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[Joe Marler Will See You Now] Joe Marler vs Jake Bhardwaj: The Running Race

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -0000

From: Joe Marler Will See You Now GET FINAL TICKETS TO THE LIVE TOUR HERE: https://www.livenation.co.uk/joe-marler-will-see-you-live-tickets-adp1647830 You asked… the boys delivered. After being challenged to settle the question of who’d win in a running race between Joe and Jake, there was only one thing for it: get out into a field, lace up and put it all on the line. But is it a case of power over pace, or will speed trump strength? Featuring Joe Marler (@joemarler17) and Jake Bhardwaj (@jakebhardwajtv) Follow the show on Instagram: @willseeyounowshow Joe Marler Will See You Now is a Platform Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dreaming Against the Machine] Episode 30: Fighting Techofascism (AND GO VOTE!), with Nathalie Maréchal

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

From: Dreaming Against the Machine

It's Election Day in the US! Go vote against Trump's authoritarian stooges! And while you're waiting in line (stay in line!), listen to Adam talk with Nathalie Maréchal, expert on technofascism, about how we can build a better future for ourselves.

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[Darknet Diaries] 182: Blackshades

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0000

From: Darknet Diaries

What if you got infected by a friend who wanted to spy on you? This is the story of how BlackShades spread to more than half a million machines, and 97 people got arrested.

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[The 404 Media Podcast] Can Data Center Development Be Stopped?

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

From: The 404 Media Podcast Big tech didn’t expect the community pushback around data centers. Developers accustomed to building whatever they want with minimal oversight are facing hard questions about land use, water rights, electricity bills, and noise. To push back on local activism, data center builders are using an old playbook pioneered by the nuclear power and oil industry. On this episode of the 404 Media podcast, Kyle Keeler and Nate Otjen talk with Matthew about how big tech is trying to take control of the narrative around data centers. Keeler is a professor of environmental sciences and studies at Lafayette College. Otjen is a professor of sustainability and environmental studies at Ramapo College. Youtube Version: https://youtu.be/hK_aIf9GEd4 Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[The Rest Is Science] Is 100 Better Than 101?

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:00:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science Is 100 really such a special number? Or have we spent thousands of years getting excited about something completely arbitrary? To celebrate the 100th episode of The Rest Is Science, Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (Vsauce) go head-to-head in a mathematical showdown: which is the better number, 100 or 101? It sounds like a simple question, but the answer takes them from the strange history of counting, to the psychology of numbers, the mathematics of primes and the possibility of communicating with alien species. Why do we find round numbers so satisfying? Would 100 mean anything if we'd evolved with 9 fingers? And is there a single number that’s fundamentally special, regardless of the counting system we use? Can Hannah and Michael settle the debate once and for all? Or is the most ‘important’ number of all one they haven't even considered yet? ------------------- For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://cancerresearchuk.org/restisscience Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales (4325234) and the Isle of Man (5713F). Registered address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ. ------------------- Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠ ------------------- Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack Meek Animator: Sam Benson Video & Social: Bex Tyrrell Assistant Producer: Lucy Lipscombe Producer: Simona Rata Senior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter Chief Digital Officer: Samuel Oakley Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture] Ghost Watch (Part 3)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0000

From: Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

The final part of this Halloween special series on BBC's controversial and influential show 'Ghost Watch'. We discuss the fallout of the broadcast and the legacy of the show.

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[Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture] Ghost Watch (Part 2)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:25:00 -0000

From: Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

Ghostwatch - Part 2 of our Halloween special series of the story of one of the most infamous TV programmes in British history - this episode we discuss the origin and production of the idea before Tom (who has never seen it before!) watches it for the first time.

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[Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture] Ghost Watch (Part 1)

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:45:00 -0000

From: Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

Halloween night. 1992.

Britain was settling down for an evening in front of the television.

There were only four channels.

And the BBC was the one you could trust.

A national treasure. A beloved children's presenter.

And a perfectly ordinary house in suburban London.

What followed would become one of the most notorious nights in British broadcasting history…

It was called Ghostwatch.

A ‘live’ investigation into the supernatural.

Or at least... that's what millions of viewers thought they were watching.

But as the cameras rolled...

The noises grew louder. The children became terrified.

And something... began to emerge from the darkness.

Families watched in horror. The BBC's switchboard was overwhelmed.

And across Britain, viewers began to ask the same question...

Was this really happening?

By the time the credits rolled, the damage was done.

There were complaints. Newspaper outrage. Accusations that the BBC had betrayed its audience.

And a television programme that would become a broadcasting legend.

But how did a fictional ghost story convince a nation it was real?

Who was the mysterious figure hiding in plain sight?

And how did one Halloween broadcast become a nightmare that haunted British television for decades?

This is the story of the programme that terrified Britain.

This is Ghostwatch

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[The Harbingers] Top Secret Bio - Amy Stirling (teaser)

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0000

From: The Harbingers

We're here with a quick teaser for our next Secret Bio- Amy Stirling, the Silver Witch.

As our incentives for this member drive, we are unlocking Gabriel’s internal top secret character bios. These are the internal bios we use with our team to figure out who these characters are and why they make the choices they do in the story. Adam Blackwell’s bio is already up for your reading pleasure on our website. Once we reach fifty new members, we’ll unlock the Amy Stirling bio!

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[The Rest Is Science] Do You Recognise These Creepy Sounds?

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science Some of the creepiest sounds ever recorded aren't from horror films. They're real. From mysterious noises from the deepest parts of the ocean to the eerie voices of people who died more than a century ago, the world is full of sounds stranger than anything we could dream up. But what on Earth is making them? In this Halloween special of The Rest Is Science, Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (Vsauce) listen to some of the world's most mysterious and unsettling recordings, attempting to identify their origins and uncover the surprising science behind them. They travel back to 1860 to hear a voice that was never intended to be heard again, investigate a bizarre underwater noise that baffled scientists for a decade, and encounter a sound so strange that Hannah suspects it might have come from outer space. Turn up the volume, put on your headphones, and see how many you can identify…before Hannah does. ------------------- For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://cancerresearchuk.org/restisscience Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales (4325234) and the Isle of Man (5713F). Registered address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ. ------------------- Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠ ------------------- Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack Meek Animator: Sam Benson Video & Social: Bex Tyrrell Assistant Producer: Lucy Lipscombe Producer: Simona Rata Senior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter Chief Digital Officer: Samuel Oakley Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dropping Names ...and other things] Rick Berman

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000

From: Dropping Names ...and other things

Rick Berman says there were three strikes against the job: it was science fiction at a time when nobody made science fiction for television, it was a sequel, and it was going out in syndication instead of on a network. He and his wife Liz talked it over and, by his own count, it took about six minutes to decide to go for it. That decision gave us Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise and the films, and it all traces back to an eye roll in a Paramount meeting that got him invited to lunch with Gene Roddenberry. On Dropping Names, Rick tells Brent and Jonny how Bob Justman came back from a reading at UCLA insisting Roddenberry meet an English actor named Patrick Stewart, how Gene declared that no bald Englishman was going to be his next captain, and how Rick decided that was not actually the end of the conversation. Along the way Brent admits he nearly walked out of his own audition rather than play Data as a machine, Jonathan confesses to wearing the same unwashed shirt through seven auditions for Riker, and Rick explains the rule that whoever said a name first set the pronunciation for the whole series, which is how Data became Data.

There is also the studio executive who told Patrick he had the role but had to lose the wig, the reason Colm Meaney could slip away to make features, Marlon Brando wanting the part that went to Malcolm McDowell in Generations, Isabella Rossellini reading for the Borg Queen before Alice Krige got it, and how Jonathan came to direct First Contact. Before any of that, Rick was a young documentary producer catching flies in the basement of a Horn and Hardart automat for a film John Lennon and Yoko Ono were shooting, which is why Yoko later tapped him on the shoulder at Lincoln Center and greeted him as the fly guy. He also worked two days at Groucho Marx's house, stood five seconds from Howard Hughes on a Las Vegas runway while Hughes fired his boss, took phone calls from Lenny Bruce in college, and shared a babysitter with George Gershwin, give or take fifty years. Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr, Jerry Taylor and the green writers who became showrunners all get their due, and so does the night Elizabeth Taylor ended up face down on a floor two doors from Rick's house.

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[The 404 Media Podcast] Leaked Audio: Flock CEO Says the Backlash Isn’t Real

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

From: The 404 Media Podcast Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code 404MEDIA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: incogni.com/404media We start this week with Jason and Joseph’s article about leaked audio from a private police conference. In that audio, Flock’s CEO made all sorts of wild claims about the backlash to his company not being real, and his wife’s advice to never apologize. After the break, Sam tells us why former Yahoo CEO Marrisa Mayer can’t keep pretending ‘gender doesn’t matter.’ In the subscribers-only section, Joseph tells us about a woman who is facing years in prison because someone else opened a CashApp account in her name. In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real Marissa Mayer Can’t Keep Pretending 'Gender Doesn't Matter' Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Better Offline] The Truth About Data Centers w/ Paris Marx

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

From: Better Offline

In this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the new data center book “Hyperscale,” to talk about the AI buildout, the community groundswell against data centers, and how both politicians and the media fail to hold the powerful accountable.

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[Joe Marler Will See You Now] Jason Kelce: From Underdog to NFL Legend

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000

From: Joe Marler Will See You Now GET TICKETS TO THE LIVE TOUR HERE: https://www.livenation.co.uk/joe-marler-will-see-you-live-tickets-adp1647830 When Jason Kelce walks into the office, Joe does a double take. Has he just met his long-lost brother? The resemblance is uncanny, but it turns out the pair have a lot more in common than just their faces… Jason reflects on his journey through the NFL, the pressure of constantly being the underdog, and the surreal experience of facing his brother in the Super Bowl. Growing up, their rivalry was fierce — but competing on the biggest stage in American football brought a whole new set of emotions. With retirement bringing a new career in media, Jason and Joe compare notes on what it’s like to find your feet in a completely different world. But their similarities only get them so far. When two natural competitors get together, things can only end one way: with Joe and Jason going head-to-head in a physical showdown. Featuring Joe Marler (@joemarler17) and Jake Bhardwaj (@jakebhardwajtv) Follow the show on Instagram: @willseeyounowshow Joe Marler Will See You Now is a Platform Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dreaming Against the Machine] Episode 29: The Nerd Reich, with Gil Duran

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

From: Dreaming Against the Machine

This week, Adam talks with journalist, author, and erstwhile political operative Gil Duran about the fascist dreams of the tech oligarchs, and what we can do to fight them. Adam also points out a particularly vile tweet from JD Vance's political mentor, and asks why other journalists aren't confronting Vance about it. This one will make you angry. Go out and make some good trouble.

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[The 404 Media Podcast] Is the AI Boom a Bubble?

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

From: The 404 Media Podcast This week on the pod we’re joined by Mike Isaac a tech reporter who has been at the New York Times for more than a decade and who just recently announced he’s joining The Atlantic. Isaac also is the author of Super Pumped, a book about Uber that was adapted into a TV show. Isaac and 404 Media cover the same companies and technologies but we come at them from pretty different angles. He has a very deep background in business reporting and he’s also very well sourced in the valley. We spent a lot of time talking about how the AI race looks right now from his perspective, the challenges in covering it, and also the reemergence of Uber’s founder, Travis Kalanick. Youtube Version: https://youtu.be/1sNBtPRo87s Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[The Rest Is Science] Earth’s Tilt Makes Time Slippery

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science A sundial can be almost 16 minutes fast in November and 14 minutes slow in February, yet there's nothing wrong with it. So why does the Sun, our oldest timekeeper, disagree with the clock on your wrist? In this episode, Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (Vsauce) explore the equation of time - the strange relationship between Earth's tilt, its orbit around the Sun and the way we measure our days. Why does a day last 24 hours? Has it always been that way? And how can a piece of ancient coral reveal that time itself has changed? To find out, Hannah and Michael investigate an ingenious sundial that appears to correct its own mistakes, and discover the extraordinary places on Earth where shadows disappear completely. Along the way, they explore why sailors relied on the stars, the Moon's remarkable journey across London's sky, and the curious fact that the Pacific Ocean is so enormous it meets itself on the other side of the world. Michael's references:https://rl.se/subsolarpoint https://www.curiositybox.com/pages/closest-approach-to-uranus-------------------For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://cancerresearchuk.org/restisscience Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales (4325234) and the Isle of Man (5713F). Registered address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ. ------------------- Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠ ------------------- Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack MeekAnimator: Sam BensonVideo & Social: Bex TyrrellProducer: Simona Rata + Lucy LipscombeSenior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-CarterChief Digital Officer: Samuel OakleyExec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture] The Millennium Dome (Part 5)

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:30:00 -0000

From: Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

The final part of the infamous, and at times unexpected and bizarre story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome.

Will the gang get away with their audacious diamond heist?

And what happens to the dome in the ensuing years?

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[Better Offline] Monologue: Amazon Is Warehousing Billions In GPUs

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

From: Better Offline

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how Amazon is warehousing billions of dollars of GPUs, and how NVIDIA created an artificial supply chain crisis by forcing hyperscalers to take early delivery of its AI chips.

Business Insider: Amazon is buying billions in Nvidia AI systems it can't yet turn on
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[The Harbingers] Episode 20: Sweet Dreams

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 -0000

From: The Harbingers

Episode 20. March of 2026. Adam, newly minted as the most powerful man in the world, has a chance encounter with a fascinating woman at a Washington gala. Years later, an unexpected crisis puts him on a collision course with the same woman once again. How did Adam’s first encounters with the most wealthy woman in the world go? And why has she always been so fascinated by the modern world’s first new magician?

Be advised: this episode contains strong language, drinking, discussions of politics, and a menacing situation. It also mentions but does not depict terrorist activity, violent revolution, and a person suffering a stroke. Listener discretion is advised.

The Harbingers was created by Gabriel Urbina. Today's episode was written by Gabriel Urbina. It was directed & sound designed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. It featured the voices of Andrés Enriquez as Adam Blackwell, Emmy Bean as Claudia Skinner, Beth Eyre as Jacqueline Saint-Pierre, Dan Granata as Jerome Eckerberg, Sunnie Eraso as Melissa Erickson, and Mark Soloff as Andrew Walker. It also featured the voice of D. Casselian.

Our original music was composed by Nicholas Podany. Our original show art was created by Cassie J. Allen. Our dialogue editor for this episode was Astra Duffy. The executive producer for the series is Eleanor Hyde. This is an Audacious Machine Creative production.

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[The Rest Is Science] A History Of Squatting

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:05:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science In many parts of the world, people rest in a deep squat every day. In others, most adults can barely get down there. So what’s going on? Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens dig into the history of squatting and why the ability to squat differs so much between cultures.Plus, your questions: What happens to the air pressure inside a car when it goes round a bend? Why do some burps come out higher than others? And why do tautologies sound like wisdom?-------------------For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://cancerresearchuk.org/restisscience Cancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales (4325234) and the Isle of Man (5713F). Registered address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ. ------------------- Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠ ------------------- Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack Meek Animator: Sam Benson Video & Social: Bex Tyrrell Producer: Simona Rata + Lucy Lipscombe Senior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-Carter Chief Digital Officer: Samuel Oakley Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dropping Names ...and other things] Colin Hanks

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000

From: Dropping Names ...and other things

Colin Hanks sits down with Brent Spiner and Jonny Frakes on Dropping Names and starts where it started, on a sidewalk on the Fox lot in the late nineties, terrified before his Roswell screen test, when a passing Jonathan Frakes told him to do well and somehow made the whole day survivable. From there he opens up the parts of that story nobody knows: getting asked to test for two roles at once to double his odds, spending the day auditioning alongside Heath Ledger, sitting in a cast meeting about people not showing up while William Sadler quietly modeled how a professional behaves, and learning off camera eyelines from Julie Benz. Then comes the reveal about The Great Buck Howard, the film he made with John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn and Adam Scott. His father Tom Hanks produced it and campaigned hard for a completely different actor in the lead, and the name is William Shatner. Colin also explains why a George Takei joke had to survive every draft, and why one small scene with Jack Carter still lands as the saddest moment in the picture.

There is a lot more where that came from. Colin talks about surviving Dallas in 108 degree heat on The Good Guys with Bradley Whitford, who invented the role of emotional stunt double and who still gets quoted every time Colin finishes a take. He tells the Kreskin story that saved his David Letterman appearance while he was doing 33 Variations on Broadway with Jane Fonda. He describes realizing during a three in the morning squib explosion on set that he could shoot an entire documentary on the same tiny camera, which became the Tower Records film, and how the Eagles of Death Metal doc about the band returning to Paris after the Bataclan attack took seven months and cost him something. Brent and Jonny push him on Nuremberg, on watching Russell Crowe and Rami Malek run twenty pages in a single take in Budapest, on the critics who savaged The Offer, on Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, on Orange County and King Kong with Jack Black and Peter Jackson, on Adam Sandler calling to talk about Emma Stone after The House Bunny, and on how he badgered his agents into a meeting with Matthew Weiner and ended up playing the priest on Mad Men. Plus the scoop on Silo season three with Rebecca Ferguson, the biggest production he has ever worked on, bigger than Kong.

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[The 404 Media Podcast] ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI Slop

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

From: The 404 Media Podcast We start this week with Jason’s article about how everyone is apparently reverse-engineering everything. After the break, Joseph tells us about a big AI shakeup at consulting giant Accenture. In the subscribers-only section, Sam and Jason discuss the Character[.]ai bankruptcy. ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month Character[.]ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Better Offline] The Mind of Larry Ellison w/ Tom Dotan

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

From: Better Offline

In this week's Better Offline, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Tom Dotan to talk about the life of Larry Ellison, his children, his companies, his decades of existential crises, and how all he really cares about is his own individual legacy.

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[Joe Marler Will See You Now] Celia Imrie Nearly Got ARRESTED for WHAT?!

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

From: Joe Marler Will See You Now Celia Imrie enters the office and reunites with her Celebrity Traitors co-star Joe - and the pair waste absolutely no time picking up where they left off. Celia’s sense of adventure takes centre stage as she reflects on a life of travelling the world, trying new things and getting herself into the occasional spot of bother. And there's one particular escapade that leaves Joe and Jake stunned... But just how adventurous is she, really? Jake puts Joe and Celia to the test in a seriously fiery final challenge. Can either of them handle the heat? Featuring Joe Marler (@joemarler17) and Jake Bhardwaj (@jakebhardwajtv) Follow the show on Instagram: @willseeyounowshow Joe Marler Will See You Now is a Platform Media production. GET TICKETS TO THE LIVE TOUR HERE: https://www.livenation.co.uk/joe-marler-will-see-you-live-tickets-adp1647830 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dreaming Against the Machine] Episode 28: The AI Doom Sex Cult (Solo Episode)

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

From: Dreaming Against the Machine

We have to talk about it, so let's talk about it. Adam lays out exactly where the AI doom narrative is coming from and why you shouldn't take it seriously.

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[Darknet Diaries] 181: Ricky

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

From: Darknet Diaries

Imagine driving down the road and your phone loses signal. Not just a lost signal, but it starts displaying SOS. Meaning no service configured at all. You can't make any calls, no data, no service. What goes through your head?

In this episode we hear from Ricky Handschumacher who learned how to slip inside a stranger’s phone, and would rummage through it looking for things he thought were valuable.

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[The 404 Media Podcast] Data Centers Are Worse Than You Thought

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

From: The 404 Media Podcast Big tech is rushing to build hundreds of data centers across the planet to keep up with the computing demand of artificial intelligence. The tech companies are promising the massive buildings will bring jobs and prosperity when they’re built, but communities across the country aren’t buying it and they’re fighting back. People are concerned about water, noise, pollution, and the rising cost of electricity. Anyone who already lives next to a data center knows those fears are well founded. To talk through this, Matthew spoke to Paris Marx. He’s a tech critic, the host of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of the new book Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. Buy Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/PRf8ZtpSqAg Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Better Offline] Introducing: Knowledge Fight Country

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 04:00:00 -0000

From: Better Offline

Knowledge Fight Country is a platform where Dan Friesen and his guests can chew over the biggest and best ideas being disseminated in right wing media. Through a focus on Alex Jones and figures similar to him, this show will provide a humorous and fun layer on top of discussing the context on why liars lie and how they do it.

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[The Rest Is Science] Mathematicians Are The Canary Down The AI Coal Mine

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science OpenAI claims a swarm of AI agents has solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the hardest unsolved questions in mathematics, with a $1 million prize attached. Then it released more than 700 more mathematical manuscripts, including claims touching the Riemann hypothesis, faster than anyone can check them. Mathematicians are not happy, and the reason goes far beyond the money. In this episode of The Rest of Science, mathematician and fluid dynamicist Hannah Fry takes Michael Stevens through the equations that describe everything that flows, from the blood in your veins to a rocket leaving the atmosphere. Then she tells him why this story has turned the vocation of mathematics upside down. Ten thousand AI agents. Millions of messages. One tiny term in the equation that nobody wanted to look at, until it unlocked the problem. But did AI really solve a million dollar problem? Why are some mathematicians accusing the models of stealing their work? And how might a proof that is completely correct be the least satisfying result in the history of maths? Along the way, Hannah un-mixes a glass of dye with nothing but corn syrup and patience, and the pair ask what happens to curiosity when the answers arrive faster than the understanding. ------------------- For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://cancerresearchuk.org/restisscience ------------------- Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠ ------------------- Video Producer: Oli Oakley Animator: Sam BensonVideo & Social: Bex TyrrellAssistant Producer: Lucy LipscombeProducer: Simona RataSenior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-CarterChief Digital Officer: Samuel OakleyExec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture] The Millennium Dome (Part 4)

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

From: Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

Part 4 of the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome.

The millenium is here and the dome is finally open. But it's safe to say the illfated project has not gone well as visitor numbers are poor and multiple financial bailouts are required.

And soon news of an audacious diamon heist reaches Scotland Yard...

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[The Harbingers] Feed Drop: Creepy

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:00:00 -0000

From: The Harbingers

Today, we're excited to share a delightful scary story from our friends at Creepy!

And here...we...go...

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Town History

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Failed Veins

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Written by: J. Boyd and Narrated by: Michelle Kane

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Content warning: kidnapping, forced experimentation

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Title music by: Alex Aldea

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[The Rest Is Science] The Right Way To Open A Shaken Soda Can

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:05:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science A can of fizzy drink has been violently shaken. The pressure is building, the bubbles are ready to erupt, and Michael Stevens is about to open it. But Hannah Fry has a trick up her sleeve. Can a few taps really prevent an explosion?This week on The Rest Is Science, Hannah and Michael begin with the surprisingly complicated physics of carbonation before tackling a much bigger question: can we really trust science?From the replication crisis and scientific studies that fail to stand up to scrutiny, to the strange incentives that shape what gets published, they explore why even respected scientific discoveries can turn out to be wrong...and why that might not be such a bad thing.Along the way, they investigate whether Archimedes really could have moved the Earth with a long enough lever, why aircraft are designed to withstand enormous pressure changes, and what happens when we lose our curiosity.Plus, an unexpected discussion about nuns, the dangers of absolute certainty, and why asking questions might be one of the most important things we can do.-------------------"For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://cancerresearchuk.org/restisscienceCancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales (4325234) and the Isle of Man (5713F). Registered address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ."-------------------Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠-------------------Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack MeekAnimator: Sam BensonVideo & Social: Bex TyrrellAssistant Producer: Lucy LipscombeProducer: Simona RataSenior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-CarterChief Digital Officer: Samuel OakleyExec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dropping Names ...and other things] Terry Matalas

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0000

From: Dropping Names ...and other things

When Terry Matalas first walked into Alex Kurtzman's company, the show about bringing Jean Luc Picard back was already spoken for, and he was politely told to go away, kid. He ended up running Star Trek Picard season three anyway, and on Dropping Names he tells Brent and Jonny how it came together in about eight weeks, why the character we know as Data was very nearly called Datum until somebody worked out that data is already plural, and what Brent said to him on the phone that changed his mind. Jonathan Frakes remembers being asked if he was ready for a lot more Riker and answering that he would need to lose thirty pounds first. Terry also explains the last shot of the poker game, where he asked the cast to stop acting and simply deal, ran the cameras and let the credits roll over the real thing. Mary Howard, the producer who hired him as a production assistant and became his first boss, sat in the room for part of this one, which makes his stories about Rick Berman, firing shoes with tassels and the last Star Trek that ever came in on budget land even harder.

There is a lot more here than the Enterprise D, though Brent has plenty to say about how much smaller it felt the second time around and about hitting Patrick Stewart with a car. Terry talks about running 12 Monkeys for four seasons on Syfy after writing a time travel spec called Splinter, meeting Aaron Stanford and most of his crew on Nikita, working on Terra Nova and MacGyver with Henry Winkler giving notes in the edit bay, and the day Brannon Braga's assistant job put him at a sushi lunch where Ron Moore pitched the entire Battlestar Galactica reboot to him before anyone had made it. He is currently finishing the Marvel series Vision Quest with Paul Bettany, James Spader, Todd Stashwick and Orla Brady, and he refuses to name the one actor in it he is most excited about. Also covered: Christopher Lloyd shaving his own eyebrows on day one, the life sized Darth Vader that would not fit in the basement, the DeLorean time machine parts in Terry's garage, and Brent's very short career in the Star Wars radio drama.

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[Joe Marler Will See You Now] Matt Willis: I No Longer Hate Myself

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

From: Joe Marler Will See You Now GET TICKETS TO THE LIVE TOUR HERE: https://www.livenation.co.uk/joe-marler-will-see-you-live-tickets-adp1647830 Busted legend Matt Willis joins the surgery for an incredibly open conversation about addiction, self-belief and support networks. Matt talks about finding fame at 18, the fear behind Busted’s original break-up and how drink and drugs went from an escape to something he physically couldn’t function without. He also explains what 17 years of recovery has taught him, why gratitude remains part of his daily routine and the importance of building a life you no longer want to escape from. Plus, Joe discovers the origins of Year 3000, how Jonas Brothers paid his mortgage, and somehow ends up receiving more therapy than he gives. Featuring Joe Marler (@joemarler17) and Jake Bhardwaj (@jakebhardwajtv) Follow the show on Instagram: @willseeyounowshow Joe Marler Will See You Now is a Platform Media production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Dreaming Against the Machine] Episode 27: Eugenics, with Brandon Ogbunu

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

From: Dreaming Against the Machine

This week, Adam talks with biologist Brandon Ogbunu about the horrifying history of genetics, what it means for working geneticists and evolutionary biologists, and how culture shapes science (and vice versa).

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[The Rest Is Science] Something Weird Is Going On With Placebos

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000

From: The Rest Is Science For the past few decades, something strange has been happening in clinical trials. Painkillers aren't getting worse, but the placebos they're tested against appear to be getting better. In one landmark study, the advantage of pain medication over placebo shrank from 27.3% in 1996 to just 8.9% in 2013. Even stranger? This trend was found almost entirely in American trials.In this episode of The Rest Is Science, Professor Hannah Fry and Michael Stevens (Vsauce) investigate the extraordinary science of the placebo effect; how our expectations influence pain, why belief can change the way our bodies respond, and what this means for the future of medicine. Why does the way a treatment is presented matter so much? And how can simply expecting something to hurt actually make it hurt? But the placebo effect doesn't stop at medicine. From pedestrian crossing buttons that do nothing to the surprising psychology of road safety, Hannah and Michael explore just how easily our expectations can shape our experience of the world. ------------------- "For more information about Cancer Research UK, their research, breakthroughs and how you can support them, visit https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/our-research/rest-is-scienceCancer Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666), the Isle of Man (1103) and Jersey (247). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales (4325234) and the Isle of Man (5713F). Registered address: 2 Redman Place, London, E20 1JQ." ------------------- Find The Rest Is Science all over the internet by ⁠⁠clicking here.⁠⁠ -------------------Video Producer: Adam Thornton + Oli Oakley + Jack MeekAnimator: Sam BensonVideo & Social: Bex TyrrellAssistant Producer: Lucy LipscombeProducer: Simona RataSenior Producer: Lauren Armstrong-CarterChief Digital Officer: Samuel OakleyExec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

[Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture] The Millennium Dome (Part 3)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000

From: Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

Part 3 of the infamous, and at times unexpected story of one of modern Britain’s greatest folly’s turned success stories - The Millennium Dome.

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