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2397 episodes transcribedThe only thing more complicated than an atomic clock is researching how they work and then figuring out how to explain it to other people. But believe...
Getting the wind knocked out of you is scary, but passes quickly. Learn exactly what's happening with all that today.See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
The Village People were a smash hit singing group that came and went in under two years. Then other people performed under that name for several decad...
If you've ever been to an international airport, you've probably seen one of the keenest spotters of illegal contraband - The Beagle Brigade! These cu...
Georgia Tann was a bad human. We feel safe in saying that because she kidnapped babies from poor families to sell to wealthy ones. Listen in if you ca...
Not too much is known about Margaret Schilling. She was the kind of person whose memory might have been lost to time had she not left behind an indeli...
You probably know wind energy projects have been around since the 90s, but did you know they now provide 10% of America’s energy, and more than that i...
Special effects have been around since the first movies. In fact, the techniques the earliest filmmakers created are still around today, we just use c...
Today we go down the road a bit, thumbs out, to explore the rich history of hitchhiking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Few people have been more qualified to survive a plane crash alone in the Amazon for almost two weeks than Juliane Koepcke. Let’s hear her story.See o...
Arson investigation has changed a lot over the years. There is actual science available now, but the word still hasn't totally gotten out. Listen in t...
It's common knowledge that famines are usually caused by major droughts: Rain doesn't fall, crops don't grow, and people go hungry. But recent researc...
We think of estrogen and testosterone as the female and male sex hormones and they may seem kind of gross (is that just Josh?), but that simple unders...
Straitjackets aren't really a thing anymore unless you're watching a movie or TV show. Or in prison. That's the sad truth.See omnystudio.com/listener...
The 70s were the decade of the woman in the US. America finally was coming around to the understanding women and men are equals and the government spo...
When Fort Knox was built in the 1930s to house America’s gold supply, it was billed as an impenetrable, impregnable, don’t-even-think-of-trying vault....
One of America’s most important ecosystems takes up more than half the state of Florida. It’s a river of grass, a cactus desert, and a saltwater bay a...
What's the deal with knocking on wood? It's an action one takes to ensure good luck. Which doesn't exist. Yet we do it. Humans are funny that way.See...
One of the things we rely on is for the companies who make the stuff we need to not stick it to us, the customer. But it’s become painfully clear that...
In 2018, there's a man from a lost tribe still living deep in the jungles of Brazil who has been all alone since the mid 1990s. He's referred to as th...
