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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 …
4 months, 3 weeks 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, 3 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…
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …
4 months, 4 weeks 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…
4 months, 4 weeks 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. Thi…
5 months 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. Thi…
5 months 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 w…
5 months 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.…
5 months ago
Controlling hantavirus
Quarantine, cruise ships, and passenger tracking are reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the hantavirus is different, and public health officia…
5 months ago