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

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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