the fight has…
1 year, 9 months ago
Finally, Male Contraceptives
Episode 72
Researchers have been hard at work on a number of male contraceptives that could hit the market in the next couple of decades. Options include a horm…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Chaos of AI Voice Cloning
Episode 71
What happens when voices can be copied so well they can fool friends, family… and voters?
Staff writer Charlie Warzel has followed the explosion of AI…
1 year, 9 months ago
If Plants Could Talk
Episode 70
Staff writer Zoë Schlanger is the proud owner of a petunia that glows in the dark. But she doesn’t just appreciate the novelty houseplant as work of …
1 year, 9 months ago
In Search of America on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever
Episode 69
Writer Gary Shteyngart set sail on the inaugural voyage of the biggest cruise ship ever built—the Icon of the Seas—in search of the "real" America. (…
1 year, 10 months ago