Search Engine
Today: #7 in Technology on our combined chart.
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pocket Casts |
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| Oct 1 | #10 | #8 | #10 |
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Search Engine x Better in Person
September 29, 2026 · 43 minSearch Engine has some exciting news about the moving image to announce, and we’re sharing an interview we loved with an unusual architect. Check out the video version on Freakonomics' YouTube page.
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Bollywood Dreams
September 18, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minAn email hits our inbox with the subject line: “My Dad is making a Bollywood Movie… is he being scammed?” We investigate. Become a premium subscriber.
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Why’s everybody going to Japan?
September 11, 2026 · 51 minA Japanese listener gets so many houseguests she starts a spreadsheet to try to figure out what's going on. Why has American tourism to Japan gotten so out of control? The story of a government plot. Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture…
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The Killing of the Gaza Chef
August 28, 2026 · 49 minMahmud Almadhoun ran a soup kitchen in the north of the Gaza Strip. In November 2024, he was killed. A reporter tries to answer a big question. Was Mahmud intentionally targeted? And if so, what does that mean about the future of…
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The Chosen One
August 21, 2026 · 48 minA listener asks: whose penis gets the top spot on the Wikipedia page for penis? Our quest for an answer takes us on a surprisingly philosophical journey — where we learn about the cutthroat fight to be number one and the extremely…
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A road trip through the data center debate
August 11, 2026 · 39 minThe midterms are approaching, and as the discourse heats up, one of the big new villains is: a kind of building. Data centers. Reporter Jasmine Sun took a road trip through two swing states to meet the people living at the center of these…
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The machines are learning… to do crimes?
August 6, 2026 · 38 minFor the first time, an AI model has autonomously hacked a company. This week, an evolving story, a postcard from a strange, frightening moment in the story of our technology. A big week for AI denialism by Casey Newton Its AI agent spent…
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What’s in your cocaine and the questions Search Engine CAN’T answer
July 24, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minAn interview with a cocaine salesman about cocaine adulterants, plus – questions Search Engine can’t answer, with special guest Kelefa Sanneh. Become a premium subscriber!