Jul 10
TrendBO MAX 7/10: HBO MAX, Kristi Noem, Pokemon Pope, ChatGPT Dating, Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Teenage Screen Time
In this edition of TrendBO MAX, Miles and special guest co-host Blake Wexler discuss the return of HBO MAX, Kristi Noem being a POS, Pope Leo signing a Pokemon card, people using ChatGPT on the dating apps, Netflix's 'Poop Cruise' documentary, British teens limiting their own scr ... Show More
24m 11s
Jul 10
Ignore Your Kids, Use AI! Blood And Toil 07.10.25
In episode 1894, Jack and Miles are joined by science fiction and fantasy writer, author of Riot Baby and co-host of The Inner Cities Podcast, Tochi Onyebuchi, to discuss… It’s Ok That Medicaid Is Being Cut... YOU CAN NOW TOIL IN THE FIELDS, Is AI A Good Daddy? And more! It’s Ok ... Show More
1h 6m
Jul 9
Trendrey Epstein: The Snyder Cut 7/9: Squid Game, Charlie Kirk, 'Click To Cancel', ICE Block
In this edition of Trendrey Epstein: The Snyder Cut, Jack and Miles discuss Squid Game's baffling VIP ADR, Charlie Kirk's very racist Texas flood "theory", the FTC's 'click to cancel' rule getting blocked, an update on the 'ICE Block' app and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener ... Show More
26m 55s
Apr 27
The Sunday Read: ‘The Strange, Post-Partisan Popularity of the Unabomber’
Online, there is a name for the experience of finding sympathy with Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber: Tedpilling. To be Tedpilled means to read Paragraph 1 of Kaczynski’s manifesto, its assertion that the mad dash of technological advancement since the Industrial Revolution has “made ... Show More
19m 26s
Feb 2022
Rising violent crime.
Over the last few months, a debate has been raging about the rise in violent crime across the United States. In 2020, murders in the U.S. went up 30%, the largest single year increase in sixty years. In 2021, new data are showing murders rising again, this time at a slower rate, ... Show More
25m 4s
Feb 2024
Teens and Mental Health in India
India's young adults are breaking taboos by seeking help for depression, anxiety, and stress. This is a positive step, but the surge in antidepressant use and "cool" mental health merch raises questions. Are we normalizing panic attacks? What's driving this surge in mental healt ... Show More
22m 41s
Feb 2025
Is innovation slowing down? With Matt Clancy
Productivity growth in the developed world has been on a downward trend since the 1960s. Meanwhile, gains in life expectancy have also slowed. And yet the number of dollars and researchers dedicated to R&D grows every year. In today’s episode, the FT’s Chief Data Reporter, John B ... Show More
34m 54s
Nov 2024
221. Why Are We So Pessimistic?
Are things really as bad as they seem? Has Gen Z given up hope for the world? And why was the father of positive psychology a lifelong pessimist? SOURCES:Albert Bandura, professor of psychology at Stanford University.David Brooks, author and opinion columnist. Andrew Grove, forme ... Show More
39m 8s