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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 11 MIN

Farther than any human in history / Should we ban kids from social media? / How do you know what's real?

from News Sidequest

Four astronauts flew farther from Earth than any person in history — broke a 56-year-old record, named a crater after a commander's late wife, and heard a wake-up message from Jim Lovell recorded just before he died. Also: experts say banning kids from social media is politically popular but scientifically weak, and the evidence points toward something harder than a ban. Plus, the question I've been wanting to ask for a while: what is your actual system for deciding whether a news story is real? And a samurai sword stolen by a guy on a bike, a cat stuck in a recliner, and a cruise ship that ran aground next to where Cast Away was filmed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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