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📜 The Print Shop Rebels: Why History's Steering Wheel Isn't Out of Reach
📜 The Print Shop Rebels: Why History's Steering Wheel Isn't Out of Reach

Season 6 Episode 44

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There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with living through a time of monsters. You know the feeling—when you open…

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We Already Live in Utopia. So Why Are We So Miserable?
We Already Live in Utopia. So Why Are We So Miserable?

Season 6 Episode 43

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If your income was guaranteed — if you knew, as a fact, that you would not starve no matter what — what would you do?

The unrea…

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BLOOM: The Biodevelopmental Model of Female Sexual Desire
BLOOM: The Biodevelopmental Model of Female Sexual Desire

Season 6 Episode 42

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You've heard the joke. Men are wired to want sex constantly. Women? Not so much. It's been the …

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The Lost King: An Ancient Scrap of Paper Rewrites African History
The Lost King: An Ancient Scrap of Paper Rewrites African History

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The Good Wolf We Keep Starving: Why Our Cynicism About Human Nature Is Killing Us
The Good Wolf We Keep Starving: Why Our Cynicism About Human Nature Is Killing Us

Season 6 Episode 40

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There's an old parable about two wolves fighting inside us—one evil, one good. The grandson asks which will win. The grandfath…

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The Millet Bomb and Other Neolithic - Bronze Age Mysteries Solved
The Millet Bomb and Other Neolithic - Bronze Age Mysteries Solved

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In north-central Poland, the soil is so acidic it erases almost everything — grave goods, clothing, and oft…

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⚖️ We Are All Middle Managers of Aliens Now: On the 2026 International AI Safety Report — and why you should read it
⚖️ We Are All Middle Managers of Aliens Now: On the 2026 International AI Safety Report — and why you should read it

Season 6 Episode 38

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I want you to do something uncomfortable.

Look at your phone. The one on your desk right now, screen-down,…

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Canada’s Greatest Inventions and the Myth of the Lone Inventor
Canada’s Greatest Inventions and the Myth of the Lone Inventor

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Canada's 5 greatest inventions — Wonderbra, five-pin bowling, the light bulb, the telephone & insulin. Th…

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🤡  The Comfort of Chaos: Why the Smartest AI Will Always Be a Mess
🤡 The Comfort of Chaos: Why the Smartest AI Will Always Be a Mess

Season 6 Episode 36

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And why that might be the most human thing about it.

There's a particular kind of relief that arrives unin…

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Bioacoustics: What Birds Are Really Telling Us
Bioacoustics: What Birds Are Really Telling Us

Season 6 Episode 35

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The most stunning discovery comes from recent research on Spanish crows. For centuries, we thought crows w…

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