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A Recast of ‘Search Engine’

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

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Recastable Episodes (156)

1. 01 Welcome to Crypto Island March 14, 2022
2. 02 ConstitutionDAO March 23, 2022
3. 03 Miguel March 25, 2022
4. 04 The Skeptic April 5, 2022
5. 05 Genesis May 7, 2022
6. 06 The Lunatic Who Crashed Crypto May 13, 2022
7. 07 The Drug Trader May 26, 2022
8. 08 The Kidnapping of Ape #8398 June 28, 2022
9. 09 The End Dec. 22, 2022
10. Introducing: Search Engine Jan. 13, 2023
11. How sad are the monkeys in the zoo? May 12, 2023
12. Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? July 7, 2023
13. How do I find new music now that I’m old and irrelevant? July 14, 2023
14. What's going on with Elon Musk? July 21, 2023
15. What's it like to slowly go blind? July 28, 2023
16. Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments? Aug. 4, 2023
17. Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 1) Aug. 11, 2023
18. Why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? (Part 2) Aug. 18, 2023
19. Does anyone actually like their job? Sept. 1, 2023
20. Why’s it so hard to figure out how many people watch Stranger Things? Sept. 15, 2023
21. Why are we still buying diamonds? Sept. 22, 2023
22. Where did the 8 billion dollars go? Sept. 29, 2023
23. The Fond Du Lac Apartment Mystery Oct. 6, 2023
24. Heavyweight x Search Engine Oct. 9, 2023
25. Is there a sane way to use the internet? Oct. 20, 2023
26. Otherworld x Search Engine Oct. 25, 2023
27. Why'd I take speed for twenty years? (Part 1) Oct. 27, 2023
28. Why'd I take speed for twenty years? (Part 2) Nov. 3, 2023
29. The Bull of Wall Street Nov. 10, 2023
30. Why don’t we eat people? Nov. 17, 2023
31. Who should be in charge of AI? Dec. 1, 2023
32. Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 1) Dec. 8, 2023
33. Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 2) Dec. 15, 2023
34. When do you know it’s time to stop drinking? Jan. 12, 2024
35. Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 1) Jan. 19, 2024
36. Introducing: The Chris Chatman Do-Over, starring Ike Barinholtz Jan. 23, 2024
37. Why are there so many chicken bones on the street? (Part 2) Jan. 26, 2024
38. How do you survive fame? Feb. 2, 2024
39. What are we gonna do about all these cats? Feb. 9, 2024
40. Where did all the roaches go? Feb. 23, 2024
41. How do you make an addictive video game? March 1, 2024
42. Who's behind these scammy text messages we've all been getting? March 8, 2024
43. How do we survive the media apocalypse? March 15, 2024
44. A big announcement from Search Engine plus, "What's in your cocaine?" March 22, 2024
45. Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 1) March 29, 2024
46. Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 2) April 5, 2024
47. Do political yard signs actually do anything? April 12, 2024
48. Where's my flying car? April 19, 2024
49. What do trigger warnings actually do? May 3, 2024
50. Should this creepy search engine exist? May 10, 2024
51. How do we survive the media apocalypse? (Part 2) May 22, 2024
52. How much glue should you put in your pizza? May 31, 2024
53. What does it feel like to believe in God? June 14, 2024
54. Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? (Part 1) June 21, 2024
55. Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? (Part 2) June 26, 2024
56. The Bidding War July 12, 2024
57. Genesis July 19, 2024
58. The Kidnapping of Ape #8398 July 26, 2024
59. The End Aug. 2, 2024
60. Is there a sane way to follow this election? Aug. 9, 2024
61. What's the best phone to do crimes on? Aug. 16, 2024
62. Can I microdose veganism? Sept. 6, 2024
63. A stubborn lunatic’s guide to making great art Sept. 13, 2024
64. Is everyone pretending to understand inflation (or just me)? Sept. 20, 2024
65. The Mystery of the Vape Shop Kratom Oct. 4, 2024
66. Death, Sex & Money x Search Engine Oct. 10, 2024
67. Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 1) Oct. 18, 2024
68. Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 2) Oct. 18, 2024
69. Should we be worried about OpenAI? Oct. 25, 2024
70. How do you sit quietly in the middle of a storm? Nov. 1, 2024
71. How did the first democracy die? Nov. 8, 2024
72. Presenting Gone South Nov. 13, 2024
73. The White Subaru Hell Loop Nov. 15, 2024
74. What is jawmaxxing? Nov. 22, 2024
75. Who buys luggage at the airport luggage store? Dec. 6, 2024
76. What if ayahuasca made you stop podcasting? Dec. 13, 2024
77. When do you know it’s time to stop drinking? (classic) Dec. 20, 2024
78. Why is the pool at Buckingham Palace a secret? Dec. 27, 2024
79. Is it ok to just work all the time? Jan. 10, 2025
80. The New Zuckerberg Jan. 18, 2025
81. What’s it like to fly when you’re fat? Jan. 24, 2025
82. What happens when a cemetery goes out of business? Feb. 7, 2025
83. What should we do about teens using AI to do their homework? Feb. 14, 2025
84. Can you cure picky eating? Feb. 21, 2025
85. Does anyone actually like their job? (classic) Feb. 28, 2025
86. DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas March 7, 2025
87. The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber March 14, 2025
88. Viruses in the Air March 21, 2025
89. Planet Money: The Memecoin Casino March 28, 2025
90. The Russian Cake Switcheroo April 4, 2025
91. What are teenagers actually seeing on their phones? April 11, 2025
92. Why can’t we just turn the empty offices into apartments? (classic) April 18, 2025
93. Why the national debt might finally matter April 25, 2025
94. The Dave and Buster's Anomaly May 9, 2025
95. How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation) May 16, 2025
96. Search Engine x What We Spend May 30, 2025
97. The Stupid Little Yogurt Question June 6, 2025
98. The Test June 13, 2025
99. Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? (classic) June 20, 2025
100. The Psychic Question June 30, 2025
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