🧠 #BrainFood 12.18.24 - 🎙️ Deep Dive

In today’s episode:

🎶 KCRW’s Top 30 Songs of 2024: From Jamie xx to Brainstory, Aili to St. Vincent, we’re diving into the tracks that defined the year and kept us grooving.

🛠️ Why Nothing Seems to Work: A deep dive into why companies design products that don’t last and how inefficiencies in markets, outsourcing, and consumer decision-making are holding us back.

🪑 Dezeen’s Best Designs of 2024: From inflatable gaming chairs and cob bricks to a car with no rear window, explore the year’s most innovative (and bizarre) product designs.

🤖 AI and The Pope: What happens when artificial intelligence reimagines the secret life of the pontiff? Spoiler: It’s as weird as it sounds.

Join us for the music, innovation, and thought-provoking insights you need to feed your brain today!

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