Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Fond Du Lac Apartment Mystery
Why would the government give Korianne a coupon for a free apartment that she can’t find? We have a question from a listener who finds herself very l…
2 years, 3 months ago
Where did the 8 billion dollars go?
This week, the story of former crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried. The government alleges he stole over eight billion dollars from the customers of …
2 years, 3 months ago
Why are we still buying diamonds?
They’re shiny rocks that we’ve somehow agreed embody romance and eternity. But diamonds, it turns out, are not as rare as we think. And these days, t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Why’s it so hard to figure out how many people watch Stranger Things?
Maya Hawke, of Stranger Things, would like to know why won’t Netflix just tell her how many people watch the show? Plus the question underneath that …
2 years, 4 months ago
Does anyone actually like their job?
... Or, am I being lied to by a Brooklyn-based musician? At twenty-five, I had a question for The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn. This week, I finally got …
2 years, 4 months ago
Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 2)
We speak to Luis, a former fentanyl dealer and user who tells us why a dealer might want to put fentanyl in less lethal drugs. Luis also tells us how…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 1)
Isn't it bad business to kill your own customers? In part one of our answer to this question, we talk to reporter Ben Westhoff, who helps us understa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments?
Our quest for answers this week sends us over a hundred years into the past. We learn about the invisible rules and fights that determine what our ne…
2 years, 5 months ago
What's it like to slowly go blind?
We interview writer Andrew Leland, who has been gradually losing his sight for two decades. Andrew takes us inside the blind internet, and teaches us…
2 years, 5 months ago
What's going on with Elon Musk?
Search Engine investigates the erratic behavior of the world’s wealthiest man with Hard Fork’s Casey Newton. The three top theories for why Elon Musk…
2 years, 5 months ago