Wayback Machine
Digital archive of the web
Episodes
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#3538: Car Manuals Are 700 Pages: Find Your 20Your VIN isn't enough. PR codes and engine codes are the real keys to finding the right manual for your exact car. -
#2915: The Barcode That Changed EverythingMPNs, UPCs, ASINs, and the secret hierarchy of product codes that engineers use to buy the right thing. -
#987: Reputation Laundering: How the Ultra-Wealthy Edit HistoryDiscover how the world’s elite use massive philanthropy and SEO tactics to bury scandals and literally rewrite their digital history. -
#742: The Dark Archive: Saving Extremism for HistoryWhen mainstream sites delete toxic content, how do researchers save it? Explore the "memory hole" of digital hate speech and dark archives. -
#741: The Fragile Web: Who Decides What We Remember?Explore how the Internet Archive saves the web, the legal battles threatening its future, and the rise of decentralized storage like Arweave. -
#557: Before They Can Click: The Ethics of SharentingExplore the ethical and technical landmines of sharing children's photos online, from metadata leaks to the rise of AI-generated deepfakes.