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Does hypnosis work? Can you really hack your brain into becoming a better person? On the flip side: Can you possibly push people to do what you want, without their knowledge? In tonight's interview, Ben, Matt and Noel welcome the legendary journalist and author Zoë Lescaze, co-cr ...  Show more

In this week's listener mail segment: Hootsifer hips Ben, Matt and Noel to the fascinating -- and disturbing -- process of using human brain cells on microchips to play the videogame Doom. Noah prompts the guys to plan a trip to the underground tunnels of Missoula, Montana. Sacra ...  Show more

The international is racing to verify rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be gravely ill after a secret surgery. In countries across the planet, parents are naming their children after COVID-19, and recent studies prove something people have been taking for granted al ...  Show more

Yeonmi Park is an activist and author who fled to the United States after being a victim of sex trafficking. Park recounts her oppressive childhood in North Korea, starved and without electricity. She remembers how the lights of neighboring countries gave her hope for a better li ...  Show more

A massive arctic chill is moving over much of the country, bringing bone-chilling cold and snow. Public hearings start in the House impeachment inquiry this week, and Democrats are pushing back against witnesses that Republicans want to testify. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley ...  Show more

On the show today... As anyone who attempted to score tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour would already know, the situation turned into a complete disaster. Now the US Senate antitrust is holding a hearing to work out exactly what happened. And Kanye West has been accused of sh ...  Show more