You Know Too Much

You Know Too Much

by Pamala Buzick Kim and Eva McCloskey

Society & Culture

Season 1

Special Century with Mark Rukman

You will never pay utility bills again. That’s Mark Rukman’s pitch for the town that says yes to the data center. Between 1870 and 1970 humanity built the entire nervous system of the modern world — electricity, plumbing, telephones, planes, everything. Then it stopped. Mark argues the next special century has just started, and if the towns getting the compute don’t get a share of the bounty, the data centers will get sabotaged.

Pooping in the Woods with Shawnté Salabert

How to poop in the woods, professionally. How do you poop in the woods — professionally? Shawnté Salabert knows. Host of the Gear Abby outdoor podcast, and living proof you can bury the lede — literally. She walks us through the whole business: bidets, Kula cloths, WAG bags, and the Cadillac of backcountry hygiene.

Identifying Vintage Fashion with Amanda Samuel

It all started when I found a Gucci sweatshirt at Goodwill. Amanda Samuel started collecting vintage at 16, doing community service at a Long Island Goodwill — where she found a Gucci sweatshirt in a garbage bag for $5. Twenty-four years later, she can date a garment by touching the zipper. This week: side seams, invisible zippers, pinking shears, and how to read a piece of clothing like a book.

Competitive Cycling and Eating with Yasir Salem

I went to a hypnotherapist to get past my gag reflex. What’s the Venn diagram between endurance sports and competitive eating? Yasir Salem and the Tour de Donut. Yes, this exists — and Yasir tells us about ultramarathons, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier, and the gag-reflex hypnotherapy that made it all possible.

Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod

My glute rep precedes me. Suzy Hotrod on 20 years with Gotham Girls Roller Derby — the strategy, the bruises, the early-aughts bar-worker resurgence, and the community that made her give it everything.

Brewing Beer with Nick Bonadies

I make beer to get people off their phones. Nick Bonadies on what actually goes into a great beer at Belleflower Brewing in Portland, Maine — the water chemistry that can make or break a recipe, the Maine farmers growing his barley, the lambic process that takes years, and why beer’s real job is bringing people together.

Gluten-Free Baking with Erica Fair

The croissant is my Moby Dick. Erica Fair on twenty years of chasing gluten-free baked goods that don’t taste like sad cardboard — the flours that work, the croissant she can’t crack, and why she’ll occasionally gluten herself just to remember what a cinnamon roll is supposed to taste like.

Tetris with D'LOURDES

I don’t know who I am when I start talking about Tetris. D’LOURDES on Tetris — the iconic game she fell into at a Barcade, the ridiculous international licensing saga that played out behind it (three men, one Soviet government office, no signed contracts), and why fitting blocks into place is the closest she gets to peace.

Emocore with Joshua "Tex" Teixeira

A subculture that will kick your ass and melt your cold heart. Joshua “Tex” Teixeira on emocore — how a 1985 DC hardcore offshoot nobody meant to name became a lifelong treasure hunt for impossibly rare 7-inches, hand-made packaging, and a scene built on belonging.

Ramen with Sarah Gavigan

A bowl of ramen changed my life. Sarah Gavigan on ramen — the umami science, the post-war history, why it's a cuisine and not a recipe, and how chasing one bowl turned into an obsession (and a Nashville ramen shop).

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