FULL EPISODE: Strange Pumpkins and Stranger Mushrooms - October 30, 2026

On It's Time for Technology Time, tech analyst Carmi Levy reports on the following: Spotify says it removed 50 million 'slop' and spam AI tracks this year; Your phone could show the wrong time thanks to DST changes; Anthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI; and Some iPhone Duo screens are already failing, but Apple says only a "small number" are affected. Paleontologist Kallie Moore – host of PBS Eons – reveals how pumpkins shouldn't exist and how they only survived thanks to an unlikely partnership they forged with us. Mycologist Colin Domnauer describes the mysterious mushroom that causes people to hallucinate hundreds of tiny humans. Professor and sleep researcher Adam Spira and dementia researcher Kening Jiang outline how frequent and unintentional daytime napping is linked to higher dementia risk in older adults. Professor Kang Lee from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education discusses how telling kids that they're smart can nearly double the likelihood that they'll cheat.

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Segments:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:20) Carmi Levy pt. 1

(10:00) Carmi Levy pt. 2

(20:00) Kallie Moore pt. 1

(30:00) Kallie Moore pt. 2

(39:50) Colin Domnauer pt. 1

(49:50) Colin Domnauer pt. 2

(59:50) Adam Spira & Kening Jiang

(1:09:50) Kang Lee