What if ayahuasca made you stop podcasting?
An anti-woke podcast abruptly announces its end, and in its final episode, a host offers its listeners some surprising news. She had taken ayahuasca, a powerful psychedelic, and it had contributed to ...
13 Dec 202454min
Who buys luggage at the airport luggage store?
If ever there was a place where every person inside was guaranteed to already have luggage, it would be inside an airport. And yet ... the airport luggage stores persist. Who is going to these places?...
6 Dec 202446min
What is jawmaxxing?
The story of how an alternative theory of dentistry made its way from medicine's fringes to an audience of young men online. This week we try to make sense of jawmaxxing with help from Panic World’s R...
22 Nov 202448min
The White Subaru Hell Loop
A mortal human being finds himself stuck between two impressive organizations: the DMV, and an internet start-up called Carvana. He has a problem, but each side insists only the other can solve it. Se...
15 Nov 202447min
How did the first democracy die?
The story of the first people who invented democracy, and what it did to them.What's Wrong With Democracy? by Loren J. Samons IISupport the show at searchengine.show!
8 Nov 202437min
How do you sit quietly in the middle of a storm?
What if there was an event in the future, the outcome of which you couldn’t personally control, but it was still causing you anguish?This week, we talk to an ordained Zen priest and teacher to get som...
1 Nov 20241h 2min
Should we be worried about OpenAI?
A year ago, we saw a stand-off between OpenAI's non-profit board and its leader, Sam Altman. Since then, the board has been reshuffled, Altman has consolidated power, and under his leadership, some st...
25 Okt 202452min
Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 2)
We reveal the one weird trick some billionaires use to pay less in federal income taxes than you do. And we explain the consequences faced by the person who leaked the tax returns of billionaires like...
18 Okt 202439min
