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A team of investigators with an unusual set of skills joins us this week to solve a mystery that hau

This week, a question a podcast has no business trying to answer. We talk to writer A.J. Daulerio ab

We bring you the shattering conclusion to our investigation into whether a New York City sushi resta

We investigate unsettling rumors that fish purveyors may be mislabeling fish to save a buck. Our pat

This week, the story of a very brief, very absurd revolution at the world’s leading artificial intel

A question from a four-year-old tips us into an investigation of one of our most fundamental taboos:

Every day in Manhattan, about 1,000 people will stand outside in a long line waiting for their chanc

In part two of our story about ADHD medications, we approach the question from a different angle.We

One of the millions of millennials given prescription stimulants to treat ADHD decides to quit. And

Ezra Klein joins Search Engine this week to answer a question that's increasingly confounded us: how

Search Engine is VERY EXCITED to share the news that Heavyweight, one of our favorite shows, is now

Why would the government give Korianne a coupon for a free apartment that she can’t find? We have a

This week, the story of former crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried. The government alleges he stole

They’re shiny rocks that we’ve somehow agreed embody romance and eternity. But diamonds, it turns ou

Maya Hawke, of Stranger Things, would like to know why won’t Netflix just tell her how many people w

... Or, am I being lied to by a Brooklyn-based musician? At twenty-five, I had a question for The Ho

We speak to Luis, a former fentanyl dealer and user who tells us why a dealer might want to put fent

Isn't it bad business to kill your own customers? In part one of our answer to this question, we tal

Our quest for answers this week sends us over a hundred years into the past. We learn about the invi

We interview writer Andrew Leland, who has been gradually losing his sight for two decades. Andrew t