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Latest Episodes

How The Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax with Jesse Eisinger
July 21, 2021

Journalist Jesse Eisinger joins Adam to explain how he and his colleagues at ProPublica exposed how little billionaires pay in taxes – often, nothing at all – and the underhanded techniques they use to do it.

Your Ring Doorbell is Working with the Cops with Johana Bhuiyan
July 14, 2021

LA Times reporter Johana Bhuiyan joins Adam to explain how Ring built a private surveillance empire by promising kickbacks to an unlikely accomplice: the cops.

Seashells Contain an Ocean with Cynthia Barnett
July 07, 2021

Seashells may seem like a small topic for a book, or a podcast. But when we look into them deeply, we find that they reveal startling truths about our oceans, our planet, and ourselves. This week Cynthia Barnett joins Adam to talk about the surprising his

What Do We Owe Wild Animals? with Emma Marris
June 30, 2021

What are our moral obligations to nature, and the wild animals that live in it? Should we vaccinate them? Should we feed them when they're starving? Should we kill so called "invasive" species? Emma Marris is back this week to discuss her new book Wild So

Why Self-Driving Cars Aren’t Coming Any Time Soon with Dr. Missy Cummings
June 23, 2021

Tesla and other automakers have convinced the public that fully automated vehicles are just around the corner. But what if … they aren’t? Dr. Missy Cummings, AI researcher and director of the Humans and Autonomy Laboratory at Duke, joins Adam to detail th

12,000 Years of Humans Altering Earth with Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
June 16, 2021

As nature lovers, we prize the idea of places untouched by human influence. But new research shows that such places were few and far between as long as 12,000 years ago. This week paleo-ecologist Dr. Jacquelyn Gill is on the show to talk about the surpris

The Unheralded Story of Native Americans in Comedy with Kliph Nesteroff and Adrianne Chalepah
June 09, 2021

Despite their limited representation in the media, Native Americans have had a profound influence on American comedy. So why isn't Charlie Hill a household name? This week historian Kliph Nesteroff and comic Adrianne Chalepah chat with Adam about their ne

Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics with Carlo Rovelli
June 02, 2021

Quantum mechanics is over a century old, yet most of us still struggle to truly understand it. This week theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli is on the show to discuss his new book Helgoland and help Adam begin to truly understand how quantum physics can f

Why Trust Science? with Naomi Oreskes
May 26, 2021

We know that not all American trust science. But why, exactly, should they, when scientists are fallible humans, just like the rest of us? Acclaimed science historian and author Naomi Oreskes is on the show this week to answer exactly that. Check out her

Premium Preview: Questions & Adam
May 21, 2021

Today we're bringing you a FREE episode of Adam's STITCHER PREMIUM show, Questions & Adam. In it, Adam chats and answers questions with comedian friends. Listen to the rest of the bonus episodes exclusively on Stitcher Premium. For a free month, go to sti