Episode summary: Way to Go, Ohio

Episode summary: A special 5x15 event with Chris Blackhurst- an acclaimed writer, commentator, former editor of The Independent and author of Too Big To Jail (Macmillan)- in conversation with investigative reporter Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World and Moneyland. El Chapo, the world’s n...

Episode summary: The Magic Wand Experiment

Episode summary: Van Morrison’s Cosmic Accident | Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Episode summary: What have we learned from the January 6th Committee hearings and what does is mean for a potential Justice Department investigation of Trump?

Episode summary: Protein supplements have been around for a long time but recently it feels like they made the jump from a niche product for gym enthusiasts to something much more mainstream. We are seeing protein being added to all kinds of food products for example, from chocolate bars to cereal....

Episode summary: Ben Tarnoff has a radical idea: unprivatize the Internet. The writer, Logic Magazine founder, and tech worker activist joins us to talk about his new book outlining what a truly public Internet would look like, from the fiber optic cables to the social media platforms platforms.

Episode summary: This episode picks up where Episode 193 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. Blanche Molineux visited her husband while he was in prison for murder to keep up what she called the “ghastly pretense.” But eventually, she couldn’t keep it up anymore, and bought a train tic...

Episode summary: In Triplicate

Episode summary: If moral philosophy is a train to crazy town, at what stop should we disembark?

I don’t think I heard an answer to this provocative question, but I did hear some things that I could not grasp. All this talk of “what if we’re living in a simulation” smacks to me of late nights in t...