Is “pro‑family” just PR? Karoline Leavitt’s festive baby‑bump post—thanking Trump and Susie Wiles and bragging she returned to work four days after birth—is peak optics. We unpack the motherhood flex, performative family values, and what that message means for working parents and maternity culture. Tune in to decide whether this is genuine choice or a curated value play. Keywords: Karoline Leavitt, Instagram, maternity, pro‑family, working parents.

A $2 ticket, a $1.8B headline, and a nation hooked on hope. In this episode we tear into the Murphy USA Powerball win: anonymity as self‑defense, lump sum vs annuity math, the retailer’s $50K cut, and how state lotteries monetize precarity. Listen for the messy economics behind the jackpot and why the spectacle keeps the system running. Keywords: Powerball, lottery, Arkansas, Murphy USA, anonymity, regressive tax.

A skull, dental gunk, and a genome that rewrites the family album. We explore 2025’s Denisovan breakthroughs—Dragon Man, ancient DNA from tooth deposits, and the messy web of interbreeding that made us who we are. Tune in for deep‑time surprises and what your saliva might reveal about human evolution. Keywords: Denisovans, Dragon Man, human evolution, DNA, genome.

Sleep near a bunker where mass murder was planned—welcome to dark tourism. We walk the Wolf’s Lair: bunkers, rail lines, audioguides and a new hotel serving pierogi where history and commerce collide, probing how we remember atrocity without turning it into a day trip. Join us for a somber look at memory, commodification, and the ethics of preservation. Keywords: Wolf’s Lair, Hitler, WWII, dark tourism, memorialization.

A storm peels back our thin veneer of normalcy. Snow, sleet and freezing rain threaten 23 million people across the Great Lakes and Northeast—NYC and Philly flights snarled, Michigan tens of thousands without power, and emergency declarations multiplying. Tune in for the latest impacts, travel disruptions, and what to watch as conditions evolve. Keywords: winter storm, Northeast, NYC, power outages, flight delays.

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