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Oct. 6, 2023

The Fond Du Lac Apartment Mystery

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

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Sept. 29, 2023

Where did the 8 billion dollars go?

This week, the story of former crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Sept. 22, 2023

Why are we still buying diamonds?

They’re shiny rocks that we’ve somehow agreed embody romance and eternity.

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Sept. 15, 2023

Why’s it so hard to figure out how many people watch Stranger Things?

Maya Hawke, of Stranger Things, would like to know why Netflix won't tell her how many people watch the show?

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Sept. 1, 2023

Does anyone actually like their job?

Or, am I being lied to by a Brooklyn-based musician?

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Aug. 18, 2023

Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 2)

We speak to Luis, a former fentanyl dealer and user who tells us why a dealer might want to put fentanyl in less lethal drugs.

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Aug. 11, 2023

Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 1)

Isn't it bad business to kill your own customers?

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Aug. 4, 2023

Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments?

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

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July 28, 2023

What's it like to slowly go blind?

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

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July 21, 2023

What's going on with Elon Musk?

Search Engine investigates the erratic behavior of the world’s wealthiest man with Hard Fork’s Casey Newton.

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July 14, 2023

How do I find new music now that I’m old and irrelevant?

We enlist a very overqualified person to answer this question, writer Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres.

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July 7, 2023

Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee?

Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski has heard a disgusting rumor — that the coffee on airplanes is unsafe to drink because the onboard water tanks are only cleaned once a year. We investigate and learn some disgusting lessons along t...

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May 12, 2023

How sad are the monkeys in the zoo?

To answer this question, we’ll unpack a scientific battle centuries in the making, one that involves a serial killer elephant and a suicidal dog.

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Jan. 13, 2023

Introducing: Search Engine

No question too big, no question too small. A new show that’ll be out soon. You can hear it here, on this feed. The one you're on now. Question you'd like answered? Email pjvogt85@gmail.com

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Dec. 22, 2022

09 The End

A trip to Greenland, a chance encounter with Coolio, and the end of the world. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

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June 28, 2022

08 The Kidnapping of Ape #8398

An art heist in the crypto world plunges us headfirst into another mystery — why did so many celebrities suddenly start selling us on NFTs last year? (To help support the show or subscribe to the free newsletter, check out ht...

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May 26, 2022

07 The Drug Trader

This week we follow a dollar underground. For notes, further reading, or to support this project visit pjvogt.com.

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May 13, 2022

06 The Lunatic Who Crashed Crypto

This week, a story of about how crypto just imploded due to one risky, financial product. And the fight-loving, Twitter-addicted founder who invented that product for his adoring army of lunatics. Visit Crypto Island at pjvog...

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May 7, 2022

05 Genesis

This week: Bitcoin. We trace it from its humble origins in a .PDF to the movement it has spawned, all over three days at an enormous Bitcoin conference in Miami. Visit Crypto Island at pjvogt.com if you'd like to ask question...

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April 5, 2022

04 The Skeptic

The strange journeys of Cas Piancey, a baker turned crypto skeptic. (For notes & further reading on this episode, check out my newsletter at pjvogt.com). To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: http...

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March 25, 2022

03 Miguel

A conversation with Miguel Piedrafita. Why would a 19-year-old from Spain want to buy the US Constitution? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more...

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March 23, 2022

02 ConstitutionDAO

A story about a strange auction for perhaps the most valuable piece of paper in America. (Listen to introduction episode before this one, if you haven't! Also for notes & further reading on this episode, check out my newslett...

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March 14, 2022

01 Welcome to Crypto Island

An introduction to this limited series. A video of a mysterious tropical island populated entirely by Bitcoin dynasts and Dogecoin princelings sends a reporter on a new journey. To learn more about listener data and our priva...

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