Episode 101 Bonus Content: The Past and Future of Air Travel
Send us Fan Mail Those of us above a certain age remember that flying didn’t used to be such an ordeal. Once upon a time, people enjoyed flights that had comfortable seating, decent food, and no extr...
8 Des 202420min
Episode 101: Will Air Travel Crash and Burn?
Send us Fan Mail The bankruptcy filing of Spirit Airlines underscores the existential problem for air carriers. After driving many of its competitors out of business with its no-frills model of below...
8 Des 202445min
Episode 100: What Makes Pop Music Artists Run Out of Ideas?
Send us Fan Mail After considering why companies run out of ideas in our last episode, Joe put the same question to Mark about why so many of our favorite pop and rock music artists seem to run out of...
17 Nov 202437min
Episode 99: What Makes a Company Run Out of Ideas?
Send us Fan Mail Google had quite a run, from its market-leading search engine to Gmail to the Android operating system. For the longest time, it seemed like a veritable fount of innovation. But in ...
26 Okt 202447min
Episode 98: The Checkered Legacy of Legacy Admissions
Send us Fan Mail When the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious affirmative action programs, it conveniently left standing the legacy preferences employed by colleges and universities that are desc...
5 Okt 202438min
Episode 97: The Threat to Critical Infrastructure
Send us Fan Mail Every time the power goes out in Seattle, Mark wonders whether his city fell victim to malicious hackers. It’s a legitimate concern, since bad actors have been messing with America’s...
26 Sep 202453min
Episode 96: All the Lonely People
Send us Fan Mail The CDC and Surgeon General recently released reports highlighting twin epidemics that are plaguing young people in our country. For boys, it’s loneliness and social isolation; for g...
8 Sep 202439min
Episode 95: Fusion Is (Still) Just Around the Corner
Send us Fan Mail It’s been said that fusion power is 20 years away, and always will be. Why is it taking so long? Well, it turns out that generating temperatures as hot as the sun is hard to do here...
18 Aug 202449min
