Podcast Episodes

The steroid olympics

The Enhanced Games are kind of like the Olympics except everyone is on performance enhancing drugs. The organizers want to push back on the shame of …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

The fall of Ben Shapiro

Ben Shapiro used to be the leading voice in MAGA media. His downfall tells a bigger story of chaos and shifting allegiances in the conservative media…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Raw milk is having a mooment

Lawmakers around the country are trying to make it easier to access raw milk. Our co-host Sean takes a sip.

This episode was produced by Avishay Arts…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cuba, too

Cuba seems willing to concede more than ever if the Trump administration is willing to take the win.

This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dating my AI

Real-life humans are searching for love and seem to be finding it… with their chatbots. We revisit our conversation with them.

This episode was produ…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ew, are we post-literate?

In this episode from last year, we explain how a return to orality is frying our politics and our brains.

This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-…

4 months ago

Late night’s long goodbye

The end of Colbert is just the beginning.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engine…

4 months ago

Everything is clips now

An army of people posting clips of podcasts, songs, and movies has taken over your algorithm, which means everything you see could be a psyop.

This e…

4 months ago

The Great American Road Trip?

The Secretary of Transportation took a sponsored road trip across the US with his wife and nine kids. Now if only Boeing could pay for YOUR family's …

4 months ago

How the right embraced psychedelics

The MAGA right is enthusiastically embracing a potent psychedelic called ibogaine. Its the new counter-counter-culture.

This episode was produced by …

4 months ago