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Search Engine
PJ Vogt · Technology · 160 episodes
PJ Vogt answers questions you didn't know you had, beautifully.
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Roman Mars · Design
Curiosity as a discipline
The difference: The built world
The hidden design of everyday things, told with calm curiosity and perfect pacing.
Slate Podcasts · Documentary
Cultural questions run to ground
The difference: Pop-culture history
Cultural mysteries cracked open, from mood rings to the Macarena.
WNYC Studios · Natural Sciences
Wonder with production muscle
The difference: Science-first
Science storytelling that turns a question you never asked into an hour you can't stop replaying.
NPR · Business
Answering questions you didn't know you had
The difference: Economics lens
The economy explained through stories so fun you forget you're learning.
Jack Rhysider · Technology
The internet's strange corners
The difference: Darker, criminal
True stories from the dark side of the internet, told like heists.
Normal Gossip · Comedy
Delicious little human mysteries
The difference: Anonymous gossip, comedic
Anonymous everyday gossip retold as delicious serialized drama.
Lex Fridman · Technology
shares that cerebral, contemplative feel
Long, patient conversations with scientists, builders, and controversial minds.
Greg Ross · History
shares that cerebral, whimsical feel
An amiable tour of history's oddest true footnotes and lateral puzzles.
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam · Science
shares that cerebral, contemplative feel
Shankar Vedantam on the unconscious patterns steering your life.
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