Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
Surveillance
While surveillance technology raises real privacy concerns, some of it is being used in positive ways, especially when i
EP 2
Poop
Sure, it's smelly and gross but excrement is more complex than we think. It holds many secrets, many problems, and—pot
EP 3
Dust
A speck of dust seems insignificant, but a swarm of it can do everything from generating oxygen to tempering hurricanes
EP 4
Digits
Latif explores a law of numerical probability that applies to classical music, contemporary social media, tax fraud and
EP 5
Clouds
A 19th-century shipwreck led to weather forecasting as we know it, and laid the groundwork for other predictive models a
EP 6
Nukes
They may be our worst creations. But Latif uncovers how nuclear bombs did some surprising good and visits those who ensu
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