Act Three: Dear Dr. Kestenbaum
When senior editor David Kestenbaum was still a rookie reporter, he wrote an email to a legend.
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Act Three: Pump It Up
Senior Editor David Kestenbaum hears about a way to save some money and help save the world.
Act One: Toy R Us
A teenage whiz kid invents a new toy for Milton Bradley. Then the trouble starts.
Prologue
Ira interviews David Wallechinsky, who wrote a wildly popular book in the 1970s called The Book of Lists, full of trivia and research, gathered into lists like "18 Brains" and "What They Weighed." The book sold millions of copies and had four sequels and a brief spin-off TV show. The list books were like the internet, before the internet.
Act Two: I Wish I Knew How to Force Quit You
Writer Simon Rich grapples with an A.I. chatbot that threatens to make him obsolete. (21 minutes)Excerpts from the audiobook edition of I am Code, written by code-davinci-002, edited by Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau, and Simon Rich; read by Werner Herzog, Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau, and Simon Rich, used with permission from Hachette Audio.I am Code © 2023 by Brent Katz, Josh Morgenthau, and Simon Rich; ℗ 2023 by Hachette Audio.
Act Two: Target List
Reporter Masha Gessen talks to Russians living in America and elsewhere, about lists they’ve been put on by the Russian government in the last few years. Masha is also on one of these lists.
Act Two
The actual price — in cash — of getting out of Gaza. (31 minutes)Reporter Chana Joffe-Walt talks to reporters from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Mada Masr.
Act Four: Last Stand (Podcast Only)
As the ferris wheel goes dark and the fair is closing down, one game is racing to meet their quota.
Act Two: Dear Miss
Yorkshire, 1866. A farmer overcomes his timidity and writes a very important letter to a local beauty.
Act One: If I Only Had My Brain
Sarah Polley has always been reluctant to jump into challenging situations.
Prologue
Donald Trump has talked about taking revenge on his enemies since the early days of his 2024 presidential campaign.