Episode · · 01:27
Welcome to Tiny Desk Spotlight, I’m your host. Today we’re exploring how NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts grew from a humble DC office idea into one of the biggest stages in music. Last Octo...
Episode · · 01:16
Turkish coffee, common across Middle Eastern cultures, isn’t a type of coffee—it’s a cooking method. Unlike espresso, the beans are ground finer than flour, then boiled three times i...
Episode · · 01:26
Welcome back to Space Briefing. SpaceX’s Starship has exploded again, and you might wonder: is this normal? Space policy expert Wendy Whitman Cobb says yes—at least for a company tha...
Episode · · 01:09
Hello and welcome to Console Corner. With the Nintendo Switch 2 launching this week, excitement is through the roof—but the future remains uncertain. Pre-orders sold out in hours, dr...
Episode · · 01:21
Hello and welcome to the Daily Brief. I’m your host, Sarah Michaels. Today, we unpack “Tech Bro Had to Go,” a New York Times opinion on Elon Musk’s brief Washington adventure. Musk a...
Episode · · 01:23
Welcome to Bar Talk, where we dive into the latest drinking trends. Tonight: why Gen Z refuses to open bar tabs. Picture this: you’re at West Hollywood’s Bar Lubitsch. Scott Korinke ...
Episode · · 01:15
Welcome to C++ Basics. I’m your host. Today we’re diving into how the compiler finds symbols in your code—what the article calls “name lookup.” There are three kinds: qualified name ...
Episode · · 01:22
Welcome to The Frugal Frontier. Today we’re talking about how to live on just $432 a month in America. Imagine buying a 600-square-foot house up in Massena, New York, for “the low, l...
Episode · · 01:14
Hello, and welcome to today’s episode. We’re stepping into what Dan Sinker calls the “Who Cares Era,” where AI has become a “mediocrity machine” churning out content no one really re...
Episode · · 01:23
Welcome to Remote Work Minute. Today we’re diving into Brendan Gregg’s three years of “extremely remote work.” Based in Australia for a US firm, Brendan has attended 77 meetings that...
Episode · · 01:03
Welcome to Urban Wild, I’m your host. Today we’re talking about a clever Cooper’s hawk that learned to use traffic signals as its personal hunting tool. In a Frontiers in Ethology ar...
Episode · · 01:11
Hello and welcome to C++ Insights. Today we’re unpacking Andreas Fertig’s article titled “constexpr Functions: Optimization vs Guarantee.” Fertig observes that many developers assume...
Episode · · 02:05
In C++, you can’t use break/continue inside a lambda as if it were a real loop. Instead you make your lambda return a signal enum and have the surrounding loop react to it: enum clas...
Episode · · 01:10
Welcome to WordCraft. Have you ever noticed how two sets of synonyms pair up into non-synonym phrases, like PUB QUIZ and BAR EXAM? Crossword constructor Alex Boisvert started dredgin...
Episode · · 01:31
Hello and welcome to QuickLearn. Today we’re talking about a quiet revolution in spaced repetition systems. Traditional SRS tools like SuperMemo-2 follow fixed intervals—1 day, 6 day...
Episode · · 01:27
Welcome to “Work Forward,” I’m your host [Name]. Today we’re diving into Cal Newport’s “AI and Work: Some Predictions.” Right now, the first “killer app” of generative AI isn’t text ...
Episode · · 01:33
Welcome to Code Corner. Today, we’re diving into two simple rules of thumb from matklad’s latest post: “Push Ifs Up” and “Push Fors Down.” First, “Push Ifs Up.” If your function star...
Episode · · 01:14
Hello and welcome to a special edition of Founders at Work. I’m your host. Today we’re distilling Jessica Livingston’s firehose of startup wisdom. Thirty-two years ago she sat where ...
Episode · · 01:16
Welcome back to Creative Frontiers. Today we’re diving into a candid post from ReverentGeek, a software and content creator who confesses: “I love generative AI. I use AI tools more ...
Episode · · 01:15
Welcome to “Culture Unfiltered.” Today we’re tackling a question: If nothing is curated, how do we find things? Recently, social media has “scattered the information like bread being...
Episode · · 01:05
Welcome to AI Minute. Today: “The AI Warnings Will Continue Until Morale Improves.” New memos from tech CEOs are turning AI adoption into a mandate. Shopify’s Tobi Lutke calls AI usa...
Episode · · 01:21
Welcome to today’s podcast. The Trump administration has announced it will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist ...
Episode · · 01:13
Welcome to today’s one-minute golf fix. I’m your host, and we’re diving into Danny Maude’s possibly fastest way to fix your ball striking. Danny says it all comes down to where your ...
Episode · · 01:06
Hello, I’m your host, and this is Minute Politics. Today we explore how Elon Musk got a black eye. After 130 days fighting the federal government, Musk appeared at the White House wi...
Episode · · 01:23
Hello and welcome to Tech Brief. I’m your host, and today we’re talking about Nebraska’s new Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act. Signed by Governor Jim Pillen, this law targets f...
Episode · · 01:14
Hey everyone, welcome to today’s episode. A federal judge just dealt a major blow to the Trump-era steel and aluminum tariffs. In a September ruling, the court found that the preside...
Episode · · 01:15
Hello and welcome. Today we’re exploring why involuntary celibates, or incels, are embracing the Blackpill ideology—and why it matters.A new study finds that Blackpilled incels rejec...
Episode · · 01:16
Welcome back to Movie Minute. Today, we’re talking about the upcoming sequel 28 Years Later, and yes—it really was shot on iPhones. Director Danny Boyle confirms that his crew used c...
Episode · · 01:01
Hello and welcome to Today’s Brief. The Supreme Court has just sided with the Trump administration, granting an emergency stay that pauses the Biden-era CHNV humanitarian parole prog...
Episode · · 01:37
Hello and welcome to The Skill Shift Podcast. Today we’re exploring how TikTok has turned horseshoeing—once a quiet blacksmith art—into a viral career path. Meet Samuel Wolfenden, a...
