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Search Engine podcast

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Search Engine

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  PJ Vogt  

No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, PJ Vogt answers the 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. ***Named a best podcast of 2023 by Vulture, Time, The Economist, & Vogue. (OK, in 2023, but still...)***

No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, PJ Vogt answers the 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. ***Named a best podcast of 2023 by Vulture, Time, The Economist, & Vogue. (OK, in 2023, but still...)***

 

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#71

The White Subaru Hell Loop

A mortal human being finds himself stuck between two impressive organizations: the DMV, and an internet start-up called Carvana. He has a problem, but each side insists only the other can solve it. Search Engine’s crack automotive team investigates. [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

15 Nov 2024

53 MINS

53:27

15 Nov 2024

#70

Presenting Gone South

Gone South, the Edward R. Murrow award-winning podcast, is back. Unlike previous seasons, writer and host Jed Lipinski brings listeners new episodes every week with no end in sight. Each episode of Gone South Season 4 tells a different story about one of the South's most interesting crimes. 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 Nov 2024

09 MINS

09:16

13 Nov 2024

#69

How did the first democracy die?

The story of the first people who invented democracy, and what it did to them. [What's Wrong With Democracy? by Loren J. Samons II] (https://www.ucpress.edu/books/whats-wrong-with-democracy/paper) [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

08 Nov 2024

43 MINS

43:28

08 Nov 2024

#68

How do you sit quietly in the middle of a storm?

What if there was an event in the future, the outcome of which you couldn’t personally control, but it was still causing you anguish? This week, we talk to an ordained Zen priest and teacher to get some answers. Rev. angel Kyodo williams helps us learn how you could begin to quiet all the fears in your head that kidnap you from your actual life. [Rev's website.] (https://revangel.com/about/) [Rev's instruction for point meditation] (https://revangel.com/point-instruction/) . [Support Search Engine 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

01 Nov 2024

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:34

01 Nov 2024

#67

Should we be worried about OpenAI?

A year ago, we saw a stand-off between OpenAI's non-profit board and its leader, Sam Altman. Since then, the board has been reshuffled, Altman has consolidated power, and under his leadership, some strange things have happened. If AI might change the world, and OpenAI is leading the field -- how worried should we be? We check in with tech reporter Casey Newton of the newsletter Platformer and the podcast Hard Fork. Listen to our previous OpenAI episode ( [https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/who-should-be-in-charge-of-ai] (https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/who-should-be-in-charge-of-ai) ) 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

25 Oct 2024

59 MINS

59:06

25 Oct 2024

#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