Today's Top Episodes
How Humans Will Earn in the AI Economy with Jordan Gray from Public AI
Will AI steal your job or create new opportunities? Discover how humans will thrive in the evolving AI economy.
Introducing: The Mishal Husain Show
Go beyond the headlines with Mishal Husain as she uncovers the ideas shaping our world, featuring exclusive interviews with global power players.
A Tiny Plot to Call Home
Discover how tiny homes are making a huge difference, offering hope and a fresh start for homeless veterans.
How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren
Are your developer productivity metrics outdated? Learn how to accurately measure and boost your team's performance in the AI era.
Version History: Sony Watchman
Remember the Sony Watchman? Take a trip down memory lane and rediscover the iconic personal TV that changed how we watched on the go.
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Duration: 00:29:23
October 17, 2025
- The group embarks on a dangerous mission to film scary content in a forest, inspired by viral vlogs, but struggles with limited footage and encounters various deadly threats.
- Running out of film and facing numerous monsters, the friends repeatedly die and get separated, highlighting the ineffectiveness of their attempts to go viral.
- Despite repeated failures and the deaths of most of the group, a final attempt at filming a seemingly simple scenario surprisingly leads to viral success.
Creation Story
Duration: 00:34:53
October 10, 2025
- The podcast discussed the origin story in Hinduism, where before creation, only a vast dark ocean existed with Lord Vishnu asleep on a giant cobra.
- Brahma was tasked with creating the world from a lotus flower that grew from Vishnu's navel, resulting in the formation of the heavens, Earth, and skies, subsequently populating it with plants, animals, and life.
- Hinduism recognizes different names for God based on his actions: Brahma as creator, Vishnu as preserver, and Shiva as the eventual destroyer of the universe.
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
Duration: 00:45:29
October 3, 2025
- The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) of 1978, designed to protect Native American families, was undermined by the Supreme Court's decision, which prioritized a non-native adoptive couple's claim based on a narrow reading of the statute.
- Alito's majority opinion in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl employed "blood test racism" by emphasizing the child's minimal Cherokee blood quantum, a concept rejected by the Cherokee Nation itself, to question the law's applicability.
- This case exemplifies a historical pattern of ethnic cleansing against Native Americans, as the ruling disregards the ICWA's purpose to counter the forced removal of native children and the dismantling of tribal communities.
The Menopause Mystery
Duration: 00:38:58
August 8, 2025
- The child believes they have menopause after overhearing teachers discuss Mrs. Bellwood's symptoms and attributing them to menopause.
- Both the father and child express feeling hungry, mirroring a symptom they associate with menopause based on the teachers' conversation.
- The pair decide that a trip to Carl Jr. and Hardee's will be a suitable "cure" for their perceived menopause-like symptoms, dismissing the idea.
Galaxy Quenching
Duration: 00:40:08
August 1, 2025
- Satellite galaxies lose their ability to form new stars when they fall into the gravitational pull of larger galaxies, effectively having their fuel supply cut off.
- Larger galaxies often have a shell of hot gas that can strip away a satellite galaxy's fuel reserves more quickly through physical interactions.
- The time it takes for a satellite galaxy to stop forming new stars depends on whether it simply runs out of fuel or experiences a more rapid fuel stripping process.
More Perfect: The Hate Debate
Duration: 00:37:20
July 18, 2025
- The debate explored whether the government should limit online free speech, with Ellie arguing for limits to protect against dangerous lies and Ken advocating for the protection of even hateful speech to avoid government overreach and suppression of marginalized groups.
- The discussion shifted to whether social media companies like Twitter and Facebook should severely limit online speech, with Karin arguing against it due to the potential for censorship and misuse, while Ellie contended that these platforms should actively remove hateful content.
- The conversation addressed the role of anonymity online, with Karin warning against social media companies "outing" users due to the dangers of exposing people, while Ellie argued that platforms should reveal the identities of those making threats so that they can be held accountable.
Desperately Seeking Symmetry
Duration: 00:57:23
July 11, 2025
- The podcast explores the ancient Greek myth by Aristophanes, which posits that humans were originally conjoined beings with four arms and four legs.
- Zeus separated these beings as punishment for their arrogance, creating the sense of longing and incompleteness that drives people to seek their "other half."
- The myth suggests that the intense recognition and love experienced when finding one's "other half" is an inexplicable and profound connection, leading to a desire for constant companionship.
Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks
Duration: 00:02:23
June 13, 2025
- Radio Lab is dedicating five episodes to exploring sharks in new and fascinating ways.
- The series will cover diverse topics, from ancient sharks to sharks that exhibit unique behaviors, like the ability to "fly."
- Scientists and the Radio Lab team are diving deep into shark research, even going swimming with them to re-evaluate their perception of these creatures.
Double-Blasted
Duration: 00:20:54
June 13, 2025
- The podcast episode features intense in-game action with callouts and warnings, indicating a first-person shooter game is being played.
- The players are experiencing heavy resistance as evidenced by the phrase "you are taking effective fire".
- Team members are being eliminated ("one a squad is down"), creating a high-stakes and potentially difficult situation for the remaining players.
The Elixir of Life
Duration: 00:50:59
June 6, 2025
- The historical pursuit of an elixir of life, while unsuccessful in achieving immortality, has driven significant advancements in fields like physics, chemistry, and biology, leading to monumental achievements.
- Ancient cultures, including the Greeks and Chinese, sought immortality through substances like ambrosia and metallic compounds, with some resulting in unintended consequences such as the discovery of gunpowder and heavy metal poisoning.
- Modern biological research, focusing on areas like telomere lengthening, stem cell therapy, and gene therapy, aims to address age-related diseases and extend human lifespans, with potential applications for ancient remedies like honey and aloe vera.