Ranked #1
Goo And You
Goo And You
On a quiet, warm summer day, somewhere in the soil beneath your feet, tucked into a nearby plant, or at the edges of a p... Read more
26 Mar 2020
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18mins
Ranked #2
Space
Space
We begin with Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan, with a story about the Voyager expedition, true love, and a golden record... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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56mins
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Zoos
Zoos
What's with our need to get close to "wildness"? We examine where we stand in this paradox--starting with the Romans, an... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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56mins
Ranked #4
Is Laughter Just A Human Thing?
Is Laughter Just A Human Thing?
Aristotle thought that laughter is what separates us from the beasts, and that a baby does not have a SOUL, until the mo... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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21mins
Ranked #5
KILL EM' ALL
KILL EM' ALL
They buzz. They bite. And they have killed more people than cancer, war, or heart disease. Here’s the question: If you c... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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21mins
Ranked #6
Poop Train
Poop Train
This all started back when we were working on our Guts show, and author Frederick Kaufman told us about getting sucked i... Read more
27 Mar 2020
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21mins
Ranked #7
Holey Cow
Holey Cow
Not long ago, writer Mary Roach got a real hands-on lesson on the gut: she got to stick her hand inside a real live cow ... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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4mins
Ranked #8
Super Cool
Super Cool
When we started reporting a fantastic, surreal story about one very cold night, more than 70 years ago, in northern Russ... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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24mins
Ranked #9
Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing
Math can get pretty loopy, at least when we try to explain it. But according to author Alex Bellos, the most straightfor... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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17mins
Ranked #10
Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom
Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom
When Ian Frazier was a kid, he (like most 6-year-olds) mastered the art of tic tac toe. Pretty soon, every match was a d... Read more
24 Mar 2020
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14mins