How do you survive fame?
Actor Molly Ringwald joins us to talk about a time in her life when her job was to pretend to be a normal American teenager, a job which made it impossible to actually be a normal American teenager. H...
2 Feb 20241h 12min
Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 2)
This week, the shocking finale of our investigation into who -- or what -- has been leaving chicken bones strewn across the sidewalks of American cities. Our team of investigators returns with surveil...
26 Jan 202435min
Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 1)
A team of investigators with an unusual set of skills joins us this week to solve a mystery that haunts dog owners across modern American cities. On our journey, we'll have video surveillance, thousan...
19 Jan 202440min
When do you know it’s time to stop drinking?
This week, a question a podcast has no business trying to answer. We talk to writer A.J. Daulerio about his own story of recovery, and the story of how he found himself opening a very unusual communit...
12 Jan 20241h
Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 2)
We bring you the shattering conclusion to our investigation into whether a New York City sushi restaurant is swapping their tuna rolls for “the ex-lax fish.” The DNA test is in. Can we trust anyone? A...
15 Dec 202342min
Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 1)
We investigate unsettling rumors that fish purveyors may be mislabeling fish to save a buck. Our path leads us deep into the shadowy world of blackmarket fish sales, and sends us hot on the trail of t...
8 Dec 202345min
Who should be in charge of AI?
This week, the story of a very brief, very absurd revolution at the world’s leading artificial intelligence company, OpenAI. And we try to answer the quite real question that might be animating all of...
1 Dec 202356min
Why don’t we eat people?
A question from a four-year-old tips us into an investigation of one of our most fundamental taboos: cannibalism. With help from New Yorker food critic Hannah Goldfield and writer Kelefa Sanneh. Suppo...
17 Nov 20231h 1min
