PJ Vogt
@pjvogt.bsky.social
Very rarely here.
You can reach me at pjvogt85@gmail.com
Host, Search Engine podcast.
Some of our best episodes are here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=eeb6813f57ea4218
You can reach me at pjvogt85@gmail.com
Host, Search Engine podcast.
Some of our best episodes are here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9VpzSJa8HVGG9H0EmkmJ?si=eeb6813f57ea4218
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PJ Vogt
@pjvogt.bsky.social
· May 27
Best of Search Engine
Playlist · PJ Vogt · 18 items
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A playlist of some favorite episodes of Search Engine for anyone looking for where to get started: open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9...
A playlist of some favorite episodes of Search Engine for anyone looking for where to get started: open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9...
Best of Search Engine
Playlist · PJ Vogt · 18 items
open.spotify.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A playlist of some favorite episodes of Search Engine for anyone looking for where to get started: open.spotify.com/playlist/5S9...
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This was a fun mystery to explore with PJ. Have a listen if you are looking for a podcast not about… (gestures around at Rome burning).
A small group of Americans becomes convinced they’ve discovered something strange about their iPhones: a forbidden phrase the phone will refuse to transmit. A crack podcasting team searches for answers, wherever they may lead.
open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...
open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...
The Dave and Busters Anomaly
Search Engine · Episode
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May 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This was a fun mystery to explore with PJ. Have a listen if you are looking for a podcast not about… (gestures around at Rome burning).
A small group of Americans becomes convinced they’ve discovered something strange about their iPhones: a forbidden phrase the phone will refuse to transmit. A crack podcasting team searches for answers, wherever they may lead.
open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...
open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...
The Dave and Busters Anomaly
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A small group of Americans becomes convinced they’ve discovered something strange about their iPhones: a forbidden phrase the phone will refuse to transmit. A crack podcasting team searches for answers, wherever they may lead.
open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...
open.spotify.com/episode/5DPM...
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It's Hard Fork Friday! This week on the show:
-- A hard look at Glazegate, and why it's bad when AI models are too nice
-- I got scanned by a Worldcoin orb
-- And @pjvogt.bsky.social joins us for a new segment about what's going on in our group chats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lum...
-- A hard look at Glazegate, and why it's bad when AI models are too nice
-- I got scanned by a Worldcoin orb
-- And @pjvogt.bsky.social joins us for a new segment about what's going on in our group chats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lum...
How Nice Is Too Nice for an AI Chatbot? | EP 134
YouTube video by Hard Fork
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May 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It's Hard Fork Friday! This week on the show:
-- A hard look at Glazegate, and why it's bad when AI models are too nice
-- I got scanned by a Worldcoin orb
-- And @pjvogt.bsky.social joins us for a new segment about what's going on in our group chats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lum...
-- A hard look at Glazegate, and why it's bad when AI models are too nice
-- I got scanned by a Worldcoin orb
-- And @pjvogt.bsky.social joins us for a new segment about what's going on in our group chats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lum...
Got to hang out on one of my very favorite podcasts… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/p...
The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat
“A.I.s are getting more persuasive and they are learning how to manipulate human behavior.”
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Got to hang out on one of my very favorite podcasts… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/p...
Why the national debt might actually finally matter. open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
Why the national debt might finally matter
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Why the national debt might actually finally matter. open.spotify.com/episode/7B70...
merch engine searchengine.bigcartel.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
merch engine searchengine.bigcartel.com
A group of teenagers agrees to allow a filmmaker to record the things they do on their phones for a year-long experiment. To see the world they see through their phones, to encounter their algorithms. The results are honest, and pretty upsetting. open.spotify.com/episode/47Jq...
What are teenagers actually seeing on their phones?”
Search Engine · Episode
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April 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A group of teenagers agrees to allow a filmmaker to record the things they do on their phones for a year-long experiment. To see the world they see through their phones, to encounter their algorithms. The results are honest, and pretty upsetting. open.spotify.com/episode/47Jq...
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For anyone curious about why it’s so hard to manufacture things in the US, this episode of Search Engine was eye opening. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber
Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 03/14/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
For anyone curious about why it’s so hard to manufacture things in the US, this episode of Search Engine was eye opening. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
A beloved American rock band’s Spotify page appears to have been taken over by Russian rappers. Is this a scam? A mistake? A strange third act from some beloved alt-rockers? Kelefa Sanneh investigates. open.spotify.com/episode/4B3p...
The Russian Cake Switcheroo
open.spotify.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A beloved American rock band’s Spotify page appears to have been taken over by Russian rappers. Is this a scam? A mistake? A strange third act from some beloved alt-rockers? Kelefa Sanneh investigates. open.spotify.com/episode/4B3p...
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Oh this would be a great time to tell you about one of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever heard, which was when @jeisinger.bsky.social explained the origins of the income tax (among other tax things) to @pjvogt.bsky.social on Search Engine.
overcast.fm/+ABBVQQW8EMs
overcast.fm/+ABBVQQW8EMs
Trump: "From 1789 to 1913, we were a tariff-backed nation and the US was proportionately the wealthiest it has ever been ... then in 1913, for reason unknown to mankind, they established the income tax."
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh this would be a great time to tell you about one of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever heard, which was when @jeisinger.bsky.social explained the origins of the income tax (among other tax things) to @pjvogt.bsky.social on Search Engine.
overcast.fm/+ABBVQQW8EMs
overcast.fm/+ABBVQQW8EMs
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Apropos the discussion of creating more domestic manufacturing jobs, I enjoyed this episode of Search Engine that walked through some of the challenges.
Why it’s so hard to manufacture a new product in America, and what happens if you just try anyway. open.spotify.com/episode/1F4Z...
The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Apropos the discussion of creating more domestic manufacturing jobs, I enjoyed this episode of Search Engine that walked through some of the challenges.
Reposted by PJ Vogt
1/ Congress passed income tax amendment in 1909. Why?
-Wealth & inequality had exploded
-Tariffs and excise taxes were deeply unfair & regressive
-Govt was growing b/c it was doing new things like keeping food safe
-Wealth & inequality had exploded
-Tariffs and excise taxes were deeply unfair & regressive
-Govt was growing b/c it was doing new things like keeping food safe
Trump says the US was proportionally the richest it ever was in late 1880s/early 1900s, before in 1913 establishing the federal income tax "for reasons unknown to mankind" (??), which led to the Great Depression, which "would never have happened if they stayed with the tariff policy" (???)
April 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
1/ Congress passed income tax amendment in 1909. Why?
-Wealth & inequality had exploded
-Tariffs and excise taxes were deeply unfair & regressive
-Govt was growing b/c it was doing new things like keeping food safe
-Wealth & inequality had exploded
-Tariffs and excise taxes were deeply unfair & regressive
-Govt was growing b/c it was doing new things like keeping food safe
Reposted by PJ Vogt
Thanks to @pjvogt.bsky.social for having me on the Search Engine podcast. I had a great time talking about William and Mildred Wells, two major figures in AIR-BORNE. Why they were forgotten says a lot about how science actually unfolds. www.searchengine.show/listen/searc...
Search Engine | Viruses in the Air
www.searchengine.show
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thanks to @pjvogt.bsky.social for having me on the Search Engine podcast. I had a great time talking about William and Mildred Wells, two major figures in AIR-BORNE. Why they were forgotten says a lot about how science actually unfolds. www.searchengine.show/listen/searc...
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Highly recommend this convo about making an ambitious podcast work in 2025 from @pjvogt.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1P2V...
Inside PJ Vogt’s low budget, super successful podcast
Channels with Peter Kafka · Episode
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March 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Highly recommend this convo about making an ambitious podcast work in 2025 from @pjvogt.bsky.social and @pkafka.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1P2V...
Why it’s so hard to manufacture a new product in America, and what happens if you just try anyway. open.spotify.com/episode/1F4Z...
The Puzzle of the All-American BBQ Scrubber
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Why it’s so hard to manufacture a new product in America, and what happens if you just try anyway. open.spotify.com/episode/1F4Z...
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Delightful, if that’s the word I want, account of tracking down the $400 million armored Teslas that the State Department was (maybe?) about to purchase from @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and @pjvogt.bsky.social. Real celebration of journalism podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas
Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 03/07/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Delightful, if that’s the word I want, account of tracking down the $400 million armored Teslas that the State Department was (maybe?) about to purchase from @bobbyallyn.bsky.social and @pjvogt.bsky.social. Real celebration of journalism podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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was extremely fun going on my favorite podcast Search Engine with @pjvogt.bsky.social and talking Elon, DOGE and what the deal is with the $400M Cybertruck thing open.spotify.com/episode/1G2E...
DOGE and the Mystery of the State Department Teslas
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
was extremely fun going on my favorite podcast Search Engine with @pjvogt.bsky.social and talking Elon, DOGE and what the deal is with the $400M Cybertruck thing open.spotify.com/episode/1G2E...
@stamos.org hi! Trying to reach with an interview request involving a strange internet mystery. Do you mind DM’ing a good contact?
February 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
@stamos.org hi! Trying to reach with an interview request involving a strange internet mystery. Do you mind DM’ing a good contact?
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This Search Engine epi is an insightful take on AI and what it means for kids growing up with written text shockingly low on the list of consumed media.
The kids are alright, but how do we compete for their attention against the industrial-strength dopamine loops of YouTube + online games?
The kids are alright, but how do we compete for their attention against the industrial-strength dopamine loops of YouTube + online games?
A teenager explains why he shouldn’t have to write homework essays anymore. Is there some way for adults to force teens to still do homework? Or to convince them they should want to?
open.spotify.com/episode/492n...
open.spotify.com/episode/492n...
Playboi Farti and his AI Homework Machine
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This Search Engine epi is an insightful take on AI and what it means for kids growing up with written text shockingly low on the list of consumed media.
The kids are alright, but how do we compete for their attention against the industrial-strength dopamine loops of YouTube + online games?
The kids are alright, but how do we compete for their attention against the industrial-strength dopamine loops of YouTube + online games?
A teenager explains why he shouldn’t have to write homework essays anymore. Is there some way for adults to force teens to still do homework? Or to convince them they should want to?
open.spotify.com/episode/492n...
open.spotify.com/episode/492n...
Playboi Farti and his AI Homework Machine
Search Engine · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A teenager explains why he shouldn’t have to write homework essays anymore. Is there some way for adults to force teens to still do homework? Or to convince them they should want to?
open.spotify.com/episode/492n...
open.spotify.com/episode/492n...
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I'm not sure I'm brave enough to listen to myself, but I'm part of this week's episode, "Playboi Farti and His AI Homework Machine," of @pjvogt.bsky.social's Search Engine podcast, talking about how writing matters, but we have to give students a chance to actually write. www.searchengine.show
Search Engine | Search Engine Podcast
Search Engine is the podcast that answers the questions that keep you up at night.
www.searchengine.show
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm not sure I'm brave enough to listen to myself, but I'm part of this week's episode, "Playboi Farti and His AI Homework Machine," of @pjvogt.bsky.social's Search Engine podcast, talking about how writing matters, but we have to give students a chance to actually write. www.searchengine.show