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PJ Vogt

We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small. Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Named one of the best podcasts of all time by Time Magazine

60 episodes available · plays inline · no app required
  1. Why are people excited about nuclear power again?
    May 8, 2026 ·3171
  2. What if the cemetery goes out of business? (classic)
    May 1, 2026 ·3167
  3. Where’s the best free restaurant bread in America?
    Apr 24, 2026 ·2529
  4. The Cost of War
    Apr 17, 2026 ·3113
  5. What we got wrong about GLP-1s
    Apr 10, 2026 ·2957
  6. The Trial of the Driverless Car
    Mar 26, 2026 ·4015
  7. Are you a good driver?
    Mar 23, 2026 ·4202
  8. Odd Lots x Search Engine
    Mar 6, 2026 ·3084
  9. Mysteries of Claude
    Feb 27, 2026 ·3129
  10. Why don’t we eat people? (classic)
    Feb 20, 2026 ·3647
  11. How Peptides Conquered the Internet
    Feb 13, 2026 ·2900
  12. Are flushable wipes actually flushable?
    Jan 30, 2026 ·3549
  13. The Venezuelan Curse (Part 2)
    Jan 20, 2026 ·3725
  14. The Venezuelan Curse (Part 1)
    Jan 16, 2026 ·4173
  15. The Fediverse Experiment
    Jan 9, 2026 ·2513
  16. Heavyweight x Search Engine
    Dec 26, 2025 ·2353
  17. A Perfectly Average Anomaly
    Dec 19, 2025 ·3544
  18. Unlocked: The State of Search Engine 2025
    Dec 12, 2025 ·3136
  19. What's the best phone to do crimes on? (classic)
    Dec 5, 2025 ·3766
  20. How to talk (or not talk) politics at family holidays
    Nov 27, 2025 ·2333
  21. Colossus 2
    Nov 21, 2025 ·2791
  22. Colossus 1
    Nov 21, 2025 ·2718
  23. An Anthropology of Gooners
    Nov 12, 2025 ·2824
  24. America vs. China
    Oct 31, 2025 ·3615
  25. The Rage in the Cage
    Oct 17, 2025 ·3320
  26. Cocomelon For Adults
    Oct 10, 2025 ·3006
  27. Talk Easy x Search Engine
    Oct 3, 2025 ·6084
  28. Is my favorite new TV show this year a ripoff?
    Sep 26, 2025 ·3013
  29. The Obituary
    Sep 19, 2025 ·3383
  30. How does a rationalist make a baby?
    Sep 5, 2025 ·3050
  31. A Dubai Chocolate theory of the internet
    Aug 22, 2025 ·2534
  32. Are microplastics really a problem?
    Aug 15, 2025 ·2977
  33. What does it feel like to believe in God? (classic)
    Jul 25, 2025 ·4079
  34. The Cuddly Killer (classic)
    Jul 18, 2025 ·3256
  35. Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 2 (classic)
    Jul 11, 2025 ·2890
  36. Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 1 (classic)
    Jul 4, 2025 ·3537
  37. The Psychic Question
    Jun 30, 2025 ·3239
  38. Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? (classic)
    Jun 20, 2025 ·3120
  39. The Test
    Jun 13, 2025 ·2853
  40. The Stupid Little Yogurt Question
    Jun 6, 2025 ·3693
  41. Search Engine x What We Spend
    May 30, 2025 ·2735
  42. How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation)
    May 16, 2025 ·2901
  43. The Dave and Buster's Anomaly
    May 9, 2025 ·2811
  44. Why the national debt might finally matter
    Apr 25, 2025 ·2796
  45. Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments? (classic)
    Apr 18, 2025 ·2885
  46. What are teenagers actually seeing on their phones?
    Apr 11, 2025 ·2873
  47. The Russian Cake Switcheroo
    Apr 4, 2025 ·2522
  48. Planet Money: The Memecoin Casino
    Mar 28, 2025 ·2038
  49. Viruses in the Air
    Mar 21, 2025 ·2508
  50. The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber
    Mar 14, 2025 ·3562
  51. DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas
    Mar 7, 2025 ·2980
  52. Does anyone actually like their job? (classic)
    Feb 28, 2025 ·2634
  53. Can you cure picky eating?
    Feb 21, 2025 ·2469
  54. What should we do about teens using AI to do their homework?
    Feb 14, 2025 ·3479
  55. What happens when a cemetery goes out of business?
    Feb 7, 2025 ·3157
  56. What’s it like to fly when you’re fat?
    Jan 24, 2025 ·2915
  57. The New Zuckerberg
    Jan 18, 2025 ·4418
  58. Is it ok to just work all the time?
    Jan 10, 2025 ·3996
  59. Why is the pool at Buckingham Palace a secret?
    Dec 27, 2024 ·4278
  60. When do you know it’s time to stop drinking? (classic)
    Dec 20, 2024 ·3637
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