Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDebunking Kills the Body: The Architecture of Immortal Ideas
Season 1 Episode 352
Why do urban legends and conspiracy theories persist indefinitely without anyone maintaining them? Host A and Host B explore what makes certain ideas…
4 days, 9 hours ago
The Mussel Man Returns: Restoring a Florida River
Season 1 Episode 351
A family with a surname literally meaning "mussel man" discovers their Florida lagoon needs restoration—and mussels might be the answer. Exploring ni…
4 days, 20 hours ago
Empty Shelves, Full Pockets: The Art of Artificial Scarcity
Season 1 Episode 350
What do Disney vaults, diamond cartels, Supreme drops, and forest rangers have in common? They all discovered that sometimes the best product move is…
5 days, 9 hours ago
The Haunting: How Algorithms Engineer Your Constant Availability
Season 1 Episode 349
Your boss isn't watching you right now—but your body thinks they might be. This episode explores anticipatory stress, the booming "bossware" surveill…
6 days, 9 hours ago
The Brain Asks, The Code Decides
Season 1 Episode 348
When you ask your smart home to add milk to the list, the AI doesn't add anything—it just makes a request. This episode reveals how guist, the open-s…
6 days, 22 hours ago
Trust Through Verification: Running a Stranger's Code
Season 1 Episode 347
Joey wanted to root an Echo Dot to replace Amazon's software with community-built Alpine Linux, but faced a critical challenge: running an exploit fr…
6 days, 22 hours ago
Why is this so hard??
Season 1 Episode 346
Joey's on a mission to put a live calendar app on his Samsung TV. After sending the TV a JPEG in the last episode, he's ready for the real thing — bu…
6 days, 22 hours ago
A TV You Can't Tell What to Do
Season 1 Episode 345
When Joey decided to build a smart calendar display, he ended up with something beautifully unhinged: a system that controls the TV by sending it JPE…
6 days, 22 hours ago
Ham and Rye: When Your TV Listens
Season 1 Episode 344
Joey's meticulously built home automation system—a TV displaying a shared calendar, a rooted Echo Dot running local voice recognition, and a custom h…
6 days, 23 hours ago
The Spell We Cast: Colonial Hair and Dominican Resistance
Season 1 Episode 343
From the plumbing physics of curly hair to the colonial politics that made Dominicans hate their own texture—we explore how one nation built its raci…
6 days, 23 hours ago