Part-Time Genius

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 Nov 10, 2020
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Will and Mango have lots of questions. Will we ever live without sleep? How do rats keep outsmarting humans? Where are the sunniest tax havens to hide your money? Join these Part-Time Geniuses as they dive into ridiculous topics... and discover some pretty smart stuff along the way.

Episode Date
Was Sandra Day O'Connor Our Last Independent Justice?
Dec 01, 2023
9 Starch-tastic Facts about Potatoes!
Jul 15, 2022
9 Chomp-worthy facts about Alligators
Apr 30, 2022
9 Surprising Things Invented by Women
Mar 08, 2021
What's the World's Most Ridiculous Video Game?
Sep 01, 2020
What's the Correct Way for a Queen to Eat a Banana?
Aug 21, 2020
What's So Bad about the Philistines?
May 01, 2020
9 Weird Things Hiding Underground
Apr 20, 2020
9 Absurd Inventions You (Probably) Won't See on Shark Tank
Apr 07, 2020
9 Stompy Facts about Godzilla
Apr 03, 2020
How did P. T. Barnum Trick the World into Riding Elevators?
Mar 30, 2020
9 Oddball Comic Book Characters (Who Won't Be Getting Their Own Movie)
Mar 25, 2020
What did Teddy Roosevelt do to Dr. Seuss?!
Feb 19, 2020
Fan Favorite: 9 Reasons to Love Raccoons (Yes, Raccoons)
Dec 30, 2019
Fan Favorite: Why are Russians so good at Chess?
Dec 26, 2019
Fan Favorite: What are the Secret Rules the Royal Family has to Obey?
Dec 23, 2019
9 Ridiculous Things about "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Dec 19, 2019
What are the Craziest Applications for Lasers? (Including washing your dishes!)
Dec 18, 2019
Why Does New Zealand Have an Official Wizard?
Dec 05, 2019
Fan Favorite: How did Charlie Brown win over America?
Nov 27, 2019
Do Lucky Charms Really Work? (Plus, other ways to get the upper hand)
Nov 14, 2019
Did a Volcano Eruption Really Help Invent the Bicycle?
Nov 07, 2019
Halloween Special: The Mystery Show!
Oct 31, 2019
How do Dollar Stores stay in Business? 
Oct 23, 2019
Who Invented the Dunce Cap? (And other unusual School Supplies)
Oct 16, 2019
How did settlers create New Orleans from swampland?
Aug 26, 2019
Is a Funny Boss better for your Workplace? (And other Secrets from Office Culture!)
Aug 16, 2019
Are Pigeons Smarter Than They Look?
Jul 11, 2019
Fan Favorite: Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?
Jun 20, 2019
Fan Favorite: What are the Movie Industry's Biggest Secrets?
Jun 07, 2019
Why did the Inventor of Shopping Malls Hate Malls?
May 28, 2019
How Close Are We to Resurrecting a Woolly Mammoth?
May 10, 2019
How did Thurgood Marshall become such an Incredible Lawyer?
Apr 26, 2019
Fan Favorite: How Did Wine Fraud Become Such a Big Business?
Apr 12, 2019
Fan Favorite: How does Rick Steves Think You Should Travel?
Mar 22, 2019
Fan Favorite: How Do People Game the Lottery?
Mar 15, 2019
Fan Favorite: What's the Science of Painkillers?
Mar 07, 2019
What are the Greatest Things We Didn't Know about Brazil?
Mar 01, 2019
Fan Favorite: What Makes the Happiest Places on Earth?
Feb 22, 2019
Did (Everyone's Favorite Frenchman) Lafayette Really Save America?
Feb 16, 2019
9 Valentine's Day Facts You'll Want to Share
Feb 14, 2019
9 Delightful Corners of the Internet
Feb 08, 2019
How Did Jacques Cousteau Fall in Love with the Sea?
Feb 05, 2019
9 Things Hiding on your Money
Jan 31, 2019
What does Plastic Surgery have to do with the Civil War?
Jan 25, 2019
9 Wonderful Wintertime Inventions
Jan 25, 2019
Why Can’t You Copyright a Chicken Sandwich?
Jan 18, 2019
The Surprising Origins of 9 TV Spin-Offs
Jan 16, 2019
Fan Favorite: Will Coffee Make Me Live Longer?
Jan 11, 2019
Why Did Ben Franklin Look Up to Genghis Khan?
Jan 10, 2019
Fan Favorite: 9 Very Important Facts about Bears
Jan 04, 2019
Fan Favorite: Why Were These Books Banned?
Jan 02, 2019
9 Christmas Tree Facts that are totally lit!
Dec 20, 2018
Fan Favorite: What's Everyday life like on Antarctica?
Dec 19, 2018
9 Great Facts about People Named Tony
Dec 14, 2018
What are the Secret Rules the Royal Family has to Obey?
Dec 13, 2018
Fan Favorite: Why is it more dangerous to be a Park Ranger than an FBI Agent?
Dec 07, 2018
9 Cocktail Facts to Enjoy Shaken or Stirred!
Dec 06, 2018
9 Reasons to Love Raccoons (Yes, Raccoons)
Nov 30, 2018
How did Charlie Brown win over America?
Nov 28, 2018
Fan Favorite: Was Mister Rogers the Best Neighbor Ever?
Nov 21, 2018
9 Deliciously Cheesy Facts about Nachos
Nov 20, 2018
Why are Russians so good at Chess?
Nov 16, 2018
Why did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?
Nov 09, 2018
9 Things about Unicorns, Zombies and... Darth Baggins?!
Nov 07, 2018
Were Ninjas Actually Good at Hiding?
Nov 02, 2018
Fan Favorite: 9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in your Pillowcases!
Oct 31, 2018
Fan Favorite: What are the Weirdest Experiments in Science?
Oct 26, 2018
Things for Rich People (that were Originally for Poor People)
Oct 25, 2018
Why Are We So Fascinated by the Titanic?
Oct 19, 2018
How did North Korea become such a Scary Place?
Oct 17, 2018
What are the Best Fall Festivals in America?
Oct 14, 2018
Fan Favorite: What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Japan?
Oct 11, 2018
Who's the Greatest Pirate of All-Time?
Oct 05, 2018
Fan Favorite: 9 Weirdest things Intentionally Buried by People
Oct 04, 2018
Can Showing Gratitude Help You Live Longer?
Oct 03, 2018
9 Facts to Get You in the Apple-Picking Mood
Sep 28, 2018
Secrets from the World’s Most Unique Airports
Sep 26, 2018
The Controversial Origins of Famous Dance Moves
Sep 21, 2018
9 Genius-Approved Ways to Avoid Writer's Block
Sep 20, 2018
What are the Strangest Mating Habits in the Animal Kingdom?
Sep 20, 2018
How do you Build a Civilization from Scratch?
Sep 15, 2018
Fan Favorite: Will we ever Travel Faster than Light Speed?
Sep 14, 2018
What's the Secret Science Behind Whales?
Sep 13, 2018
Inside the Secret World of Hotel Operations
Sep 07, 2018
How Did LEGO Take Over the World?
Sep 05, 2018
What are the Greatest Stories from the Appalachian Trail?
Aug 31, 2018
9 Outrageous Stories about Cars
Aug 30, 2018
What is time? And why do we rely on Greenwich for it?
Aug 29, 2018
Fan Favorite: Is Exercising to Lose Weight a Myth?
Aug 24, 2018
9 Unusual Instruments Worth Trumpeting About
Aug 23, 2018
What's the Science Behind Introverts?
Aug 22, 2018
Fan Favorite: What are the most Surprising Jobs at the White House?
Aug 17, 2018
9 Surprising Ways Celebrities Made Money
Aug 16, 2018
Who are the Secret Inspirations for these Characters?
Aug 15, 2018
How Did Dolly Parton Become Such a Legend?
Aug 13, 2018
9 Wonderful Grammar Stories for Language Nerds (like Us!)
Aug 10, 2018
What are Allergies and How Close Are We to a Cure?
Aug 08, 2018
What are the Most Important Moments in Dog History?
Aug 03, 2018
9 Fascinating Facts about Money
Aug 02, 2018
Fan Favorite: What are the Most Incredible Things the Human Body Can Do?
Aug 01, 2018
Who is America's Worst President?
Jul 27, 2018
Fan Favorite: 9 Hilarious Monuments (probably) not worth the Road Trip
Jul 26, 2018
Is your Grocery Store Trying to Manipulate You? (Plus, how a Piggly Wiggly inspired the Hoggly Woggly)
Jul 25, 2018
What are the Secrets of the World’s Largest Birds?
Jul 20, 2018
9 Weird and Incredible Rule Changes
Jul 19, 2018
Fan Favorite: Are we in the middle of a Rudeness Epidemic?
Jul 18, 2018
What's the Science of Changing Someone's Mind?
Jul 13, 2018
9 Incredible Inventors You'll Want to Meet
Jul 12, 2018
How did Nickelodeon Revolutionize Television?
Jul 11, 2018
What are the Movie Industry's Biggest Secrets?
Jul 06, 2018
9 Soccer-ish Facts about the World Cup
Jul 05, 2018
What’s so special about Twins?
Jul 04, 2018
Fan Favorite: Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?
Jun 30, 2018
How Close are we to Curing Alzheimer's?
Jun 29, 2018
9 Surprising Origin Stories Behind Corporate Mascots
Jun 28, 2018
What's the Greatest World's Fair of All-Time?
Jun 27, 2018
Fan Favorite: Who was the Woman Behind American Codebreaking?
Jun 22, 2018
9 Surprising Restaurants We Can't Stop Talking About
Jun 21, 2018
Why Are Kids So Attracted to Shel Silverstein's Poetry?
Jun 20, 2018
Are Dad Jokes Actually Good For Kids’ Brains?
Jun 16, 2018
What are the Best Shoes for Atheists, Marathon Runners, and Criminals?
Jun 15, 2018
How Do People Game the Lottery?
Jun 13, 2018
Fan Favorite: What's the Science of Invisibility?
Jun 08, 2018
9 Highly Unusual Courting Techniques
Jun 07, 2018
Why Do Sharks Get Such a Bad Rap?
Jun 06, 2018
Is the Earth really Running Out of Sand, Dirt and Bacon?
Jun 01, 2018
9 Deliciously Frosty facts about Ice Cream
May 31, 2018
How Did MythBusters Work?
May 30, 2018
Will Coffee Make Me Live Longer?
May 25, 2018
9 Highly Specific Robots You Need to Meet
May 25, 2018
Fan Favorite: What are the Greatest Secrets Hiding in the Vatican?
May 23, 2018
Who's Going to Put a Colony on Mars First?
May 18, 2018
9 Somewhat Tasteful Facts about Salad!
May 17, 2018
What's the Science Behind the Perfect Party?
May 16, 2018
9 Surprising Facts about Moms
May 12, 2018
What do we actually Know about J. Edgar Hoover?
May 11, 2018
Why Were These Books Banned?
May 10, 2018
What are the Weirdest Experiments in Science?
May 04, 2018
9 Very Important Facts about Bears
May 03, 2018
Can Spicy Foods Make Us Live Longer?
May 02, 2018
How did the Avocado Conquer the World?
Apr 27, 2018
9 Mouth-puckering Stories about Pickles!
Apr 26, 2018
How did Sesame Street Change TV Forever?
Apr 25, 2018
What Does Stress Really do to our Bodies?
Apr 20, 2018
9 Incredible Stories about Accountants! (Yes, Accountants.)
Apr 19, 2018
Do Superstar Athletes Have Superior Brains?
Apr 18, 2018
Are there Benefits to Procrastinating?
Apr 13, 2018
9 Incredible Classic Toys (and How They've Changed)
Apr 12, 2018
What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Hawaii?
Apr 11, 2018
Why is it more dangerous to be a Park Ranger than an FBI Agent?
Apr 06, 2018
9 Fresh Ideas in Science
Apr 05, 2018
What Makes Waffle House Such a Brilliant Business?
Apr 04, 2018
How Could All These Things Possibly Happen on One Weekend?!
Mar 31, 2018
How Did Wine Fraud Become Such a Big Business?
Mar 30, 2018
9 Crazy Newspapers Worth Getting Your Hands On
Mar 29, 2018
What's the Science of Anger?
Mar 28, 2018
Why Doesn't Disney Celebrate these Princesses?
Mar 23, 2018
9 Last Words worth Remembering
Mar 22, 2018
How Did Google Get Its Start?
Mar 21, 2018
What's the Science of Painkillers?
Mar 16, 2018
9 Incredible Stories Imported from Remote Islands
Mar 15, 2018
Why do Cats get such a Bad Rap?
Mar 14, 2018
Why do NASCAR fans drive trucks and Formula One fans drive yachts?
Mar 09, 2018
9 Rinkrinkerfink Facts about Dr. Seuss
Mar 08, 2018
Where do the World's Best Band Names Come From?
Mar 07, 2018
Will we ever Cure Blindness?
Mar 02, 2018
What are the World's Weirdest Theme Restaurants?
Mar 01, 2018
How did WHAM-O become America's Greatest Novelty Toy Company?
Feb 28, 2018
Are we in the Middle of a Rudeness Epidemic?
Feb 23, 2018
9 Leafy Facts about Houseplants
Feb 22, 2018
Why are Humans so Obsessed with Chocolate?
Feb 21, 2018
What are the Most Incredible Technologies Coming Soon(-ish)?
Feb 16, 2018
9 Delightful Facts about Office Supplies
Feb 15, 2018
How did Putin come to power?
Feb 14, 2018
How does Rick Steves Think You Should Travel?
Feb 09, 2018
9 Outstanding Facts About Aussie Animals
Feb 08, 2018
What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Japan?
Feb 07, 2018
Is Flu Season Really as Dangerous as We're Told?
Feb 02, 2018
9 Thrilling Mysteries... Solved!
Feb 01, 2018
How Chinese is our Chinese Food?
Jan 31, 2018
How did Reference Books Shape Civilization? (And what will their death mean?)
Jan 26, 2018
9 Head-spinning Facts about Hats
Jan 25, 2018
Is Recycling Worth the Hassle?
Jan 24, 2018
What was the Golden Age of Hijacking?
Jan 19, 2018
9 Wacky Facts about the Marx Brothers
Jan 18, 2018
How did the Winter Olympics change Sports?
Jan 17, 2018
Is the Kraft Single America's Greatest Invention?
Jan 12, 2018
9 Snowy Facts to get you through your Snow Day
Jan 11, 2018
What's the Science of Perfect Timing?
Jan 10, 2018
9 Facts About Buttons that Aren't Nuclear
Jan 04, 2018
What are some Easy Tricks to Improve Your Life in 2018?
Jan 03, 2018
Will we ever Travel Faster than Light Speed?
Dec 29, 2017
9 Things to Look forward to in 2018
Dec 28, 2017
What are the Strangest, Craziest Sounds in the Universe?
Dec 27, 2017
What are the most Surprising Jobs at the White House?
Dec 22, 2017
9 Cat Facts in Honor of National Cat Herder's Day!
Dec 21, 2017
What's the Secret to Nintendo's Success?
Dec 20, 2017
Does Trash Talking Really Work?
Dec 18, 2017
What Makes the Happiest Places on Earth?
Dec 15, 2017
9 Sloth Facts Worth Clinging To
Dec 14, 2017
What are the Most Incredible Things the Human Body can do?
Dec 08, 2017
9 Piping Hot Facts about Bath Tubs
Dec 07, 2017
Are We Eating Sushi All Wrong?
Dec 06, 2017
Is there a Rosy Future for Libraries?
Dec 01, 2017
9 Prize-winning Facts about Game Shows
Nov 30, 2017
Why don't Squid and Octopus Get More Love?
Nov 29, 2017
How did the Sears catalog take over the world?
Nov 24, 2017
9 Ridiculous Thanksgiving Facts to Pass Around the Table
Nov 23, 2017
Was Mister Rogers the Best Neighbor Ever?
Nov 22, 2017
Are Truckers the Backbone of the US Economy?
Nov 17, 2017
9 Hilarious Monuments (probably) not worth the Road Trip
Nov 16, 2017
Who Was the Woman Behind American Codebreaking?
Nov 15, 2017
What are the Greatest Cookbooks on American Shelves?
Nov 10, 2017
How Big is Amazon?
Nov 08, 2017
Is China the Next Green Superpower?
Nov 03, 2017
9 Mustache Facts to Kick off Movember!
Nov 02, 2017
What are the only 10 Foods You'd Need to Survive?
Nov 01, 2017
What's Everyday life like on Antarctica?
Oct 27, 2017
9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in your Pillowcases!
Oct 26, 2017
What's so great about Canada? (Spoiler: Lots of things!)
Oct 25, 2017
What are the World’s Worst Jobs?
Oct 20, 2017
9 Disney Facts to Work into Conversations Immediately!
Oct 19, 2017
Why don't we use Rockets to Send Mail Anymore?
Oct 18, 2017
Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?
Oct 13, 2017
9 Mouthwatering Facts about Sandwiches
Oct 12, 2017
How Big is the US Military?
Oct 11, 2017
What's it take to be a Superfan?
Oct 06, 2017
The 9 Weirdest Things Intentionally Buried By People
Oct 05, 2017
Are Bananas Going Extinct?
Oct 04, 2017
What's the Secret to a Better Prison System?
Sep 29, 2017
BONUS: 9 Strange, Fun and Wonderful Non-Profits we Just Learned About
Sep 28, 2017
What will Computer Implants do for our Brains?
Sep 27, 2017
Which Country has the Secret to the Smartest Students?
Sep 22, 2017
Bonus: 9 Facts about Rich People and/or Sigourney Weaver
Sep 21, 2017
Why do Democrats like Coke and Republicans like Pepsi? (and other Revelations from the Cola Wars)
Sep 20, 2017
What Does the Internet Know About You?
Sep 15, 2017
Bonus: 9 Super Facts Hiding in your Supermarket
Sep 14, 2017
What Invention Deserves Way More Credit Than We Give It?
Sep 13, 2017
Can you Game a Dog Show?
Sep 08, 2017
How to Build the Ultimate Theme Park
Sep 06, 2017
What's the Science of Invisibility?
Sep 01, 2017
Does Pizza Bring Out the Worst In People?
Aug 30, 2017
Bonus: 9 Facts to Make You Smile
Aug 28, 2017
What’s the Best Day of the Week?
Aug 25, 2017
What should you Plant in your Poisonous Garden?
Aug 23, 2017
What are the Strangest College Classes We Desperately Want to Take?
Aug 18, 2017
Who's gonna live to 100?
Aug 16, 2017
Bonus: I need some Weird Eclipse Facts, pronto! Please Help!
Aug 14, 2017
Why is IKEA obsessed with building a Better Meatball?
Aug 11, 2017
How Do Con Artists Keep Fooling Us?
Aug 09, 2017
What are our favorite secrets about the Vatican?
Aug 04, 2017
What are the Weirdest Things the Government Invests In?
Aug 02, 2017
What Does the Future of Water Look Like?
Jul 28, 2017
Are We Really Breathing Julius Caesar's Last Breath?
Jul 26, 2017
Is Exercising to Lose Weight a Myth?
Jul 21, 2017
Do Personality Tests Work?
Jul 19, 2017
What's the Most American Place in the World? (Outside the States, that is)
Jul 14, 2017
How the Boy Scouts Conquered America
Jul 12, 2017
Why Are We Obsessed with World Records?
Jul 07, 2017
Your Weird Summer Travel Guide!
Jul 05, 2017
Is Flavor Really All In Your Brain?
Jun 30, 2017
Who's our Weirdest President?
Jun 28, 2017
Can We Feed 10 Billion?
Jun 23, 2017
Let's Build the Ultimate Superhero Animal!
Jun 21, 2017
Why is Ayn Rand a Political Rock Star?
Jun 16, 2017
How Clean Should We Be?
Jun 14, 2017
Will We Ever Live Without Sleep?
Jun 07, 2017
Why Have Rats Outsmarted Us For So Long?
Jun 07, 2017
Is Cryonics Really a Thing?
Jun 07, 2017
What are the Sunniest Places to Hide My Taxes?
Jun 07, 2017
Episode Zero: Hi There, From Part-Time Genius!
Jun 01, 2017