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I'm Alright
Episode 88
When comic Maria Bamford made her OkCupid profile with the username Hogbook, she says Scott Marvel Cassidy was one of the only people who contacted h…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Family Secret
Episode 87
Kyo Maclear remembers when she took a DNA test, the kit came with a piece of paper with terms and conditions that read, “You may discover unanticipat…
2 years, 6 months ago
Charlotte as Romeo
Episode 86
When Charlotte Cushman arrived in England, she was heartbroken. But she began looking for work as an actor. There was one part she really wanted: Rom…
2 years, 6 months ago
One in a Million
Episode 85
In 2016, scientist Angus Davison got an email about a rare, left-coiling snail. He began a quest to find it a mate. This episode was first released i…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Nicholas Effect
Episode 84
If you visit Italy, you might come across a street, or a park, or a school, or even a chain of coffee shops named after a 7-year-old American named N…
2 years, 7 months ago
Albert and Alberta
Episode 83
One day, as a student at the University of Florida, Kourtney LaPlant was reading the student newspaper. “And there was this little tiny ad in the pap…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Care and Keeping of You
Episode 82
When Valorie Lee Schaefer was asked to write a book about puberty for kids, her first thought was, “Why me?” But as she got to work on it, she realiz…
2 years, 8 months ago
Tau = 10.8
Episode 81
When twin rovers named Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars twenty years ago, they were only supposed to last 90 Martian days. But years passed, the…
2 years, 9 months ago
How to Live Forever
Episode 80
An experiment in living together, forever. This episode was originally released in 2018. We're going back on tour in February! We’ll be telling brand…
2 years, 9 months ago
Let’s Give It a Whirl
Episode 79
In 2015, Brad Ryan called up his 85-year-old grandmother to see if she wanted to join him on a road trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “She…
2 years, 10 months ago