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We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small.Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Named one of the best podcasts of all time by Time Magazine

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What was Jensen Huang thinking?

2026-11-11 · 43 min · Episode 158

The world currently understands this week’s Jensen Huang story as a sex scandal, but the real engine of the drama may start much earlier. With a fight between Jensen Huang and Joe Biden, in 2022. This week, the story…
What would it mean for the Democrats to not screw this up?

2026-11-06 · 44 min · Episode 157

The Democrats won a landslide victory in the midterms. How could they actually wield power effectively during Trump’s final two years. Or: how could they Charlie Brown another football? We take our questions this week…
What it’s like when Elizabeth Holmes decides to destroy your life

2026-10-29 · 1 hr 10 min · Episode 156

Elizabeth Holmes is the unlikely star of the year’s most talked-about movie, You Can See Everything. The Holmes we meet onscreen is enigmatic, enough so that some viewers have even begun to root for her.To Tyler Shultz,…
Is your new co-worker secretly North Korean?

2026-10-23 · 46 min · Episode 155

A new scam – aided by AI and remote work – is letting one of the most sanctioned regimes on Earth sneak tech workers into the American job market. How it works, what they’re like as co-workers, and the stories of the…
One man could slow down AI. He won’t. Why?

2026-10-16 · 58 min · Episode 154

Jensen Huang is CEO of the most valuable company in human history, NVIDIA. He is arguably the one person who could slow down the AI race. But he’s made a massive bet that AI is safe. Is that conviction, insulation,…
Unreliable Narrator

2026-10-09 · 51 min · Episode 153

An interview with a writer, Meghan O’Gieblyn, who started lying to herself about her relationship to alcohol and God. And afterwards wondered: when did it start? Why did it happen? How do you make peace with the part of…
Vladimir Putin's Forkiverse

2026-10-02 · 38 min · Episode 152

Nine months ago, three podcasters attempted to build a better internet. Today -- they confront foreign adversaries on a digital battlefield.Watch the Machine Gods trailer.Instructions for moving your Forkiverse account…
Search Engine x Better in Person

2026-09-29 · 43 min · Episode 151

Search Engine has some exciting news about the moving image to announce, and we’re sharing an interview we loved with an unusual architect.Check out the video version on Freakonomics' YouTube page.
Bollywood Dreams

2026-09-18 · 1 hr 5 min · Episode 150

An email hits our inbox with the subject line: “My Dad is making a Bollywood Movie… is he being scammed?” We investigate. Become a premium subscriber.
Why’s everybody going to Japan?

2026-09-11 · 51 min · Episode 149

A Japanese listener gets so many houseguests she starts a spreadsheet to try to figure out what's going on. Why has American tourism to Japan gotten so out of control? The story of a government plot.Japanamerica: How…

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Oldest episode in feed: 03/2022 · over 4 years
Typical length: 49 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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