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Queer Eye’s Antoni Porowski has heard a disgusting rumor — that the coffee on airplanes is unsafe to drink because the onboard water tanks are only cleaned once a year. We investigate and learn some disgusting lessons along the way. Go to our newsletter [https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/wait-should-i-not-be-drinking-airline] to comment on the episode and to see the images referenced in the story. Support the show! [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]

A woman gets a disquieting piece of information about her pregnancy, and turns to technology to try to control her future. Second Life - Amanda Hess (Amazon [https://amzn.to/3FT9Ul4] / Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/p/books/second-life-having-a-child-in-the-digital-age/22134304]) Support the show! [https://searchengine.supercast.com/] Comment on this episode [https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/the-test] A playlist of Recommended Search Engine episodes [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=654118cb2f374003] 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]

A high school teacher has a question, but he wants his skeptical teenage students to answer it. Reporter Garrott Graham rides along as they investigate the motives of an international yogurt brand. Support the show [https://www.searchengine.show/] Comment. on this episode [https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/the-stupid-little-yogurt-question] Best of Search Engine [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=eeb6813f57ea4218&nd=1&dlsi=2dcc1e31170a48f4] 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]

This week, we're presenting an episode of a new show we like called What We Spend, one of Vulture's best podcasts of 2025. Also, news for our Incognito Mode listeners. Today, we're having an online, live event with Heavyweight's Jonathan Goldstein at noon Eastern time. Sign up for Incognito Mode at searchengine.show [searchengine.show]. Details about the event in the beginning of the episode! ⁠Listeners' favorite Search Engine episodes [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=eeb6813f57ea4218&nd=1&dlsi=2dcc1e31170a48f4] 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]

This week we ask a slightly absurd question – is there technology to stop you from using addictive technology – and get some surprising answers from The Verge's David Pierce. New developments in the anti-technology field, and a partial history of how our phones got so oppressive. Comment on this episode! [https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-being-so-phone-addicted] Support the show, and get ad-free episodes! [https://searchengine.supercast.com/] Listeners' favorite Search Engine episodes [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=eeb6813f57ea4218&nd=1&dlsi=2dcc1e31170a48f4] 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]