47 episodes
Search Engine PJ Vogt, Audacy, Jigsaw
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4.9 • 3K Ratings
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Named a best podcast of 2023 by Vulture, Time, The Economist, & Vogue.
No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, host PJ Vogt answers the kinds of questions you might ask the internet when you can't sleep. If you find the world bewildering, but also sometimes enjoy being bewildered by it, we're here for you. Edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
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What do trigger warnings actually do?
A listener’s brother dies by suicide, and afterwards, she finds herself angered by trigger warnings about suicide. She wants to know — are these actually helping other people? Or is it just something we do because we think we’re supposed to?
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Where's my flying car?
Since not long after the car was invented, we have wanted to stick wings on them and fly them through the sky. This week, we interview writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus about the surprisingly long history of actual, working flying cars in America. Plus, what it's like to actually fly in a modern flying car.
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Do political yard signs actually do anything?
It’s an election year and so Search Engine’s campaign desk is answering the questions you really want answers to: all the political yard signs in your neighbors’ yards … do they do anything besides make everyone like each other less?
An experiment that definitively answers this question.
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Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 2)
In part two of our story, we watch the state of New York try to pull off something we rarely see in America: a kind of reparations. A very ambitious dream encounters a thicket of details and complications. The whole time, cameras roll, broadcasting the meetings on YouTube.
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Why are there so many illegal weed stores in New York City? (Part 1)
In 2021, New York legalized cannabis for adults. It was supposed to be the start of a legal market, led by people arrested during prohibition. Instead, a strange new market has flourished, seemingly every formerly empty store in the city now sells weed. How'd that happen? In part one, the history of prohibition and how it helps explain the mess we're in now.
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A big announcement from Search Engine plus, "What's in your cocaine?"
We've launched a new premium feed called Incognito Mode. It includes bonus episodes of Search Engine and some other very special features. We're including a preview episode here: an interview with a very candid, high-level drug dealer about adulterants in the illicit drug supply. Sign up now, at searchengine.show or go there to learn more.
(More thoughts about why we're doing this and the future of our show).
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Customer Reviews
A weekly listen
This is a great regular show to have in the rotation. It approaches topics in unique ways with a voice that is honest and relatable. Some of these episodes are surprisingly intense but I always learn something. PJ puts it all out there in these shows!
PJ is a profound host
PJ is funny, profound, and curious in his exploration of the world. Over the years he has kept me connected to humanity and the internet with a depth and breadth I would never have otherwise achieved. Good for dinner parties.
Inquisitive & well produced
Incredibly well researched and prepared, great contrast of more serious vs more lighthearted content, and presented masterfully! I can't say enough good about this podcast. Has quickly become the favorite of my repertoire.