Strange News: Kimchi vs. Microplastics, Vladimir Putin Spends Billions on Longevity, Mysterious Sewer Denizens, A Silent Facebook Protest, and More
About this episode
This episode covers various strange news topics including microplastics, Putin's longevity project, and a silent protest by a Facebook whistleblower.
Could fermented cabbage save humans from microplastics? What's going on with Putin's secretive, multi-billion dollar life extension project? Over in New York, multiple strange people seem to be popping out of the sewers. Legal action by the tech giant Meta forces Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams to silently protest on a Hay Festival panel, where she wasn't allowed to speak. All this and more in this week's strange news segment. They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Topics covered
- microplastics
- life extension
- protests
- fermented foods
- strange news
Keywords
- kimchi
- microplastics
- Vladimir Putin
- Facebook protest
- New York sewers
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Meta, Facebook
Places: New York
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