SmartDrivel
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SmartDrivel is the podcast that promises the drivel and hopes for the smart in every episode. Listeners have described the podcast as funny, quirky, and secretly educational. Join co-hosts Kurt Schneider and Jon Ellenthal as they dig into a wide range of topics drawn from pop culture, history, word play, business, martinis, and more. If you want to impress your friends with your knowledge of the origin of popular phrases, fun facts about pretty much everything, what a contronym is, how beer saved the world, great nicknames, products that accidentally found a market, and pet peeves, then SmartDrivel is the podcast for you.
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S2 E4: Swinging Oysters
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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S2 E3: Pan Am Smile
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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S2 E2: Learn, Rant, Laugh. A Smart Drivel Podcast
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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S2 E1: Season 2 is Here!
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ep:302 Pie vs. Pi (redux)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ep.301: Zarf
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Ep. 300: What’s in a Number?
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Ep.299: Whoa, Jon, Whoa
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ep.298: He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ep.297: Cemetery or Graveyard?
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 296: Famous Last Meals
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ep.295: Opinions Are Like A$&%holes
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ep.294: History Mystery
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Ep.293: Money Makes the World Go ‘Round
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 292: Fuzzy Balls
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 291: Hats Off To You
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 290: So You Think You’re Special?
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 289: Power Couples (redux)
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 288: Surprising Acronyms (redux)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 287: Dumber and Dumb Doesn't Sound Right
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 286: They Taught Us What? (redux)
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 285: If Famous People Were A Cocktail
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 284: Big Bad Ben (redux)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep.283: Ok, You’re Famous…But Really?
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep.282: Why Did We Ever Believe That?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 281: Say that Again? (redux)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep.280: Beware the Small Things
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 279: Cat Got Your Tongue?
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep.278 Murphy’s Law
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 277: Epic Failures (redux)
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 276: What's Gucci (redux)
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ep.275: No Way That is True (redux)
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May 03, 2025 |
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Ep.274: Wait…Wait…What %???!!!
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 273: Men are Stupid
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep.272: Pet Peeve or Pet Pleasure
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 271: Name that Feeling, Part 2
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 270: Name that Feeling, Part 1
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Ep.269:What’s the Difference? (redux)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 268: Pepsi's Navy
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Ep.267: Coincidence? I Think Not.
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep.266: Don’t Testify in Ancient Rome
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 265: The Mandela Effect (redux)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Ep.264: The Great Emu War of 1932
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 263: 11 Days That Never Happened
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep.262: Tech Chicken Littles
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 261: The Secret Lives of Everyday Products
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Ep.260: How Beer Saved the World (redux)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Ep.259: The Shape of Things
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Ep.258: Dirty Sounding Words
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Ep.257: Well, How About That! (redux)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 256: The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 255: Who Lives At That Address?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 254: Monumental Secrets
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Ep.253: Old Words We Really Don't Use Anymore (redux)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Ep.252: To Err is Human
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ep.251: The Mighty Toothpick
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 250: Ten Billion Donuts (redux)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 249: Up a River Without a Paddle (But not in Saudi Arabia)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Ep.248 Cube Shaped Poop
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep.247: Back to Square One and Other Fun Phrases
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Ep.246: Crazy Election Stories
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Ep.245: I Have To Empty the Lint?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 234: Creepy Nursery Rhymes (redux)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep.233: Pamplemousse (redux)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Ep.232 Surprising Facts About the U.S. Presidents (redux)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep.231: More Fun Phrases (redux)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Ep.230: Little Known Facts (redux)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Ep.229: Fads Gone By (redux)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep.288: Solo Synchronized Swimming
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Ep.227: THAT'S Against the Law?
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ep.226: Rhinos Give You Warts
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Ep.225: Idiom or Idiot?
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Ep.224: Superlatives (redux)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Ep.223: Fun Facts About Words
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Ep.222: Words Are Funny Things
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Ep.221: The Inquisition, Part 2
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ep.220: The Inquisition, Part 1
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Ep.219: Max Peevish
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 218: Gifts to the World, Part 2
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 217: Gifts to the World, Part 1
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 216: My Life As A Dog (redux)
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 215: The U-Turn Controversy
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 214: Feeling Gruntled
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 213: Contronyms (redux)
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May 06, 2024 |
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Ep.212: Winston Churchill and White Elephants
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Ep.211: The Yeti and Twinkies (redux)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 210: To Waffle or Not to Waffle
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep.209: Anachronistic Sayings
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 208: Stop Saying That (redux)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 207: Euro-Weirded Out
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Ep.206: Happy Fill in the Blank Day
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep.205 Ode to the Commode
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 204:From Wars to Stores (redux)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep.203: Could That Really Happen?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep.202: Do you Believe in Miracles?
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep.201: Forever Linked
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Ep.200: Milestone Mania
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep.199: Oh, Brother!
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Ep.198: Art is Everywhere (redux)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep.197: Getting Stoned
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Ep.196_The Hatfields and McCoys
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep.195 Famous Pairs (redux)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep.194: It’s All Greek To Us (redux)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Ep.193: Beer Me
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Ep.192: Underappreciated States (Redux)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Ep.191: The Chicken or the Egg?
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Ep.190: Table for Ten
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Ep.189: Well, How About That!
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Ep.188: Great Nicknames (redux)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ep.187: Say That Again?
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Ep.186: Bumping Gums
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ep.185: Hypothetically Speaking
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Ep.184 British or American (redux)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Ep 183: More of History's Mysteries
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Ep.182: The Curious Case of the Dickie
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 181: The Mustache
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 180: Marie Antoinette Eats Cake in London?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 179: Puking Shakespeare
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Ep.178: Power Couples
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Ep.177: Your Next Hangover
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 176: True Colors
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode 175: Archibald Leach
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 174: Who Buys This Stuff?
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Episode 173: Silver Medals
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 172: What's Gucci?
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Ep.171: Perfection
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Episode 170: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at First
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 169: Fun Phrases 3 (redux)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 168: “What’s the Motto with You?” (redux)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Ep.167: Blueberries Make You Smarter
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Ep.166: Formula 409
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 165: Deep Thoughts
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 164: The Pros and Cons of Social Media (Redux)
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May 29, 2023 |
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Ep.163: Conspiracies Gone Wild
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May 21, 2023 |
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Ep.162: Ode to the Darwin Awards
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May 15, 2023 |
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Ep.161: “Again with the God’s Mistakes?”
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ep.160: Dazzling Facts
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May 01, 2023 |
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Ep.159: The Mandela Effect
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Ep.158: Hoax me? Hoax You!
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Ep.157: Greatest April Fool’s Pranks
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Ep.156: Fictional Travel Companions
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Ep.155: ChatGPT Takes Over
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Ep.154: Auction Lunacy
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ep.153: Creepy Nursery Rhymes
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Ep.152: Famous Last Words
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep.151: Surprising Facts about the Presidents
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Ep.150: Back to the Future
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Ep.149: The New Rules
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ep.148: The Quaker Oats Pinhole Camera
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Ep.147: Trivia Bowl
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Ep.146: Phobia Madness
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ep.145: Game Changing Business Inventions
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Ep.144: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Ep.143: The Quintessence (redux)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Ep.142: Homophones (redux)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 141: You Just Can’t Pass It Up
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Ep.140: Go Banana Slugs
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Ep.139: Dining Dinosaurs
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Ep.138: Accidental Products (redux)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Ep.137: A Baker’s Dozen
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Ep.136: No Way That is True
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Ep.135: Stupid Questions
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Ep.134: Contronyms
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Ep.133: It’s Just Not True
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Ep.132: You Are Hungover. Now What? (redux)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 131: The Mirror is Wrong
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Ep.130: Words No More
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Episode 129: New Words (according to the dictionary)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Ep.128: Acronyms…RSVP required (get it?)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Ep127: What the hell are you wearing? (redux)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Ep.126: The Catharsis
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Ep.125: Brands Gone Wild
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Ep.124: New York New York?
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Ep.123: What’s In a Name?
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Ep.122: Fatal Attraction
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Ep.121: Epic Failures
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Ep.120: Final Jeopardy
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Ep.119: Chances Are
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 118: Copy Cats
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Ep.117: Power Couples
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Ep.116: What’s Up, Doc?
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Ep.115: God’s Mistakes (redux)
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Episode 114: Feast or Famine (redux)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Ep.113: Wrecked Up Like a Douche (redux)
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Ep.112: Sayings That Make No Sense (redux)
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May 30, 2022 |
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Ep.111: Cocktails (redux)
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May 23, 2022 |
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Ep.110: Wordle, Quordle, Schmordle
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May 16, 2022 |
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Ep.109 Underrated Inventions (Part 2) (Redux)
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May 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 108: The Most Underrated Inventions (Part 1) (Redux)
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May 02, 2022 |
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Ep.107: Fun Phrases (redux)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Ep.106: Common Misperceptions (redux)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Ep.105: Art is Everywhere
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Ep.104: Pamplemousse
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Ep.103: Hank & Lip Balm
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Ep.102: Ideal Vacations in History (Redux)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 101: You Call That A Sport?
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Ep.100: The 100th Episode
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Ep.99: Stump me? Stump you.
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Ep.98: Did I Stump You?
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Ep.97: They Taught us What?
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Ep.96: Check Your Rolodex
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Ep.95: Big Bad Ben
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Ep.94: Barbers or Barbarians?
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Ep.93: Stop Playing With Your Doodlesack
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Ep.92: Your Next Hangover
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Ep.91: You Get Paid For That?
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Ep.90: That Was Awful
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Ep.89: Deceptively Named Foods
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Ep.88: Thumbs Up or FU?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 87: Tale of the Tape: 1960s vs. Today
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Ep.86: For All Intensive Purposes
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Ep.85: It’s All Greek To Us
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Ep.84: I Put a Spell on You
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Ep.82: What Would You Try?
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Ep.81: Big Little Things
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Ep.80: Did You Smell That?
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Ep.79: Do Not Pass Go
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Ep.78: Raindrops on Roses
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Bonus Episode: The After 30 Podcast Guest Appearance
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Ep.76: Things We Can Live Without
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Ep.75: Ten Billion Donuts
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Ep.74: Blowing Smoke
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Ep.73: Fondue For You
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 72:History's Mysteries
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Ep.71: Bet You Didn’t Know
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Ep.70: From Wars to Stores
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Ep.69: Rip City
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Ep.68: They Sang What?
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Ep.67: A Good Ol’ Chinwag
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Ep.66: Survival of the Drivelest
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Ep.65: Mind Blowing Stuff
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Ep.64: Bigfoot and Twinkies
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Ep.63: The 100mph Sneeze
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May 31, 2021 |
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Ep.62: You Ate What?
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May 24, 2021 |
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Ep.61: Crazy Word Origins
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May 17, 2021 |
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Ep.60: More Pet Peeves
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May 10, 2021 |
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Ep.59: Road Trip
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May 03, 2021 |
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Ep.58: Were the Jetsons right?
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Ep.57: My Life As A Dog
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Ep.56: Sayings That Make No Sense
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Ep.55: Abandoned Products
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Ep.54: Forgotten Heroes
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Ep.53: Fun Little Known Facts
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Ep.52: Strange Rituals
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Ep.51: How Beer Saved the World
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Ep.50: Dinner Party for the Ages
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Ep.49: Foods Gone Wrong
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Ep.48: What if?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Ep.47: The Quintessence
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Ep.46: Jobs That No Longer Exist
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Ep.45: This or That? #2
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Ep.44: Two Truths and a Lie
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Ep.43: Leaving on a Jet Plane
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Ep.42: What’s the Difference?
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Ep. 41: God’s Mistakes
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Ep.40: Big Little Pains
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Ep.39: Surprising Acronyms
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Ep. 38: Accidental Products
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Ep.37: If You Could
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 36: Superlatives
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Ep.35: Fun Phrases 3
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Ep.34: Common Misconceptions
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Ep.33: Great Nicknames
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Ep. 32: What's the Motto With You?
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Ep. 31: Stop Saying That
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Ep. 30: British vs. American
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Ep29: The Ideal Main Street
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Ep28: Who’s the Oxymoron?
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Ep.27: Cocktails
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Ep.26: This? Or That?
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Ep.25: Who is She?
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Ep.24: Vacations in History
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Ep.23: Shipwrecked
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Ep.22: Homophones
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Ep:21 Borrowed Foreign Words
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Ep. 20: More Fun Phrases
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 19: Little Known Facts
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Ep.18: Favorite Movies
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Ep.17: Fun Phrases
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Ep. 16: The Most Underrated Inventions (Part 2)
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Ep.15: Underrated Inventions, Part 1
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Ep. 14: The Aliens’ Perspective
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Ep.13: Moon Men
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Ep.12: Fads Gone By
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May 25, 2020 |
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Ep.11: The Dinner Party
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May 18, 2020 |
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Ep. 10: Famous Pairs
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May 11, 2020 |
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Ep. 9: American Pastimes
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May 04, 2020 |
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Ep. 8: The Pros & Cons of Social Media
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Ep. 7: Best Decades
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 6: TV Shows of our Youth
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Old Words
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 4: Underappreciated States
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Ep. 3: The Joy of Sandwiches
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Ep. 2: Pet Peeves
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Ep. 1: History of Pie and Pi
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Mar 25, 2020 |