Podcast Episodes

Battling brain rot

Bland colors, AI summaries, and declining literacy rates have lots of us worried that we’re losing our intelligence to the modern world. Can we get i…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sexy TV is back

Why we’re obsessed with Heated Rivalry and hooking up on the small screen.

This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Jenny Lawton and A…

5 months ago

Why everyone is sick right now

How this season’s flu got supercharged — and why viruses may make you healthier.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jenny Lawton, …

5 months, 1 week ago

Internet bad

Once a place of serendipity and discovery, the internet now thrives on feeding us toxic rage bait designed to piss us off. Can we get the good intern…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Is your brain lying to you?

Our brain constructs the world we hear, see, and feel — but tinnitus shows how that superpower can backfire.

This episode is made in collaboration wi…

6 months ago

Let AI replace you

If AI handles all our busy work and optimizes our resources, it may also give us the one thing there never seems to be enough of: time.

This episode …

6 months, 1 week ago

The rise of the introverts

Turns out those personality tests you’re taking online are all wrong.

This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-chec…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Talk turkey to me

How this big, lean bird became the staple of the most American of meals.

This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-che…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

The case for renting forever

Housing prices aren't coming down, and that's challenging us to redefine the American dream. Maybe renting isn't so bad?

The episode was produced by …

7 months ago

Why your health insurance is so expensive

It’s open enrollment season, and new health insurance premiums are causing sticker shock around the country. So how do you pick a health care plan th…

7 months, 1 week ago