The Curiosity Desk

October 1, 2026

First up, it's another round of “The Glitch Report” with misinformation researcher Joan Donovan. Today, Joan joins with University of Virginia researcher Lana Swartz for a conversation about how AI and social media are revolutionizing scam culture.

Then, Dutch researcher and archaeologist Dr. Walter Crist joins to talk about his work uncovering the rules to ancient Roman board game they’ve called “The Coriovallum Game."

After, Edgar meets Joel Sercel, CEO of the company TransAstra, to learn about their mission of mining asteroids to bring humanity into the space age.