Carbon Removal Might Be the World’s Most Important Technology. How Does It Work?
Last year, somebody explained the problem of climate change to me with a metaphor that I’ve never been able to forget. They said: Imagine a bathtub. The bathtub is the planet’s atmosphere. The faucet ...
9 Aug 202246min
Curiosity Corner: Monkeypox Myths, Millennial Facts, and Overpopulation Fears
In our second "Curiosity Corner" mailbag, Derek takes your burning questions. He breaks down the myths around how monkeypox spreads, and blasts public health officials for not being more specific abou...
5 Aug 202230min
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
Why does it seem like the old is eating the new in pop culture? This year, the song of the summer is arguably Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill”—which was released in 1985. It was launched by the most...
3 Aug 202253min
How the Democrats' New Climate Bill Could Change the World
“Every few years, American politics astonishes you.” That’s how The Atlantic journalist Robinson Meyer began his report on the Democrats' new climate deal, which would invest record-breaking sums in c...
1 Aug 202224min
Why the Question "Are We in a Recession?" Is Impossible to Answer
On Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP dropped for the second consecutive quarter, fueling fears that the economy is in a recession. Today's guest is Austan Goolsbee, a profes...
29 Jul 202239min
Crypto Crash, Part II: A Debate About the Future of Web3
Today is the second half of our special two-parter on the state of crypto. Yesterday’s theme was the case against. Today we debate the case for. In the last few weeks, use-cases have become a popular ...
26 Jul 202254min
Crypto Crash Part I: The Case Against Crypto
Today, we have the first in a two-part series on lessons from the crypto crash. Crypto, also known as Web3, also known as blockchain-based technologies, remains the weirdest space I’ve ever reported o...
25 Jul 202249min
Why It Seems Like So Many Countries Are Falling Apart
The world is kind of a mess right now. There is a big, bloody, awful war between Russia and Ukraine, which has hugely disrupted global trade, especially in commodities like oil, wheat, and natural gas...
22 Jul 202253min
