NEW PODCAST: OMNIBUS
Twice a week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Ken Jennings on A Hard Days Night
This week Chuck sits down with Jeopardy's all-time winning champion, Ken Jennings, to talk about his all-time favorite movie - A Hard Day's Night. Beatles fans rejoice!
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | The Dopest Olympic Team Ever, Will Climate Change Shrink Our Bodies?
In episode 42, comedian Howard Kremer (Who Charted Podcast) joins Miles Gray and guest co-host producer Anna Hossnieh.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Conquest via Bird Poop, One Island at a Time
If you land on a deserted island, you might be tempted to search for the basic stuff first -- food, water, shelter, and so on -- but don't forget to keep an eye out for guano! Why, you ask? Well, due to a relatively obscure law, the presence of guano on a deserted island may allow you to declare it property of the United States! Sort of. Tune in to learn more. We're bringing you early access of new episodes every week, only on TuneIn!
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | How Vomit Phobia Works
No one - no one - likes to vomit, but there are some people who would prefer to die rather than vomit, people who spend their days worrying they will vomit at any moment and become so obsessed they curtail their lives to prevent it from happening.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Skellig Michael
This small island off the west coast of Ireland recently became a film star, but Skellig Michael has a rich history all its own.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Are We Eating Sushi All Wrong?
It's time to get real about raw fish! Will and Mango have their chopsticks ready and way too many questions on hand: Is blue fin really a delicacy? How do sushi chefs apply their soy sauce? And how California is the California roll? From the dish's Chinese origins to why Japanese foodies are intrigued by American rolls, we're going all in on sushi. Featuring The Story of Sushi author Trevor Corson.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | This Present Moment: Philosophy and Neuroscience
What is now? What is the present moment? These questions continue to stagger us, for nothing is so simultaneously familiar and alien than the passage of time. Nothing seems more "real" to us that the present, yet it vanishes into nothing at every attempt to capture or quantify it. In this special two-part episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe dive into the experience, physics, philosophy and neuroscience of now.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | | The Ballad of the Hairy Feminist
A brief history of the war on body hair.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Why Do We Find Symmetry So Pleasing?What is it about the arrangement of petals on a flower or a perfectly symmetrical display of soup cans that catches our eye? Our brains seem wired for it, but why?
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Cocktail Hour: Mai Tai
For a rum punch designed with escapism in mind, the mai tai has a lot of controversy swirling around it. Anney and Lauren explore. (Plus, cocktail umbrellas!)
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Are there any real underwater military bases?
We've all seen the space-age secret bases in science fiction and blockbuster films, but could a government or corporation really build a secret, permanent deep-sea base? Where would they do it? Why? Join the guys as they dive into (get it?) the murky world of militaries beneath the waves.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | Operation Sundevil and the Birth of the EFF
We dive into the complex history of the hacker culture that prompted the US Secret Service to conduct massive raids and how the Electronic Frontier Foundation was born from it.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Android | | | The Best and Worst States and Cities for Car Owners
We promise, this is not a rerun! Although similar to a topic we covered a few months ago, we've shifted our focus from driving a car to car-ownership for this latest ranking of the best and worst states and cities. Listen in as Scott and Ben explore some new information and attempt to make sense of it all.
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