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Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 2)
Apr 05, 2024In part two of our story, we watch the state of New York try to pull off something we rarely see in America: a kind of reparations. A very ambitious dream encounters a thicket of details and complicat...
Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 1)
Mar 29, 2024In 2021, New York legalized cannabis for adults. It was supposed to be the start of a legal market, led by people arrested during prohibition. Instead, a strange new market has flourished, seemingly e...
A big announcement from Search Engine plus, "What's in your cocaine?"
Mar 22, 2024We've launched a new premium feed called Incognito Mode. It includes bonus episodes of Search Engine and some other very special features. We're including a preview episode here: an interview with a v...
How do we survive the media apocalypse?
Mar 15, 2024Something strange, new, and unsettling is happening in media right now. Huge institutions, both newspapers and online outlets, are being severely transformed by layoffs. As a person just trying to fin...
Who's behind these scammy text messages we've all been getting?
Mar 08, 2024"Hi David, I’m Vicky Ho. Don’t you remember me?" An investigative reporter travels halfway around the world to find out who is sending him random wrong number texts and why. After you hear this story,...
How do you make an addictive video game?
Mar 01, 2024This episode will change how you look at games. We talk to Ben Brode, the designer behind Hearthstone and Marvel Snap, about how a creative person learns to make the things they love, and about the se...
Where did all the roaches go?
Feb 23, 2024Cockroaches were a scourge that scuttled through the cracks and crevices of homes all throughout America. And then one day, large numbers of them mysteriously disappeared. A miracle for humankind? Sur...
What are we gonna do about all these cats?
Feb 09, 2024A question that has launched a battle between bird-loving ecologists and ardent, cat-defending activists. What should we do about an invasive species beloved by many Americans -- cats? We hear from pe...
How do you survive fame?
Feb 02, 2024Actor Molly Ringwald joins us to talk about a time in her life when her job was to pretend to be a normal American teenager, a job which made it impossible to actually be a normal American teenager. H...
Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 2)
Jan 26, 2024This week, the shocking finale of our investigation into who -- or what -- has been leaving chicken bones strewn across the sidewalks of American cities. Our team of investigators returns with surveil...