• Short Stuff: Zambonis!
    May 15 2024

    Even the dullest hockey game is worth seeing when the Zamboni comes out to resurface the ice.

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    13 mins
  • NYC Trash: A study in persistence
    May 14 2024

    Taking care of 12,000 tons of residential trash every day is a hard job. But how does that even work? Listen in to marvel at the NYC sanitation system.

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    50 mins
  • Selects: How Stuttering Works
    May 11 2024

    Despite as much as one percent of the adult population having the condition, science doesn't actually know how stuttering works. The best it's come up with so far: there seems to be an issue between the physical process of speaking and the thought process that underlies it. Find out what science means by this in this classic episode.

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    51 mins
  • 10 - Yes, 10! - Dumb Criminals
    May 9 2024

    Sometimes you just have to turn it off for a while – all the thinking, and overthinking, analyzing, and figuring out. Sometimes it’s nice to just breathe through your mouth and talk about dumb things criminals do for an episode.

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    46 mins
  • Short Stuff: Titanic Survivors!
    May 8 2024

    We all know the story of the Titanic and the tragedy of lives lost. So hey, let's talk about the survivors for a change!

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    16 mins
  • Misophonia: More Than an Annoyance
    May 7 2024

    Misophonia is a condition in which certain sounds trigger people in very negative ways that can really disrupt someone's life. Listen in today to learn all about this fairly recently recognized condition.

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    48 mins
  • Selects: The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold
    May 4 2024

    As if being murdering SOBs weren’t enough, the Nazis were also thieving rats. During WWII, they stole billons in gold from countries they overran and moved it to Germany. But at the end of the war, only part of it was recovered. Where’s the rest? Find out the extent of our knowledge in this classic episode.

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    47 mins
  • Atomic Clocks, Ahoy!
    May 2 2024

    The only thing more complicated than an atomic clock is researching how they work and then figuring out how to explain it to other people. But believe us, they are fascinating. Even if you don’t care about clocks or atoms you’ll still like this episode.

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    52 mins