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1354: Arthur Brand | Recovering the World’s Stolen Masterpieces

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Jul 6, 2026

Meet Arthur Brand, the real-life Indiana Jones of the art world who’s recovered 200+ stolen Picassos, Van Goghs, and Nazi-looted treasures. What We Discuss with Arthur Brand: The Dr. No delusion: Why thieves keep stealing famous paintings they can never sell — chasing a mythical billionaire collector who exists only in James Bond films — […]

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1352: Joanna Stern | The Year I Outsourced My Life to AI

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Jun 29, 2026

I Am Not a Robot author Joanna Stern spent a year letting AI run her life. She reveals what it’s actually good for — and its hidden costs. What We Discuss with Joanna Stern: How a chatbot that never tells you your ideas are dumb becomes less of a companion and more of an emotional […]

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1349: Valerie Fridland | Why We Talk Funny and What Our Voices Reveal

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Jun 22, 2026

You don’t just speak with an accent, you hear with one. Linguist Valerie Fridland reveals how your voice leaks your class, your past, and your biases. What We Discuss with Valerie Fridland: The Pan Am bomb threat that sent the wrong man to prison. How a grumpy cargo handler spent nine months locked up over […]

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1299: Laowhy86 | Decoding the Secret Slang of China’s Censored Internet

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Mar 16, 2026

The China Show‘s Laowhy86 reveals how millions of Chinese citizens disguise dissent as puns, memes, and mythical creatures to dodge censors. What We Discuss with Laowhy86: China’s internet operates as a closed ecosystem where apps like WeChat handle everything from payments to communication — and the government monitors all of it. Citizens who default on […]

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1280: Cory Doctorow | Why Everything Got Worse and What to Do About It

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Feb 2, 2026

Remember when Facebook was fun and Google actually worked? Cory Doctorow coined a term for what went wrong, and he’s here to explain how we fight back. What We Discuss with Cory Doctorow: “Enshittification” is Cory Doctorow’s term for how platforms decay. First they’re good to users, then they abuse users to serve business customers, then […]

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1276: Coltan Scrivner | The Evolutionary Logic of Morbid Curiosity

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Jan 26, 2026

Why do we rubberneck accidents and binge true crime? Behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner explains the surprising psychology behind our morbid curiosity. What We Discuss with Coltan Scrivner: Morbid curiosity isn’t a character flaw — it’s an evolutionary feature. The same instinct that makes us rubberneck at accidents helped our ancestors learn about threats without becoming […]

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