Galaxy Brain
The internet has warped public life: Politicians behave like influencers, the economy resembles a casino, and people can no longer agree upon a consensus reality. New conspiracy theories, memes, and main characters seem to pop up every day. A constant war is on for your attention, and it’s easy to feel lost. Each week, Galaxy Brain and its host Charlie Warzel invite you into conversations to make sense of the online fire hose. Is AI destroying our ability to think? Do your grandparents have a screen-time problem? Galaxy Brain looks beyond the algorithm and anchors you to the real—howev...
Episodes (33)
Jomboy on Robot Umpires and the Future of Baseball
Jun 12, 2026
How to Win Elections in the Attention Economy
Jun 5, 2026
Why Everyone Hates AI Data Centers
May 29, 2026
How Dropout Cracked Internet Comedy
May 22, 2026
Chris Hayes on Calibrating Your AI Anxiety
May 15, 2026
Flipping Off Phones
May 8, 2026
Did a Human Write This?
May 1, 2026
How Short-Form Clips Took Over the Internet
Apr 24, 2026
Breaking Free From Alex Jones
Apr 17, 2026
Your Favorite Influencer Might Be AI
Apr 10, 2026
Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?
Apr 3, 2026
What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?
Mar 27, 2026
How AI Is Reshaping the Battlefield
Mar 20, 2026
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?
Mar 13, 2026
Did Netflix Ruin Movies?
Mar 6, 2026
What Do the People Building AI Believe?
Feb 27, 2026
The AI-Panic Cycle—And What’s Actually Different Now
Feb 20, 2026
King Gizzard, Spotify, and the Future of Music
Feb 13, 2026
The Manosphere Breaks Containment
Feb 6, 2026
How to Be a Citizen in the Information War (And Stay Sane)
Jan 30, 2026
ICE Is Turning Real Conflict Into Viral Content
Jan 23, 2026
The Internet Was Built to Objectify Women
Jan 16, 2026
Grok’s "Digital Undressing" Crisis and a Manifesto to Build a Better Internet
Jan 9, 2026
The New Mainstream Media
Jan 2, 2026
Are Your Parents Addicted to Their Screens?
Dec 26, 2025
Bonus Episode: Reacting to the Epstein Files’ Release
Dec 20, 2025
Prediction Markets and the ‘Suckerifcation’ Crisis With Max Read
Dec 19, 2025
How YouTube Ate Podcasts and TV, With Rachel Martin, Ashley Carman, and Derek Thompson
Dec 12, 2025
When Chatbots Break Our Minds, With Kashmir Hill
Dec 5, 2025
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy With Eliot Higgins
Nov 28, 2025
Are Sports the Most Valuable Commodity in the World? With Pablo Torre
Nov 21, 2025
The Internet Is a Misery Machine With Hank Green
Nov 14, 2025
Introducing: Galaxy Brain with Charlie Warzel
Nov 4, 2025