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How Afrofuturism Works Jun 22, 2023

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Black sci-fi writers were shut out of their genre in the 20th century so they created their own vision of the future. That sentiment spread to music and film and today it’s so engrained in pop culture it doesn't need its own label.

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Short Stuff: Chia Pet Jun 21, 2023

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It has arrived, the most important podcast episode in the history of the world.

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Large Language Models and You Jun 20, 2023

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There is a good chance that in March of 2023, humans crossed a threshold into a transformative new era when a new, smarter type of AI was let loose in the wild and an AI arms race began.

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Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps Jun 17, 2023

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For this special live benefit episode recorded in Atlanta, Josh and Chuck go back to the 70s and look at the decidedly ungroovy course of events that led to Ford recalling its Pinto after people started burning up in them.

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How Alumin(i)um Works Jun 15, 2023

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Humans made it through the Bronze Age and Iron Age, then we dabbled in steel, and now we are living in the Aluminum Age. The metal is so ubiquitous it seems like it’s been around forever, but we’ve only been really using it since the 20th century.

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Short Stuff: Suicide Forest Jun 14, 2023

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The suicide forest in Japan is a beautiful place with a checkered reputation. Trigger Warning: This episode features a discussion of suicide. If you or anyone you know needs help, please call 988.

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The Stinky History of Human Hygiene Jun 13, 2023

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Ever wondered when and why people started caring about body odors and cleanliness? Well look no further than today's episode.

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Selects: How Audience Testing Works Jun 10, 2023

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Did you know some of our most beloved movies originally had different, sometimes better, endings? That is until they were tested in front of focus groups. Learn all about the how, what, and why of audience testing in this classic episode.

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Is Reality Real? Jun 08, 2023

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Philosophers have been wondering whether we experience reality as it is for millennia now. They’ve pretty much settled on no, no we don’t. Now science has taken up the investigation and it’s proving the philosophers correct. So what is reality then?

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Short Stuff: DNA Data Storage Jun 07, 2023

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One of the more futuristic things around right now on Earth is research into encoding data into strings of genetic code.

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