Hiccups. Belly button lint. Why don't birds get electrocuted on power lines? Or is it bad to swallow gum? These are the kinds of inquiries we tackle head-on, leading us to create Fool's FAQ, the podcast built on the idea that there ARE no stupid questions! Join host Hunter Knoche as he fearlessly dives into the everyday mysteries, common misconceptions, and historical head-scratchers you've always wondered about, but have been too embarrassed to ask. Prepare to arm yourself with fascinating ...
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Common Knowledge Podcasts
Our hosts Andrew and Matt teach each other and their audience a wide variety of items of common knowledge. Ranging from cultural lessons to practical skills, Matt and Andrew cover it all!
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Tyler Cowen engages today's deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between. New conversations every other Wednesday. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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News, Music and International and Pop culture from a dumb actor, beat making rapper living in Japan.
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Welcome to Becoming Sage, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary!
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Conversations with Coleman is where deep thinkers and curious minds meet for sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. Hosted by Coleman Hughes, writer, thinker, and guy who asks the questions other people dodge - this podcast isn’t about debating. It’s about discovery. Politics, philosophy, race, culture, science: it’s all fair game. If you're done with hot takes and hungry for real-talk, come join the conversation.
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Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions. Join Levitt as he goes through the most interesting midlife crisis you’ve ever heard — and learn how a renegade sheriff is transforming Chicago's jail, how a biologist is finding the secrets of evolution in the Arctic tundra, and how a trivia champion memorized 160,000 flashcards. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a m ...
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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
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Ever wanted to know how music affects your brain, what quantum mechanics really is, or how black holes work? Do you wonder why you get emotional each time you see a certain movie, or how on earth video games are designed? Then you’ve come to the right place. Each week, Sean Carroll will host conversations with some of the most interesting thinkers in the world. From neuroscientists and engineers to authors and television producers, Sean and his guests talk about the biggest ideas in science, ...
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A podcast were I share my unpopular opinion on popular news subjects. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-knowledge-with-abram/support
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Join former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara as he breaks down legal topics in the news and engages thought leaders in a podcast about power, policy, and justice. From CAFE Studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Co-hosts Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance help you to make sense of law and politics each week, plus weekly notes and bonus content exclusive to CAFE Insider members.
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For thirty minutes each day, Pesca challenges himself and his audience, in a responsibly provocative style, and gets beyond the rigidity and dogma. The Gist is surprising, reasonable, and willing to critique the left, the right, either party, or any idea.
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Sometimes all it takes is one little fact or one little piece of wisdom to change your life forever. That's the purpose and the hope of "Something You Should Know." In each episode, host Mike Carruthers interviews top experts in their field to bring you fascinating information and advice to help you save time and money, advance in your career, become wealthy, improve your relationships and help you simply get more out of life. In addition, Mike uncovers and shares short, engaging pieces of " ...
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Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four year ...
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EconTalk: Conversations for the Curious is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford's Hoover Institution. The eclectic guest list includes authors, doctors, psychologists, historians, philosophers, economists, and more. Learn how the health care system really works, the serenity that comes from humility, the challenge of interpreting data, how potato chips are made, what it's like to run an upscale Manhattan restaurant, what caused th ...
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The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join hosts Rufus Griscom and Caleb Bissinger — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.
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Hi Friends, I’m Arthur Brooks, a social scientist, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, and columnist at The Atlantic. I write, speak, and teach about the science of human happiness, blending neuroscience, behavioral science, philosophy, and religion for insights on how to live better, and be happier. Each week on Office Hours, you’ll get a glimpse into the cutting edge research on happiness, and explore how you can use it to improve your life—and share what y ...
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Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
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Failures, victories, wins, and losses. We're exploring, uncovering, and unpacking the most valuable life lessons learned from the most successful men on the planet. Conversations include Jocko, Chris Williamson, Ben Shapiro, Dave Ramsey, David Goggins, Tim Tebow, Shawn Ryan, Cam Hanes, Terry Crews, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Carolla, Robert Greene, Ryan Holiday, Mark Manson, and so many more. If you want to learn how to be a better man, we've got you covered.
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In this podcast, we will investigate the different modern technologies for Max. Power(Maximize Power!) in your life. Brought to you by one-time Amazon bestselling author and one-time leaderboard-ranking author Aragon Max, a geopolitical enthusiast, we will discover how the world works around these Maximizing Technologies!
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”To the Best of Our Knowledge” is a Peabody award-winning national public radio show that explores big ideas and beautiful questions. Deep interviews with philosophers, writers, artists, scientists, historians, and others help listeners find new sources of meaning, purpose, and wonder in daily life. Whether it’s about bees, poetry, skin, or psychedelics, every episode is an intimate, sound-rich journey into open-minded, open-hearted conversations. Warm and engaging, TTBOOK helps listeners fe ...
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The Wild Idea is an exploration of the intersection of wild nature and our own human nature. The hosts, Bill Hodge and Anders Reynolds, through conversations with experts and thought leaders will dive into the ways that humans have both embraced and impact the function and vitality of our remaining wild places.
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Raised By Giants presented and produced by Ryder Lee, provides a platform from which philosophers, researchers, authors, and UFO researchers can come together and communicate their studies, observations, thoughts, Ideas, reflections and research. Infusing them into common everyday knowledge with their understanding of life and the universe. Ryder Lee of Raised By Giants will be diving deep into these topics, interviewing and hosting this ever-growing number of people, searching for a deeper ...
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People are knowledge, and their voices speak of wisdom. Through OFDN Conversations, we are listening about the tenacity of communities to make language, media, and technology work for them, from one inspiring individual at a time.
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Stand-up comedian Ryan Singer brings to you a new show that combines his love of comedy and his passion for the paranormal. As a paranormal experiencer, investigator and stand-up comedian for over 20 years, Ryan brings his unique insight and sense of humor to the field of high strangeness. Join him as he sits down with other comedians, experiencers and scientists as they share their stories and findings with Ryan as he continues his search to understand his own past unexplainable experiences ...
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The focus of the MCG Pediatric Podcast is to produce educational material on pediatric general and subspecialty topics that will be helpful in everyday clinical practice. These discussions will be led by our pediatric residents with a general or subspecialty faculty member who is an expert in the field.
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This podcast will take you deep into the heart of MLC as two cool dudes from 4th floor Concord delve into a series of hot topics centered around honesty and a free-flowing mentality. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/concord-convos/support
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Would you like to speak English with an RP British English accent. This podcast provides pronunciation practice and tips and tricks to improve your spoken English.
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Welcome to Knowledgers, the informational podcast for all of you who are looking to navigate the world of online portal logins, registration, and account management. We provide deep knowledge about the processes of various websites, telling about how to sign up, login, and troubleshoot common issues users face and provide solution. From password recovery and id recovery to dealing with blocked accounts and security concerns, we provide step-by-step processes and details to expert insights.
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The Somm & The Yoga Mom are all about taking the fear out of wine & wine education. Pop in the earbuds, Pour yourself a glass & let's Drink Something AMAZING! (Originally "SOMM-Thing To Drink About", we rebranded to focus on what we are all really looking for: Amazing wines that we can feel good about drinking with confidence!)
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COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Steven Pinker on Awkward Dates, Cancel Culture and the Necessity of Norms
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As promised, today we’re bringing you a full-length interview with Steven Pinker about his new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life. What is common knowledge? For Steve, it is not conventional wisdom. Instead, it’s when everyone knows something and everyone knows …
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DR. STEVEN PINKER | How Common Knowledge Hurts and Helps Us
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Why do people refuse to say what they see, and, what everyone knows…whether or not they're willing to acknowledge it? Is there some benefit to keeping quiet, adhering to the "unwritten rules," and, is there a time and place to break tradition? Today, I'm joined by Harvard professor, Dr. Steven Pinker to answer these questions. We also discuss the d…
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Hotel-Nights Concept: Investigating Prices Which Defy Common Knowledge
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When we think of a place like Dubai, a place filled with ritzy skyscrapers, glamorous shopping malls, and wide avenues, we would immediately think everything in that place is crazy expensive. However, host Max Zeng introduces to you the Hotel-Nights concept which shows a whole new way to think about pricing in unfamiliar cities.…
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Steven Pinker: "Common Knowledge Changes Everything"
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Steven Pinker joins to discuss his new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life, exploring how shared awareness coordinates everything from markets to manners. He traces spirals of silence, costly signals, and why a single public moment can flip private hunches into history…
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4 Ways to Use Common Knowledge to be Happier with Steven Pinker
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Learn more about your affect profile by taking the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule quiz (PANAS) here. So much of life depends not only on what we know, but also on what we know that others know as well. This shared awareness—what social scientists call common knowledge—explains how we cooperate, why markets rise and fall, and why silence in t…
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How You Can Access Hidden Markets & How to Be A Super Conversationalist
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Hooters has no male waiters. Isn’t that discrimination? Or could it be that men just don’t want to work there? The answer is no to both questions. Listen as I explain the answer and why it is perfectly legal. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-can-hooters-hire-only-women-2015-9 How do some people manage to get tables at “fully booked” restaurants,…
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The Truth About Halloween: Ancient Beliefs, Spirits & Symbolism
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Discover the true origins of Halloween and where our modern traditions actually come from. In this Live discussion with Ryan Gable from The Secret Teachings, we explore the real history behind Halloween, the spiritual beliefs tied to the holiday. If you’ve ever wondered whether Halloween is pagan, spiritual, symbolic, or misunderstood, this deep di…
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Karine Jean-Pierre: "Independent," Evasion, and the Party She Says Left Her
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Former Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre joins to promote her memoir Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House Outside the Party Lines—and faces pointed questions about contradictions between her praise for Biden, her criticism of Democrats, and her claim of newfound political independence. Asked what makes her truly "independent," she…
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The Small Things are the Big Things, Learning to Listen, and Stop Digging Holes | ASK ME ANYTHING
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In this week's Ask Me Anything, Ryan and Kipp tackle questions about rebuilding from loss, finding purpose, and leading your family with meaning. They discuss biblical masculinity, staying present with family, being reliable in relationships, and helping kids find purpose. Ryan also shares lessons from his recent travels and interviews, emphasizing…
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Cas Holman (Playful: How Play Shifts Our Thinking, Inspires Connection, and Sparks Creativity) is a toy creator, play designer, and author. Cas joins the Armchair Expert to discuss creating modular ecosystems of play in her toys, studying in the rainforest as a Banana Slug, and her gender-bending appearance on Maury Povich. Cas and Dax talk about l…
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In this episode, your host, Max Zeng, unravels the changes that developed and developing countries face in their tourism industries today.By Max Zeng
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Trump Admin Ramps Up Airstrikes (with Barb McQuade)
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Are the U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug traffickers aboard vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific legal? Law professor and legal analyst Barb McQuade joins Preet to discuss in this excerpt from the Insider podcast. In the full episode, Preet and Barb break down President Trump’s lawsuit against the Justice Department and an appellate court’s deci…
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Trump Admin Ramps Up Airstrikes (with Barb McQuade)
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On this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara is joined by law professor, MSNBC legal analyst, and co-host of the #SistersInLaw podcast, Barb McQuade, while Joyce is out. On the Insider docket: – The U.S. airstrikes on boats carrying alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and the Pacific; – President Trump’s lawsuit against the Justice Departmen…
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Steve Hayes & Damon Linker: The Hole Truth
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Steve Hayes and Damon Linker debate whether Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing is another norm-busting outrage or just a gaudy renovation. They argue over visuals versus substance in anti-Trump outrage, Trump's manipulation of public opinion, and whether Congress's abdication of power is the true engine of American authoritarian drift.…
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Jonny Steinberg on South African Crime and Punishment, the Mandelas' Marriage, and the Post-Apartheid Era
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Tyler considers Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage one of the best books of the last decade, and its author Jonny Steinberg one of the most underrated writers and thinkers—in North America, at least. Steinberg's particular genius lies in getting uncomfortably close to difficult truths through immersive research—spending 350 hours in police r…
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Unearth the spooky secrets behind Halloween's origin! From ancient Celtic rituals and the legend of Stingy Jack to the evolution of jack-o'-lanterns and trick-or-treating, discover how diverse cultures conjured up the American Halloween we celebrate today. Join Hunter as he digs into the origins and cultural evolution on this SPOOKY episode of Fool…
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Barret Baumgart: The Desert is a Haunted House
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Author and essayist Barret Baumgart joins Bill and Anders for a Halloween special that leans into the stranger side of wild nature. His latest book, Yuck: The Birth and Death of the Weird and Wondrous Joshua Tree, explores how this desert icon went from being despised as grotesque and “demonic” to adored as a backdrop for modern desert dreams. In a…
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DEWAYNE NOEL | A Simple Guide to the Good Life
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On our perpetual quest for bigger, better, faster, wealthier, and stronger, we're led to believe that more is the answer – more gadgets, advanced technology, connections, resources, money, entertainment, etc. But what if there was a case to be made the answer to fulfillment is not in more but in less? My guest today, Dewyane Noel, makes that case. …
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On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome comedic legend and fellow Groundlings alum Tim Lovestedt. Tim, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk through the dish on Brad, working in wine, Tim getting a DUI at the police department where his dad worked, the namesake of The Worker tall boy, being tuned into the male Midwest supper courtship, Tim…
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Barista Michelle Eisen on Face Tattoos, Short Staffs, and Union Shots Fired
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Michelle Eisen, barista-turned-organizer from Buffalo's first unionized Starbucks, breaks down how Workers United grew from one store to hundreds—and why the real fight now is over pay, scheduling, and the right to keep your piercings. She pushes back on what she calls "the most aggressive union-busting in modern labor history." Plus, examples of g…
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333 | Gordon Pennycook on Unthinkingness, Conspiracies, and What to Do About Them
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Why are people wrong all the time, anyway? Is it because we human beings are too good at being irrational, using our biases and motivated reasoning to convince ourselves of something that isn't quite accurate? Or is it something different -- unmotivated reasoning, or "unthinkingness," an unwillingness to do the cognitive work that most of us are ac…
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The 4 Types of Careers, and How to Find Yours
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Many people think a successful career moves in a straight line, always upward and forward. But life isn’t that neat. There are actually four different career paths, and which one is best for you depends on your individual psychology. In this episode of Office Hours, I talk about why the happiest people are those whose work reflects their values and…
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A Mind-Blowing Way of Looking at Math (with David Bessis)
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What if math isn't about grinding through equations, but about training your intuition and changing how your brain works? Mathematician and author David Bessis tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts that the secret of mathematics isn't logic--it's the way we learn to see. He explains why math books aren't meant to be read like novels, how great mathematicia…
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The internationally renowned choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor swaps stage for gallery in a landmark exhibition exploring his multifaceted career at Somerset House (from 30 Oct 2025–22 Feb 2026). ‘Infinite Bodies’ investigates how Wayne McGregor has combined body, movement and cutting-edge digital technologies to redefine perceptions of physical int…
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Inside Cuba’s Police State: From Ration Cards to Black Berets with Gelet Martínez Fragela
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My guest today is Gelet Martínez Fragela, a Cuban journalist and political refugee whose outlet is banned on the island. We trace Cuba’s path from independence to dictatorship, and separate myth from reality on the embargo, healthcare, and poverty. Gelet describes ration cards, compulsory “labor camps,” and why Cuba’s incarceration rate is among th…
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Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I Would Kick You, Damages, Neighbors) is an Emmy Award-nominated actor. Rose joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being rejected from every drama school she applied to in Australia, not having the confidence to discern between early roles, and whether she identifies as a people pleaser. Rose and Dax talk about playing the …
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Think You’re Too Smart to Be Scammed? & The Invention That Changed Medicine
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People who live the longest aren’t always the ones with the “perfect” body weight. In fact, research suggests that being slightly overweight can actually increase your life expectancy. It sounds counterintuitive, but the science may surprise you. Listen as I explain what’s really going on. https://healthland.time.com/2013/01/02/being-overweight-is-…
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Jeremy Workman — "Walking Every Block, Hiding in a Mall"
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Two conversations with documentarian Jeremy Workman: first on The World Before Your Feet (a quest to walk every NYC block), then on Secret Mall Apartment (artists who built a hidden flat inside Providence Place Mall). Curiosity, urban change, and the quiet stunts that reveal a city. Produced by Corey Wara Production Coordinator Ashley Khan Email us…
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Why Creativity Isn’t Always Good & The Magic of Horror Movies at Halloween - SYSK Choice
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Your grandmother was right — you should sit up straight. Posture affects far more than your appearance. It influences your mood, productivity, and even how well you think. I begin this episode with surprising research showing how simply improving your posture can boost everything from confidence to cognitive performance. https://www.deseret.com/202…
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Irving Finkel is an expert on cuneiform — the oldest known writing system. He tells Steve the amazing story of how an ancient clay tablet unlocked the truth about Noah’s ark (and got Finkel in trouble with some Christians). SOURCES: Irving Finkel, curator in the department of the Middle East at the British Museum. RESOURCES: "How to write cuneiform…
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Funny You Should Mention: Ariel Elias
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Kentucky-raised, New York-forged, and newly "A Jewish Star," Ariel Elias breaks down how outsider status becomes comic superpower. We talk growing up Jewish in the Bluegrass, explaining Kentucky to New Yorkers, the "Earl" name bit, airline misery (farewell, Southwest), and writing cleaner for synagogue gigs without losing edge. She unpacks her vira…
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VOYAGE 011 | Telepathic Magnification From Mama Sue with Greg Feinman
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The magnification of the extrasensory perceptive skill of telepathy is possible by those who already have embraced their gifts. Greg Feinman, head of UOR Investigations and the lead investigator at Mutilation Ranch, joins me to discuss all things wonderful about the late, great Mama Sue. Find my tour dates and more at my website:…
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