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How Coffee Changed the World
September 17, 2026 · 25 minCoffee was once put on trial. In 1511, the governor of Mecca brought it before the city's religious scholars to settle a single question: Is this drink dangerous? They let it go, and coffee spent the next five centuries changing where…
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Why We Lose Muscle–And How to Keep It
August 27, 2026 · 26 minStrength training prevents frailty as we age. Wards off cognitive decline. Improves glucose control, and more. But what is actually happening inside our bodies when we lift weights? And why is everyone suddenly talking about getting…
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Can You Trust Your Memories?
August 6, 2026 · 23 minOne of host Sony Kassam's earliest memories is witnessing an armed robbery at her family's convenience store. For nearly 30 years, she believed she knew exactly what happened—until she asked her mother to tell the story. In this episode…
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What Happened to Congress?
July 16, 2026 · 25 minCongress is the first branch of the US government. The Constitution gives it the power to write laws, control federal spending, and declare war. So how did it become one of America's least trusted institutions, and why do presidents…
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The Hidden Science of Flatulence
June 25, 2026 · 27 minFlatulence is one of the body's most universal and least discussed functions. But behind every burst of gas lies a complex ecosystem of trillions of microbes working around the clock inside your digestive tract. In this episode, we explore…
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The System That Runs World Soccer (And Why It Broke)
June 4, 2026 · 31 minFIFA started as a handful of Europeans who wanted to play soccer across borders. It became one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in sports history, controlled by 22 men voting behind closed doors. For nearly two decades, one…
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The Evolution of the US Presidency
May 14, 2026 · 29 minAmerica's founders were so afraid of concentrated power that they spent three months designing Congress, but only three days on the presidency. They thought that was enough. It wasn't. Today, one office controls 4 million federal…
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The Origins of Silicon Valley
April 23, 2026 · 34 minSilicon Valley wasn’t supposed to happen. A stretch of California orchard land somehow became the place that built the modern world: chips, PCs, the internet, the smartphone, and now AI. But the real story isn’t the garage myth. It’s a…