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PJ Vogt

Named a best podcast of 2023 by Vulture, Time, The Economist, & Vogue. No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, host PJ Vogt answers the kinds of questions you might ask the internet when you can't sleep. If you find the world bewildering, but also sometimes enjoy being bewildered by it, we're here for you. Edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni.

#66

Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 2)

We reveal the one weird trick some billionaires use to pay less in federal income taxes than you do. And we explain the consequences faced by the person who leaked the tax returns of billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Taylor Swift, thereby enraging some of the most powerful people in our country. [Support the show at searchengine.show!] (https://www.searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

18 Oct 2024

45 MINS

45:47

18 Oct 2024

#65

Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 1)

A rogue IRS contractor leaks the private tax returns of the country’s wealthiest citizens to a reporter. That reporter, ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger, learns that some of our billionaires are paying as little as zero dollars in federal income taxes. The story of how this country came up with an income tax in the first place, and how the wealthiest discovered an opt-out strategy. [Support the show at searchengine.show!] (https://www.searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

18 Oct 2024

52 MINS

52:24

18 Oct 2024

#64

Death, Sex & Money x Search Engine

This week, we're sharing an episode of a show we love, Death, Sex & Money. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We'll be back with two new episodes of our own next Friday. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

10 Oct 2024

51 MINS

51:29

10 Oct 2024

#63

The Mystery of the Vape Shop Kratom

This week we have for you ... not a whodunnit, but a what did I do? A listener tries a substance he doesn’t know much about and not long after, his life begins to change. Afterwards, he wonders — what was that, and why was it so easy to get? Search Engine investigates. Support the show over at [searchengine.show] (searchengine.show) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

04 Oct 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:01

04 Oct 2024

#62

Is everyone pretending to understand inflation (or just me)?

The single issue that might decide the upcoming presidential election also happens to be: very confusing. Political economist [Mark Blyth] (https://x.com/mkblyth?lang=en) helps us understand: how inflation starts, how inflation is stopped, and shares his theory about why the powers-that-be may be just as confused about inflation as we are. Support the show: [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

20 Sep 2024

56 MINS

56:09

20 Sep 2024

#61

A stubborn lunatic’s guide to making great art

25 years ago, The Sopranos, the best television show ever created, premiered. This week, a new documentary called [Wise Guy] (https://www.hbo.com/movies/wise-guy-david-chase-and-the-sopranos) asks the question: how did a show considered so risky & uncommercial even get made? We’re interviewing Wise Guy director Alex Gibney about that question, and about how stubborn lunatics like him and David Chase got to make the projects they wanted to make. [Incognito Mode] (http://searchengine.show/) , our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

13 Sep 2024

59 MINS

59:27

13 Sep 2024

#60

Can I microdose veganism?

If you care about animals, but don't want to stop eating them... what's the least you could do while doing the most good? That question, posed to The Atlantic's Annie Lowrey, leads us to a pair of true crime stories about animals. Turkeys plummeting wildly from the sky and a private investigation involving a small brown cow. Links to Annie Lowrey's Reporting [Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane] (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/yellville-turkey-trot/576184/) [The Truth About Organic Milk] (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/alexandre-farms-treatment-of-animals/677980/) Links to Live Events [Brooklyn Live Event with Freakonomics] (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-questionable-evening-with-stephen-dubner-and-pj-vogt-tickets-1002544747327) - Thursday, September 26th [Amsterdam Live Event with Podimo] (https://podimo.com/nl/searchengine) - Thursday, October 3rd To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

06 Sep 2024

57 MINS

57:25

06 Sep 2024

#59

What's the best phone to do crimes on?

For years, the must-have phone for the discerning drug trafficker or hitman was a brand you may not have heard of: AN0M. Reporter Joseph Cox tells us the story of the AN0M phone, its sudden rise and shocking fall, and the shadowy group behind its invention. Joseph's new book: [Dark Wire] (https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Wire-Incredible-Largest-Operation/dp/1541702697) . [Incognito Mode] (http://searchengine.show/) , our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

16 Aug 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:55

16 Aug 2024

#58

Is there a sane way to follow this election?

We are in an eighty-eight day sprint to the Presidential election. How would you follow this story if you wanted to actually understand something, instead of, like me, just feeling very anxious several times a day? We talk to Ezra Klein about how he follows elections and his own strange role in this election cycle. If you'd like to check out some of Ezra's election coverage this year, here are some good places to start. [Democrats Have a Better Option than Biden] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/opinion/ezra-klein-biden-audio-essay.html) (February, 2024) [Are Democrats Right to Unite Around Kamala Harris?] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-biden-harris-essay.html) (July, 2024) [Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?] (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-tim-walz.html) (August, 2024) And if you'd like ad-free episodes of Search Engine, and bonus episodes, head to [searchengine.show!] (https://www.searchengine.show) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

09 Aug 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:05

09 Aug 2024

#57

The End

A trip to Greenland, a chance encounter with Coolio, and the end of the world. (This summer we’re publishing some of our favorite episodes from our previous series, Crypto Island.) Support the show over at [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

02 Aug 2024

56 MINS

56:06

02 Aug 2024

#56

The Kidnapping of Ape #8398

An art heist in the crypto world plunges us headfirst into another mystery — why did so many celebrities suddenly start selling us on NFTs last year? (This summer we’re publishing some of our favorite episodes from our previous series, Crypto Island.) Support the show over at [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

26 Jul 2024

41 MINS

41:09

26 Jul 2024

#55

Genesis

This week: Bitcoin. We trace it from its humble origins in a .PDF to the movement it has spawned, all over three days at an enormous Bitcoin conference in Miami. (This summer we’re publishing some of our favorite episodes from our previous series, Crypto Island.) Support the show over at [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

19 Jul 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:50

19 Jul 2024

#54

The Bidding War

A story about a strange auction for perhaps the most valuable piece of paper in America. This summer we’re publishing some of our favorite episodes from our previous series, Crypto Island. Support the show over at [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

12 Jul 2024

51 MINS

51:18

12 Jul 2024

#53

Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? (Part 2)

We travel to Germany to trace techno's history from Detroit to Berlin. The story of how, after the Wall fell, Berlin exorcised its brutal past with a very strange, decade-long party. A mission that takes us all the way to the gates of Berghain. Music Credits: Original composition in this episode by Armen Bazarian. Additional Tracks: Game One - Infiniti, Dead Man Watches The Clock - Marcel Dettmann & Ben Klock, The Call - Marcel Dettmann & Norman Nodge, Quicksand - Marcel Dettmann. Full playlist [here] (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gKdMHv8jN0a7p2KszLuWV?si=ct9eAnM1T--RgS-YrzQRFA&pi=u-6fNvYuF_Txus) . Sven von Thüle: [https://soundcloud.com/svt ] (https://soundcloud.com/svt) // [Der Klang der Familie] (https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/der-klang-der-familie-t-9783518465486) Gesine Kühne: [https://soundcloud.com/wannadosomething] (https://soundcloud.com/wannadosomething) Support the show at [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

26 Jun 2024

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:34

26 Jun 2024

#52

Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? (Part 1)

Two Americans embark on a quest: fly across an ocean to try to get into the most exclusive nightclub in the world – Berghain. A German techno palace where the line outside can last 8 hours, and the bouncers are merciless in their judgments. The club does not explain how it makes its decisions about who can enter, but one foolish podcaster will try to explain anyway. Support the show: [search engine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

21 Jun 2024

55 MINS

55:18

21 Jun 2024

#51

What does it feel like to believe in God?

This week, we try to understand an experience that 74% of Americans routinely report having. The first of many conversations (perhaps?). This one, an interview with Zvika Krieger. Support the show: [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

14 Jun 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:06

14 Jun 2024

#50

How much glue should you put in your pizza?

An internet breaking news story. As we told you last week, Google has begun offering AI-generated answers to search questions. But some answers, it turns out, are strange. Users were told, for instance, that glue was an appropriate ingredient for homemade pizza. We talk to reporter Katie Notopolous, who baked and ate her own homemade glue pizza. Support the show: [search engine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

31 May 2024

45 MINS

45:44

31 May 2024

#49

How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)

Last week, Google announced a fundamental change to how the site will work, which will likely have dire effects for the news industry. When you use Google now, the site will often offer AI-generated summaries to you, instead of favoring human-written articles. We talk to Platformer’s Casey Newton about why this is happening, why publishers are nervous, and about a secret new internet you may not have heard of, a paradise to which we may all yet escape. Support the show at [searchengine.show] (searchengine.show) ! [Search Engine - How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 1)] (https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/a-big-announcement-from-search-engine) [Platformer - Google's broken link to the web] (https://www.platformer.news/google-io-ai-search-sundar-pichai/) [404 Media - Why Google is shit now] (https://www.404media.co/podcast-why-google-is-shit-now-404-media-week-22/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

22 May 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:22

22 May 2024

#48

Should this creepy search engine exist?

After stumbling on a new kind of search engine for faces, we called privacy journalist Kashmir Hill. She’s been reporting on the very sudden and unregulated rise of these facial search engines. Here’s the story of the very first one, the mysterious person who made it, and the copycats it helped spawn. Support the show: [searchengine.show] (searchengine.show) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

10 May 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:56

10 May 2024

#47

What do trigger warnings actually do?

A listener’s brother dies by suicide, and afterwards, she finds herself angered by trigger warnings about suicide. She wants to know — are these actually helping other people? Or is it just something we do because we think we’re supposed to? Support the show: [searchengine.show] (http://searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

03 May 2024

59 MINS

59:29

03 May 2024

#46

Where's my flying car?

Since not long after the car was invented, we have wanted to stick wings on them and fly them through the sky. This week, we interview writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus about the surprisingly long history of actual, working flying cars in America. Plus, what it's like to actually fly in a modern flying car. [Read Gideon's article!] (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/22/are-flying-cars-finally-here?utm_brand=tny&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=linkedin) [Support the show!] (https://www.searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

19 Apr 2024

55 MINS

55:40

19 Apr 2024

#45

Do political yard signs actually do anything?

It’s an election year and so Search Engine’s campaign desk is answering the questions you really want answers to: all the political yard signs in your neighbors’ yards … do they do anything besides make everyone like each other less? An experiment that definitively answers this question. [Support the show!] (https://www.searchengine.show/) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

12 Apr 2024

37 MINS

37:09

12 Apr 2024

#44

Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 2)

In part two of our story, we watch the state of New York try to pull off something we rarely see in America: a kind of reparations. A very ambitious dream encounters a thicket of details and complications. The whole time, cameras roll, broadcasting the meetings on YouTube. [Help support the show] (https://www.searchengine.show) ! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

05 Apr 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:42

05 Apr 2024

#43

Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 1)

In 2021, New York legalized cannabis for adults. It was supposed to be the start of a legal market, led by people arrested during prohibition. Instead, a strange new market has flourished, seemingly every formerly empty store in the city now sells weed. How'd that happen? In part one, the history of prohibition and how it helps explain the mess we're in now. If you enjoyed the episode, consider supporting the show at [searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

29 Mar 2024

52 MINS

52:19

29 Mar 2024

#42

A big announcement from Search Engine plus, "What's in your cocaine?"

We've launched [a new premium feed called Incognito Mode] (http://searchengine.show) . It includes bonus episodes of Search Engine and some other very special features. We're including a preview episode here: an interview with a very candid, high-level drug dealer about adulterants in the illicit drug supply. [Sign up now, at searchengine.show or go there to learn more] (http://searchengine.show) . (More thoughts about [why we're doing this] (https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/a-big-announcement-from-search-engine) and the future of our show). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

22 Mar 2024

13 MINS

13:51

22 Mar 2024

#41

How do we survive the media apocalypse?

Something strange, new, and unsettling is happening in media right now. Huge institutions, both newspapers and online outlets, are being severely transformed by layoffs. As a person just trying to find good information on the internet, what are you supposed to do? We’re joined this week again by Ezra Klein, who has an explanation for why this is happening, a prediction about where it’s going, and a prescription for what we all can do about it. If you'd like to support Search Engine, you can do so over at [ searchengine.show] (https://www.searchengine.show) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] (https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) ... Read more

15 Mar 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:37

15 Mar 2024

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#66

Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 2)

#65

Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 1)

#64

Death, Sex & Money x Search Engine

#63

The Mystery of the Vape Shop Kratom

#62

Is everyone pretending to understand inflation (or just me)?

#61

A stubborn lunatic’s guide to making great art

#60

Can I microdose veganism?

#59

What's the best phone to do crimes on?

#58

Is there a sane way to follow this election?

#57

The End

#56

The Kidnapping of Ape #8398

#55

Genesis

#54

The Bidding War

#53

Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? (Part 2)

#52

Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? (Part 1)

#51

What does it feel like to believe in God?

#50

How much glue should you put in your pizza?

#49

How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2)

#48

Should this creepy search engine exist?

#47

What do trigger warnings actually do?

#46

Where's my flying car?

#45

Do political yard signs actually do anything?

#44

Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 2)

#43

Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 1)

#42

A big announcement from Search Engine plus, "What's in your cocaine?"

#41

How do we survive the media apocalypse?