Podcast Episodes

The Cuddly Killer (classic)

A question that has launched a battle between bird-loving ecologists and ardent, cat-defending activists. What should we do about an invasive species…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 2 (classic)

In part two of our story about ADHD medications, we approach the question from a different angle.

We meet a doctor who spent two decades convinced th…

6 months ago

Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 1 (classic)

One of the millions of millennials given prescription stimulants to treat ADHD decides to quit. And afterwards wonders -- how did these drugs becomes…

6 months, 1 week ago

The Psychic Question

A journalist finds out that many of his vaunted mentors are seeing a psychic. The same psychic. He decides to pay her a visit. 

Check out the 10% Hap…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? (classic)

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski has heard a disgusting rumor — that the coffee on airplanes is unsafe to drink because the onboard water tanks are only c…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

The Test

A woman gets a disquieting piece of information about her pregnancy, and turns to technology to try to control her future.

Second Life - Amanda Hess …

7 months ago

The Stupid Little Yogurt Question

A high school teacher has a question, but he wants his skeptical teenage students to answer it. Reporter Garrott Graham rides along as they investiga…

7 months, 1 week ago

Search Engine x What We Spend

This week, we're presenting an episode of a new show we like called What We Spend, one of Vulture's best podcasts of 2025.

Also, news for our Incog…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation)

This week we ask a slightly absurd question – is there technology to stop you from using addictive technology – and get some surprising answers from …

8 months ago

The Dave and Buster's Anomaly

A small group of Americans becomes convinced they’ve discovered something strange about their iPhones: a forbidden phrase the phone will refuse to tr…

8 months, 1 week ago