Seasons & episodes

S1 · E1Surveillance 2020-08-02 · 45 min＋

While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when it comes to our animal friends.

S1 · E2Poop 2020-08-02 · 46 min＋

Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—potentially—many solutions.

S1 · E3Dust 2020-08-02 · 39 min＋

A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes to fertilizing the rainforest.

S1 · E4Digits 2020-08-02 · 46 min＋

Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and perhaps the entire universe.

S1 · E5Clouds 2020-08-02 · 49 min＋

A 19th-century shipwreck led to weather forecasting as we know it, and laid the groundwork for other predictive models as well as ... well, the cloud.

S1 · E6Nukes 2020-08-02 · 39 min＋

They may be our worst creations. But Latif uncovers how nuclear bombs did some surprising good and visits those who ensure that they stop blowing up.