We All Feel Like the World's Ending Because It Is (Kind Of) with Lizzie Wade
Do you have the not-so-creeping feeling that the world is ending? You might be right. The world’s ended before, and the world will end again—just not in the way we see in TV and movies. Lizzie Wade’s ...
26 Marras 20251h 16min
America’s Secret Technofacist Overlord, with Max Chafkin
You’ve almost certainly heard Peter Thiel’s name. You very likely even have an opinion about him. But how much do you actually know about him? One of the most powerful people in America is also one of...
19 Marras 20251h 18min
Let’s Replace Our Elderly Politicians, with Amanda Litman
Our politicians are too f*#&ing old. We’ve covered the state of our dismal, sleepy, cranky gerontocracy before—but how do we actually get power into the hands of people who are not Boomers? Waiting fo...
12 Marras 20251h 11min
Why Porn Bans Will Destroy the Internet with Siri Dahl and Noelle Perdue
Half the states in the US have passed age verification laws that put pornography under threat. Not only does this compromise a vital industry, it puts all of free speech in danger as well. Today, Adam...
5 Marras 20251h 48min
Everyone Can Screw Us Now Thanks to Trump, with Julie Morgan
Everyone in their right mind already knows the gift: Trump ran on helping working people, then immediately threw working Americans to the wolves in favor of helping the ultra-wealthy. But it’s not jus...
29 Loka 20251h 9min
America is Addicted to Cars, with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon
While we think of automobiles as an integral part of American life, the fact is that they’re just objectively a bad form of transportation. They’re costly, they don’t scale well, and they’re a leading...
22 Loka 20251h 31min
Stand Up Comedy with Tourette's with Benny Feldman
Benny Feldman is one of the funniest new comics working today. He also has Tourette Syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by involuntary vocalizations and tics. Not only does this give Benn...
15 Loka 20251h 40min
The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow
The internet is getting shittier. Hell, the whole world is getting shittier. The thing is, it’s no accident—it’s by design. The tech giants who run the internet have figured out how to make bank off o...
8 Loka 20251h 45min
