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What's the Truth About Alcohol, Cancer, and Your Health?
39 mins; January 17, 2025
The L.A. Fires: How They Happened, Climate Change’s Role, and What the City Must Do Now
64 hours 36 mins; January 14, 2025
‘The Anti-Social Century’: America’s Epidemic of Solitude—and How to Fix It
70 hours 47 mins; January 10, 2025
The Big 2025 Economy Forecast: AI and Big Tech, Nuclear’s Renaissance, Trump vs. China, and What’s Eating Europe?
70 hours 50 mins; January 07, 2025
The Year's Biggest Breakthroughs in Science and Tech (Feat.: OK, But Seriously, What Is Quantum Computing?)
76 hours 12 mins; December 31, 2024
A Mysterious Health Wave Is Breaking Out Across the U.S.
67 hours 44 mins; December 27, 2024
The Productivity Paradox: Why Less Is More With Oliver Burkeman
61 hours 35 mins; December 20, 2024
Why American Health Care Is a "Broken System"
81 hours 37 mins; December 13, 2024
Is Crypto Entering a New Golden Age—or Just a New Era of Failed Promises?
50 mins; December 06, 2024
Megapod: Why Is There So Much BS in Psychology?
108 hours 22 mins; November 27, 2024
Vaccine Conspiracies, Fluoride Myths, and America’s Broken Public-Health Discourse
39 mins; November 22, 2024
The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real—and It Could Be Spectacular
68 hours 45 mins; November 15, 2024
How Trump Won: Young Men’s Red Wave, the Blue-City Flop, and the Incumbency Graveyard
52 mins; November 08, 2024
How to Watch Election Night Without Falling for Conspiracy Theories or False Hope
45 mins; November 04, 2024
This Small Pennsylvania Town Explains the 2024 Election
54 mins; November 01, 2024
Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?
47 mins; October 25, 2024
Is Radical Human Life Extension Possible?
53 mins; October 18, 2024
America's Young Men Are Falling Behind—and Shifting Right
48 mins; October 11, 2024
Is the Middle East on the Verge of All-Out War?
62 hours 32 mins; October 04, 2024
The Surprising Science of Cynicism (Plus: The Policy Paradox of the 2024 Election)
65 hours 41 mins; September 27, 2024
A Sports Mystery: What Happened to the NFL Quarterback?
45 mins; September 20, 2024
How AI Could Help Us Discover Miracle Drugs
52 mins; September 13, 2024
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
78 hours 7 mins; September 06, 2024
"Exercise May Be the Single Most Potent Medical Intervention Ever Known"
57 mins; August 30, 2024
Democrats Are Euphoric. But This Election Is Much Closer Than They Think.
11 mins; August 23, 2024
The Four Biggest Myths About Political Persuasion
44 mins; August 16, 2024
How to Be Happy and the Science of Cognitive Time Travel
65 hours 19 mins; August 09, 2024
Market Meltdown FAQ: Recession Fears, Global Stock Wipeout, and the Case for Calm
26 mins; August 05, 2024
Why Are Robocalls So Hard to Stop? (Plus: Kamala and the Gender Wars.)
52 mins; August 02, 2024
Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Progressives?
55 mins; July 26, 2024
Harsh Truths About 2024 and the Future of the U.S. Economy
52 mins; July 19, 2024
"The Weirdest Housing Market in Recent History"
55 mins; July 12, 2024
"People Feel Lied To": The White House, the Media, and the Joe Biden Blame Game
58 mins; July 05, 2024
Whatever Happened to Serial Killers?
44 mins; June 28, 2024
The Radical Cultural Shift Behind America's Declining Birth Rate
53 mins; June 21, 2024
Breathing Is Easy. But We’re Doing It Wrong.
54 mins; June 14, 2024
The News Media’s Dangerous Addiction to ‘Fake Facts’
47 mins; June 07, 2024
Microplastics Are Everywhere. How Dangerous Are They?
46 mins; May 31, 2024
Why the New NBA Deal Is So Weird. Plus, How Sports Rights Actually Work.
48 mins; May 28, 2024
What America’s Bold New Economic Experiment Is Missing
59 mins; May 24, 2024
The Five Superstars Who Invented the Modern NBA
49 mins; May 21, 2024
Are Smartphones Really Driving the Rise in Teenage Depression?
38 mins; May 14, 2024
Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
59 mins; May 07, 2024
How the Logic of Cults Is Taking Over Modern Life
56 mins; May 03, 2024
How Will the Gaza War Finally End?
42 mins; April 30, 2024
A Political Scientist on How Protests Can Change Minds or Backfire
55 mins; April 26, 2024
What Kind of a Superpower Is India Becoming?
60 hours 10 mins; April 23, 2024
Health Fads and Fictions: VO2 Max, Supplement Mania, Sunlight, and Immortality
60 hours 7 mins; April 19, 2024
U.S. Economy FAQ: Skyrocketing Insurance Prices, Stuck Inflation, Higher Rates, and Wrong Experts
47 mins; April 16, 2024
If the 2024 Election Is So Important, Why Does It Feel So Boring?
50 mins; April 12, 2024
A Psychologist Explains Four Reasons the Internet Feels So Broken
53 mins; April 09, 2024
Why School Absences Have "Exploded" Across America
43 mins; April 05, 2024
What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Diet, Exercise, and Staying Alive
51 mins; April 02, 2024
America's Biggest Car Companies Are in Trouble
50 mins; March 26, 2024
Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?
33 mins; March 19, 2024
How Hollywood’s Hit Formula Flopped—and What Could Come Next
51 mins; March 12, 2024
What Many Economists (and I) Got Wrong About This Economy
29 mins; March 05, 2024
Why the "Need for Chaos" Is Eating American Politics
35 mins; March 01, 2024
Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out—and Why It Matters
70 hours 7 mins; February 27, 2024
"We’re Seeing a Fundamental Reorganization of Work in America"
38 mins; February 23, 2024
How to Have the Hardest Conversations—in Marriage, Politics, and Life
40 mins; February 20, 2024
Would You Buy a Drug to Extend Your Dog’s Life?
54 mins; February 16, 2024
The Dark Side of the Internet's Obsession With Anxiety
46 mins; February 13, 2024
Can Solar Power and Battery Tech Save the World From Climate Change?
59 mins; February 09, 2024
The Gender War Within Gen Z
56 mins; February 06, 2024
What’s the Best Diet for Planet Earth?
59 mins; January 30, 2024
Why Did Stanley Water Bottles Suddenly Become a Cultural Phenomenon?
38 mins; January 26, 2024
Why the U.S. Media Industry Is in Meltdown
42 mins; January 23, 2024
World on Fire, Part 3: How Did America's Border Crisis Get So Bad?
50 mins; January 19, 2024
World on Fire, Part 2: Global Conflict Has Surged to an 80-Year High. Why?
53 mins; January 16, 2024
World on Fire, Part 1: The Houthis, Israel's Impossible War, and Worsening Middle East Chaos
58 mins; January 12, 2024
The Dark Side of the Obsession With Focus
48 mins; January 09, 2024
Four Megatrends for 2024 in Tech, Economics, Media, and Weird Science
31 mins; January 03, 2024
The Biggest Breakthroughs in Science Happening Right Now
63 hours 19 mins; December 27, 2023
The Truth About Ketamine: Depression Cure, Health Fad, or Placebo?
43 mins; December 22, 2023
The Year in Media and Entertainment: What’s Broken (News), What’s Surging (Netflix), and What’s Next
60 hours 56 mins; December 19, 2023
How Weight-Loss Drugs Could Impact U.S. Healthcare and Food. Plus, the Biggest Problems With GLP1s.
91 hours 32 mins; December 15, 2023
The Weight-Loss Drug Revolution, Part 1: Why These Drugs Work So Well
50 mins; December 12, 2023
Why It’s So Hard to Buy a House Right Now—and Why It Might Get Better Soon
46 mins; December 08, 2023
How Henry Kissinger’s Catastrophes and Triumphs Changed the World
54 mins; December 05, 2023
Elon Musk’s Meltdown, the Death of Twitter, and the Chaotic Future of Social Media
55 mins; December 01, 2023
How China's Economic Miracle Went Off the Rails
56 mins; November 28, 2023
Inside the OpenAI Meltdown
61 hours 2 mins; November 21, 2023
The Media is Missing Something Big in Biden’s Bad Polling Numbers
50 mins; November 17, 2023
How ChatGPT Can Change the Future of Jobs—Starting With Your Own
60 hours 56 mins; November 14, 2023
What Most People Get Wrong About Wealth, Fame, and Happiness
64 hours 4 mins; November 10, 2023
The Fragile Hope for Peace in Israel-Palestine
50 mins; November 07, 2023
Could a Housing Recession Take Down the U.S. Economy?
37 mins; November 03, 2023
Two Israel-Palestine Historians Explain: How Did We Get Here? And What Happens Next?
68 hours 22 mins; October 31, 2023
The Science of Achievement, With Adam Grant
44 mins; October 27, 2023
Israel Has No Good Options
41 mins; October 24, 2023
The Tragedy of Picking Sides in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
61 hours 50 mins; October 17, 2023
Inside the Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
43 mins; October 13, 2023
Israel at War: Why Did Hamas Attack?
52 mins; October 10, 2023
Disney’s Downfall: The Rise and Fall of an Entertainment Giant
64 hours 51 mins; October 03, 2023
Why Americans are Losing Faith in College
58 mins; September 26, 2023
What’s So Great About Marriage?
51 mins; September 19, 2023
Why Is It So Expensive to Build Stuff in America?
53 mins; September 12, 2023
Fatherhood and What Americans Get Wrong About Major Life Changes
47 mins; September 06, 2023
Experts Predicted a Recession This Year. How Were They So Wrong?
36 mins; August 08, 2023
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