Episode 39: What’s Causing Havana Syndrome?
Send us Fan Mail U.S. diplomatic personnel stationed in Havana, Cuba first reported it more than five years ago: a piercing, high-pitched sound, often followed by headache, nausea, and vertigo. Since...
23 Jan 202231min
Episode 38: The Myth of the Myth of Altruism
Send us Fan Mail You know those good deeds you do for others and others do for you? What if somebody told you that every one of those acts is actually selfishness in disguise? Well, that’s what some...
9 Jan 202240min
Episode 37: Finally, Some Good News
Send us Fan Mail It’s hard not to be demoralized by the news these days, what with a worldwide pandemic still raging, climate devastation upon us, and a completely dysfunctional political system see...
21 Dec 202140min
Episode 36: Is a Virus Alive?
Send us Fan Mail In all the thinking you’ve done about viruses lately, whether it be COVID or the flu or just the common cold, did you ever wonder whether they’re alive? Mark has puzzled over that qu...
5 Dec 202137min
Episode 35: Music Streaming and Me
Send us Fan Mail Joe started his first Spotify playlist nearly ten years ago and never looked back. It completely changed the way he consumed music, and now he fervently hopes it doesn’t go the way o...
14 Nov 202144min
Episode 34: The Rent Is Too Damn High
Send us Fan Mail Mark and his wife want to find a larger apartment in Seattle, but the rents are ridiculous. Joe owns an apartment in New York only because of the legacy of dead in-laws. Housing cos...
31 Okt 202147min
Episode 33: Are We Ever Gonna See Self-Driving Cars?
Send us Fan Mail We’ve been told, seemingly forever, that driverless cars were just around the corner, but we never seem to turn that corner, leading one to wonder: is this really happening? Mark an...
18 Okt 202140min
Episode 32: TERF Battles
Send us Fan Mail JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter novels, has been labeled a TERF — a "trans-exclusionary radical feminist" — by trans activists who object to her gender critical views. Joe...
3 Okt 202146min
