CLASSIC: Could someone erase the world's debt?
Modern civilization relies on the concept of debt. Wars are fought over it, loves lost and revolutions launched. So what would happen if, one day, it disappeared? Is it even possible? Tune in to learn...
21 Jun 202259min
Strange News: Is LaMDA alive? Cartel Corruption, Predatory Banking in Utah
Google employee Blake Lemoine is on leave after going public with his belief that the company's "Language Models for Dialog Applications," or LaMDA, is alive. A high-ranking member of Mexican law enfo...
20 Jun 202255min
The Rare Earth Metals Gold Rush
It may sound hard to believe, but a great deal of Earth's modern electronics -- everything from jets to your smartphone -- depend on just a few substances, things called rare earth metals, or rare ear...
17 Jun 202256min
Listener Mail: Fish in Florida are on Drugs, A Disturbing Rash of Brain Tumors in New Jersey
An instagram user hips the guys to a bizarre, frightening study of fish off the coast of Florida -- they're testing positive for pharmaceutical drugs, in huge amounts. A caller asks for more informati...
16 Jun 202256min
The Hazards of Standardized Testing
Each and every year, billions of children take some form of standardized tests. In theory these tests help measure how much a child has learned, allowing educators to gauge each kid's progress. Yet st...
15 Jun 20221h
CLASSIC: Free Wifi: Gambling with Your Privacy
Public wifi can be an enormously convenient thing -- it helps people dodge data charges in coffee shops, airports and other places around the globe. But how safe is it? Tune in to learn more.They don'...
14 Jun 202251min
Strange News: Historic Cancer Breakthrough, and a Company Decides Not To Put Drones in Schools
The CEO of Axon thought he had a solution to mass shootings in schools: putting taser-equipped drones in public facilities. Axon's ethics board resigned, but the story's not over yet. Researchers reve...
13 Jun 202249min
How To Citizen, with Baratunde Thurston
Most Americans can agree that society isn't perfect -- in fact, most people in other parts of the world can say the same about their own societies. But how can we attempt to address these issues? Is t...
10 Jun 20221h 19min
