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What's the best phone to do crimes on? (classic)

For years, the must-have phone for the discerning drug trafficker or hitman was a brand you may not have heard of: AN0M. Reporter Joseph Cox tells us the story of the AN0M phone, its sudden rise and shocking fall, and the shadowy group behind its invention. Joseph's new book: Dark Wire [https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Wire-Incredible-Largest-Operation/dp/B0CKNP2Z8B/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=189421922154&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.cg6TjGCr3mrmoQVoT1O3zzI5wp-2Bx7pLP2SnxdLkZjGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.hiMy73GcKEl7nfRi467MU60gJNFX2Yg5Z0ljLwM5b0I&dib_tag=se&hvadid=779679138413&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9004338&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=11894379755325095344--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=11894379755325095344&hvtargid=kwd-2281057327635&hydadcr=10020_13483881_8942&keywords=dark+wire+joseph+cox&mcid=ac5b7340a838358898ca1307b92fca4c&qid=1764870089&sr=8-1]. Incognito Mode [https://searchengine.supercast.com/], our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

How to talk (or not talk) politics at family holidays

This week, in honor of the holiday season — can you, should you change your family’s politics through holiday conversation. If so, how? A conversation with Ezra Klein. ⁠Support Search Engine! [https://searchengine.supercast.com/] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Colossus 2

In part two of our story about Elon Musk’s growing data center empire, we visit the battle between people in Memphis and xAI. And we try to understand a strange, untested assumption at the heart of the AI financing boom. Support Search Engine! [https://searchengine.supercast.com/] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Colossus 1

Tech billionaires have made an enormous bet on AI, the biggest bet that tech has made on anything in a very long time. Reporter Sruthi Pinnamaneni goes on a journey – from Data Center Alley to the shadow of Colossus – to see what the money’s being spent on, and to learn what happens if things go wrong. Support Search Engine! [https://searchengine.supercast.com/] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

An Anthropology of Gooners

A reporter spends a year diving into a subculture of young men online who unite around their extreme commitment to constant, unadulterated porn consumption.  Why are they doing this, what is it doing to them, and what does their existence tell us about the internet we’re all stuck on? The Goon Squad [https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/] by Daniel Kolitz for Harper’s Magazine Daniel’s Twitter [https://x.com/danielkolitz?lang=en] Support Search Engine! [https://searchengine.supercast.com/] To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy [https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]