Decoder Ring - How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat
The jalapeño is the workhorse of hot peppers. They’re sold fresh, canned, pickled, in hot sauces, salsas, smoked into chipotles, and they outsell all other hot peppers in the United States. These ever...
8 Mai 202429min
Death, Sex & Money - Filling the Health Care Gap (and Filling Lips!) in Appalachia
Nurse practitioners Teresa Owens Tyson and Paula Hill-Collins have saved countless lives in rural Appalachia. They operate a mobile clinic called The Health Wagon that brings much-needed care to peopl...
7 Mai 202439min
Hang Up and Listen - So Long Sixers
Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and NPR’s Gene Demby look back at the epic first-round series between the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers. They also check in on the chaos inside Deion Sanders’ Color...
6 Mai 20241h 2min
ICYMI - How Challengers Took Over the Internet
On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice join the rest of the internet in yapping about Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers which features Zendaya as tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan and her paramours, Art (Mike Fa...
4 Mai 202436min
Culture Gabfest - Zendaya Plays Doubles
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by discussing Challengers, Luca Guadagnino’s sexy tennis flick in which Zendaya stars as Tashi Duncan, the muse and lover of two male players, Art (Mike Faist) and...
1 Mai 202458min
ICYMI - The End of Foxtrot and Outdoor Voices
Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim walk through the drama surrounding Foxtrot, an upscale cafe and mini market that abruptly closed all of its locations on April 23. Despite its popularity and over $100...
1 Mai 202441min
Decoder Ring - From ‘The Last Archive’: Building an Automatic Songwriting Machine
We’re bringing you an episode of The Last Archive from our friends at Pushkin Industries. In this episode: an exploration of early artificial intelligence, the story of the composer Raymond Scott’s li...
1 Mai 202453min
Death, Sex & Money - You’re at a Crossroads. We’re Here to Help.
To make this episode we asked you, our listeners, if you had any questions about a big life transition you were preparing for where you needed some advice. We received a collection of questions that r...
30 Apr 20241h 10min
