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Heavyweight x Search Engine
Oct 09, 2023Search Engine is VERY EXCITED to share the news that Heavyweight, one of our favorite shows, is now available wherever you download podcasts. To celebrate, and to herald the release of their new seaso...
The Fond Du Lac Apartment Mystery
Oct 06, 2023Why would the government give Korianne a coupon for a free apartment that she can’t find? We have a question from a listener who finds herself very lost in Wisconsin. And a bonus question, from the in...
Where did the 8 billion dollars go?
Sep 29, 2023This week, the story of former crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried. The government alleges he stole over eight billion dollars from the customers of the crypto exchange he started, FTX. Our question ....
Why are we still buying diamonds?
Sep 22, 2023They’re shiny rocks that we’ve somehow agreed embody romance and eternity. But diamonds, it turns out, are not as rare as we think. And these days, they can be made in a lab. So why do we continue to ...
Why’s it so hard to figure out how many people watch Stranger Things?
Sep 15, 2023Maya Hawke, of Stranger Things, would like to know why won’t Netflix just tell her how many people watch the show? Plus the question underneath that question … might the internet have broken our TV in...
Does anyone actually like their job?
Sep 01, 2023... Or, am I being lied to by a Brooklyn-based musician? At twenty-five, I had a question for The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn. This week, I finally got to ask it. If you have questions or comments about ...
Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 2)
Aug 18, 2023We speak to Luis, a former fentanyl dealer and user who tells us why a dealer might want to put fentanyl in less lethal drugs. Luis also tells us how he learned the rules of dealing, and how the rules...
Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 1)
Aug 11, 2023Isn't it bad business to kill your own customers? In part one of our answer to this question, we talk to reporter Ben Westhoff, who helps us understand how Fentanyl became a street drug in the first p...
Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments?
Aug 04, 2023Our quest for answers this week sends us over a hundred years into the past. We learn about the invisible rules and fights that determine what our neighborhoods look like. We also learn about houses w...
What's it like to slowly go blind?
Jul 28, 2023We interview writer Andrew Leland, who has been gradually losing his sight for two decades. Andrew takes us inside the blind internet, and teaches us how you deal with anxiety about the things you can...