Oct 21 2026 | 00:44:49
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Episode 125 - He Promised His Wife He'd Come Back From the Dead: She Waited 10 Years
Oct 21 2026 • 00:44:49
Harry Houdini died on Halloween 1926, and he promised his wife that if the dead could talk, he'd find a way to reach her. A hundred years later, peopl...
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Episode 124 - Why Do We Love Characters Who Aren't Real?
Oct 14 2026 • 00:37:55
On October 14th, Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100, and a century later people are still lining up in New York to stare at somebody else's childhood teddy bea...
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Episode 123 - Punk Rock: The Music That Gave Everyone Permission
Oct 07 2026 • 00:34:15
Punk rock turns 50 this year, and most people think they already know the story: angry kids, loud guitars, three chords, no talent. The truth is a lot...
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Episode 122 - The Sport So Exclusive It Made Its Own Rules
Sep 30 2026 • 00:35:43
Polo turns 150 this year - America's first polo club was founded in Newport, Rhode Island in 1876, and Newport's celebrating with matches every Saturd...
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Episode 121 - How Much Bullshit Should You Put Up With At Work?
Sep 23 2026 • 00:34:15
This week we're asking the question every person with a job has wondered: how much bullshit is actually normal? Not venting - drawing the real lines. ...
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Episode 120 - Everything You See Tonight Already Happened
Sep 16 2026 • 00:34:56
This week we're asking the question every person who's ever looked up at night has wondered: what am I actually looking at? Not the constellations — t...
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Episode 119 - You Had To Be There: Why 9/11 Just Turned Into History (25 Years Later)
Sep 09 2026 • 00:38:42
This week we're marking 25 years since 9/11 - but not with another play-by-play of that morning. We're asking a stranger question: when does something...
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Episode 118 - The Pope Forced Him to Paint: He Never Forgave Him
Sep 02 2026 • 00:35:49
In today’s episode we’re talking all things Michelangelo. Spoiler - the guy who painted the ceiling never actually wanted to paint it. He was a sculp...
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Episode 117 - Your Attention Is The One Thing That You Actually Own
Aug 26 2026 • 00:36:16
In today’s episode we're asking a question that sounds simple but really isn't: how much should you actually care? We dig into why your brain treats a...
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Episode 116 - The Strange Story Behind The Nobel Prize
Aug 19 2026 • 00:35:04
In today's episode, we're asking a question that's gonna mess with you a little: is luck actually real, or are "lucky" people just paying closer atten...