Latif Nasser, host of the hit WNYC podcast of Radiolab, joins us to talk about time travel, political beefs, and the miracle of Wikipedia.
, Nasser and his co-host Lulu Miller seek to squash mistruths and get down to the bottom of the universe’s most pressing unanswered questions, one galaxy at a time. Nasser, however, recognizes when his curiosity can get him into trouble. “
In this week’s Search History, we DM’d the astronomy savant to discuss his number one American political beef, the slide decks he’d present to Mesopotamian civilizations, and his one true love: Wikipedia.ARY RUSSELL: Merry Boxing Day to you as well! Hope you’re staying warm! Ready to get started?RUSSELL: What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?
NASSER: Chaos.com was for the Chaos Computer Collective which puts on a giant hacker conference in Hamburg which is going on right now and I’m trying to do a story on a guy who is speaking there tomorrow. I was trying to figure out if they record ALL the talks or just some of the talks.NASSER: LOL. I wouldn’t dare. Those guys are for real.NASSER: I’d ask him for the Starlink WiFi password.NASSER: Ha. It’s a state secret so if he sent it to me, I’d probably already be on my way to Guantanamo.
NASSER: I mean it’s obvious, but Wikipedia. It’s our modern version of the pyramids. An honest miracle. My favorite chronicler of it is Annie Rauwerda aka
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