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I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

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I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

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Black Box: The Chatbots

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Syndrooma

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1 day ago

687. Are Prediction Markets the Best Forecasting Tool Ever — or Just Another Casino?

The promise is that they can beat the experts at predicting inflation, elections, and FDA approvals. But right now, roughly 90 percent of the action is sports. Is this a future we want to bet on? Stephen Dubner speaks with, among others, the C.E.O. of Kalshi. (Part one of a two-part series.) SOURCES:Robin Hanson, professor of economics at George Mason University.Nicole Kagan, head of research at Kalshi.Tarek Mansour, co-founder and C.E.O. of Kalshi. RESOURCE:"Kalshi and the Rise of Macro Markets," by Anthony Diercks, Jared Dean Katz, and Jonathan Wright (Federal Reserve Board, 2026)."Slowly, Then All At Once: What Mamdani's Victory Tells Us About Information Aggregation," (Kalshi Research, 2026)."Futarchy: Vote Values, But Bet Beliefs," by Robin Hanson (2000)."The Use of Knowledge in Society," by Friedrich Hayek (American Economic Review, 1945). EXTRAS:"The Economics of Sports Gambling," by Freakonomics Radio (2019)."How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future," by Freakonomics Radio (2016)."The Folly of Prediction," by Freakonomics Radio (2011). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2 days ago

39. Blue Whale

🏆 Suomen suosituin podcast Dokumentit -kategoriassa (Apple Podcasts 08/2026) Nuorten kuolemista alkaa löytyä samoja merkkejä. Numeroita, valaita ja arvoituksellisia viestejä. Jäljet johtavat Venäjän synkkiin verkkoyhteisöihin ja peliin, jonka kerrotaan leviävän ympäri maailmaa. Mutta mitä oikeastaan tapahtui, kun Blue Whale ilmestyi internetiin? ⚠️ Jaksossa käsitellään alaikäisten itsetuhoisuutta ja itsemurhaan liittyviä aiheita. Jos aihe tuntuu liian raskaalta, pidä itsestäsi huolta ja jätä jakso tarvittaessa väliin. 📞 Jos teemat herättävät sinussa vaikeita ajatuksia tai kaipaat jonkun kanssa juttelua, MIELI kriisipuhelin palvelee 24/7 numerossa 09 - 2525 0111. ”Tunnelma muistuttaa true crimea, mutta rikosten sijaan keskiössä ovat lääketieteen erikoisimmat mysteerit" - Turun Sanomat 11.4.2026 Muista laittaa podcast tilaukseen - saat uusimman jakson joka torstai! Jaksoihin liittyviä kuvia löydät Instagramista: @syndroomapodcast Jaksoehdotuksia ja palautetta voit lähettää: www.syndrooma.fi Löhteet - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Teen “Suicide Games” Send Shudders Through Russian-Speaking World - The Moscow Times – Founder of Online “Blue Whale” Suicide Group Sentenced - Meduza – Founder of Online Suicide Communities on VKontakte Arrested - Bada & Clayton – Online Suicide Games: A Form of Digital Self-harm or A Myth? - Wiley – Virtual Demons: Blue Whale and Moral Panic in the Digital Age
Season 3, Episode 4

Where Is Austin Tice?: 4. The Driver

Josh and Sara piece together Austin’s final route into Damascus. They find the farm where he celebrated his 31st birthday - the last place his mother spoke to him. Then comes an unprecedented discovery. For years, the story was that Austin was taken at a checkpoint. But what Josh and Sara uncover suggests something far more deliberate. And at the centre of Austin’s disappearance is one man. Archive: BBC; CNN; Fox. Writer and showrunner: Josh Baker Investigative producer: Sara Obeidat Series producer: Simon Maybin Field producing: Ouday Al Hussein Additional producing: Lucy Burns Open source intelligence: Thomas Bordeaux & Gabor Friesen Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Series editor: Clare Fordham Head of BBC News Long Form Audio: Emma Rippon BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke NPR producer: Monika Evstatieva NPR editors: Robert Little & Katie Simon NPR executive producer for Embedded: Irene Noguchi BBC World Service commissioning editor: Jon Manel Composer: Firas Abou Fakher Additional music: Karim Chehoury Theme music: Sam Slater Mix and sound design: Tom Brignell
Season 3, Episode 3

Where Is Austin Tice?: 3. The American Journalist

The Austin Tice files begin to give up their secrets. Josh and Sara uncover names, locations and new leads about what happened to Austin Tice. But to understand them, they have to go back to the start - to Austin’s own journey through Syria, the rebels he befriended, and the road he took before he vanished. That road leads to a town outside Damascus - and a shocking discovery. Archive: CNN; Sky News; ABC; Fox; Houston Public Media; WNYC; BBC; CBS. Writer and showrunner: Josh Baker Investigative producer: Sara Obeidat Series producer: Simon Maybin Field producing: Ouday Al Hussein Additional producing: Lucy Burns Open source intelligence: Thomas Bordeaux & Gabor Friesen Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman Series editor: Clare Fordham Head of BBC News Long Form Audio: Emma Rippon BBC Radio 4 commissioning editor: Dan Clarke NPR producer: Monika Evstatieva NPR editors: Robert Little & Katie Simon NPR executive producer for Embedded: Irene Noguchi BBC World Service commissioning editor: Jon Manel Composer: Firas Abou Fakher Additional music: Karim Chehoury Theme music: Sam Slater Mix and sound design: Tom Brignell
1 day ago

Can we live without our phones?

For many of us, our phones are the first thing we look at in the morning and the last thing we put down at night. But with growing pressure over screen time and concerns about the impact of social media, tech companies like Meta have agreed to restrictions. In our conversations, we bring together three people who have received treatment for tech addiction. We also hear from those have decided not to use smartphones at all. “To me what’s weird is when a couple go on a date, instead of looking at each other and talking to each other, they’re staring at their own phones and texting people and doing whatever,” Loren in Los Angeles tells us.
11 Sept

686. Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback?

For decades, teams have tried (and mostly failed) to predict which college quarterbacks will thrive in the pros. Is the science finally catching up? Stephen Dubner speaks with a scout, a psychologist, a data warrior, and a Hall of Fame quarterback who nobody wanted. SOURCES:Scott Goldman, sports psychologist, owner of the Athletic Intelligence Quotient.Dan Hatman, director of scouting development at the Scouting Academy.Stephen Smith, founder and C.E.O. of Kitman Labs.Kurt Warner, Hall-of-Fame quarterback, N.F.L. Network analyst. RESOURCES:"Head in the game: the impact of cognitive abilities on performance of National Football League quarterbacks," by R. Thomas Boone, Nicholas Zambrotta, Andrew Manocchio, and James Bowman (Frontiers in Psychology, 2025)."The Quarterback Prediction Problem: Forecasting the Performance of College Quarterbacks Selected in the NFL Draft," by Julian Wolfson, Vittorio Addona, Robert Schmicker (Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2011). EXTRAS:"The Merger You Never Knew You Wanted," by Freakonomics Radio (2025)."The Rooney Rule," series by Freakonomics Radio (2024). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Season 7, Episode 6

Black Box: The Chatbots | What I Saw at the Double Six Ranch | Ep 6

From his remote property in rural Texas, the millionaire businessman Michael Samadi is plotting a new kind of civil rights movement – for the welfare and protection of AI systems. Guardian journalist Michael Safi spends an afternoon at the Double Six ranch, meeting Samadi’s AI chatbots and catching a glimpse of a possible vision of the future
1 day ago

H σκληρή αλήθεια για τον Ντέμη Νικολαΐδη

Ένα ηχητικό ντοκιμαντέρ του Άρη Δημοκίδη για την συναρπαστική ιστορία του θρύλου των γηπέδων που περιλαμβάνει θριάμβους, κόντρες, απώλειες και… τον Μάκη Ψωμιάδη
Season 7, Episode 1

Black Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 1

Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them to a higher spiritual realm. The Guardian journalist Michael Safi begins investigating a phenomenon labelled ‘AI psychosis’, travelling to the US to meet two people who have been on weird journeys with their chatbots
20 hr ago

The Stay Behinds: Sweden’s Cold War Guardians | Johan Wennström

Beginning in 1949, officially non-aligned Sweden did something it kept secret for half a century: in close cooperation with the CIA and MI6, it built a clandestine civilian resistance network meant to outlast a Soviet occupation and fight on from within. Its members were ordinary people, farmers, salesmen, gamekeepers, organized into cells that never met. In this episode, Matt talks with Johan Wennström of the Swedish Defence University, whose book The Stay Behinds: Sweden’s Cold War Guardians is the first in-depth English account of the network — the tradecraft, the human cost, and why it suddenly speaks to a Europe at war and a Sweden newly inside NATO during the alliance’s most uncertain moment in a generation. Subscribe and share to stay ahead in the world of intelligence, global issues, and current affairs. Order The Stay Behinds: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/stay-behinds-9781472877567/ Read Johan’s Substack, "Our Man in Stockholm": https://johanwennstrom.substack.com/ Follow Johan on X: https://x.com/johanwennstrom Please share this episode using these links Apple Podcasts: shorturl.at/4ur9F Spotify: shorturl.at/Gocxr Amazon Music: shorturl.at/nDfVJ YouTube: shorturl.at/gnCNV Support Secrets and Spies Become a “Friend of the Podcast” on Patreon for £3/$4: https://www.patreon.com/SecretsAndSpies Buy merchandise from our shop: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/60934996 Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/secretsandspies Subscribe to our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVB23lrHr3KFeXq4VU36dg For more information about the podcast, check out our website: https://secretsandspiespodcast.com Connect with us on social media Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/secretsandspies.bsky.social X/Twitter: https://x.com/SecretsAndSpies Instagram: https://instagram.com/secretsandspies Facebook: https://facebook.com/secretsandspies Spoutible: https://spoutible.com/SecretsAndSpies Follow Chris and Matt on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chriscarrfilm.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/mattfulton.net Secrets and Spies is produced by Films & Podcasts LTD: https://filmsandpodcasts.co.uk/ Music by Andrew R. Bird Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP, Johan Wennström Secrets and Spies sits at the intersection of intelligence, covert action, real-world espionage, and broader geopolitics in a way that is digestible but serious. Hosted by filmmaker Chris Carr and writer Matt Fulton, each episode examines the very topics that real intelligence officers and analysts consider on a daily basis through the lens of global events and geopolitics, featuring expert insights from former spies, authors, and journalists. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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