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History is littered with promising innovations that failed to live up to their hype. This week on Disrupted, a look at three revolutionary but doomed disruptions and their impact on our world today.

The U.S. and China have traded fiery allegations of extensive aerial surveillance programs since the U.S. shot down a Chinese balloon on Feb. 4. Here's a look at what's happened so far.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Abas Aslani, editor-in-chief of Iran Front Page, about Iran's response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani.

An unusual videogame called Cult of the Lamb was recently released for several gaming platforms. It flew to the top of the sales charts, and seems to be developing a cult following of its own.

Emerging tools may make it easier for the public to detect fake online videos, and more difficult for generative AI systems to create them.

U.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 3.7%. The resolution of the UAW and Hollywood actors' strikes helped to boost those numbers.

The Boy and The Heron is the latest movie from legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki. The English language version of the movie stars Robert Pattinson, Karen Fukuhara and Mark Hamill.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former Washington Post editor and author of Collision of Power Martin Baron about what a second Trump term could mean for the U.S. and democracy.

The Police chief of Tulsa Oklahoma is speaking out for gun reforms as lawmakers there keep loosening gun restrictions.

Connecticut’s COVID hospitalizations have risen by 58% over the last four weeks.