Introducing: No Such Thing
The Distraction: A Defector Podcast
Defector Media
4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
We’re excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you’d enjoy: No Such Thing
No Such Thing is a show where three best friends and journalists settle their dumb arguments — and yours — by actually doing the research. Hosts Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman, and Devan Joseph start each episode with an argument using just their gut feelings. Then they go out into the world, investigate, talk to experts, and conduct some experiments. Finally, the guys bring their findings back to the group to see if they can change minds, enlighten each other, and move past their emotional truths.
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| 0:00.0 | No Such Thing is a show where three best friends and journalists settle their dumb arguments and yours by actually doing the research. |
| 0:06.9 | It's hosted by Manny Fidel, Devin Joseph, and Noah Friedman. |
| 0:10.8 | Each episode begins with a simple but often heated debate, such as, are dentists scamming us? |
| 0:16.2 | Are outdoor cats happier than indoor cats? Kids can't read anymore. Does that matter? |
| 0:21.6 | The host then discuss the topic among themselves, using their knowledge and gut feelings, |
| 0:26.1 | leading to constant debates and expressions of opinions about that topic. But then, |
| 0:30.7 | and this is the good part, they go out into the world, investigate, talk to experts, |
| 0:34.7 | and conduct some experiments. Finally, the guys bring their findings back to the group to see if they can change each |
| 0:39.9 | other's minds, enlighten each other, and move past their own emotional truths. |
| 0:45.3 | I'm Noah. |
| 0:46.3 | This is Devin. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm Lily. |
| 0:47.9 | Today's episode, a question that nags at me every time I sit in one of their chairs. |
| 0:54.9 | Are dentists scamming us? |
| 1:00.4 | We dig into the dental industry's surprisingly dark history. |
| 1:05.1 | A lot of the replacement teeth were from corpses. |
| 1:09.7 | We hear from someone who uncovered a dentist drilling healthy teeth for profit. |
| 1:14.3 | How did I let this happen to me, 28 root canals? I must be stupid. |
| 1:17.7 | And I talk with a startup founder who's trying to blow up the entire industry. |
| 1:22.1 | Going to the dentist is one of the biggest scams of our modern time. |
| 1:35.3 | Okay. is one of the biggest scams of our modern time. There's no such thing. |
| 1:37.1 | No such thing. |
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