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1349: Valerie Fridland | Why We Talk Funny and What Our Voices Reveal
Episode 1349
You don't just speak with an accent, you hear with one. Linguist Valerie Fridland reveals how your voice leaks your class, your past, and your biases…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1348: Medical Tourism | Skeptical Sunday
Episode 1348
Though cheap surgery overseas sounds like the ultimate life hack, Nick Pell takes a scalpel to the potential perils of medical tourism on Skeptical S…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1347: Grandma's Adoption Blocks Custody Option | Feedback Friday
Episode 1347
Your friend's mom talked her into giving up her baby, then adopted the child and won't return her. Can it be legally undone? Welcome to Feedback Frid…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1346: David Maimon | Going Undercover in the Fraud Underworld
Episode 1346
Romance scams, deepfakes, Medicare fraud: Professor David Maimon explains how organized the crooks have gotten, and how to stop being low-hanging fru…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
1345: David Epstein | How Constraints Make Us Better
Episode 1345
Maximizers are miserable, satisficers are happy. Inside the Box author David Epstein explains why limits beat limitless options for creativity and sa…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1344: Avocados | Skeptical Sunday
Episode 1344
Does your guac come with a body count? Jessica Wynn peels back blood avocados, cartel taxes, and deforestation on this week's Skeptical Sunday.
Welcom…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1343: Stats Say Most Men Are Bad and It Makes You Sad | Feedback Friday
Episode 1343
You've read the data on men and violence, and it's draining your hope in half the population. Can the numbers survive a fact-check? It's Feedback Fri…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1342: Jacob Ward | How AI Turns Convenience Into Control
Episode 1342
Think you make your own choices? The Loop author Jacob Ward shows how AI preys on the autopilot brain, and what a little friction can do to fight bac…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
1341: Lou Valoze | Outsmarted the Criminals, Betrayed by the Government
Episode 1341
Lou Valoze ran Ray Khan — one of the ATF's most effective informants ever — then watched the system he served leave the man out to dry.
Full show note…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
1340: ZYNs | Skeptical Sunday
Episode 1340
Are ZYNs gas-station Ozempic or a dopamine loan shark? Nick Pell digs into the nicotine pouch boom this Skeptical Sunday — and the verdict is messy.
W…
3 months ago