Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrue or False: 10 Controversial Predictions About the Future of Streaming, Tech, and Media
Season 2 Episode 3
Last year was a bloodbath for media of all stripes. Netflix crashed, the advertising market cratered, Disney fired a CEOBob and replaced him with a C…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why There Is So Much Bullsh*t in Science
Season 2 Episode 2
We should be living in a golden age of creativity in science and technology. We know more about the universe and ourselves than we did in any other p…
3 years, 6 months ago
The 2023 Economy FAQ: Is Recession Inevitable? Will Housing Crash? Can Tech Recover?
Season 2 Episode 1
Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson of Ritholtz Wealth Management rejoin the pod to talk about what they learned from the topsy-turvy 2022 economy and ma…
3 years, 6 months ago
PE Greatest Hits: Thompson and Klosterman Debate Why Society Got So Negative
Season 1 Episode 119
This has been an amazing year for the show, and I’m so grateful for everybody who has listened. I’m off the last two weeks of the year but I wanted t…
3 years, 7 months ago
PE Greatest Hits: Derek and Ryen Debate the Most Impressive Sports Statistic of All Time
Season 1 Episode 118
This has been an amazing year for the show, and I’m so grateful for everybody who has listened. I’m off the last two weeks, but I wanted to keep some…
3 years, 7 months ago
ChatGPT, Obesity Drugs, Exoplanet Images, and Medical Miracles: The Most Amazing Breakthroughs of 2022
Season 1 Episode 117
Derek talks to economist and writer Eli Dourado about the most exciting scientific and technological discoveries of the year, from the AI toys that e…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sperm Counts Are Falling All Over the World—Why?
Season 1 Episode 116
In the last 50 years, average sperm counts have fallen by 50 percent. This isn’t just happening in the U.S. or Europe or Asia. It seems to be happeni…
3 years, 7 months ago
Who's Afraid of a Four-Day Work Week?
Season 1 Episode 115
4 Day Week Global is a nonprofit organization that recently conducted a trial with 33 companies and 900 workers that replaced the typical five-day we…
3 years, 7 months ago
Why the Bad Guys—in China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S.—Are Having a Terrible Winter
Season 1 Episode 114
One year ago, we had Anne Applebaum on the podcast to talk about her essay, "The Bad Guys Are Winning." And I think you could have made an argument t…
3 years, 7 months ago
Why America is Suffering a 'Friendship Recession'
Season 1 Episode 113
Americans have never spent so much time alone. And alone time is rising sharply for every demographic—young and old, male and female, white and non-w…
3 years, 7 months ago