Best Void Signal Podcasts (2025)

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Street Sects / Street Sex 44:42

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12d ago44:42

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Send us a text Leo and Shaun of Street Sects / Street Sex discuss their intense industrial-punk-noise project and their newer, more melodic side project, Street Sex. They discuss the band’s history, working day jobs as security guards, collaborating with producer Ben Chisholm (Chelsea Wolfe), creative growth through exploring pop production, and th…

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Voice 1:06:56

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Over the course of millions of years, human voices have evolved to hold startling power. These clouds of vibrating air carry crucial information about who we are–and we rely on them to push ourselves up and out into the physical world. This week, we’re on a journey to understand how we got our unique sonic fingerprint, the power it affords us, and …

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pills, psych wards & propaganda: why nothing’s getting better 20:59

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Diving headfirst into the chaos: therapy, antidepressants, psych ward stories, existential dread, and why Captain America: Brave New World wasn’t it. Plus, deep thoughts on Invincible, Harley Quinn, Fleabag, and the eternal question—does anything actually get better? Strap in for a raw, unfiltered rant session where self-improvement meets nihilism.…

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The Spark of Life 36:01

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In the 1920s, a Russian biologist studying onion roots made a surprising discovery: underground, down in the darkness, it seemed like the cells inside the onion roots were making their own … light. The “onion root experiment” went on to become something of a cult classic in science, and eventually the biologically-made light was dubbed “biophotons.…

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Los Frikis 33:07

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How a group of 80’s Cuban misfits found rock-and-roll and created a revolution within a revolution, going into exile without ever leaving home. Reporter Luis Trelles brings us the story of punk rock’s arrival in Cuba and a small band of outsiders who sentenced themselves to death and set themselves free. We originally released this episode back in …

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why hustle culture is a lie! burn out or break free? 25:31

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Think life’s got an emergency exit? Think again. In this episode, we’re crash-landing into the chaos of modern existence—why hustle culture is a scam, why "balance" is a lie, and why we can’t all be like A$AP Rocky (no matter how much we manifest). If you’re tired of self-help gurus peddling productivity like it’s salvation, buckle up. This is the …

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Screaming Into the Void 57:16

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In August we performed a live taping of the show from a theater perched on the edge of Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River, overshadowed by the wide open night sky. Three stories about voids. One about a fish that screams into the night – and the mystery of its counterpart that doesn’t. Another about a group of women who gazed at the night sky …

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Curse Mackey & SINE 19:28

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Send us a text A short, street-side chat with Curse Mackey and Rona of SINE. Curse is known for his time in major industrial bands like Pigface, Evil Mothers, and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, but his solo work has both of them touring with Clan of Xymox and headlining major festivals like Mechanismus Festival and Dark Force Fest. Rona Rougehe…

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Music Hat 31:24

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With this episode, we’re putting on our music hat. For a program that relies so much on scoring and sound, it’s not often we talk about the musicians and the music they make that inspire us. Today, that changes. Today, we bring you two stories. Each about musicians that our former host and creator of Radiolab, Jad Abumrad, loves. We originally rele…

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Chris Bourassa of Red Hook Studios 41:31

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Send us a text Chris Bourassa, co-founder and Creative Director of Red Hook Studios, talks with host Brian Prime about the evolution of Darkest Dungeon, the studio’s distinctive art style, the shift towards narrative-driven experience, and Red Hook’s acquisition by Behaviour Interactive. Chris also speaks candily about collaboration, inspiration, a…

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bored to death: how late-stage capitalism screws your soul 21:21

29d ago21:21

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Ever stared at a wall for so long you start beefing with it? Wondered if boredom is just a symptom of late-stage capitalism or if you’re actually just built wrong? Yeah, same. In this episode of Wandering Into the Void: A Rantcast, we dive headfirst into: The existential horror of boredom, Why scrolling is a psychological graveyard, Making bad deci…

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The Medical Matchmaking Machine 1:01:41

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As he finished his medical school exam, David Fajgenbaum felt off. He walked down to the ER and checked himself in. Soon he was in the ICU with multiple organ failure. The only drug for his condition didn’t work. He had months to live, if that. If he was going to survive, he was going to have to find his own cure. Miraculously, he pulled it off in …

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Weighing Good Intentions 24:09

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In an episode first released in 2010, then-producer Lulu Miller drives to Michigan to track down the endangered Kirtland’s warbler. Efforts to protect the bird have lead to the killing of cowbirds (a species that commandeers warbler nests), and a prescribed burn aimed at creating a new habitat. Tragically, this burn led to the death of a 29-year-ol…

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i quit meds, hit rock bottom. here’s what they won’t tell you. 20:04

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feel like nothing helps? i ran out of meds, money, and motivation... and somehow didn’t fall apart. or maybe i did—and just started liking the view. this one broke me. but it made sense after. in this raw, unfiltered spiral, i talk about life after antidepressants, what happens when the system drops you, and the strange peace that comes from stoppi…

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Ashton Nyte of The Awakening 32:00

1M ago32:00

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Send us a text A friendly, in-depth interview with musician Ashton Nyte, covering Ashton’s return to touring with The Awakening after nine years, upcoming appearances at festivals like Glom Fest and Castle Party. Ashton discusses the creative process behind The Awakening’s twelfth album, his prolific solo work, side projects like Beauty in Chaos, a…

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The Menopause Mystery 38:58

2M ago38:58

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Until recently, scientists assumed humans were the only species in which females went through menopause, and lived a substantial part of their lives after they were no longer able to reproduce. And they had no idea why that happens, and why evolution wouldn’t push females to keep reproducing right up to the end of their lives. But after a close loo…

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Matte Blvck 29:09

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Send us a text Matte Blvck, purveyors of dark, sexy goth-industrial sonic textures, visit with the Void to discuss their recent tour, the future of the band, and the lessons they've learned. Featured Songs: Matte Blvck - House of Serpents Visit https://matteblvckmusic.com/ for more Matte Blvck Visit https://glomfest.com/ for more information about …

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Galaxy Quenching 40:08

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This week: the story of astrophysicist Charity Woodrum. Charity is an extragalactic astronomer who studies the life and death of galaxies, why some galaxies burn bright and others dim and sputter out. And in the midst of an unthinkable grief in her personal life, she discovers something in the sky – a new kind of light that would guide her path for…

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Die Sexual 21:56

2M ago21:56

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Send us a text Erotic noise makers Die Sexual join with the Signal for a short chat on their tour about inspiration, being authentic, and what drives them. Featured Songs: Die Sexual - Need to Sin Visit https://diesexual.bandcamp.com/ for more Die Sexual. Visit https://glomfest.com/ for more information about Glomfest. Void Signal intro courtesy of…

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how to survive posting when no one cares? 21:19

2M ago21:19

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ever feel like you’re talking to yourself on the internet? yeah, same. in this episode, we dive headfirst into the existential chaos of content creation, online validation, and the creeping horror of silence. is posting just a desperate attempt to prove we exist? is the void actually listening? and most importantly—why do we keep scrolling when we …

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The Nothing Behind Everything 32:54

2M ago32:54

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This week, two conversations from the archives about parts of the world that are imperceptible to us, verging on almost unthinkable. We start with a moment of uncertainty in physics. Inspired by an essay written by physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, called The Accidental Universe (https://zpr.io/4965dUdNqtpQ), taken from a book of the same name.…

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More Perfect: The Hate Debate 37:20

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Back in 2017 our colleagues at More Perfect gathered a room full of people together to debate a straight forward question: Can free speech go too far? Today, eight years have passed and plenty has changed, but this question feels alive as ever. And so we’re re-airing More Perfect’s The Hate Debate. Taped live at WNYC's Jerome L. Greene Performance …

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how to have an existential crisis at 2am? 24:16

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is life just a poorly coded simulation? are we all just background npcs running the same glitchy script? do breakfast food rules even make sense?? in this episode, we spiral into the abyss of existential dread, corporate overlords, social collapse, meaningless routines, the government watching you, ai stealing your soul, breakfast anarchy, and why …

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Desperately Seeking Symmetry 57:23

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This hour of Radiolab, former co-hosts Jad and Robert set out in search of order and balance in the world around us, and ask how symmetry shapes our very existence -- from the origins of the universe, to what we see when we look in the mirror. Along the way, we look for love in ancient Greece, head to modern-day Princeton to peer inside our brains,…

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On [The Divided Dial]: Fishing In The Night 38:51

3M ago38:51

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Have you heard On the Media’s Peabody-winning series The Divided Dial? It’s awesome and you should, and now you will. In this episode they tell the story of shortwave radio: the way-less-listened to but way-farther-reaching cousin of AM and FM radio. The medium was once heralded as a utopian, international, and instantaneous mass communication tool…

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how to escape the algorithm (or at least pretend you can)? 25:44

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Where I scream into the void, and it screams back. Tonight, we dive into the illusion of originality, free thought, and whether your brain is just a well-optimized content farm. Are your ideas even yours? Or are you just a walking, talking algorithm puppet? We unpack the ouroboros of content consumption, the fear of new ideas, and why quitting the …

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Dark Chisme 34:47

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Send us a text Dark Chisme, the recording name for Christine and Erik, visit with the Void to discuss how their enchanting dark-pop gets made, what matters to them, the political nature of music, and what's filling their time. Featured Songs: Dark Chisme - Yo Puedo Vivin Sin Ti Visit https://darkchisme.bandcamp.com/ for more Dark Chisme. Visit http…

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Sex, Ducks and the Founding Feud 25:08

3M ago25:08

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Jilted lovers and disrupted duck hunts provide a very odd look into the soul of the US Constitution. What does a betrayed lover’s revenge have to do with an international chemical weapons treaty? More than you’d think. From poison and duck hunts to our feuding fathers, we step into a very odd tug of war between local and federal law. When Carol Ann…

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Baby Shark 28:12

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This is episode five of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Today, the strange, squirmy magic behind how sharks make more sharks. Drills. Drama. Death. Even a coliseum of baby sharks duking it out inside mom’s womb. And a man on a small island in the Mediterranean trying, against all odds, to give baby sharks a chance in a little plas…

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how to gaslight yourself into thinking you have free will? 26:30

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Are we really thinking for ourselves, or are we just NPCs in the algorithm’s favorite simulation? In this episode, we unpack why humanity decided to bully AI like it’s the new kid in school, the terrifying content creator-to-algorithm pipeline, and whether we’ve already outsourced our personalities to the For You Page. We also spiral into a healthy…

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Mystery Bay 21:01

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This is episode four of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Alison Kock was working at a car wash in Cape Town when she made a discovery that completely changed the course of her life. Inside a customer’s trunk, she found photographs of white sharks flying so high above the water they looked like airplanes. She followed those photogra…

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The Shark Inside You 28:53

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This is episode three of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Today, we take a trip across the world, from the south coast of Australia to … Wisconsin. Here, scientists are scouring shark blood to find one of nature’s hidden keys, a molecular superhero that might unlock our ability to cure cancer: shark antibodies. They’re small. They’…

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The Cage 18:22

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This is episode two of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Jaws spawned a thousand imitators: sharks in tornados, sharks in avalanches, sharks that battle giant octopuses. Hollywood has officially turned sharks into monsters of every shape and size. And yet, somehow, there will always be more. But drop below the surface, into the cold…

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Making a Monster 26:38

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Episode one of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Rodney Fox went into the ocean one summer day in 1963. He came out barely alive, his body torn apart by a great white shark. At the time, it was one of the worst shark attacks ever survived. After he recovered, he was pulled back into the shadowy world he feared most. Again and again …

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Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks 2:23

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In the summer of 1975, Jaws scared an entire generation out of the water. The film burned an idea into our cultural memory: they are mindless, man-eating monsters. We set out to tell a different story about sharks. Five stories over five days. We tear down deep-seated myths about sharks, plunge into the water with them, and find sharks that explode…

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Double-Blasted 20:54

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We first aired this episode in 2012, but at the show we’ve been thinking a lot about resilience and repair so we wanted to play it for you again today. It’s about a man who experienced maybe one of the most chilling traumas… twice. But then, it leads us to a story of generational repair. On the morning of August 6th, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in …

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The Elixir of Life 50:59

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Doctor and special correspondent, Avir Mitra takes Lulu on an epic journey live on stage at a little basement club called Caveat, here in New York. Starting with an ingredient in breastmilk that babies can’t digest, a global hunt that takes us from Bangladesh to the Mennonite communities here in the US, we discover an ancient symbiotic relationship…

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am i fixed yet, or just really good at pretending? 25:06

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This episode is a raw, unfiltered dive into the messy, nonlinear reality of healing. Is growth just another form of escapism? Are we truly getting better, or just better at avoiding what hurts? Society loves a clean-cut version of healing, but the truth is far messier—filled with spirals, distractions, and uncomfortable truths. If you’ve ever quest…

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A Flock of Two 19:43

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Animals rescue people all the time, but not like this. In this episode, first aired more than a decade ago, Jim Eggers is a 44-year-old man who suffers from a problem that not only puts his life at risk—it jeopardizes the safety of everybody around him. But with the help of Sadie, his pet African Grey Parrot, Jim found an unlikely way to manage his…

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The Echo in the Machine 32:42

4M ago32:42

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Today you can convert speech to text with the click of a button. Youtube does it for all our videos. Our phones will do it in real time. It’s frictionless. And yet, if it weren’t for an unlikely crew of protesters and office workers, it might still be impossible. This week, the story of our attempts to make the spoken visible. The magicians who tri…

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Aeon Sable 32:47

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Send us a text Aeon Sable defies the conventions of genre by blending gothic rock, psychadelic, dark, doom, and a slew of other adjectives to make something that's designed to be esoteric and thought provoking. I chat with Nino Sable and we discuss the upcoming Glom Fest tour, the band, and his passion for authenticity. Featured Songs: Aeon Sable -…

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how do you create without losing yourself in the grind? 27:39

4M ago27:39

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Welcome to Not Like the Other Podcast, where the chaos is real, the spirals are deep, and nothing is ever neatly wrapped up. This episode is all about creation vs. existence—what it means to make, to produce, to chase dreams, and whether any of it actually matters. Is podcasting a passion or just another hamster wheel? Can we ever escape the pressu…

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How to Cure What Ails You 25:01

4M ago25:01

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Now that we have the ability to see inside the brain without opening anyone's skull, we'll be able to map and define brain activity and peg it to behavior and feelings. Right? Well, maybe not, or maybe not just yet. It seems the workings of our brains are rather too complex and diverse across individuals to really say for certain what a brain scan …

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The First Known Earthly Voice 38:07

5M ago38:07

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What happens when a voice emerges? What happens when one is lost? Is something gained? A couple months ago, Lulu guest edited an issue of the nature magazine Orion. She called the issue “Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity,” and it was a wide-ranging celebration of queerness in nature. It featured work by amazing writers like Ocean Vuong, K…

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how to question the myth of home & embrace the chaos? 27:43

5M ago27:43

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What even is home? A safe haven or a battlefield of expectations? In this unfiltered rant, we unravel the chaos behind the 'perfect home' myth, the lies about belonging, and why maybe the mess is where the truth lives. Think life’s about finding your place? Think again. Topics Covered: The myth of "home" and societal expectations, Why suffering is …

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Terrestrials: The Snow Beast 31:23

5M ago31:23

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Today we bring you a story stranger than fiction. In 2006, paleobiologist Natalia Rybczynski took a helicopter to a remote Arctic island near the North Pole, spending her afternoons scavenging for ancient treasures on the ground. One day, she found something the size of a potato chip. Turns out, it was a three and half million year old chunk of bon…

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The Age of Aquaticus 43:00

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For years, scientists thought nothing could live above 73℃/163℉. At that temperature, everything boiled to death. But scientists Tom Brock and Hudson Freeze weren’t convinced. What began as their simple quest to trawl for life in some of the hottest natural springs on Earth would, decades later, change the trajectory of biological science forever, …

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mayfair witches season 2 & dcu's harley quinn season 5 reactions 29:15

5M ago29:15

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Dive headfirst into chaos as we unpack Mayfair Witches (Rowan’s tragic family dysfunction, Lasher’s cosmic trolling, and suspicious ‘natural causes’) and Harley Quinn (King Shark’s nut agenda, Ivy’s toxic trauma arc, and the world’s worst babysitting gig). Plus, existential meltdowns, fake control, self-sabotage, and why life feels like speeding do…

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Behind The Frequency - The Darwin Detail 1:00:22

5M ago1:00:22

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Our 50th Episode takes us behind the scenes for our season premiere. We sit down with "Colors" writer, Anooj Bhandari and chat about breaking theatre form norms, how LOST ended, and 90s YA television. We also chat with writer Ally Lardner about her segment, "(ruby) Tuesday Night", the power of spite, and building community through the pandemic & DI…

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Ghosts in the Green Machine 33:19

5M ago33:19

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In honor of our Earth, on her day, we have two stories about the overlooked, ignored, and neglected parts of nature. In the first half, we learn about an epic battle that is raging across the globe every day, every moment. It's happening in the ocean, and your very life depends on it. In the second half, we make an earnest, possibly foolhardy, atte…