Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Private Soundtracks Are Changing Public Life: The New Normal of Constant Headphone Use
On the bus and in the grocery store line, more and more people are keeping their AirPods in. While we work, while we walk, while we shower, even whil…
7 months, 1 week ago
Patricia Lockwood on How Illness Can Give You ‘Another You’
When writer Patricia Lockwood fell ill with Covid in March 2020, she says she felt insane for months, experiencing “Brian fog” (not brain fog) and w…
7 months, 1 week ago
How Are You Managing Giftflation this Holiday Shopping Season?
Giftflation is here. Prices for go-to gifts such as boxes of chocolates or the latest iPhone will be higher this year than last thanks to rising tari…
7 months, 1 week ago
Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End
With just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire for 22 million Americans, Congress faces mounting pressure to act on healthcare …
7 months, 1 week ago
What Trump’s ‘Pause’ on Asylum Decisions Means for the Bay Area’s Afghan Community and Beyond
The Trump administration has paused all asylum immigration decisions, affecting more than a million people, following a shooting of two National Guar…
7 months, 1 week ago
Simon Winchester Charts History and Future of the Wind in 'The Breath of the Gods'
Journalist and author Simon Winchester says that wind is “a universal….It lifts seeds and supports birds and insects. It warms and it chills. It buil…
7 months, 1 week ago
Bay Area Startups Want to Make Genetically Engineered Babies. What Could Go Wrong?
In the U.S., it’s illegal to edit genes in human embryos with the intention of creating a genetically engineered baby. But according to the Wall Stre…
7 months, 1 week ago
Fred Armisen on Recording the Sounds of the Everyday
Fred Armisen, the comedian, actor and musician known for “Portlandia,” “Documentary Now!” and “SNL,” has a new album out called “100 Sound Effects.” …
7 months, 1 week ago
Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power and the Downfall of a Bay Area Wellness Cult
In 2011, Nicole Daedone took to the stage at a San Francisco TedTalk to discuss her biggest business venture: the female orgasm. The founder of OneTa…
7 months, 1 week ago
‘Nerd Reich’ Author Gil Duran on the Tech Authoritarian Movement
Journalist Gil Duran’s newsletter “The Nerd Reich” documents the latest developments in anti-democracy extremism within Silicon Valley. These extreme…
7 months, 2 weeks ago