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Selects: Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out Jan 30, 2021

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Cultures around the world over the years have been inspired by, then repulsed, then inspired by maggots' ability to heal persistent wounds. We are in an inspired-by phase right now. Learn more in this classic episode.

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How Hydropower Works Jan 28, 2021

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Humans have been stealing energy from flowing water for at least two thousand years. It wasn’t until the advent of electricity that things really got cookin’. All we need to do now is to work out the harmful environmental impacts of this green energy.

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Short Stuff: Vantablack Jan 27, 2021

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How black is vantablack? About as black as you could imagine.

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The KKK: Loathsome Cosplay Rednecks Jan 26, 2021

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The history of the KKK is rooted in hatred and racism, and it still is today. Learn all about these loathsome rednecks today.

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Selects: How Blimps Work Jan 23, 2021

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After newsreels captured the Hindenburg erupting in fire in 1937, the promising development of airship aviation was cut short. Today companies and militaries are taking another look at blimps and the unique qualities that may revive them. Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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Finding the Fenn Treasure Jan 21, 2021

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In 2010 an eccentric art dealer hid a treasure chest with $2 million in valuables somewhere in the Rocky Mountains and published a poem with clues on where to find it. Hence began the most famous treasure hunt in modern times.

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Short Stuff: Necco Jan 20, 2021

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If you think Necco Wafers are the most disgusting candy on the planet, you are not alone. But it turns out there’s a rich history behind those chalky discs that make them fascinating, if horrible.

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What does a tire company know about food? Jan 19, 2021

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The Michelin Guide is an institution. But why does the famous tire manufacturer even put this restaurant guide out? Listen in to find out.

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Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys? Jan 16, 2021

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It was America's most famous family feud, but the history of the Hatfields vs the McCoys is fraught with bias and inaccuracies. Dig into a disagreement in 19th-century Appalachia that became a very big deal around the world, in this classic episode.

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The Science of Cute Jan 14, 2021

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If you took our advice and looked up baby beavers a few episodes back, you probably found them sooooo cute you couldn’t stand it. Or you just wanted to eat them up, which is weird if you think about it. Friend, prepare for the science on that!

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