Every Little Thing
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Ever Felt Someone’s Pain… In Your Butt?
May your cheeks be ever free — hashtag booboobottom.
25 min
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Memory Game: Did This Meal Really Happen?
Can you ever know if a memory is real?
20 min
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When a Million Ants Come Marching In
A million FLESH-EATING ants.
19 min
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A Message From Flora
There’s been a visit from the flamingo!
1 min
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Dog Show Drama: Is There an Anti-Dachshund Cons...
How come wieners are never winners?
25 min
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Chasing Ghosts: Searching For Endangered Animals
How do we know when an animal is really gone?
18 min
32
Skewed Smells: A Weird COVID Mystery
Can COVID make food smell like burnt hair?
18 min
33
Embarrassing Little Tales: The Finalists
Help us crown a winner.
21 min
34
Space Trash: Is It Coming For Us?
When cosmic crap comes home.
17 min
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Vodka, Spit, and Coke: How to Spring-Clean Like...
Insider tips for getting the funk out.
21 min
36
A Nasal-Gazing Mystery Solved
Plus, an update on the best butts Down Under
21 min
37
How Did Dogs Land in Our Laps?
How’d we go from wolves to barking besties?
22 min
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Hollywood Punches: How to Make a Knockout Sound
Plus, do FBI agents really connect the dots with red string?
19 min
39
Scrabble’s Scramble to the Top
At first, Scrabble was a F-L-O-P.
17 min
40
How Old is Winnie-the-Pooh?
We’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes this week.
22 min
41
How Potatoes Took Over the World
The potato’s twisted route to stewpot domination.
17 min
42
Why Does the Wind Make Me Angry?
Esther Perel helps a caller manage her wind rage.
20 min
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Essential Workers 8 Months Later
Fatigue, stress, and moments of joy — we check back in with essential workers.
26 min
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How To Be Less Clumsy
Find your footing in an obstacle-filled world.
17 min
45
The Dirt on Houseplants
How did they land in our living rooms?
19 min
46
Crashing Your Most Memorable Meals
We asked for stories about meals you can’t forget.
21 min
47
WTF Happened to My Pumpkins?
Plus, a spooky Face ID mystery, and a corn maze maker tells all.
24 min
48
What Sparked That Wildfire?
How fire investigators figure out what caused a blaze.
19 min
49
Why Do We Cry?
Listener Lily wants to know why her face forecast always calls for tears.
20 min
50
Is Your Pet a Righty or a Lefty?
Plus, why don’t slugs have shells?
21 min