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Beware the Sand Striker
Episode 509
Shipworms. Hairy Chested Yeti Crabs. Parasitic Barnacles in the cloaca of Greenland Sharks. These are the types of creatures Sabrina Imbler, a column…
2 years, 9 months ago
Eye in the Sky
Episode 508
Ross McNutt has a superpower: he can zoom in on everyday life, then rewind and fast-forward to solve crimes in a shutter-flash. But should he?
In 200…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Seagulls
Episode 507
In the 1970s, as LGBTQ+ people in the United States faced conservatives whose top argument was that homosexuality is “unnatural,” a pair of young sci…
2 years, 10 months ago
On the Edge
Episode 506
At the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, one athlete pulled a move that, as far as we know, no one else had ever attempted.
In this episode, first aire…
2 years, 10 months ago
Family People
Episode 505
In 2021, editor Alex Neason's grandfather passed away. On his funeral program, she learned the name of his father for the first time: Wilson Howard. …
2 years, 10 months ago
The War on Our Shore
Episode 504
Foreign enemies have seldom brought war to U.S. soil… right? In this episode from 2017, we tell you strange stories of foreign enemies landing on our…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ologies: Dark Matters
Episode 503
Testudinology. Enigmatology. Hagfishology. Raccoonology. Meteorology. Chronobiology. Chickenology. Delphinology. Bryology. Vampirology. Zymology. Ech…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Golden Rule
Episode 502
At first glance, Golden Balls was just like all the other game shows — quick-witted host, flashy set, suspenseful music. But underneath all that, eac…
2 years, 11 months ago
Corpse Demon
Episode 501
Heaven and hell, Judgement Day, monotheism — these ideas all came from one ancient Persian religion: Zoroastrianism. Also: Sky Burials. Zoroastrians …
2 years, 11 months ago
Abortion Pills, Take Two
Episode 500
Abortion pills — a combo of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol — are on notice: on April 7, 2023, a federal judge said the FDA’s approval of mif…
2 years, 11 months ago