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#5558: Landing on the Edge: Cork Fog to Carrier Decks
What does it actually take to land a heavy jet when the margin between calculated and flown is razor thin?
#5557: Ten Disastrous Casting Decisions, Ranked
Excellent actors, spectacularly wrong roles — from Dick Van Dyke's cockney to Tom Hanks as a Wall Street snob. Ten mismatches, ranked.
#5556: Ranking the World's 5 Worst Bus Rides
Five real long-haul bus routes ranked by misery — breakdowns, borders, and no toilets — with extra weight for arriving somewhere ordinary.
#5555: Five Machines That Peaked at the Wrong Moment
Concorde, Buran, Iridium: the finest machines ever built for a paradigm that vanished while they were still on the drawing board.
#5554: Five Movies That Defeat First Viewings
Primer, Mulholland Drive, Synecdoche, Inland Empire — five acclaimed films where confusion is the craft, ranked by how hard they are to follow.
#5553: When 52 Volts Meets a 12-Volt Modem
A fried fiber modem raises the real question: where do you draw the line between preparedness and "done enough"?
#5552: Why Ireland and Israel Feel Poorer Than Their GDP Says
Ireland ranks 2nd in the world by GDP per capita. Israel's prices rank 5th highest. Neither number tells you how wealthy life actually feels.
#5551: Why Learning Makes Us Happier at Any Age
The credential isn't what makes learning feel good — choosing it is. What the research says about self-directed learning, aging, and hard times.
#5550: Why People Move: Ideology vs. Economics
A listener's grandfather moved to Israel knowing it might cost him. What does migration research say about people who move for ideology, not opport...
#5549: When Pro-Israel Advocacy Alienates the Persuadable
A pro-Israel insider's critique: cherry-picked examples, refusing to concede any fault, and fighting fire with fire may be losing the people you mo...