What's Eating the Economy?
The American economy has gotten more consolidated and more reliant on algorithms—while also, according to most people, getting more expensive, slower, and worse. Is there some causality in this correl...
17 Jun 202419min
The FBI Made a Phone Network. It Was A Trap.
In 2021, one of the largest global law enforcement operations took place. It was all thanks to an encrypted phone service known as Anom, which was secretly run by the FBI. The program was a wild succe...
16 Jun 202429min
Apple Goes Intelligent
On Monday, Tim Cook announced Apple was getting into artificial intelligence. Is Apple about to do for A.I. what it did for personal computers and smartphones?Guest: Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter for...
14 Jun 202421min
She Met the Alitos—and Got Them on Tape
Furtively recorded conversations with Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Alito’s wife Martha-Ann provided a window into what these powerful figures are saying behind closed doors. But do the mea...
13 Jun 202423min
Wait, Is JUUL Banned or Not?
Two years ago, the FDA announced it was banning JUUL nicotine vapes from sale in the U.S.—and then quickly announced it was holding off on the ban to allow for review. How did regulating ecigarettes e...
12 Jun 202422min
Hunter Biden’s Judgment Day
Is Hunter Biden’s trial proof that the justice system doesn’t care about your last name? Or is the president’s son being targeted? Guest: Ankush Khardori, attorney and a former federal prosecutor in t...
11 Jun 202419min
What’s Biden Doing with the Border?
Joe Biden’s new executive order severely limits migrants from seeking asylum at the border. It’s a far cry from his campaign rhetoric and the New York Times called it the most restrictive immigration ...
10 Jun 202423min
Fee’d Up: A Musician’s Take on Ticketmaster
It’s hard to imagine music fans mourning a break-up of Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation, as a Department of Justice lawsuit requests. But even with this monopolistic middleman out of th...
9 Jun 202419min
