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The World's Weirdest Museums: Poop, Parasites, and Broken Hearts
Episode 5337
What drives someone to build a museum around fossilized dung, tapeworms, or the objects left behind after a breakup? This week we tour the world's mo…
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Cholera and the 3.4 Billion Without Safe Sanitation
Episode 5336
Cholera kills within hours, costs cents to treat, and has been understood for 170 years — so why is it still spreading? This episode unpacks the two …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Hidden History of Toilets and Sanitation
Episode 5335
We assume sanitation is a straight line from filth to porcelain — but the archaeology says otherwise. Mohenjo-daro had covered drains and flush toile…
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Ten Legal Loopholes Hiding in Plain Sight
Episode 5334
A single word in a statute — "occupation" — lets London landlords dodge a billion pounds in business rates with nothing but empty cardboard boxes. Th…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
How Screws Conquered the World
Episode 5333
Screws, bolts, nuts, and washers hold the built world together — but the standardized, off-the-shelf fastener is far newer than most people assume. T…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
The Real Story Behind Lunch Atop a Skyscraper
Episode 5332
Eleven men eating lunch on a steel beam, 850 feet above Manhattan — the most famous construction photo ever taken. But it wasn't the Empire State Bui…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Steeplejacks, Linemen, and Tower Climbers
Episode 5331
Daniel wants to know who climbs broadcast masts, transmission towers, and cathedral pinnacles for a living — so we went and found out. Steeplejacks r…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Who Actually Works on a Live 765kV Line?
Episode 5330
Watching footage of linemen in Faraday suits sitting on live half-million-volt conductors raises an obvious question: who signs up for this? The answ…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
One Box of VESA Mounts, Three Wrong Assumptions
Episode 5329
A moving box full of mystery VESA mounts turns into a tour of what's actually standardized and what isn't. The plate pattern on the back of your moni…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
A Shabbat Radio That Can't Be Paused
Episode 5328
What if a podcast player had no controls at all? In this episode, we explore a listener's prototype for a Shabbat-friendly radio: a Raspberry Pi that…
3 weeks, 4 days ago