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18:45 S2E77

France: The street is the real Parliament

Why are hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets of France? And why does the protest reveal far more than anger about prices or politics? In this episode …

19:40 S2E76

What are humans for?

Something happened in a government building this month that proves, better than any think piece could, exactly how much smarter the machines have gotten than us. It has nothing to …

22:05 S2E75

Everyone at the table hates the Wine

Why do otherwise rational people spend all this time and money on something that eventually becomes expensive pee? Bianca Bosker, Cork DorkDoes expensive wine actually taste better? Or did you …

19:25 S2E71

Algorithm Personality Disorder

You didn't choose your apartment. Or your skincare routine. Or the restaurant you're about to book. Something else did, and it's been running the same script on millions of people …

19:22 S2E68

Your brain decided before you did. Here’s the proof

In 1983, a neuroscientist discovered something that should’ve ended a philosophical argument dead on the spot: your brain starts acting before you feel like you’ve decided anything. This week, we …

19:45 S2E67

When Money talks, the room goes Silent

Power or money have to just be enough so that nobody in the room dares say "are you sure about that."This episode is about what happens the moment someone, a …