Dating my AI
Real-life humans are searching for love and seem to be finding it… with their chatbots. We revisit our conversation with them. This episode was produ...
Ew, are we post-literate?
In this episode from last year, we explain how a return to orality is frying our politics and our brains. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-...
Late night’s long goodbye
The end of Colbert is just the beginning. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engine...
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 e...
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 s...
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 ...
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 M...
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 Washingto...
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. This...
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. This...