Episódios

  • Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?
    May 22 2025

    We love popcorn and suspect that most people do too. But do you know why it even pops? Or if it's healthy?

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    46 minutos
  • Short Stuff: William A. Mitchell: Food Inventor
    May 21 2025

    William A. Mitchell invented some iconic snack foods and candies. Learn all about him today!

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    15 minutos
  • Faking Your Own Death: We All Do It, But Why?
    May 20 2025

    Face it, when things get desperate we all consider faking our death as an easy way out. But what they don’t tell you in school is that it’s much harder than it looks, it’s way less glamorous, and you have to pull it off perfectly to not get caught.

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    50 minutos
  • Selects: Night Trap: The Video Game Failure that Changed the Industry
    May 17 2025

    In the early 90s a video game was released that changed the industry, despite poor sales and bad game play. That game was Night Trap. In this classic episode Chuck and Josh present that story.

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    41 minutos
  • The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes
    May 15 2025

    When a man named Cliff packaged book summaries in yellow and black booklets he changed the way kids learned. But was he just creating a cheat code?

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    44 minutos
  • Short Stuff: Figs & Wasps
    May 14 2025

    Today Chuck and Josh look at the interesting relationship between figs and wasps.

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    9 minutos
  • Plant-Based Diets
    May 13 2025

    You don’t have to be a hardcore vegan to eat a plant-based diet (although you can be). There’s a whole variety of degrees people adopt phasing out meat from their plates. One kind is even called flexitarian for goodness sake. Seems pretty welcoming to us.

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    53 minutos
  • Selects: How Ice Cream Works
    May 10 2025

    We all scream for ice cream, sure, but did you know we're all technically screaming about a colloidal foam? As you hit play on this classic episode, prepare for deep cravings that will surely emerge as you learn the history of ice cream, how to make it yourself and lots more.

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    43 minutos