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There is a good chance that in March of 2023, humans crossed a threshold into a transformative new era when a new, smarter type of AI was let loose in...
For this special live benefit episode recorded in Atlanta, Josh and Chuck go back to the 70s and look at the decidedly ungroovy course of events that...
Humans made it through the Bronze Age and Iron Age, then we dabbled in steel, and now we are living in the Aluminum Age. The metal is so ubiquitous it...
The suicide forest in Japan is a beautiful place with a checkered reputation. Trigger Warning: This episode features a discussion of suicide. If you o...
Ever wondered when and why people started caring about body odors and cleanliness? Well look no further than today's episode. See omnystudio.com/liste...
Did you know some of our most beloved movies originally had different, sometimes better, endings? That is until they were tested in front of focus gro...
Philosophers have been wondering whether we experience reality as it is for millennia now. They’ve pretty much settled on no, no we don’t. Now science...
One of the more futuristic things around right now on Earth is research into encoding data into strings of genetic code.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Keeping your elbows off the table, keeping your fingers out of the gravy boat – at some point these became very important rules of etiquette. But what...
Almost everything you know about pterosaurs is wrong. They weren't birds, they weren't flying dinosaurs and they weren't all pterodactyls. Which makes...
Could eating at only certain times of the day lead to weight loss? Possibly! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Everyone knows what a Rube Goldberg machine is, but what do you know about the cartoonist who they're named after?See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
For a moment Milli Vanilli was the hottest musical act in the world. Then came the news that it was just that, an act, and the fall came swiftly and h...
Science doesn't have a good explanation for why we sense color, yet it is everywhere and affecting us all the time. But why should minutely different...
Humans exercising for better health has not been around that long. Today we dive into this fun history as we cover why and when we started this now co...
If you watch the news and hear the pollen count is high for some particular type of plant then it’s high time you learned how they do that.See omnystu...
The Bechdel Test is a is a measure of the representation of women in film. You'd be surprised how many movies fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
You know those shows where people wearing sensible shoes jog dogs around in circles? They actually represent the pinnacle of a long and complex path t...
It’s totally bonkers that in the US and other countries, the job of determining the guilt or innocence of an accused criminal – whose life may be at s...
