It's funny the things that go through your head during a disaster.
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Ike Sriskandarajah
Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.
Pirates of the Cari-BEAN-TOWN
Producer Ike Sriskandarajah revisits a maritime disaster that left an impact on a group of friends from his youth. What he learns forever changes their impressions of that day. (23 minutes)
Going Down With the Censorships
When to leave Twitter is a question lots of executives faced when Elon Musk took over the company — those who weren't immediately fired, anyway. We hear an insider’s account from the man who ran Trust & Safety at the company, until he couldn’t stand it anymore. (28 minutes)
Casey Newton makes the newsletter Platformer and co-hosts the podcast Hard Fork from The New York Times.
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