Most people think lie detection is about spotting shifty eyes or microexpressions. The research tells a very different story. In this episode, we're joined by producer Hilbert Flumingtop to explore why even trained interrogators barely outperform chance at detecting deception, what the Israeli airport screening method actually looks like, and why the Reid technique may produce more false confessions than true ones. We dig into cognitive load interviewing, the Strategic Use of Evidence approach from researcher Pär-Anders Granhag, and Aldert Vrij's decades of research showing that the most reliable methods are slower, harder, and far less dramatic than what you see on TV. If you want the real science of deception detection — not the pop psychology — this episode is for you.

Why does a Sharpie vanish from a Ziploc bag while an expensive paint pen wipes off a pencil case? This episode digs into the two completely different chemical failures behind those frustrations: low surface energy plastics and release agent contamination. We break down the four surface categories you need to know — porous, low-energy plastic, high-energy non-porous, and outdoor — and explain exactly which markers (and which solvents) work for each one. If you’ve ever built a home inventory system only to watch your labels disappear, this one’s for you.

Episode #019168 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/019168

Your AI coding agent just ripped through five tasks in a row. The output looks great. But did it actually commit anything? In this episode, we break down a three-layer system for keeping git hygiene built into your AI workflow — not bolted on as an afterthought. We cover standing project-level instructions, per-session git state checks, and periodic verification of what's actually in the log. Then we dive into the recovery playbook: how to handle uncommitted changes from two weeks ago, why "git add -p" beats the nuclear option, and why tagging is the cheapest insurance policy in git for solo developers working with agents. Plus, why annotated tags are better than branches when you're working solo on a single branch.

Episode #685329 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/685329

Renting an apartment is a high-stakes game of twenty-minute decisions. This episode gives you a renter’s triage system: what to check in the kitchen, bathroom, and electricals before you sign anything. But we go further. For the first time, we pull our producer—a former police detective—from behind the mixing desk to teach you how to read the broker or landlord showing the unit. Learn how to spot cognitive load, micro-expressions, and narrative drift. Whether you’re looking at a studio in Tel Aviv or a flat in London, this episode gives you the tools to avoid a miserable lease.

When the information environment becomes hostile to understanding, and three different realities run in parallel without acknowledging each other, what do you watch? This episode explores ontological uncertainty — the film genre and philosophical condition where the fundamental nature of reality becomes unknowable. From Philip K. Dick's destabilizing short fiction to Borges' infinite libraries, from the exuberant multiverse of Everything Everywhere All at Once to the bleak loops of Mulholland Drive, we trace the canon of stories that ask not just "is this real?" but "does the question even make sense?" Perfect for anyone who's ever refreshed Telegram channels while the government communicates through Fox News interviews, wondering if the apocalypse is arriving by lunchtime or if the cafes are just open for business.

Episode #218021 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/218021

Israel's think tanks cluster around ideological poles that don't map onto left-right politics. This episode explores how institutions from Van Leer to Kohelet shape policy, funding, and public debate in a uniquely Israeli landscape.

Episode #575981 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/575981

Why retrofitting legacy data centers for AI GPUs is more about cooling infrastructure than chip supply. We explore the thermodynamic limits of air cooling, the three liquid cooling approaches, and why coolant availability is as critical as the hardware itself.

Episode #978183 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/978183

In Israel, tenants pay a broker fee of one month’s rent plus 18% VAT—for a broker the landlord hired. When Daniel asked his landlord to fix a leak, he got evicted instead. This episode explores how Israel’s rental market became so tenant-unfriendly, why a 2017 reform failed, and what proven solutions from Germany, the UK, and Switzerland could change.

Episode #629290 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/629290

Why does plain water bloat you after gallbladder surgery while coffee and soda don't? This episode unpacks the elegant physiology of impaired gastric accommodation and vagus nerve damage—and how electrolyte drinks can help bypass the problem.

Episode #469570 — open it directly at myweirdprompts.com/469570

Our producer Hilbert Flumingtop takes the mic to deliver a brutally honest breakdown of My Weird Prompts' self-hosted analytics. 152,557 total plays sounds impressive — until you learn that "plays" doesn't mean "completed listens," that 2/3 of our 2,800-episode catalogue sat untouched, and that a mysterious 9,996-play spike on May 5th is making him deeply suspicious. Hilbert walks through the geography data (France is inexplicably #2), the top episodes (nobody's listening to what we think they are), and why vanity metrics are the enemy of understanding. If you've ever wondered what podcast analytics actually look like behind the scenes, this is the unvarnished truth.