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No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, PJ Vogt answers the questions you might ask the internet when you can't sleep. If you find the world b…

PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · 28d

Maybe Juliana huxtable at paragon or else just bop over to Nowadays and you probably won’t go wrong. Have fun!

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Jun 15

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · May 27

A playlist of some favorite episodes of Search Engine for anyone looking for where to get started: open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9...

Best of Search Engine

Playlist · PJ Vogt · 18 items

open.spotify.com/episode/20Lw...

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · May 17

How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation)

The Dave and Busters Anomaly

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Alex Stamos @stamos.org · May 10

This was a fun mystery to explore with PJ. Have a listen if you are looking for a podcast not about… (gestures around at Rome burning).

PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · May 9

A small group of Americans becomes convinced they’ve discovered something strange about their iPhones: a forbidden phrase the phone will refuse to transmit. A crack podcasting team searches for answers, wherever they may lead.

open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...

The Dave and Busters Anomaly

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · May 9

A small group of Americans becomes convinced they’ve discovered something strange about their iPhones: a forbidden phrase the phone will refuse to transmit. A crack podcasting team searches for answers, wherever they may lead.

open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...

How Nice Is Too Nice for an AI Chatbot? | EP 134

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Kevin Roose @kevinroose.com · May 3

It's Hard Fork Friday! This week on the show:

-- A hard look at Glazegate, and why it's bad when AI models are too nice
-- I got scanned by a Worldcoin orb
-- And @pjvogt.bsky.social joins us for a new segment about what's going on in our group chats

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lum...

YouTube video by Hard Fork

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · May 2

Got to hang out on one of my very favorite podcasts… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/p...

The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat

“A.I.s are getting more persuasive and they are learning how to manipulate human behavior.”

www.nytimes.com

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why the national debt might actually finally matter. open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...

Why the national debt might finally matter

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 25

There’ll be another one in the future!

PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 13

email [email protected] and cc my email. Will get you sorted.

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 12

merch engine searchengine.bigcartel.com

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 12

All credit to our senior producer Garrott Graham, who is minding the shop while doing 1,000 other things. Thanks for your email, it was a great suggestion.

What are teenagers actually seeing on their phones?”

PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 11

A group of teenagers agrees to allow a filmmaker to record the things they do on their phones for a year-long experiment. To see the world they see through their phones, to encounter their algorithms. The results are honest, and pretty upsetting. open.spotify.com/episode/47Jq...

The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

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Bridget @beebeesea.bsky.social · Apr 4

For anyone curious about why it’s so hard to manufacture things in the US, this episode of Search Engine was eye opening. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 03/14/2025 · 1h 3m

podcasts.apple.com

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 7

We did a switch over for our backend vendor and things seem funky for some listeners. If you don’t mind, could you shoot an email to [email protected] and let them know you’re having an issue? You can cc me, [email protected]

The Russian Cake Switcheroo

PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 4

Oh dammit.

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 4

A beloved American rock band’s Spotify page appears to have been taken over by Russian rappers. Is this a scam? A mistake? A strange third act from some beloved alt-rockers? Kelefa Sanneh investigates. open.spotify.com/episode/4B3p...

The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · Apr 2

Oh this would be a great time to tell you about one of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever heard, which was when @jeisinger.bsky.social explained the origins of the income tax (among other tax things) to @pjvogt.bsky.social on Search Engine.

overcast.fm/+ABBVQQW8EMs

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 2

Trump: "From 1789 to 1913, we were a tariff-backed nation and the US was proportionately the wealthiest it has ever been ... then in 1913, for reason unknown to mankind, they established the income tax."

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Bike Commuting MA @bikecommutema.bsky.social · Apr 4

Apropos the discussion of creating more domestic manufacturing jobs, I enjoyed this episode of Search Engine that walked through some of the challenges.

PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Mar 14

Why it’s so hard to manufacture a new product in America, and what happens if you just try anyway. open.spotify.com/episode/1F4Z...

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Apr 4

I’m on it! Will email you.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · Apr 2

1/ Congress passed income tax amendment in 1909. Why?

-Wealth & inequality had exploded

-Tariffs and excise taxes were deeply unfair & regressive

-Govt was growing b/c it was doing new things like keeping food safe

Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · Apr 2

Trump says the US was proportionally the richest it ever was in late 1880s/early 1900s, before in 1913 establishing the federal income tax "for reasons unknown to mankind" (??), which led to the Great Depression, which "would never have happened if they stayed with the tariff policy" (???)

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PJ Vogt @pjvogt.bsky.social · Mar 25

Oh this makes me so happy to see.