Every Little Thing

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Education
Comedy
Science
151
Who Killed Cargo Shorts?
Flora and fact buddy Prashanth talk about spiders, which leads to a cargo short investigation.
23 min
152
Celebrity Crush with Bill Nye
Bill Nye the Science Guy introduces us to an obscure historical figure. Plus, we revisit the eclipse.
24 min
153
The ELT Help Line
Flora and Katherine answer questions from listeners.
23 min
154
Chair, Misunderstood
Learning to love a viral piece of furniture.
21 min
155
Dewey Decimal Drama
The trouble with the library cataloging system. Plus, slug-gate.
21 min
156
Don’t Underestimate the Flamingo
Flora learns facts about the flamingo that change her. #YESflamingo
21 min
157
The Society on Your Face
Get to know your most intimate animal companions. They already know a lot about you.
17 min
158
What the Government Stashes
Rummaging through the nation's attic to find out what the government stores and why.
23 min
159
This Is an Activation
A weird night in Dallas leads us to ask: what kinds of emergency systems are all around us?
24 min
160
The Quest to Wipe Out a Virus
What does it take to eradicate a disease from the planet? Plus, the horrifying hunting habits of weasels.
23 min
161
The Senate Whisperer
How rules can keep us from descending into chaos.
20 min
162
The Hide Rug of the Plant World
Producer Christine Driscoll meets an alleyway plant dealer and discovers an industry right under our noses.
21 min
163
Rapture Chasers
An event in August could bring millions of people to tears.
19 min
164
Hello, We Are Every Little Thing
ELT is here to answer your burning questions.
1 min