Hyperfixed

Maybe it’s just a quiet annoyance you’ve grudgingly learned to put up with, or a life defining issue that makes it hard to move forward. Whatever it is, Alex Goldman — reporter, radio producer, and overconfident idiot — will get to the bottom of it (if there’s a bottom to be found. Results may vary). Follow Alex as he figures out not only the vast hidden mechanisms that create these problems, but works with you, the listener, to find a solution. Or at least enough of an explanation that you’re ok with the annoyance. He’s not perfect. Hyperfixed is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent and listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm. 

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Last Episode : August 21, 2025 5:00am

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Episodes

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Bonus Episode *Unlocked*: Catman and Robin
Confirmed 1

Even thoug this is an off week, we decided to unlock a bonus episode for our main feed listeners, because we thought this was useful context.

On this episode: Noted cat-lover Alex Goldman interviews the founder of FIP Warriors, Robin Kintz, and things get a little tense.

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Thanks for listening! We'll see you next week with an episode that has nothing to do with cats, I'm pretty sure.

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Expires in 35 hours
Published Thursday
Bonus Episode: The Legend of Captain Prince Tango
Confirmed 4

In the last of our Cat Drug Black Market episodes, we talked to Doina Nugent, a pet parent that went to FIP Warriors for help when her cat, Captain, was diagnosed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis, and we get her perspective on the Cat Drug Black Market, when things don't go according to plan.

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Published Thursday
The Cat Drug Black Market, Part III
2

The conclusion of our series, ex members of the FIP Warriors facebook group get to work making the whole GS black market obsolete.

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Published 08/14
The Cat Drug Black Market, Part II
2

This week, a black market and community network of cat lovers sprang into existence to help pet parents get access to an illegal lifesaving drug for a cat disease called FIP. But a massive revelation threatens to tear this community apart. 

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Nicole Randall Sentencing Release

FIP Vet Guide

FIP Warriors

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Published 07/31
Presenting: The Dream - Babies Not Having Babies
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This week, we're running an episode of one of our favorite shows, The Dream, hosted by Jane Marie. At the top of this episode I talk to Jane Marie about her show, and the fact that we went to the same high school and didn't know each other (true story!) 

THIS EPISODE:

This past year Charlotte Isenberg, a once-popular teen anti-abortion activist, found herself switching sides in this national debate. What happened to her next is unprecedented and a warning for parents and kids alike.

Find Charlotte on Tik Tok here:


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Published 07/03
The Aldean Instrument
2

Special unlocked bonus ep! And a note at the top from Alex!

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Astrid, the star of the episode Little by Little, talks about recreating an impossible instrument from an iconic episode of Star Trek in real life.


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The Aldean Instrument

Astrid's Keynote at the Audio Developer Conference

Commander Riker Sits Down

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Published 06/19
Little By Little
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Astrid designs music hardware, and specifically circuitboards. And over the past few years, she's fallen in love with a specific font. But the software the font is in is being discontinued, and there's no way to export it. Where did it come from? Can she rescue it from the program it’s trapped in?

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The Little Character Font Set

Bela

The Albert Einstein Institute

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Published 05/22
The “World's Greatest” Episode
2

This week: Kyle has a medal that was awarded to his great great great Grandfather over a century ago. Was it awarded by a shadowy secret society? We investigate.


THE FRONT OF THE MEDAL

THE BACK OF THE MEDAL

Link to Andrew J. Seymour's book "The World's Greatest"


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Published 05/08
Parker’s Obsessed with this Movie (But She Cannot Find it Anywhere)
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This week: Somehow, a movie release in 2014 has disappeared off the internet. It can't be streamed, it can't be torrented, you can't even buy a physical copy. Parker needs to see it.


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Missing Movies

The Day the Clown Cried

The Missing Dr. Who Episodes

I Am Obsessed With You But You've Got to Leave Me Alone

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Published 04/24
MOORED: A Cautionary Tale
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Intrigue on the high seas. I mean on land. 

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Jenny Phenix's legal complaint against Villa Vie

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Published 04/10
The Shopify Arms Race
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This week - Scammers have managed to copy Jordan's entire website and steal her business -- more than once. But how are they doing it? And why is it so hard to fight now? 

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StoreLock

ICANN

What is the GDPR


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Published 03/27
‘Only to be Consumed’ in Canada
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This week, An asks us perhaps the smallest question we've ever had to answer, and inadvertently sends us on a wild reporting journey. Also Alex yells and swears.

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Published 03/13