The "Food Barons" Jacking Up Your Grocery Bill with Austin Frerick
Whether you're at the grocery store or a restaurant, food is becoming obscenely expensive. It's easy to point to inflation as the sole culprit, but that's only a narrow view of a much bigger picture. ...
17 Jul 20241h 7min
WTF did the Supreme Court Just Do with Leah Litman and Kate Shaw of Strict Scrutiny
The latest round of Supreme Court decisions will radically reshape America as we know it. From overturning the Chevron decision and stripping federal agencies of their ability to do their jobs, to giv...
10 Jul 202446min
The A.I. Bubble is Bursting with Ed Zitron
Big tech is betting tens of billions of dollars on AI being the next big thing, but what if it isn't? ChatGPT burns obscene amounts of cash daily with little return, Google's AI dispenses useless and ...
3 Jul 20241h 15min
How Contrapoints Reinvented Philosophy for YouTube with Natalie Wynn
Since 2016, Natalie Wynn has been making wildly popular video essays on YouTube under the name ContraPoints. Her videos, which cover everything from politics, to gender, to society's obsession with th...
26 Jun 20241h 22min
Your Brain is Hardwired to Love Games with Kelly Clancy
Games often get a bad rap as mere distractions, the frivolous filler between so-called "important things." But research into the connection between people and games reveals that they’re not just benef...
19 Jun 20241h 4min
Your Houseplants Can Think with Zoë Schlanger
Our understanding of intelligence is always growing, but recent research has thrown a fascinating curveball: we're discovering that plants are intelligent too. Though they might not look like creature...
12 Jun 20241h 5min
The Human Cost of Banning Abortion with Shefali Luthra
Abortion is not just a political story; it's a personal one. In the two years since Roe was struck down by the Supreme Court in the Dobbs decision, a host of challenges has arisen for women, trans, an...
5 Jun 20241h 4min
How Capitalism Murdered Journalism with Margot Susca
We’ve been discussing the slow death of journalism for a long time, but what if it didn’t just “die”? This week, Adam speaks with Margot Susca, a professor at American University and author of Hedged:...
29 Mai 202458min
