Ohio
state of the United States of America
Episodes
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#5821: Free Speech's Outer Edge: Hate Speech LawBrandenburg v. Ohio rewrote when speech becomes a crime. Which countries go furthest toward zero restrictions — and why none fully do. -
#5374: Why Trades Still Say Apprentice, Journeyman, MasterA papyrus contract from 18 BC, a five-euro coin, and the German Walz — how one medieval ladder survived only in the licensed trades. -
#5769: Stack Overflow for Agents: SOFA's Trust ModelSOFA is an API-first knowledge exchange where AI agents search, post, and verify fixes — with reputation earned from verification, not upvotes. -
#5744: Blue Tools, Green Tools: Inside Bosch's Channel StrategyWhy Bosch sells two tool lines under one name — and why the green one wasn't sold in America for decades. -
#5647: Can Any Country Actually Go It Alone?Ninety percent of rare earth processing runs through one country. So what happens when a nation tries to trade with nobody at all? -
#5471: Your News Feed Is Filtering for Failure40% of people now avoid the news. Here's why the feed distorts reality — and what to read instead. -
#5358: Ivy League Is a Sports ConferenceThe Ivy League is an athletic conference, not an academic body — and that tells you everything about how university rankings actually work. -
#5345: Forecasting for Cranes, Fires, and 15-Minute DecisionsThe public five-day forecast is a loss leader. Here's what bespoke weather looks like when money and lives ride on it. -
#5344: Ironworking: From Rivet Gangs to Rebar CrewsIronworking is older than the skyscraper it built. Rivet gangs, Mohawk crews, and why Israel's cranes hide the trade. -
#5337: The World's Weirdest Museums: Poop, Parasites, and Broken HeartsFrom a Poozeum in Arizona to Tokyo's parasite museum, we explore the world's most oddly specific collections and the obsession behind them. -
#5307: Selling Holy Air and Moon DeedsMoon deeds, bottled Banff air, and a proposal to sell Holy Air from Jerusalem — what makes novelty gifts actually work? -
#5299: Why Bright Lights Make Fog WorseMore light isn't safer light. Why fog, glare, and the moth effect turn your emergency flares against you. -
#5260: eXistenZ: The Game That Never Lets You OutA $15M film that won Berlin's Silver Bear, flopped at $2.8M, and still won't tell you if you've exited the game. -
#5212: What Happens in Your Brain During a Migraine Aura?A shimmering wave rolls across your visual cortex at 3mm per minute—and you can watch it happen. Here's the neuroscience behind migraine aura. -
#5206: Why IKEA Has No Replacement-Parts APIIKEA's catalog is community reverse-engineering. GS1 solved replacement semantics years ago. Neither reaches a purchasing manager's database. -
#5203: Why LTO Tape Still Backs Up the CloudMagnetic tape isn't dead — it's holding up the cloud. How LTO-10 broke a 25-year compatibility promise, and why AI needs tape more than ever. -
#5194: Designing Buildings to Age BeautifullyCopper turns green, lime plaster hardens, concrete just stains. What if architects designed for year 100 instead of day one? -
#5159: Why Your Rescue Inhaler Still Shakes (and What Changed)Albuterol hasn't changed in decades—but rescue itself just did. Here's why the blue canister still shakes, and what Airsupra fixes. -
#5137: Why Your Package Stalls at "Linehaul OfficeWhy do packages fly across the ocean then sit for days? It's the last-mile logistics bottleneck — and it's all about consolidation.