#75 Wikipedia · The Internet’s Biggest Gaslight
Send Jim a Topic to Explore They told us Wikipedia was the “free encyclopedia anyone can edit.” What they didn’t tell us is how it edits you back. In this episode of Think First, Jim Detjen pulls apar...
1 Okt 202521min
#74 Walter Russell and the Gaslight of Science: Madman, Mystic, or a Thousand Years Too Soon?
Send Jim a Topic to Explore In 1921, artist-turned-polymath Walter Russell claimed to spend 39 days in a coma-like “illumination,” tapping the very “source of all knowledge.” His revelations became Th...
30 Sep 202518min
#70 Bad Therapy: How the DSM Made Fragility a Feature, Not a Bug
Send Jim a Topic to Explore What happens when the manual for diagnosing mental illness stops being a guide for doctors… and starts shaping childhood itself? In this episode of Think First, we trace ho...
24 Sep 202521min
#68 We Pay. They Podium. — How U.S. Clubs and Colleges Train the World’s Olympians
Send Jim a Topic to Explore America’s college sports system is the best in the world — but who’s really reaping the rewards? In swimming, more than 15% of NCAA athletes are foreign, with some top prog...
12 Sep 202514min
#66 Why Gas Pumps Are Still So Slow · The Psychology of Pump-Time Manipulation
Send Jim a Topic to Explore It’s 2025… and gas pumps are still painfully slow. Is it really outdated tech? Or is your time at the pump being deliberately hijacked for something else? In this episode o...
5 Sep 20257min
#65 The Coin Shortage That Wasn’t · Think First
Send Jim a Topic to Explore Remember those little signs at checkout in 2020? “Due to a national coin shortage, please use exact change or pay with card.” Was it really about supply chain disruption — ...
4 Sep 20257min
#64 Cursive · The Poetic Truth Behind Its Erasure
Send Jim a Topic to Explore Cursive wasn’t just elegant — it was untraceable. So why did American schools suddenly erase it… while students in France, India, and China still learn it today? In this ...
1 Sep 20257min
#61 NIL Unmasked · How College Sports Went Pro Without Saying It Out Loud
Send Jim a Topic to Explore The rules of college sports just changed forever — and not everyone’s playing fair. In this episode of Think First, Jim Detjen pulls back the curtain on NIL — Name, Image, ...
25 Aug 202510min
