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Jennifer Sciubba: The Weirdest Thing Ever to Happen to Humans
October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 16 minJennifer Sciubba is a political demographer and the president and CEO of the Population Reference Bureau, so she’s a pretty good authority on what global data says about falling fertility rates (news flash: they are!). She and Hank talk…
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Gianmarco Soresi Is Striving for Excellence
October 1, 2026 · 59 minComedian Gianmarco Soresi thinks the plot of Black Swan — the perfect performance followed by death — is a beautiful end to life. He talks with Hank about how comedy is like building a table when the ruler is always changing, how he…
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Tessa Violet Says There Will Be Joy — Probably
September 24, 2026 · 54 minTessa Violet is a singer-songwriter and former YouTuber whose new album, There Will Be Joy, is a meditation on internal growth. Tessa and Hank talk about their long friendship, what it’s like to go viral in Russian under dubious…
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Ted Dintersmith: Should We Teach Math Differently?
September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minTed Dintersmith is a Stanford engineering Ph.D., a successful venture capitalist, and now a committed math reformer. Hank and Ted talk about why questions are more important than answers, how AI is going to impact education, and Ted’s book…
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T-Pain Doesn't Forget
September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minT-Pain is a Grammy-winning artist, songwriter, and music producer. These days he produces music while streaming live on Twitch so that people can see exactly how human his process is. On this episode, T-Pain and Hank talk about the pain of…
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Hannah Ritchie: The Future Is Not Bleak
September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minHannah Ritchie is a data scientist, author, and deputy editor of Our World in Data — and she's convinced the world is making more progress than the headlines show. Hannah and Hank talk about why incremental change is good but not sexy, a…
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Jerome Goddard: Welcome to the Bug Kingdom
August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minJerome Goddard is a medical entomologist, extension professor at Mississippi State University, fiction author, and now a TikTok star. Jerome and Hank cover things you’d expect: bug populations, insect-borne illnesses, and tick saliva, but…
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Sam Forstag Might Be My Congressman
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minSam Forstag is a former smokejumper who’s running for Congress in Montana’s U.S. House District 1. He’s the Democratic candidate, but is he actually a Democrat? Hank and Sam break down what’s wrong with the two-party system, how the U.S…