Podcast Episodes

The Fediverse Experiment

Episode 129

Our present version of the internet is arguably the worst it’s ever been. Which means – any shot at changing things, even an unlikely one – is worth …

3 months ago

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Heavyweight x Search Engine

As a very special holiday treat, we are sharing a story from one of our favorite podcasts, Heavyweight.

Gregor's parents are pushing 90. Gregor want…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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A Perfectly Average Anomaly

Episode 128

A man walks into an airport body scanner, and with eerie consistency, the machine flags the exact same part of his body. What could be going on? Sear…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Unlocked: The State of Search Engine 2025

As a special, one-time holiday treat, we're sharing something we only usually offer on our premium feed, Incognito Mode. Our annual board meeting! We…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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What's the best phone to do crimes on? (classic)

For years, the must-have phone for the discerning drug trafficker or hitman was a brand you may not have heard of: AN0M. Reporter Joseph Cox tells us…

4 months ago

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How to talk (or not talk) politics at family holidays

Episode 127

This week, in honor of the holiday season — can you, should you change your family’s politics through holiday conversation. If so, how? A conversatio…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Colossus 2

Episode 126

In part two of our story about Elon Musk’s growing data center empire, we visit the battle between people in Memphis and xAI. And we try to understan…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Colossus 1

Episode 125

Tech billionaires have made an enormous bet on AI, the biggest bet that tech has made on anything in a very long time. Reporter Sruthi Pinnamaneni go…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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An Anthropology of Gooners

Episode 124

A reporter spends a year diving into a subculture of young men online who unite around their extreme commitment to constant, unadulterated porn consu…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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America vs. China

Episode 123

People review everything, but they almost never review what it’s like to live in another country. Until now. 

We interview a writer who’s lived in Ch…

5 months, 1 week ago

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