Short Stuff: Death Cap Mushroom
The death cap mushroom lives up to its name. It’s a mushroom cap that causes death. Find out why.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
24 Sep 202511min
Tdhtdhtdhtdhtdh: Sound Effects!
Sound effects are one of the unsung parts of any movie or TV show – they’re best when you don’t even notice them making what you see on screen even more real, and when they’re off you notice immediate...
23 Sep 202549min
Selects: Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing
If you’ve ever wandered past what looked like a pile of dog barf on a log during a hike in the woods, you’d just seen slime mold - one of the most perplexing organisms on Earth. Listen to this classic...
20 Sep 202549min
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
As part of our shameful history series, today we dive into the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and into the 70s.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
18 Sep 202540min
Short Stuff: Killing a Dead Body
If you try to kill someone who was already dead is that a bad thing? Yeah? How bad?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
17 Sep 202514min
What was the Four Pests Campaign?
Say one thing about Mao's communist China, they could kill some sparrows. Learn why and how in today's episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16 Sep 202538min
Selects: What's the deal with subpoenas?
Subpoenas are all the rage. But what do they even mean if someone can just ignore it? Learn this and a lot more in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
13 Sep 202551min
You’re So Good At Conversation!
It’s an understated miracle that humans can get across ideas to one another by saying things out loud. We’re strangely good at not constantly talking over each other, interrupting one another, and cor...
11 Sep 202549min
