PJ Vogt

Search Engine 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…

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Best of Search Engine Playlist · PJ Vogt · 18 items

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

How to stop being so phone addicted (without self-discipline or meditation) Search Engine · Episode

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

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).

The Dave and Busters Anomaly Search Engine · Episode

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...

YouTube video by Hard Fork How Nice Is Too Nice for an AI Chatbot? | EP 134

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...

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.”

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

Why the national debt might finally matter Search Engine · Episode

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

There’ll be another one in the future!

email support@supercast.com and cc my email. Will get you sorted.

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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?” Search Engine · Episode

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

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...

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 support@supercast.com and let them know you’re having an issue? You can cc me, pjvogt85@gmail.com

Oh dammit.

The Russian Cake Switcheroo

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...

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.

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

I’m on it! Will email you.

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

Oh this makes me so happy to see.

Nuts. Looking into this.

Search Engine | Viruses in the Air

Thanks to @pjvogt.bsky.social for having me on the Search Engine podcast. I had a great time talking about William and Mildred Wells, two major figures in AIR-BORNE. Why they were forgotten says a lot about how science actually unfolds. www.searchengine.show/listen/searc...

Inside PJ Vogt’s low budget, super successful podcast Channels with Peter Kafka · Episode

Highly recommend this convo about making an ambitious podcast work in 2025 from @pjvogt.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1P2V...

The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber Search Engine · Episode

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...

DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 03/07/2025 · 54m

Delightful, if that’s the word I want, account of tracking down the $400 million armored Teslas that the State Department was (maybe?) about to purchase from @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and @pjvogt.bsky.social. Real celebration of journalism podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas Search Engine · Episode

was extremely fun going on my favorite podcast Search Engine with @pjvogt.bsky.social and talking Elon, DOGE and what the deal is with the $400M Cybertruck thing open.spotify.com/episode/1G2E...

@stamos.org hi! Trying to reach with an interview request involving a strange internet mystery. Do you mind DM’ing a good contact?