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• 646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ...

  What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a two-part series.)   SOURCES:David Strayer , professor of cognition...

  12 sep 2025 3670 sec.

• 645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken?

  Flying in the U.S. is still exceptionally safe, but the system relies on outdated tech and is under tremendous strain. Six experts tell us how it got this way and how it can (maybe) be fixed. (Part one of a two-part...

  5 sep 2025 3757 sec.

• 644. Has America Lost Its Appetite for the Common Good?

  Patrick Deneen, a political philosopher at Notre Dame, says yes. He was a Democrat for years, and has now come to be seen as an “ideological guru” of the Trump administration. But that only tells half the story ...   SOURCES:Patrick...

  29 aug 2025 4602 sec.

• Extra: A Modern Whaler Speaks Up (Update)

  Bjørn Andersen has killed hundreds of minke whales. He tells us how he does it, why he does it, and what he thinks would happen if whale-hunting ever stopped. (This bonus episode is a follow-up to our series “Everything You Never Knew...

  27 aug 2025 1607 sec.

• What Can Whales Teach Us About Clean Energy, Workplace Harmony, and Living the Good Life? (Update)

  In the final episode of our whale series, we learn about fecal plumes, shipping noise, and why Moby-Dick is still worth reading. (Part 3 of "Everything You Never Knew About Whaling.")   SOURCES:Michele Baggio , professor of economics...

  22 aug 2025 2888 sec.

• Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? (Update)

  For years, whale oil was used as lighting fuel, industrial lubricant, and the main ingredient in (yum!) margarine. Whale meat was also on a few menus. But today, demand for whale products is at a historic low. And yet some countries...

  15 aug 2025 2252 sec.

• The First Great American Industry (Update)

  Whaling was, in the words of one scholar, “early capitalism unleashed on the high seas.” How did the U.S. come to dominate the whale market? Why did whale hunting die out here — and continue to grow elsewhere? And is that whale vomit in...

  8 aug 2025 2702 sec.

• Why Does Tipping Still Exist? (Update)

  It’s a haphazard way of paying workers, and yet it keeps expanding. With federal tax policy shifting in a pro-tip direction, we revisit an episode from 2019 to find out why.   SOURCES:John List , economist at the University of...

  6 aug 2025 2845 sec.

• 643. Why Do Candles Still Exist?

  They should have died out when the lightbulb was invented. Instead they’re a $10 billion industry. What does it mean that we still want tiny fires inside our homes?   SOURCES:Tim Cooper , professor emeritus of sustainable design and...

  1 aug 2025 2842 sec.

• 642. How to Wage Peace, According to Tony Blinken

  The former secretary of state isn’t a flamethrower, but he certainly has strong opinions. In this wide-ranging conversation with Stephen Dubner, he gives them all: on Israel, Gaza, China, Iran, Russia, Biden, Trump — and the rest of the...

  25 jul 2025 3988 sec.

• Why Does One Tiny State Set the Rules for Everyone? (Update)

  Until recently, Delaware was almost universally agreed to be the best place for companies to incorporate. Now, with Elon Musk leading a corporate stampede out of the First State, we revisit an episode from 2023 that asked if Delaware’s...

  23 jul 2025 2822 sec.

• 641. What Does It Cost to Lead a Creative Life?

  For years, the playwright David Adjmi was considered “polarizing and difficult.” But creating Stereophonic seems to have healed him. Stephen Dubner gets the story — and sorts out what Adjmi has in common with Richard...

  18 jul 2025 2782 sec.