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Care & Feeding | How Safe is Your House?
35 min
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ICYMI: The Internet Has A Gambling Problem
A recent sports betting scandal exposes just how sinister online gambling has become.
48 min
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What Next: TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem
What’s the difference between being a party with Nazis and being in a Nazi party?
21 min
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Care & Feeding | When a Good Idea Turns Into a ...
41 min
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Decoder Ring | Cozy Autumn Mysteries
What’s going on with three fall favorites?
50 min
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Culture Gabfest: Lily Allen’s Revenge Tour Edition
This week, the panel convenes for a conversation on the film Blue Moon, the series Down Cemetery Road, and Lily Allen’s album West End Girl.
53 min
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ICYMI | The Alarm Clock That Woke Up #DemonTok
A Halloween ad gone wrong has religious users throwing out their Hatch alarm clocks.
45 min
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How To! | Talk to Contractors (With Sam Sanders...
Sam Sanders gets a home-repair therapy session from Mercury Stardust.
46 min
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Death, Sex & Money | After SNL, Ego Nwodim Has ...
Comedian Ego Nwodim on why she left SNL, and developing new Saturday night rituals that don’t involve “forking an entire cake.”
49 min
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Hang Up | A World Series for the Ages
How the Dodgers won one of the greatest showdowns in baseball history.
75 min
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Care & Feeding | Everything You Need to Know Ab...
41 min
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ICYMI: Can The Internet Save Animation?
As traditional studios struggle, the internet is giving shows like “Hazbin Hotel” a place to thrive.
39 min
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Hit Parade | If You Love Sting, Set Him Free Ed...
From the schoolroom to sophisti-pop, Sting’s genre-bending career is packed with hits.
51 min
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What Next: TBD | Inside the Goonerverse
A very specific (NSFW) online world.
26 min
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Care & Feeding | When Alcoholism Impacts the Ch...
37 min
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ICYMI | Halloween Used to Be Fun Online
The spooky internet traditions of yore, and the new ways we’re scaring ourselves online.
41 min
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Culture Gabfest: Netflix Goes Nuclear with A Ho...
In this week’s all-movie show, the panel gabs about A House of Dynamite, Hedda, and the documentary The Perfect Neighbor.
58 min
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What Next | Where Sports Betting Got Us
Just when you think it’s all apps, the Mafia pops back into the picture.
26 min
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How To! | Stop Snoring
Andrew Zaleski on getting a better night's sleep, even if it requires a chin strap.
26 min
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Death, Sex & Money | Her Boyfriend Was Killed i...
A Brooklyn woman explains how her partner’s death got distorted and politicized by online provocateurs.
50 min
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Hang Up | The NBA’s Growing Gambling Affair
How legal prop betting may have set the table for the latest scandal affecting pro basketball.
55 min
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Care & Feeding | My Kid is Saying 6-7…Can I Say...
41 min
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ICYMI | TwitchCon’s Sexual Harassment Problem
An incident at the 2025 convention has added new urgency to streamer safety.
47 min
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Care & Feeding | “It’s Not Easy!” Parenting Aft...
43 min
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ICYMI | The Streamer and the Shock Collar
Conservative clout-chasers accuse Hasan Piker of animal abuse on livestream.
38 min