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We try to make sense of the world, one question at a time. No question too big, no question too small. Hosted by PJ Vogt, edited by Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Get access to Search Engine's ad-free premium feed, with bonus episodes and a bunch of other cool stuff by signing up to become an Incognito Mode member below.
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About Search Engine

Search Engine is an award-winning explainer show that tackles questions about life. The podcast is downloaded well over a million times per month. It launched in the summer of 2023 to critical acclaim and was named one of the top podcasts by Time Magazine, The Economist, and New York Magazine.

The show is co-created by PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni. The senior producer is Garrott Graham. Theme song & original music by Armen Bazarian.
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I love explanatory journalism, and it’s explanatory journalism at its best. Simple questions that unfold into wondrous answers and, more than that, explorations.

- Ezra Klein, host of The Ezra Klein Show

I like that Search Engine is still figuring out what it can do with this new podcast form it's invented, and that every time I download an episode I really don't know what to expect. What's rarer than that? In podcasts or in anything?

- Ira Glass, host of This American Life

Search Engine’s particular spark comes from the way the team injects a sense of genuine discovery into the act of unspooling. This is a show that works to give you a good time, always hustling for your attention as it peels back layer after layer.

- Vulture

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