#380: When ‘99.9% Accuracy’ Isn’t Accurate Enough

They needed certainty. They got chaos. Plus, podcasts are on stage and in the spotlight, the podcaster class divide, and more end-of-year lists than we know what to do with.

It’s hard to avoid the comparison, so like this week’s recommendation, we’re getting it out of the way early:

Revealing the results of a paternity test on daytime talk shows in the ‘90s and early 2000s might be one of humanity’s most incendiary decisions.

you are not the father fails GIF by The Maury Show
Hell Yeah Oh Snap GIF by The Maury Show

For whatever reason, people couldn’t get enough of the manufactured suspense, the over-the-top backstories, and the sheer absurdity of it all.

Look GIF by The Maury Show

Maury’s family planning services are in a league of their own.

It all really seems like a fever dream, doesn’t it?

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