Decoder Ring - The Fight Over Sunlight
The sun has always been a hot topic. For centuries, we’ve flip-flopped over whether our health depends on soaking up its rays—or shielding o...
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ICYMI - We Need To Talk About Jimothy
In a matter of days, Jimothy the raccoon went from a neighborhood mascot to a viral sensation . But unlike the internet animals who came bef...
Death, Sex & Money - How a Very Polite Danny McBride Creates Characters That Go Berserk
The man behind artful and goofy comedies like The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound and Down talks about finding his people at an upstart pu...
ICYMI - Do Healthy Relationships To Chatbots Exist?
Is AI romance inevitable? And who are the people in these relationships? Bridget Todd , host of There Are No Girls On The Internet , joins u...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Run This Town Edition
Jay-Z recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of his debut Reasonable Doubt with a three-night residency at Yankee Stadium featuring supers...
ICYMI - Coupled Up With The Internet
The app-ification of dating has made meeting people even more difficult. But no one ever talks about what comes after: when you are in a rel...
Death, Sex & Money - The Sexy Soundtrack for the ‘New Black Middle Class’
In the mid-1970’s, a small college radio station created an evening program catering to a new socioeconomic group referred to as the “new Bl...
ICYMI - Everything Is Barstool
***GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW HERE !!!!*** An uncomfortable amount of the internet has been influenced by Barstool Sports. Many prominent...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Chart Side of the Moon Edition
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most played, purchased and praised albums of all time. Yet its enduring legacy might be...
Decoder Ring - Weapons of Map Destruction
Most of us use GPS—the Global Positioning System—on a daily basis: to find our location when we’re driving, running, shopping, dating, and s...
ICYMI - Prediction Markets Are Coming for Everything We Love
Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket have expanded from letting people bet on just sports to everything from political events to reality TV,...
Death, Sex & Money - The Pet Detective
Jim Tierney, pet tracker, has worked on more than 250 lost pet cases around New York City. Jim says once a dog is lost, their behavior chang...
ICYMI - Social Media Is Better With Kids
GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW HERE !!!! As even more countries adopt social media bans for under-sixteen-year-olds, not only does one recent...
ICYMI - Surveillance Glasses For Girls!
Kylie Jenner and Mark Zuckerberg are trying to rebrand Meta Glasses as some kind of girlboss fashion accessory, even though women are the on...
Death, Sex & Money - How Much Should You Spend on a Wedding?
This week, listeners share what it’s like to plan a dream wedding when money and family relationships lead to conflict and compromise. We he...
ICYMI - AI Is Changing How We Have Sex
As sex becomes more online, not only does it become more solitary, but also more surveilled. For instance: Back in December, OpenAI announce...
Culture Gabfest - So Long, and Thanks for All the Granola Edition
A eulogistic weepfest? A “valediction forbidding mourning”? A conscious unthroupling? All of the above? Believe it or not, the time has come...
ICYMI - Influencers Are Hitting Retirement
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick, creator of The Trend Report , to talk about how so many of our...
Decoder Ring - We Are Monumentally Bad at Statues
It seems like the only time you hear about new statues these days is when something goes horribly wrong. Unfortunate bronze renditions of Lu...
Death, Sex & Money - Emmy-Winner Jeff Hiller Returns! Talking Bodies and Money in a Changing Hollywood
A lot has happened in Jeff Hiller’s life since he was last on the show in 2024. Last year he won an Emmy for his role on the HBO show Somebo...