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Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 1)
Jan 19, 2024A team of investigators with an unusual set of skills joins us this week to solve a mystery that haunts dog owners across modern American cities. On our journey, we'll have video surveillance, thousan...
When do you know it’s time to stop drinking?
Jan 12, 2024This week, a question a podcast has no business trying to answer. We talk to writer A.J. Daulerio about his own story of recovery, and the story of how he found himself opening a very unusual communit...
Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 2)
Dec 15, 2023We bring you the shattering conclusion to our investigation into whether a New York City sushi restaurant is swapping their tuna rolls for “the ex-lax fish.” The DNA test is in. Can we trust anyone? A...
Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 1)
Dec 08, 2023We investigate unsettling rumors that fish purveyors may be mislabeling fish to save a buck. Our path leads us deep into the shadowy world of blackmarket fish sales, and sends us hot on the trail of t...
Who should be in charge of AI?
Dec 01, 2023This week, the story of a very brief, very absurd revolution at the world’s leading artificial intelligence company, OpenAI. And we try to answer the quite real question that might be animating all of...
Why don’t we eat people?
Nov 17, 2023A question from a four-year-old tips us into an investigation of one of our most fundamental taboos: cannibalism. With help from New Yorker food critic Hannah Goldfield and writer Kelefa Sanneh. Suppo...
The Bull of Wall Street
Nov 10, 2023Every day in Manhattan, about 1,000 people will stand outside in a long line waiting for their chance to take a picture with a bronze bull. On many of those days, PJ Vogt stares at the scene trying to...
Why'd I take speed for twenty years? (Part 2)
Nov 03, 2023In part two of our story about ADHD medications, we approach the question from a different angle. We meet a doctor who spent two decades convinced that her brain does not work correctly, and who strug...
Why'd I take speed for twenty years? (Part 1)
Oct 27, 2023One of the millions of millennials given prescription stimulants to treat ADHD decides to quit. And afterwards wonders -- how did these drugs becomes so popular, so fast? This week, the story of amphe...
Is there a sane way to use the internet?
Oct 20, 2023Ezra Klein joins Search Engine this week to answer a question that's increasingly confounded us: how do I use the internet now? How do I get information about the things I care about, without getting ...