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by PJ Vogt
Is this your podcast?PJ Vogt is an independent podcast creator known for his engaging storytelling and investigative style. He gained prominence as a co-host on the critically acclaimed podcast "Reply All," where he explored the intersection of technology and h…
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Audience Interest
- technology trends and innovations
- societal issues and debates
Podcast Focus
- exploring big and small questions
- understanding complex societal topics
Publishing Consistency
- 130 episodes produced
- active for four years
Platform Reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- potentially broad audience reach
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 46 chart positions in 46 markets.
By chart position
- 🇨🇦CA · Technology#7300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Technology#11300K to 1M
- 🇺🇸US · Technology#17300K to 1M
- 🇬🇧GB · Technology#21100K to 300K
- 🇩🇪DE · Technology#8330K to 100K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
443K to 1.5M🎙 Daily cadence·130 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.5M to 4.9M🇨🇦20%🇦🇺20%🇺🇸20%+43 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
591K to 2.0M23K real followers tracked across platforms
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Why is the pool at Buckingham Palace a secret? (classic)
Jun 5, 2026
1h 08m 20s
Why do we have to pay into the new Anti-Weaponization Fund?
May 29, 2026
40m 25s
Presenting: Family Lore
May 27, 2026
34m 51s
The many lives of Taiwan
May 22, 2026
1h 06m 56s
Why are people excited about nuclear power again?
May 8, 2026
52m 51s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/5/26 |  Why is the pool at Buckingham Palace a secret? (classic) | An investigation into a mysterious room. A room that the most famous family in England apparently does not want you to see.Support the show! | 1h 08m 20s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 | Why do we have to pay into the new Anti-Weaponization Fund? | The President has created a 1.776 billion dollar fund of taxpayer money he can direct to whoever he wants. Huh? How did this happen, and what might happen next? We talk to Pro Publica’s Jesse Eisinger, an investigative reporter who has played a strange role in this whole story. Listen to our series with Jesse: Why is it so hard to tax billionaires? (Part 1) and (Part 2) Check out the new ProPublica podcast Paper Trail. Support the show! | 40m 25s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | Presenting: Family Lore | Presenting an episode of Family Lore, a new show on the Audacy network. The granddaughter of a prolific Jewish art collector who fled Europe during World War II embarks on a quest to recover the looted art. | 34m 51s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 | The many lives of Taiwan | We go deep into the story of Taiwan. How a tiny island escaped demise, chartered a course from colonial subjugation through mass Barbie production and into the technological powerhouse it is today. The Tiger Leading the Dragon: How Taiwan Propelled China's Economic Rise by Shelley Rigger Get tickets to hear PJ read live! Friends With Words at Roulette | 1h 06m 56s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 | Why are people excited about nuclear power again?✨ | nuclear energytechnology+3 | Rachel SlaybaughRebecca Tuhus-Dubrow+1 | GoogleMicrosoft+1 | — | nuclear powerdata centers+5 | — | 52m 51s | |
| 5/1/26 | What if the cemetery goes out of business? (classic)✨ | cemeterieshistory+3 | David Sloane | searchengine.showAudacy+2 | — | cemeterybusiness+3 | — | 52m 47s | |
| 4/24/26 | Where’s the best free restaurant bread in America?✨ | restaurantfood+3 | Caity Weaver | Search Engine | — | free breadrestaurant+3 | — | 42m 09s | |
| 4/17/26 | The Cost of War✨ | cost of warUS-Iran conflict+3 | — | — | United StatesIran | cost of warIran+5 | — | 51m 53s | |
| 4/10/26 | What we got wrong about GLP-1s✨ | GLP-1sOzempic+3 | Dr. Rachael Bedard | GLP-1sOzempic | — | GLP-1sOzempic+3 | — | 49m 17s | |
| 3/26/26 | The Trial of the Driverless Car✨ | driverless carspolitics+3 | — | Search Engine | Boston | driverless carsBoston+4 | — | 1h 06m 55s | |
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| 3/23/26 | Are you a good driver?✨ | driverless carsautonomous vehicles+3 | — | GoogleDriven: The Race to Create the Autonomous Car | — | driverless carsGoogle+3 | — | 1h 10m 02s | |
| 3/6/26 | Odd Lots x Search Engine✨ | Chinese real estateeconomic bubbles+3 | Mike Bird | The EconomistOdd Lots | China | Chinese real estateMike Bird+3 | — | 51m 24s | |
| 2/27/26 | Mysteries of Claude✨ | AI ethicsphilosophy+3 | Gideon Lewis-Kraus | ClaudeAnthropic | — | AIAnthropic+5 | — | 52m 09s | |
| 2/20/26 | Why don’t we eat people? (classic)✨ | cannibalismtaboos+3 | Hannah GoldfieldKelefa Sanneh | — | — | cannibalismtaboos+4 | — | 1h 00m 47s | |
| 2/13/26 | How Peptides Conquered the Internet✨ | peptidesbodybuilding+3 | — | — | — | peptidesbodybuilders+3 | — | 48m 20s | |
| 1/30/26 | Are flushable wipes actually flushable?✨ | flushable wipeswaste management+3 | — | — | New York CitySouth Carolina | flushable wipesNew York City+5 | — | 59m 09s | |
| 1/20/26 | The Venezuelan Curse (Part 2) | The conclusion to our story about Venezuela. How a country goes from a prosperous democracy to a poverty-ravaged dictatorship. The End (our 2022 episode on Greenland) The Many Faces of Chavismo - Alejandro Velasco Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse - William Neuman | 58m 50s | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | The Venezuelan Curse (Part 1) | For the past year, there's been a steady drumbeat of headlines about Venezuela. Now the US has invaded, arrested its president, and installed itself in charge. To understand how we got here, we talked to Venezuelan historian Alejandro Velasco, who grew up there and has spent years trying to understand why a country with so much promise has proven so difficult to govern. The Many Faces of Chavismo - Alejandro Velasco Hard Fork with Casey Newton and Kevin Roose | 1h 06m 18s | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | The Fediverse Experiment | Our present version of the internet is arguably the worst it’s ever been. Which means – any shot at changing things, even an unlikely one – is worth trying out. Three podcasters who’ve spent years critiquing social media companies try to build their own small alternative social media. A collaboration with Hard Fork’s Kevin Roose and Casey Newton: join The Forkiverse here. | 38m 38s | ||||||
| 12/26/25 | Heavyweight x Search Engine | As a very special holiday treat, we are sharing a story from one of our favorite podcasts, Heavyweight. Gregor's parents are pushing 90. Gregor wants to move them out of their big Victorian home. But they refuse. So, he's come up with a bold plan. Incognito Mode, our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. | 35m 58s | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | A Perfectly Average Anomaly | A man walks into an airport body scanner, and with eerie consistency, the machine flags the exact same part of his body. What could be going on? Search Engine investigates a Bermuda Triangle. Incognito Mode, our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. | 55m 49s | ||||||
| 12/12/25 | Unlocked: The State of Search Engine 2025 | As a special, one-time holiday treat, we're sharing something we only usually offer on our premium feed, Incognito Mode. Our annual board meeting! We talk about what shopping a podcast has been like in this environment, our internal stats, and… Yes, Yes, No. Incognito Mode, our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. | 49m 01s | ||||||
| 12/5/25 | What's the best phone to do crimes on? (classic) | For years, the must-have phone for the discerning drug trafficker or hitman was a brand you may not have heard of: AN0M. Reporter Joseph Cox tells us the story of the AN0M phone, its sudden rise and shocking fall, and the shadowy group behind its invention. Joseph's new book: Dark Wire. Incognito Mode, our ad-free, no-rerun, bonus episode feed. | 59m 31s | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | How to talk (or not talk) politics at family holidays | This week, in honor of the holiday season — can you, should you change your family’s politics through holiday conversation. If so, how? A conversation with Ezra Klein. Support Search Engine! | 35m 38s | ||||||
| 11/21/25 | Colossus 2 | In part two of our story about Elon Musk’s growing data center empire, we visit the battle between people in Memphis and xAI. And we try to understand a strange, untested assumption at the heart of the AI financing boom. Support Search Engine! | 43m 16s | ||||||
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46 placements across 46 markets.
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46 placements across 46 markets.