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Crazy/Genius

Big questions about technology, science, and culture, hosted by The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson. On Season 3 (launching May 9): Unbreak the internet.

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Should We Go to Mars?

Should We Go to Mars?

It’s our best hope for life after earth—and a freezing, irradiated desert more than 30 million miles away. In our season... Read more

28 Jun 2018

23mins

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What Is Pornography Doing to Our Sex Lives?

What Is Pornography Doing to Our Sex Lives?

Young people are having less sex, and access to digital pornography has never been greater. Coincidence? In this episode... Read more

16 May 2019

26mins

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Are Smartphones Ruining Our Lives?

Are Smartphones Ruining Our Lives?

Digital devices rob us of our attention, creativity, and, some studies show, our mental health. We ask psychologists and... Read more

31 May 2018

25mins

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Blockchain: The Next Internet, or the Next Beanie Baby?

Blockchain: The Next Internet, or the Next Beanie Baby?

Silicon Valley and Wall Street are obsessed with Bitcoin and its underlying technology called blockchain. Boosters say i... Read more

24 May 2018

23mins

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Tech Was Supposed to Be Society’s Great Equalizer. What Happened?

Tech Was Supposed to Be Society’s Great Equalizer. What Happened?

In a special bonus episode, computer scientist and data journalist Meredith Broussard explains how “technochauvinism” de... Read more

28 Sep 2018

25mins

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Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World?

Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World?

Climate change could be the most important problem facing humanity. To address it, scientists are thinking seriously abo... Read more

30 Aug 2018

24mins

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Is Online Dating Destroying Romance?

Is Online Dating Destroying Romance?

Finding love on the Internet can be awkward, annoying, or downright scary. In this episode, two sociologists debate the ... Read more

7 Jun 2018

23mins

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The U.S. and China: A Tale of Two Surveillance States

The U.S. and China: A Tale of Two Surveillance States

From Beijing to Brooklyn, facial recognition is on the cutting edge of surveillance technology. But does the threat of t... Read more

30 May 2019

28mins

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How Will Self-Driving Cars Change the World?

How Will Self-Driving Cars Change the World?

Over the last 130 years, the automobile shaped the modern world—it redefined the city, filled the suburbs, and revved up... Read more

6 Sep 2018

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Will We Ever Stop Eating Animal Meat?

Will We Ever Stop Eating Animal Meat?

Americans eat more meat now than ever. That’s a problem for the planet’s future. Animal farming takes up 30 percent of t... Read more

20 Sep 2018

28mins

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