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Search Engine

by PJ Vogt

We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small.
Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
Named one of the best podcasts of all time by Time Magazine

102 episodes
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1
The Trial of the Driverless Car
1:06:55 Mar 26, 2026
2
Are you a good driver?
1:10:02 Mar 23, 2026
3
Odd Lots x Search Engine
51:24 Mar 6, 2026
4
Mysteries of Claude
52:09 Feb 27, 2026
5
Why don’t we eat people? (classic)
1:00:47 Feb 20, 2026
6
How Peptides Conquered the Internet
48:20 Feb 13, 2026
7
Are flushable wipes actually flushable?
59:09 Jan 30, 2026
8
The Venezuelan Curse (Part 2)
1:02:05 Jan 20, 2026
9
The Venezuelan Curse (Part 1)
1:09:33 Jan 16, 2026
10
The Fediverse Experiment
41:53 Jan 9, 2026
11
Heavyweight x Search Engine
39:13 Dec 26, 2025
12
A Perfectly Average Anomaly
59:04 Dec 19, 2025
13
Unlocked: The State of Search Engine 2025
52:16 Dec 12, 2025
14
What's the best phone to do crimes on? (classic)
1:02:46 Dec 5, 2025
15
How to talk (or not talk) politics at family holidays
38:53 Nov 27, 2025
16
Colossus 2
46:31 Nov 21, 2025
17
Colossus 1
45:18 Nov 21, 2025
18
An Anthropology of Gooners
47:04 Nov 12, 2025
19
America vs. China
1:00:15 Oct 31, 2025
20
The Rage in the Cage
55:20 Oct 17, 2025
21
Cocomelon For Adults
50:06 Oct 10, 2025
22
Talk Easy x Search Engine
1:41:24 Oct 3, 2025
23
Is my favorite new TV show this year a ripoff?
50:13 Sep 26, 2025
24
The Obituary
56:23 Sep 19, 2025
25
How does a rationalist make a baby?
50:50 Sep 5, 2025
26
A Dubai Chocolate theory of the internet
42:14 Aug 22, 2025
27
Are microplastics really a problem?
49:37 Aug 15, 2025
28
What does it feel like to believe in God? (classic)
1:07:59 Jul 25, 2025
29
The Cuddly Killer (classic)
54:16 Jul 18, 2025
30
Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 2 (classic)
48:10 Jul 11, 2025
31
Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 1 (classic)
58:57 Jul 4, 2025
32
The Psychic Question
53:59 Jun 30, 2025
33
Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? (classic)
52:00 Jun 20, 2025
34
The Test
47:33 Jun 13, 2025
35
The Stupid Little Yogurt Question
1:01:33 Jun 6, 2025
36
Search Engine x What We Spend
45:35 May 30, 2025
37
How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation)
48:21 May 16, 2025
38
The Dave and Buster's Anomaly
46:51 May 9, 2025
39
Why the national debt might finally matter
46:36 Apr 25, 2025
40
Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments? (classic)
48:05 Apr 18, 2025
41
What are teenagers actually seeing on their phones?
47:53 Apr 11, 2025
42
The Russian Cake Switcheroo
42:02 Apr 4, 2025
43
Planet Money: The Memecoin Casino
33:58 Mar 28, 2025
44
Viruses in the Air
41:48 Mar 21, 2025
45
The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber
59:22 Mar 14, 2025
46
DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas
49:40 Mar 7, 2025
47
Does anyone actually like their job? (classic)
43:54 Feb 28, 2025
48
Can you cure picky eating?
41:09 Feb 21, 2025
49
What should we do about teens using AI to do their homework?
57:59 Feb 14, 2025
50
What happens when a cemetery goes out of business?
52:37 Feb 7, 2025
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