Citation Needed

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Episodes 482
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (2,655)
Since May 2017
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
Consistency
99%
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About This Podcast

The podcast where we choose a subject, read a single Wikipedia article about it, and pretend we're experts. Because this is the internet, and that's how it works now.

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Recent Episodes

S1E478 Billionaire Bootlickers (4 Op Eds)

Jun 10, 2026 1h 4m

AOC's Billionaire Bull Session, Did Steven Spielberg earn his wealth? What about Oprah? Jay-Z? By Matthew Hennessey, Wall Street Journal You can earn a billion dollars, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has…

S1E477 News of the World

Jun 03, 2026 42m

The News of the World was a weekly national "red top" tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the world's highest-selling English-language…

S1E476 Stranded with Dragons

May 27, 2026 39m

Rinca[a] is a small island near Komodo and Flores island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, within the West Manggarai Regency. It is one of the three largest islands included in Komodo National Park.…

Jasper Maskelyne

May 20, 2026 30m

Jasper Maskelyne (29 September 1902 – 15 March 1973) was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a…

S1E474 Coin Operated Machines

May 13, 2026 39m

A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are…

S1E473 The Making of Apocalypse Now

May 06, 2026 36m

Production problems—among them bad weather, actors' poor health, and other issues—delayed the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of its director,…

S1E472 The Salt Path

Apr 29, 2026 42m

The Salt Path is a 2018 memoir, nature, and travel book by Raynor Winn. It details the long-distance walk along the South West Coast Path, in South West England, by Winn and her husband, Moth, after…

S1E471 Queen Nzinga of Angola

Apr 22, 2026 29m

Nzinga or Njinga Ana de Sousa Mbande (/nəˈzɪŋɡə/; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African paramount ruler who ruled as a queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba…

S1E470 Looksmaxxing

Apr 15, 2026 54m

Looksmaxxing is a 21st century Internet neologism referring to the process of maximizing one's own physical attractiveness. The term originated on male incel (meaning: "involuntarily celibate")[1]…

S1E469 Oceans 91

Apr 08, 2026 40m

https://www.gq.com/story/91-year-old-bank-robber-jl-hunter-rountree

S1E468 April Fools' Day

Apr 01, 2026 36m

April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (rarely called All Fools' Day[1]) is an annual custom in many Western countries on the 1st of April consisting of practical jokes, hoaxes, and pranks. Jokesters…

S1E467 The Placebo Effect

Mar 25, 2026 41m

A placebo (/pləˈsiːboʊ/ pluh-SEE-boh) is a medicine or treatment intended to appear genuine to its recipient, but which has no pharmaceutical effect.[1][2] Common placebos include inert tablets (like…

S1E466 Guy Fawkes

Mar 18, 2026 52m

Guy Fawkes (/fɔːks/; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606),[a] also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed…

Enshit*ification

Mar 11, 2026 1h 1m

Enshit*ification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality…

Sputnik

Mar 04, 2026 33m

Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), often referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by…

S1E463 Competitive Watersliding

Feb 25, 2026 1h

https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/maximum-speed/ Taken from this article from Outside Magazine.

S1E462 Freedom House Ambulance Service & Bessie Coleman

Feb 18, 2026 33m

Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic first aid.[1][2] Founded in 1967 to serve…

S1E461 James Damore and the Google Memo

Feb 11, 2026 1h

S1E460 The Super Bowl

Feb 04, 2026 44m

The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966, replacing the NFL…

S1E459 Unholy Spirits: The People who Have Sex with Ghosts

Jan 28, 2026 57m

Taken from this article: From this article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ghost-love-lust-spectrophilia/

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