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One of the millions of millennials given prescription stimulants to treat ADHD decides to quit. And afterwards wonders -- how did these drugs becomes so popular, so fast? This week, the story of amphetamine's birth, life, death, and rebirth in America. (Methylphenidates, too.) Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.html] by Paul Tough Comment on the episode [https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/whyd-i-take-speed-for-twenty-years] 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 journalist finds out that many of his vaunted mentors are seeing a psychic. The same psychic. He decides to pay her a visit.  Check out the 10% Happier podcast [https://www.danharris.com/s/10-happier] See more of Dan's work at DanHarris.com [danharris.com] 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]

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 ( 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]