Every Little Thing
Why do we cry? Did cavemen really carry clubs? Can swearing make you stronger? On ELT, you call with a question, we find you an answer. Our helpline is open 24-7. Call 833-RING-ELT or send an audio message to elt@gimletmedia.com.
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Travel Secrets: Airplane Seats, Cheap Gas, Dirt...
Your lingering questions about planes, strains and automobiles.
23 min
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Can You Learn to Taste Better?
Don’t think about liking it. Analyze it!
22 min
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Ever Felt Someone’s Pain… In Your Butt?
May your cheeks be ever free — hashtag booboobottom.
26 min
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Ants: Tiny Brains, Full Hearts
How ants help each other out and why, with Wendy Zukerman, host of Science Vs.
26 min
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Twinspiracies: The Truth About Twinspeak and More
Secret languages, ESP, and other twinquiries investigated.
27 min
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Sinkholes: How Scared Should I Be? Plus, Amy Se...
Does your pet rabbit love you? Amy Sedaris has answers.
21 min
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Spiders: How Many Can There Be?
What happens when millions of spiders gather? Find out on Eerie Little Thing.
23 min
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Grand Theft Water Lily
The dirt on a high-profile plant heist.
20 min
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Nail Polish Naming: Who Does That?
Meet the cuticle queen behind some of the best names in nail polish.
22 min
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Alien Invasion: How Little Green Men Took Over
How did a saucer-eyed petite green man become the stand-in for all of alienkind?
23 min
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Limbo: The Haunting Backstory of Getting Low
ELT traces limbo's rise.
23 min
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Putting a Phantom Tune to Rest
Listeners help Austin find the song in his head.
14 min
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How to Get Rid of an Earworm
Why some tunes get stuck in your head, and a trick for dislodging them.
25 min
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Fruit Flies: Seriously, Where Do They Come From?
How did these flies land in our lives?
20 min
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Don't Underestimate the Flamingo
Why this spindly-legged pink bird deserves respect.
21 min
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TSA Treasure Chest: What Happens To Your Confis...
ELT finds out where millions of pounds of pocketknives, sunscreen and snow globes end up.
22 min
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Public Toilets: To Sit or To Hover?
Plus, who killed cargo shorts?
27 min
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Baseball and Organ Music: How’d That Happen?
Plus, meet the woman who made walk-up music a thing.
27 min
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What Lurks Under Our Cities?
Plus, meet the underdog of the prairie.
22 min
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Tooth Worms and Tooth Pullers: Dentistry’s Rott...
ELT exposes the roots of tooth care.
23 min
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F-ck Yeah: Can Cursing Make You Stronger?
Plus, how swear words stay powerful.
26 min
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Pink for Girls, Blue for Boys — Why?
Plus, an update on ELT’s campaign to inspire the world’s first flamingo mascot.
27 min
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Cockpit Confessions: The Truth About Airplane M...
Answers to your burning air travel questions from the flight crew.
25 min
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Buried Treasure: How to Make the Most of Your B...
ELT unearths the tale of the largest buried treasure ever found in North America.
26 min
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Behind the Pompoms: Cheerleading’s Checkered Pa...
ELT looks at the battle to define cheerleading.
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