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This week, Alex and Damiano take a trip. This is the conclusion of last week's episode, Long Distance. Further ReadingSnigdha Poonam's story on tech support scams in the Hindustan TimesIf you suspect you are a victim of a tech support scammer,

#102 Long Distance

Aug 6th, 2017 45m 59s

This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman. Further ReadingIf you suspect you are a victim of a tech support scammer, you see a suspicious pop-up, or get an unsolicited tech support email, you can make a comp

Breaking News

Aug 6th, 2017 48m 46s

Today, two new technological tricks that together could invade our past selves and rewrite the rules of credibility. Also, we release something terrible into the world.

#41: Can You Fall in Love with Anyone?

Jul 31st, 2017 35m 41s

If you can fall in love with anyone, how do you choose well? Mandy Len Catron offers an answer. She's the author of the book How to Fall in Love with Anyone. She also wrote the Modern Love essay "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This" for The Ne

Revising the Fault Line

Jul 6th, 2017 47m 30s

A fresh look at how, why, and who we blame.

Beauty of A Bad Idea — with Walker & Company's Tristan Walker

Jul 2nd, 2017 34m 18s

The best business ideas often seem laughable at first glance. So if you’re hearing a chorus of “No’s” it may actually be a good sign… Google, Facebook, LInkedIn, Airbnb — they all sounded crazy before they scaled spectacularly. So don’t be disc

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss

Jun 18th, 2017 13m 21s

The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a s

Aziz Ansari On 'Master Of None'

Jun 5th, 2017 48m 15s

Ansari talks about his award-winning Netflix series, acting alongside his real-life parents, and hosting 'SNL' the day after Trump's inauguration. Also, book critic Maureen Corrigan shares her early summer reading list.

Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash | Rutger Bregman

May 26th, 2017 14m 58s

"Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the idea's 500-year history and a forgotten modern experiment where it actually worked -- and

The North Pond Hermit, Snap #806 - Personal Jesus

May 18th, 2017 14m 58s

There was a legend in central Maine, about a hermit who had lived in the woods, unseen, for 30 years. Then, in 2013, the police arrested a man named Christopher Knight.To learn more about Chris Knight’s story, be sure to check out journalist’s

You Have to Invent Something (Season 5, Episode 1)

May 7th, 2017 34m 54s

In 1983 a guy named Stuart Anders invented a toy that would become a huge hit -- one of the biggest fad toys of a generation. But the toy world can be treacherous, and Stuart's big idea left him broke. Now he's back with a new toy and a surpris

5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava

May 2nd, 2017 35m 52s

After living as a monk in India and running a plastics company in Florida, Manoj Bhargava decided to launch something new: a one-shot energy drink in a bright, battery-shaped bottle. Today, 5-Hour ENERGY is one of the most recognizable energy d

The Inventor And The Thief, Snap #810 - Legacy

Apr 21st, 2017 26m 40s

When a brilliant inventor was robbed of his life’s work, his son did the the only reasonable thing: he became a robber. Walter is currently producing a film called The Unknowns: Talent is Colorblind. The film tells the incredible true story o