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From The Big Story: Billions Registered
October 9, 2026 · 29 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Right now, there are no rules to keep you from owning a bitchin’ corporate name as your own internet address. Written by Joshua Quittner. Originally…
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From The Big Story: Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 18 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Our most powerful 21st-century technologies—robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech—are threatening to make humans an endangered species. Written by…
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From The Big Story: Choke Points
October 4, 2026 · 37 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost Lives. How Israeli checkpoints suffocate Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. Written by…
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From The Big Story: How a Research Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won
October 2, 2026 · 39 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Digging through manuals for security cameras, a group of gearheads found sinister details and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war. Written by…
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From The Big Story: Greetings From Burning Man!
September 30, 2026 · 31 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop Dispatches from the New American Holiday: Writer Bruce Sterling takes the kids to the Temporary Autonomous Zone, where survival is a personal…
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From The Big Story: She's 28, Loves God and Her Family, and Might Be the Reason You Can't Have Kids
September 27, 2026 · 39 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop No IVF. No surrogacy. No polygenic tests. Emma Waters is leading a national fight against fertility tech—with her hot husband’s permission, of course. For…
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From The Big Story: Sayaka Murata Inhabits a Planet of Her Own
September 25, 2026 · 27 minListen to more of The Big Story here: http://swap.fm/l/wi-bigstorypod-feeddrop The novelist makes the Earthly rituals of sex, marriage, childbirth—and all of human life—appear delightfully outlandish. For more of the most ambitious…
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The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
July 31, 2024 · 10 minHuman cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics
July 30, 2024 · 11 minMeasles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action. Learn more about your ad choices…
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No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane
July 29, 2024 · 10 minGuilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
July 26, 2024 · 7 minResearchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Race for the Next Ozempic
July 25, 2024 · 12 minThe next wave of obesity drugs could help people lose even more weight—and make some pharma companies a fortune. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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