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Search Engine

Search Engine

By: PJ Vogt
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We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small. Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Named one of the best podcasts of all time by Time MagazineWeekly Podcast, LLC Economics Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The Cost of War

    The Cost of War
    Apr 17 2026
    The United States has begun a conflict with Iran that two thirds of the American public does not understand. One question we can try to answer: how much is this conflict costing us? The surprising story of how the government learned to hide the costs of war, and how someone learned to get to the bottom of those costs anyway. Check out Professor Bilmes’ work. Support the show! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • What we got wrong about GLP-1s

    What we got wrong about GLP-1s
    Apr 10 2026
    Search Engine is breaking its cowardly three-year silence on GLP-1s. We have been curious about them. We have been afraid of getting in trouble. We are no longer afraid. A conversation with Dr. Rachel Bedard about the many mistakes in how the media covered these drugs and what the research shows about their surprising effects. Dr. Bedard’s story on the rise of Ozempic Support the show! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • The Trial of the Driverless Car

    The Trial of the Driverless Car
    Mar 26 2026
    In blue cities throughout the country, unions and politicians are fighting to ban driverless cars. We travel to Boston, where the fight has reached a fever pitch, and where the cars themselves will create some very unusual political alliances. (This is part two of a two part series, listen to the beginning here.) ⁠⁠Support Search Engine! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
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Search Engine is exactly the kind of journalism podcast I love. Each week features a fresh deep dive into taboo and under researched questions. I need more!

Topical and insightful

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Investigative journalism on the topics you didn't know you needed to know about. Host PJ and his guests deliver an informative take on a variety of topics, while keeping the show fun and interesting start to finish. Pitch-perfect sound engineering and expert production make every episode so enjoyable, I can't stop listening. Definitely a new favorite.

My absolute new favorite podcast.

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PJ is one of the best podcasters out there. He is such an incredible story teller and can make any subject accessible and captivating.

My favorite!

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He has done stories for some of my favorite podcasts and Co hosted a similar podcast a couple years back which is very similar but just a lot smarter with less of those “jokey” what was the ghost voice in this woman’s car when ever she played a certain show lol still he’s amazing and I he was always the one who made his co host funnier.

If PJ is part of the podcast LISTEN

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