For a learning disability that everyone seems to know about, dyslexia is maybe the most commonly...
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For a learning disability that everyone seems to know about, dyslexia is maybe the most commonly...
51:27
The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century
It started with New Hampshire couple Betty and Barney Hill, who learned under hypnosis they’d...
59:51
Short Stuff: Skittles and TIO2
There’s an ingredient in Skittles and lots of other food that Dunkin Donuts stopped using it in...
14:08
The most reviled, hated, despised, no-good, low down, dirty rotten architectural style of all...
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Selects: The Science of Break-Ups
Breaking up is hard to do. Your brain might even think you're getting over a cocaine addiction....
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Llamas are pretty great. They smile! They also spit and if they feel overworked will just lay...
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Short Stuff: Roly Poly...Bugs?
Roly Poly bugs go by many names. They look like tiny armadillos. They're great for your garden....
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Mulititasking: Working slower with worse results
Multitasking isn't really possible, because of the way the human brain works. We know you think...
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Selects: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, two anarchists accused of murder, was one of the first "crimes...
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Wireless Electricity: When Can We Unplug Our TVs?
You know all of those cords and cables and wires that we use to connect our stuff to the...
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Short Stuff: Smudging: Not just for hippies
Smudging is the process of wafting around the smoke of burning white sage. What is it good for?...
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Haile Selassie: Statesman, Colonizer, God?
If you grew up outside of Africa, you might know Haile Selassie’s name from reggae music - the...
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Selects: How Zero Population Growth Works
In 1968, Paul Erlich published The Population Bomb, predicting coming famine and mass death....
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The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout
David Hahn was a kid who was really into science. So much that he built a nuclear reactor in his...
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One of the world’s cultural treasure troves were created in West Africa. But for over a century...
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Ray and Charles Eames: More than Chairs
Charles and Ray Eames were superstar designers who dreamed up some of the most iconic pieces of...
01:05:51
Selects: Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
Sometimes a good idea doesn’t pan out in real life. Take Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome: It...
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Like, here's the episode on "like"
Like is a very divisive word. Purists think it's like, a filler word born in the 80s that's like,...
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Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman
There’s a great origin story behind snake oil salesmen, and it has to do with just one guy who...
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What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws
There was a brief period in America’s history – after people left the farm to work in the city...
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