Podcast Episodes

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…

1 week, 5 days 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.

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1 week, 6 days 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 …

2 weeks 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 …

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Prepping for doomsday (or Tuesday)

How to prepare for the worst while still living your best life.

This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by M…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

The data center war

There’s a growing disconnect between a local community that says it’s being treated as the "guinea pigs" in a new industrial revolution, and Washingt…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

The rise of death doulas

Celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Chloé Zhao say they're training in this growing field. What preparing people for death teaches us about life.

This…

2 weeks, 4 days ago

All Quiet on the Climate Front

The fight against climate change has never been more urgent, but no one in US politics wants to talk about it anymore. And maybe they shouldn’t.

This…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Is it a bad book or is it AI?

An author gets her book pulled after accusations that it was written with AI, but it might not always be so easy to catch AI writing.

This episode wa…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Abortion pills at the Supreme Court

There are more abortions now than when the Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But a ruling on whether to keep abortion pills accessible could change that.…

3 weeks ago