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  • ICYMI - The Boomers Turned “Screenagers”

    October 31, 2026 · 33 min

    Conversations about screen addition are almost always about kids. Entire governments have mobilized in pursuit of offsetting the negative effects of being too plugged in, but there’s one demographic we never talk about. On today’s episode…

  • Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Going to Graceland Edition

    October 30, 2026 · 51 min

    Four decades ago, Paul Simon broke out of a middle-age slump with a collaborative project few saw coming. Join Chris Molanphy as he explores the musical brilliance, polarizing legacy—and of course, the chart history—of 1986’s…

  • Decoder Ring - The Spooky Saga of the Icelandic Dracula

    October 29, 2026 · 51 min

    Since Bram Stoker’s Dracula was first published in 1897 it has inspired hundreds, if not thousands, of other fictional vampires. But none are quite as strange as that found in the frigid climes of Iceland. There, just a few years after…

  • ICYMI - An Internet Boyfriend Just Made The Movie Of The Year

    October 28, 2026 · 38 min

    You may have thought we knew everything there was to know about Elizabeth Holmes. The Theranos founder who was found guilty of defrauding investors sparked books, documentaries, and even a TV show—but nothing like this. Nathan Fielder’s…

  • Death, Sex & Money - Side Effects May Include Headaches, Sleep Eating, Buying Power Tools

    October 27, 2026 · 53 min

    For this episode, we asked for your stories about medication side effects. You told us about the weird, from sleep-eating to compulsive spending. You told us about making trade-off calculations: Is an improved mood worth a decreased sex…

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  • ICYMI - The “Tradwife” To Girlboss Pipeline

    October 24, 2026 · 38 min

    The “tradwives” are retreating. Nara Smith went on Call Her Daddy to renounce any association with the term, and has been in the middle of a full-on rebrand as the promotes her new cookbook. Other figureheads, like Hannah Neeleman aka…

  • ICYMI - The Toxic FB Groups For Estranged Parents

    October 21, 2026 · 34 min

    The latest internet “trend,” apparently, is adult children cutting off their parents. And while there are plenty of spaces on the internet where both children and parents can seek advice and community about their estrangement, the reality…

  • Decoder Ring - Clown Panic (Encore)

    October 21, 2026 · 36 min

    Clowns have existed in various forms for thousands of years. From the big top to Bozo’s TV show, they used to be beloved figures of amusement and delight. What changed and made so many people suspect and fear them? In this episode…

  • Death, Sex & Money - Comedian Murray Hill on the Teachers Who Freed Him From an Unsafe Home

    October 20, 2026 · 58 min

    Now famous as a New York City nightlife fixture and for his role on Somebody Somewhere, comedian Murray Hill used to keep his personal history private. In fact, the persona of “Murray Hill” started as a drag king character modeled after…

  • ICYMI - The Labubufication of AI Agents

    October 17, 2026 · 33 min

    The new AI agents from Meta and OpenAI have one thing in common: they look like children’s cartoons. At the same time these companies are warning that AI will kill us all, they’re trying to convince users to try even more products by…

  • ICYMI - How The Pussyhat Unraveled

    October 14, 2026 · 40 min

    Ten years ago, the world was gearing up to welcome the first female president. Instead, Donald Trump’s surprise victory went on to alter America’s entire political landscape. It’s exactly what the people behind the Pussyhat Project feared…

  • Decoder Ring - Gandhi Never Said “Be the Change”

    October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Few inspirational phrases are quoted more often than Mahatma Gandhi’s “Be the change you want to see in the world.” It shows up on t-shirts, bumper stickers, even tattooed on people’s bodies. Life coaches, leadership trainers, and American…

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