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Episodes built on demand from listener prompts. Every prompt that lands an episode here also lives in Aarva's vector space — future prompts can match against these too.
2026-07-25
Ridiculous Ways to Act Serious
The funniest jokes come from treating the small stuff with deadly seriousness, like a Supreme Court justice demanding a TGI Fridays milkshake or a father explaining musical theater with the terrifying intensity of a funeral.
Clarence Thomas Offers an Originalist Reading of the TGI Fridays Menu × I Give My Kid the Talk
0:00 / 13:10 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-22
Will the New Youth Protests Succeed
Young Indians are wearing cockroach masks to mock a government that can’t find them jobs, but all that anger might not be enough to stop a ruling party that knows how to turn protests into votes.
Why India’s Opposition Parties Should Be Worried About the Cockroach Movement × Interview: ‘Good Chance That BJP Will Co-opt Cockroach Janta Party’s Demands’
0:00 / 27:10 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-19
Global Money Fueling Sudan's War
If you want to know what’s happening in Sudan, follow the trail from drone strikes in Darfur back to the NBA business deals that help the United Arab Emirates keep Western leaders quiet about the war.
U.S., U.K. Won’t Stop UAE’s Support to Sudan’s RSF by Tiptoeing Around It × The NBA’s Genocide Problem
0:00 / 20:58 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-17
Using Deep Research Versus Party Loyalty
Voters can now use AI to find a candidate who matches their specific values, but they still have to decide if they'll back someone they don't trust just to keep the other side from winning.
Use AI This Election × Americans Keep Voting for Scandal-prone Candidates Because They Just Don’t Want the Other Party to Win
0:00 / 32:17 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-15
Apple's Luxury Pricing and the Analog Pushback
When a new MacBook Pro costs as much as a nose job, the future of Apple looks split between people paying for luxury and those hunting for old iPods on eBay just to find a device that does less.
America is Having MacBook Sticker Shock × The Newest Way to Go Analog
0:00 / 16:38 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-14
Deciding to Have Kids in a Warming World
If end-of-the-world headlines make having a baby feel like a mistake, look at why the worst climate predictions are becoming less likely and how to make the best choice for your family.
I Don’t Want Children. I Do Want Children. What Should I Do? × Climate Change’s Worst-case Scenario is Officially Canceled
0:00 / 23:54 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-14
Predicting the Winner with Stats and Psychology
While 100,000 computer simulations can point to the most likely winner, the final score often depends on how a player’s brain stays calm when the stadium goes quiet for a penalty kick.
We Ran 100,000 Computer Simulations of the World Cup. And the Winner Will Be … × How Messi, Mbappe and Haaland Use Their Brains (as Well as Feet) to Gain a Psychological Edge at the World Cup
0:00 / 15:26 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-07-11
How Jazz Defined Modern Life Across Borders
How did a trumpeter in a blue turban in Bombay and a stylish magazine in South Africa use jazz to help people stand tall when political borders were closing in?
How India’s Long-running Jazz Yatra Challenged the Ideological Divisions of the Cold War × Measured Bodies and Moving Men
0:00 / 19:59 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
2026-06-29
The Myth of the Popular Uprising
Why do Western generals expect dropping bombs to make people turn on their own rulers when the security forces patrolling cities like Karaj have already shown they can crush any protest with a gun?
America’s Big Mistake in Iran × The Betrayal of the Iranian People
0:00 / 25:46 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Recovered
2026-07-06
Recovered episode — built 2026-07-06
This episode's audio survived a deployment bug that wiped its title, article pairing, and script before a fix landed on 2026-07-11 — only the finished audio could be recovered.
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2026-07-07
Recovered episode — built 2026-07-07
Same deployment bug as the 2026-07-06 recovery above — only the finished audio could be recovered.
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