All Episodes

Nerve Stimulation Helps You Learn New Skills; Mysterious Galactic Signal

When an Ex Turns Kids Against You

The Manchester City Soccer Conspiracy

Seychelles Tortoise Comeback; Sand Hoppers Really Dig; Secret Weapon to Save Kelp

FULL EPISODE: Eat Meat, Live to a Hundred? - October 14, 2026

Fish and Their Surprisingly Complicated Sexual Preferences

The Toxic Dance of People-Pleasers and Pleaders

Longevity Lessons from World's Oldest Tortoise

Does Great Sex Last Forever?; Your Morning Testosterone Check

FULL EPISODE: Scientists Invent Tinder for Fish - October 13, 2026

Why Making Babies on Mars Is Tough

How Our Oceans Could Help Us Find Aliens; Galaxy-Murdering Supermassive Black Holes

Does Rooting for the Same Team Bring Us Together?

Self-Silencing and Gaslighting; Is It Easier to Know Humans or AI?

F1 Software Bug Chaos; Robotaxis Can Now Face Fines

FULL EPISODE: You Can't Have What in Space?! - October 12, 2026

New Habitable-Zone Planet Discovered; Teen's Memory Is 99.9% Better Than Yours

Could Magic Mushrooms Help Your Brain After a Concussion?

Why Pay Advance Apps Are Costly; Office Sandwich and "I'm Not Hungry" Dilemmas

Math Explains the Rise of Aperol Spritz

FULL EPISODE: The Memory Is Still There - October 7, 2026

Alaska's Fat Bear Week Winner; Why Pets Get Zoomies

The "Sex Talk" with Your Kids in 2026; Does Adult Content Cause ED?

AI Is Making Everyone's Creative Ideas the Same

Why Dogs Are Good for Your Health

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Their Effect on Adults, Overcoming Them

FULL EPISODE: Don't Feed Milk to Cats - October 6, 2026

Russian Laboratory Death; The Plague, Past and Present

Companies Fired People, Now They Want Them Back; Secret Résumé Messages

The Tragic Cornell Events: What Keeps Bystanders Silent

When the Need for Change Becomes a Trap

Is AI Making Humanity Dumber?

FULL EPISODE: The Knowledge Collapse - October 5, 2026

AI Government Website Hack; Smart Fridge Spoils Food; McDonald's Using AI Pricing

Date Smart Scientists Once Picked for Doomsday Nears

Dogs Are Better Listeners Than We Thought

Evidence Weird Rock Is Cool Again: Angine de Poitrine

To Avoid Being Frail: Walk Briskly

FULL EPISODE: Is Doomsday the Next Friday the 13th? - October 2, 2026

Detector Shows Basically Everyone's Using AI

Are Influencers Lame?; Super Bowl Halftime Performers; Cuffing Season

Losing Attraction to Your Fiancé

All Things Gray: Getting Older and Grey Divorce

FULL EPISODE: The Super Time Halfbowl - October 1, 2026

Collapsing Volcanoes; Mind Control Parasite Might Not Control Minds

Ancient Aliens Didn't Build the Pyramids. Here's Why.

New Penguin Species; Alberta Eradicated Rats... or Did It?

"Coral Reefs" on Mars; Why Is Uranus Sideways?

FULL EPISODE: The Rat-Free Place, Now With Rats - September 30, 2026

Is Scheduled Sex Sexy?

Should AI Be Your Therapist?

The Strange Garden of Intrusive Memory

How Bonds in Japan Affect Your Wallet

FULL EPISODE: You Added What to the Calendar?! - September 29, 2026

What Your Sexual Fantasies Tell You

On Conspiracy Beliefs and Incoherent Logic

Why "Girl Dads" are Great Partners

What GLP-1s Reveal About Willpower

Does Earth's Magnetic Field Affect Aging?

Sharks: They Hear Better Than We Thought

FULL EPISODE: Fantasy, Desire and the Real You - September 28, 2026

Predicting Weather on Alien Worlds; Black Holes as Galactic Architects

Squishy Toy Nightmare: Explosions, Burns, Poison Control Calls

Should Central Banks Use AI Forecasts?; How Brands Are Getting into Resale Markets

Humanity's 25,000 Year-Old Drug Habit

FULL EPISODE: Just Say No to Betel Nut - September 25, 2026

FBI Employee Data Hack; Coast-to-Coast Autonomous Flight First; AI Agents and Shopping

Controversial Job Interview Trend: Bringing Iced Coffee

Why We Care So Much About Celebrities

Is This Normal? (Are You Normal? Are Your Relationships?)

FULL EPISODE: You Wouldn't Attack a Ship for That - September 24, 2026

Ingroup vs. Outgroup Prosociality; New Radio Signals from a Distant Planet

New Cat Species Discovered: Beluga Whale Tragedy; Urinary Stone Animal Science

Deaf Adults' Brains Have Boosted Peripheral Vision

Should You Let an AI Agent Have Your Data?

FULL EPISODE: Jump Attack with Static Electricity - September 23, 2026

Respiratory Virus Season; DR Congo's Ebola Outbreak

Brain Waves and Intergenerational Social Bonds

Can Dismissing Psychiatry Be Dangerous?

Doom Spending: Feel Uncertain? Buy, Buy, Buy!

Depression Meds and Sexual Dysfunction; Flirting with Long-Term Partners

FULL EPISODE: Flirt with a Stranger or a Spouse - September 22, 2026

All Roads Lead to Rome (and Everywhere Else)

Why Ultrasonic Devices Are Terrible for Dogs

Beer Makes You a Worse Samaritan

People-Pleasing Doesn't Work: Choose Yourself

FULL EPISODE: Rome Dethroned, One Road at a Time - September 21, 2026

Microwaving Fish: The Science Behind the Smelly Crime

How Advertisers Turn Your Insecurity Into Profit

Treatonomics: The Psychology of Small Splurges

US Confirms Weapons in Orbit; Vampire White Dwarf Stars; Rocket Fuel from CO2

FULL EPISODE: Should You Fear Weapons in Space? - September 18, 2026

A Conversation for Suicide Awareness Month

Is Your Smart TV Recording You?; AI CEO Says Industry Should Slow Down

How Millennials Are Stability Stacking; Side-Hustle Economy Goes Mainstream

When to Text After a First Date

What You Can Do to Feel Worthy

FULL EPISODE: Fruit Fly Brain Playing Doom - September 17, 2026

Ig Nobels; Saturn's Decagonal Storm; Are 10,000 Steps Good for You?

Dogs Detecting Cancer; Sea Sponge Cleans; Fun Fossilized Feathers