Mansplaining

Send us Fan Mail In the past decade or two, a seeming populist wave ushered in right-wing governments clear across the world. For some, at least, it was reminiscent of the rise of fascism in Italy, Ge...

6 Sep 202149min

Send us Fan Mail What if the Derek Chauvin jury had done the same thing as the jury in the trial of the four L.A. cops accused of beating Rodney King - ignored both the law and the video evidence and...

22 Aug 202135min

Send us Fan Mail With billionaires launching themselves into space and salivating at the prospect of mining asteroids for precious metals, we’ve come to an inflection point for what used to be called ...

9 Aug 202149min

Send us Fan Mail With the fate of the arcane U.S. Senate filibuster likely to be the most important domestic political news story of President Biden’s first term, Mark and Joe trace its history, how i...

26 Jul 202136min

Send us Fan Mail Automation has already changed some workplaces, and robots are likely coming for many more American jobs in the years to come – maybe even yours. Joe and Mark examine whether massiv...

10 Jul 202157min

Send us Fan Mail In anticipation of the release of a U.S. government report on “unexplained aerial phenomena” later this month, Mark and Joe ponder the most likely explanation for UFOs and, despite th...

20 Jun 202141min

Send us Fan Mail The Biden administration’s recent proposal to create a new health agency designed, among other things, to “end cancer as we know it” evokes a similar pledge made by Richard Nixon in 1...

13 Jun 202149min

Send us Fan Mail Christie’s recently auctioned a non-fungible token (NFT) by a noted digital artist for $69 million. NFTs are unique files that live on a blockchain, but what’s an NFT, and what’s a b...

23 Mai 202137min