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#80 DNA and the Soul · The Architecture of Continuity
Episode 80
What if DNA isn’t just a code of flesh, but the anchor of something older?
In this episode, Jim Detjen explores the thin line between biology and beli…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
#78 Diversity Is Our Strength — Until You Disagree
Episode 78
At 3:31 a.m. in Minneapolis, a sound echoes through the dark — a call that now defines a city’s new idea of “inclusion.”
From that single moment, this…
5 months ago
#77 Weight of the World · Is the Obesity Epidemic a Side Effect or a Strategy?
Episode 77
Something about the obesity epidemic doesn’t add up.
Despite decades of “awareness,” our population keeps getting sicker, younger, and more dependent …
5 months, 1 week ago
#75 Wikipedia · The Internet’s Biggest Gaslight
Episode 75
They told us Wikipedia was the “free encyclopedia anyone can edit.”
What they didn’t tell us is how it edits you back.
In this episode of Think First, …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
#74 Walter Russell and the Gaslight of Science: Madman, Mystic, or a Thousand Years Too Soon?
Episode 74
In 1921, artist-turned-polymath Walter Russell claimed to spend 39 days in a coma-like “illumination,” tapping the very “source of all knowledge.” Hi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
#70 Bad Therapy: How the DSM Made Fragility a Feature, Not a Bug
Episode 70
What happens when the manual for diagnosing mental illness stops being a guide for doctors… and starts shaping childhood itself?
In this episode of Th…
6 months ago
#68 We Pay. They Podium. — How U.S. Clubs and Colleges Train the World’s Olympians
Episode 68
America’s college sports system is the best in the world — but who’s really reaping the rewards? In swimming, more than 15% of NCAA athletes are fore…
6 months, 1 week ago
#66 Why Gas Pumps Are Still So Slow · The Psychology of Pump-Time Manipulation
Episode 66
It’s 2025… and gas pumps are still painfully slow. Is it really outdated tech? Or is your time at the pump being deliberately hijacked for something …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
#65 The Coin Shortage That Wasn’t · Think First
Episode 65
Remember those little signs at checkout in 2020?
“Due to a national coin shortage, please use exact change or pay with card.”
Was it really about suppl…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
#64 Cursive · The Poetic Truth Behind Its Erasure
Episode 64
Cursive wasn’t just elegant — it was untraceable.
So why did American schools suddenly erase it… while students in France, India, and China still lear…
6 months, 3 weeks ago