Archives: Episodes

Psychologist Steven Heine explains that our deep-seated need for meaning lies in our brains and how to use it to build a life of purpose.

In the “post-truth era,” we explore standards of proof, evidence, and how we know what we think we know.

Basketball phenom and former Temple coach Dawn Staley has a new book. She talks about growing up in the projects in North Philadelphia, the fight for equal pay, and more.

Philadelphia locks up more children than any other large city in America--four times the national average. Why is Philly such an outlier when it comes to juvenile detention?

The shocking end to a contentious standoff between police and MOVE, a controversial back-to-nature group, resulted in an aerial bomb drop ...

Forty years ago, the City of Philadelphia used a helicopter to drop a satchel bomb the size of a backpack on a group of residents. For th ...

Alexander Skarsgard & others talk to Patrick Stoner about the challenge of not breaking up while filming their series farce. ...

College grads are having trouble finding work. Unemployment for young people is higher than the overall population, and some economists predict worse times are ahead.

Pursing her Master’s in Organ Performance, allowed her to take a role at the world’s largest fully functioning pipe organ the Macy’ ...

This episode, the yuck factor with psychologist Paul Rozin, who has been studying disgust for five decades. What grosses you out the most?

Kenan Salazar is on a quest to write and produce a yacht rock brain-rot song and music video about each county in New Jersey...in the style of Steely Dan, with a Gen Z twist.

We hear about the virus that ushered in the age of social engineering attacks, the history of cybercrime, and what led one man to become a hacker.

Newark airport had thousands of delays and cancellations due to air traffic control blackouts. DOT Sec. Sean Duffy says FAA needs major upgrades and efforts to recruit staff.

A recent YouGov survey rated the 2020s as the worst decade in a century for music, movies, fashion, TV, sports. But are reports of the culture’s demise greatly exaggerated?