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Strange News: Stop Meowing On Planes, Maine vs. Data Centers, Spy News, Mexico Goes Socialist, and Much More
The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truck…
10 hours ago
Trucking is in Trouble.
The world's trade system is cartoonishly complex, and it depends on multiple factors: one of the most important being trucks. Without semis and truck…
3 days, 1 hour ago
Listener Mail: Raccoon Penis Toothpicks, FNU LNU, Rigid Airships
In this week's listener mail segment: Xevious Wrecks hips Ben and Noel to 'hillbilly toothpicks', a euphemism for raccoon penises, inspiring the guys…
3 days, 19 hours ago
Did Lead Exposure Create Serial Killers?
Nowadays, everyone knows lead is toxic. Yet for thousands of years, it was treated as a miracle substance. Ancient Romans used it in everything from …
5 days, 4 hours ago
CLASSIC: Secrets of the Founding Fathers, Chapter One: Some Very Weird Dudes
In this week's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel explore some extremely weird dudes known as the Founding Fathers of the United States. They're mem…
6 days, 9 hours ago
Strange News: Science Forgot Gloves, Easter Skull Eggs, Satoshi Nakamoto Revealed, and More
In this week's strange news segment, Ben, Dylan and Noel explore the story of the legendary Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto — and how the New York T…
6 days, 20 hours ago
Bringing Back The Dead
Humanity has been obsessed with the idea of death well before the dawn of modern Homo sapiens -- civilization knows what happens to your body when yo…
1 week, 3 days ago
Listener Mail: AI Sports Commentary, RTX Corporation, A Latter-day Saint Perspective
In this week's listener mail segment: Neek the Greek prompts Ben, Matt and Noel to explore AI in live sports commentary. James weighs in with a Mormo…
1 week, 3 days ago
Technology is Making Legends Real
Ben, Matt, and Noel love folklore. After all, stories are one of humanity's first technologies -- and they continue to shape the world today. Most of…
1 week, 5 days ago
CLASSIC: The Wide World of Food Conspiracies, Part II
Food is one of the few things that unites the human species -- so it's no surprise the world of food is chock-full of conspiracies. In today's episod…
1 week, 6 days ago