Ouija boards, feathered dinosaurs and stuffed-crust pizza: the best podcasts to send you down a rabbit hole
From canned laughter to why people buy luggage at airports, if you want an offbeat but fascinating deep dive, there’s a podcast for that
The much-missed Reply All delved into internet culture with wit, smarts and a lightness of touch that has been sorely missed since its conclusion in 2022. Now, former host Alex Goldman is hoping to ape its success with Hyperfixed, a wholesome podcast about listeners’ varied life dilemmas: from the origins of a mysterious badge to whether or not to have kids. Elsewhere, his erstwhile co-host PJ Vogt’s series Search Engine considers questions you didn’t know you needed the answer to, such as: “Who buys luggage at the airport luggage store?”
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