Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Liminal Leap: When Cultures Ritualize Your Transformation
Season 1 Episode 244
Every culture on Earth marks major life transitions the same way—separation, liminality, and incorporation. From the Maasai to modern Western life, w…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Machine Nose Knows: How AI Designs Flavors
Season 1 Episode 243
What if you could make milk from pineapple and cabbage? An AI just did—by analyzing 300,000 plants and working backward from chemistry alone. This ep…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Running Count: Why Your Fantasy Team Is Just Card Counting
Season 1 Episode 242
40 million Americans are about to lose six billion hours drafting fantasy football teams—but here's the secret: fantasy football is card counting. We…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Copy Problem: Digital Twins, Patient Data, and Who Owns You
Season 1 Episode 241
Your smartwatch generates hundreds of megabytes of health data every day. That data is feeding a $3.4 billion digital twin market projected to hit $1…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Sand and Legends: How Brazil Built Volleyball's Organic Empire
Season 1 Episode 240
When Brazil banned soccer on its beaches in 1965, young Brazilians invented futsal instead—launching what would become the world's most dominant beac…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The $51 Billion Question: Can You Really Buy a Sports Market?
Season 1 Episode 239
Saudi Arabia spent $51 billion on a sports siege—football, golf, boxing, Formula One—while the Indian Premier League became a $25 billion juggernaut …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Exit, Voice, or Loyalty: When Fans Turn Against Their Organizations
Season 1 Episode 238
What happens when the communities you love betray you? We explore the psychology of fan rebellion through economist Albert Hirschman's framework of E…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Gift That Demands Payment: How Abundance Enforces Conformity
Season 1 Episode 237
Gift economies seem generous—but they hide three ironclad obligations: you must give, you must receive, and you must reciprocate at greater value. Ma…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Unbundled Soul: When Religion Gets Sold Back to You Individually
Season 1 Episode 236
What happens when religion gets taken apart and sold back as separate products? Hosts explore the academic argument that spirituality hasn't disappea…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
When Winning Breaks the Game: The Metagame Curse
Season 1 Episode 235
Why does every dominant strategy eventually fail? From ancient wheat farmers to modern basketball, the pattern repeats: the tactics that win today ex…
1 month, 3 weeks ago