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Episode
Can the polygraph test really spot a lie?
2026-10-20
20 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeIs the death penalty cruel and unusual?
2026-10-15
48 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeWhy does everything get a standing ovation now?
2026-10-13
17 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeFour Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza
2026-10-08
44 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeHow To Avoid The End of the World
2026-10-01
53 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeForty years of what if
2026-09-29
22 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeDemocratic Socialism. Hope or Hopeless?
2026-09-24
51 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeHow two swing states changed American voting
2026-09-17
51 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeHow baseball got its beat
2026-09-10
33 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeIs it time for a Luddite Renaissance?
2026-09-08
17 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe school report that changed public education
2026-09-03
37 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe SAT's 100-year grip on higher ed
2026-09-01
19 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe pillage that fueled America's tech booms
2026-08-27
53 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeHow Korean culture went global
2026-08-20
49 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe blatant betrayal that erased the Tupperware queen from history
2026-08-13
50 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeLies, theft, and cover-up: the history of Monopoly you've never heard
2026-08-06
50 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe song that fueled protests and a legacy of hope
2026-08-04
20 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe lightbulb conspiracy is both real and everywhere
2026-07-30
32 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe license to be funny in America
2026-07-28
21 minAt normal playback speed
EpisodeThe architect of modern China
2026-07-23
38 minAt normal playback speed