Every Little Thing
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How to Spot a Spy
Plus, a tribute to the bedazzled sausage of the desert southwest, and more fun with pirates.
19 min
127
The Genius of Birds: Live From the Aspen Ideas ...
Some birds can fashion tools and create tiny works of art, so why do we always underestimate their bird brains?
18 min
128
Clowns and Crows: Weirder and Scarier Than You ...
With fact buddy Prashanth Venkat.
17 min
129
ARRRRR Pirate Peg Legs Really A Thing?
Pirate historian Laura Sook Duncombe tells us about the golden age of pirates. Plus, a tunnel follow up with Dr. Mole: where do the emergency exists in underwater tunnels go?
18 min
130
Are Babies Born With Tails?
Plus, learn how to lie like a dad.
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131
Is There a Secret Sixth Taste?
Plus, flamingos are in a league of their own.
17 min
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Are You Living With a Psychopath?
Is your roommate trying to kill you? Learn how to spot the tell-tale signs of a psychopath.
19 min
133
Who Invented the Scratch Ticket?
Plus, a look at lottery history, and your strangest raffle winnings.
20 min
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Why Does Popcorn Pop?
A kid caller pops the question: How does popcorn pop? Plus, the uncomfortable truth about baby corn.
17 min
135
Public Toilets: To Sit Or To Hover?
Plus, how to pee in zero-G.
19 min
136
Why Are Used Car Ads So INSAAANNNE?
One man is to blame. Plus, vanity plates in the wild: IC A GR8 PL8.
22 min
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Underwater Tunnels: HOW?
How they get that tunnel under there. Plus, a centuries-old scientific debate: why ice is slippery.
18 min
138
Do Dogs Have Belly Buttons?
Plus, dog clothes: where did they come from?
19 min
139
How to Get Paid to Clap on TV
Listener Mack asked about the unfamous people who fill empty seats at the Oscars.
19 min
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Why Does Music Give Us the Chills?
Why do we get goosebumps from music and other emotional experiences?
21 min
141
How Old Is Winnie the Pooh?
No, really - how old is he?
22 min
142
What Would Happen to Your Body in Space?
Plus: which came first, the vacuum or the carpet?
26 min
143
Are "Speed Enforced by Aircraft" Signs a Lie?
First, Flora uncovers a feud about butterflies. Then, a question from the Help Line about aircraft patrol.
21 min
144
Your Bedtime is Killing You
Flora stages a fact intervention with Prashanth.
18 min
145
The Voices Hiding in Your Favorite Movies
Invisible actors create worlds of sound in everything you watch - from Jaws to The Wire.
25 min
146
How to Not Ruin Thanksgiving
Tips for being the #1 guest in the history of the universe. Plus, prunes.
28 min
147
Invasion of the Self-checkout Machines
Self-service began in a Piggly Wiggly 100 years ago. How’d it become a way of life?
22 min
148
The Case of the Missing Armadillos
Flora answers questions from the help line about an armadillo paradox and the DaVinci Code of pasta.
22 min
149
Bonus: Zombie Flamingo
Flora continues to champion the flamingo.
5 min
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Six O'Clock Soundtrack
How TV news got a score.
21 min