[heinrichf]

NPR podcast episode touching this question:

https://cpa.ds.npr.org/kuow/audio/2017/11/PRIMED_Episode4_0.... (Is Amazon your guilty pleasure?)

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/557820907/prime-d

[davidddavidson]

And this radiolab episode: http://www.radiolab.org/story/brown-box/