Locked Up In Russia
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In 2023, Evan Gershkovich was working as a young reporter in Moscow for the *Wall
Street Journal*, when he was arrested by Russian authorities. He was
ev...
Charles Ponzi's scheme (plus a new scam)
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Charles Ponzi was down on his luck. In 1919, the Italian immigrant had
spent a decade and a half in the U.S. He was looking for a way to get rich
and tried...
A-SOS
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Sean Farrington shares the latest developments on the apparent cyber attack
on ASOS, we find out how the retailer may respond.
Also we learn about the ne...
Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast
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Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish
standing stones — ever actually live?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.o...
899: Reaching Out
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Sayre Quevedo’s invented a way to do a podcast that feels completely new.
He’s been recording nearly all his conversations for years, and the result
is s...
A sample of the newsletter
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If you’re wondering what, exactly, you might gain access to if you
subscribe to Sparky’s List, here’s the newsletter that went out this week
with an advanc...
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga
and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon and Hello Kitty, online argots like selfies
and ...
News Post: Underground Tour
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Tycho: When I was pulling up our Gran Turismo 7 video to link it, I ended
up skipping through a few parts of it to appreciate just how otherworldly
some as...
How to Do Cross Product Calculator
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The vector thing, or cross thing, of two vectors is a vector. If C is the
vector consequence of An and B, we form
Imagine a repairman turning a wrench t...
Mix: The Best of Shibuya-kei, Volume One
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The time has been right for a new mix that showcases, celebrates, and
reintroduces the best tracks from Shibuya-kei’s peak years: dj david, mon
amour - “Th...
15.11.42
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Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt.
[1] The first time that I have heard them in over two years. [1] Following
the att...
Capitol Crimes
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With disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex
Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth
exploration ...
Obama the Sphinx
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President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East
yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and
declaring his ...
Why Do Americans Still Hate Welfare?
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"Welfare" remains a charged word in the American lexicon, even though it's
rarely talked about as a political issue any more. But why?
Dmitry and Brian
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Things in Russia played out very predictably last week. On May 7, Dmitry
Medvedev, the former pipeline CEO and presidential aide who Vladimir Putin
had chr...
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