Podcast episodes for a long work session
Long-form, steady, and not so gripping that you stop working.
Species of conversation
Talk Easy x Search Engine
Questionus Respondi
André Bormanis and Emily Lakdawalla on Life, the Universe and Everything
The Fact of the Matter
Navigating Economic Challenges: Insights and Perspectives
Samuel Andreyev
The Uncertain Future of Oil: Energy Poverty, Depletion, and 'Green' Ambitions with Scott Tinker
Pause
How to Have Hard Conversations with Celeste Headlee
Episode 91: Live with Gary K. Wolfe!
Three Skills for Staying Calm, Sane, and Open in a Chaotic World | Krista Tippett
Our Favorite Ordinary Objects!
The Art and Science of Moderating Discussions
61%Seven Minutes and Nowhere To Run | Negligent Discharge Friday | 9.4.2026
Good radio
No Such Thing As Internal Eyebrows
So much news this week and more to come next week
From the archive: The octopus and the android
How Water Shapes Our Planet: The Undervalued Resource that Supports Everything We Do | Reality Roundtable 18
Turbulence Ahead
No pivot!
EP 10: A thought-provoking chat with an actuary and TEDx speaker
"This great unresolved tension of modern life" - Monica Murphy & Bill Wasik - Sentientism 214
What to look for
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Why episodes, not shows
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