Podcast Episodes

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

As part of our shameful history series, today we dive into the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and into the 70s.

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Short Stuff: Killing a Dead Body

If you try to kill someone who was already dead is that a bad thing? Yeah? How bad?

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

What was the Four Pests Campaign?

Say one thing about Mao's communist China, they could kill some sparrows. Learn why and how in today's episode.

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Selects: What's the deal with subpoenas?

Subpoenas are all the rage. But what do they even mean if someone can just ignore it? Learn this and a lot more in this classic episode.

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

You’re So Good At Conversation!

It’s an understated miracle that humans can get across ideas to one another by saying things out loud. We’re strangely good at not constantly talking…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Short Stuff: North Sentinel Island

One of the last uncontacted people in the world live in the Bay of Bengal and they have made it clear they don’t want you to visit.

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11 months ago

The Man with the Golden Arm

Aussie James Harrison gave blood close to 1,200 times over a 60 year period and saved 2.5 million babies in the process. That makes him a hero. 

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11 months ago

Selects: Noise Pollution: Arrrgh!

If you’ve ever found your blood pressure rising because some guy down the street doesn’t know how to keep the trigger on a leaf blower pulled all the…

11 months ago

America’s Militarized Police

In the 1960s, America took stock of itself when scores of low-income cities broke out in riots. It found that racism was at the root of many social p…

11 months ago

Short Stuff: The Mpemba Effect

Why does water seem to freeze faster when it starts out warmer?

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11 months, 1 week ago