Search Engine
We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small. Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni.***Named one of the best podcasts by Vulture, Time, The Economist, & Vogue. (OK, in 2023, but still...)***
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Episodes (144)
Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? Pt. 1 (classic)
Jul 3, 2026
A Strange Voyage
Jun 25, 2026
Why doesn’t anybody come to my parties?
Jun 15, 2026
Why is the pool at Buckingham Palace a secret? (classic)
Jun 5, 2026
Why do we have to pay into the new Anti-Weaponization Fund?
May 29, 2026
Presenting: Family Lore
May 27, 2026
The many lives of Taiwan
May 22, 2026
Why are people excited about nuclear power again?
May 8, 2026
What if the cemetery goes out of business? (classic)
May 1, 2026
Where’s the best free restaurant bread in America?
Apr 24, 2026
The Cost of War
Apr 17, 2026
What we got wrong about GLP-1s
Apr 10, 2026
The Trial of the Driverless Car
Mar 26, 2026
Are you a good driver?
Mar 23, 2026
Odd Lots x Search Engine
Mar 6, 2026
Mysteries of Claude
Feb 27, 2026
Why don’t we eat people? (classic)
Feb 20, 2026
How Peptides Conquered the Internet
Feb 13, 2026
Are flushable wipes actually flushable?
Jan 30, 2026
The Venezuelan Curse (Part 2)
Jan 20, 2026
The Venezuelan Curse (Part 1)
Jan 16, 2026
The Fediverse Experiment
Jan 9, 2026
Heavyweight x Search Engine
Dec 26, 2025
A Perfectly Average Anomaly
Dec 19, 2025
Unlocked: The State of Search Engine 2025
Dec 12, 2025
What's the best phone to do crimes on? (classic)
Dec 5, 2025
How to talk (or not talk) politics at family holidays
Nov 27, 2025
Colossus 2
Nov 21, 2025
Colossus 1
Nov 21, 2025
An Anthropology of Gooners
Nov 12, 2025
America vs. China
Oct 31, 2025
The Rage in the Cage
Oct 17, 2025
Cocomelon For Adults
Oct 10, 2025
Talk Easy x Search Engine
Oct 3, 2025
Is my favorite new TV show this year a ripoff?
Sep 26, 2025
The Obituary
Sep 19, 2025
How does a rationalist make a baby?
Sep 5, 2025
A Dubai Chocolate theory of the internet
Aug 22, 2025
Are microplastics really a problem?
Aug 15, 2025
What does it feel like to believe in God? (classic)
Jul 25, 2025
The Cuddly Killer (classic)
Jul 18, 2025
Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 2 (classic)
Jul 11, 2025
Why'd I take speed for twenty years? - Part 1 (classic)
Jul 4, 2025
The Psychic Question
Jun 30, 2025
Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee? (classic)
Jun 20, 2025
The Test
Jun 13, 2025
The Stupid Little Yogurt Question
Jun 6, 2025
Search Engine x What We Spend
May 30, 2025
How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation)
May 16, 2025
The Dave and Buster's Anomaly
May 9, 2025