Why’s it so hard to figure out how many people watch Stranger Things?
Maya Hawke, of Stranger Things, would like to know why won’t Netflix just tell her how many people watch the show? Plus the question underneath that question … might the internet have broken our TV in...
15 Sep 202358min
Does anyone actually like their job?
... Or, am I being lied to by a Brooklyn-based musician? At twenty-five, I had a question for The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn. This week, I finally got to ask it. If you have questions or comments about ...
1 Sep 202343min
Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 2)
We speak to Luis, a former fentanyl dealer and user who tells us why a dealer might want to put fentanyl in less lethal drugs. Luis also tells us how he learned the rules of dealing, and how the rules...
18 Aug 202349min
Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 1)
Isn't it bad business to kill your own customers? In part one of our answer to this question, we talk to reporter Ben Westhoff, who helps us understand how Fentanyl became a street drug in the first p...
11 Aug 202338min
Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments?
Our quest for answers this week sends us over a hundred years into the past. We learn about the invisible rules and fights that determine what our neighborhoods look like. We also learn about houses w...
4 Aug 202346min
What's it like to slowly go blind?
We interview writer Andrew Leland, who has been gradually losing his sight for two decades. Andrew takes us inside the blind internet, and teaches us how you deal with anxiety about the things you can...
28 Juli 202357min
What's going on with Elon Musk?
Search Engine investigates the erratic behavior of the world’s wealthiest man with Hard Fork’s Casey Newton. The three top theories for why Elon Musk has begun to act strangely, including one theory t...
21 Juli 20231h
How do I find new music now that I’m old and irrelevant?
We enlist a very overqualified person to answer this question, writer Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Kelefa listens to more music than practically a...
14 Juli 202345min
