Podcast Episodes

Short Stuff: Mason-Dixon Line

The dividing line between the North and South is purely political. But the story of its creation is pretty interesting.

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3 years, 8 months ago

We Need More Sustainable Packaging, Like, Yesterday

Since the advent of single-use plastics, we’ve become awash in waste. Barrels of petroleum are extracted, turned into plastics that contain products,…

3 years, 9 months ago

Selects: Knife Throwing: Super Cool

Sure knives can cut through a steak or slash through jungle vines, but probably the coolest thing you can do with a knife is throw it. At a person mo…

3 years, 9 months ago

Kissing Cousins: A History of Marrying Family

Despite the overall creepiness of it, marrying family members is way more common than you might think, both historically and today. Ewwww!

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3 years, 9 months ago

Short Stuff: Marrying Up

The idea of "marrying up" is as old as the hills, but things are, and have been, changing for quite a while. And this episode explains it all.

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3 years, 9 months ago

Introvert or Extravert: Which are you? (Probably both)

The world isn’t divided into cat people and dog people, or Beatles fans and Rolling Stones fans (or neither). What really divides us is introversion …

3 years, 9 months ago

Selects: How Gossip Works

You know what I heard? That Josh and Chuck hate each other and they're just faking being friends for the show. That's called gossip, folks and it can…

3 years, 9 months ago

How Enemas Work

If you think about it, enemas are kind of gross. And if you don’t now you definitely will by the end of this wild ride of an episode. All who make it…

3 years, 9 months ago

Short Stuff: Selling the Brooklyn Bridge

You've heard the phrase "If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you." But did you know it's based in truth?

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3 years, 9 months ago

Mariachi: The Rodney Dangerfield of Music

Mariachi bands have a bad rap as nothing more than "restaurant music." But there is a rich and long cultural tradition many people are missing and th…

3 years, 9 months ago