Shills 101: Online Manipulators and You

In this week's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to a bizarre harbinger of chaos to come: on November 22, 2020, the United States withdrew from the Treaty on Open Skies. This treaty, signed in 1992, allows 34 member countries to perform unarmed aerial observations over f ...  Show more

Could fermented cabbage save humans from microplastics? What's going on with Putin's secretive, multi-billion dollar life extension project? Over in New York, multiple strange people seem to be popping out of the sewers. Legal action by the tech giant Meta forces Facebook whistle ...  Show more

Dani Shapiro reveals what it feels like to uncover a family secret and how that secret leads to self-exploration.

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Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identitie ...  Show more

Ezra Klein joins Search Engine this week to answer a question that's increasingly confounded us: how do I use the internet now? How do I get information about the things I care about, without getting sucked into a vortex of opinion, unearned certainty, and yelling?If you'd like r ...  Show more