Search Engine
Episodes
What’s in your cocaine and the questions Search Engine CAN’T answer
Host PJ Vogt presents two segments from the Search Engine Incognito Mode feed.
How to pursue excellence … in noodles (unlocked bonus)
Search Engine host PJ Vogt interviews Jason Wang, CEO of Xi’an Famous Foods, about his journey from a basement stall to a 25-location empire.
Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? Pt. 2 (classic)
Host PJ Vogt travels to Berlin to understand the city's techno culture and gain entry to the exclusive club Berghain.
Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain? Pt. 1 (classic)
This Search Engine episode investigates why two friends were repeatedly rejected from Berlin’s exclusive Berghain nightclub.
A Strange Voyage
Host PJ Vogt explores SpaceX’s historic $2 trillion IPO by tracing the stock market’s origins to the 1602 Dutch East India Company with historian Lodek Betram.
Why doesn’t anybody come to my parties?
Host investigates why Claire, a popular Substack writer, struggles to get guests to her parties.
Why is the pool at Buckingham Palace a secret? (classic)
Search Engine investigates a listener’s quest to uncover the interior of Buckingham Palace’s famously secret swimming pool.
Why do we have to pay into the new Anti-Weaponization Fund?
Host PJ Vogt interviews ProPublica journalist Jesse Eisinger about the origins of Trump’s $1.
Presenting: Family Lore
Charlene Von Sayre recounts her family’s journey from a wealthy art-dealing life in Amsterdam to fleeing the Nazis in 1940.
The many lives of Taiwan
Host PJ Vogt interviews Taiwan expert Shelley Rigger to explore the island’s transformation from a colonial outpost to a global tech powerhouse.
Why are people excited about nuclear power again?
This episode explores the resurgence of nuclear power as a solution to rising electricity demand driven by AI and electrification.
What if the cemetery goes out of business? (classic)
Host PJ Vogt explores what happens when a cemetery goes out of business, prompted by a listener’s question about a desperate online ad.
Where’s the best free restaurant bread in America?
Atlantic writer Katie Weaver investigates the quest for America’s best free restaurant bread, blending historical context with a crowdsourced survey.
The Cost of War
Host PJ Vogt interviews Harvard professor Linda Bilmes to analyze the hidden financial costs of the U.
What we got wrong about GLP-1s
Hosts of Search Engine interview Dr.