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Mary Roach (author of Stiff, Spook, Bonk, Gulp, and Grunt) is our special guest co-host, with AJ Jacobs (author of It's All Relative) as real-time fact-checker. If the promise of tractor beams doesn't pull you in, our guests also explore robotic fish, counting to infinity, and more.
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An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…
Extra 7: Corrosive Energy Drinks and Peruvian Cat Stew
Farming Without Sun or Soil and Eating Manna From Heaven
Mind Games
Jon Batiste, Gail Simmons, and Strange Smells
All About Bugs (of the Animal and Computer Varieties)
School Start Times, Brand Names, and Too Much Ground Beef
The Perfect Potato Chip, the Origin of Seltzer, and Why We Eat “Beef” and Not “Cow”
You Say “eye-RACK,” I Say “ear-ROCK”
Womb to Tomb
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Extra 6: A Better Way to End Basketball Games
Extra 5: The Actress Who Never Takes a Sick Day
Extra 4: The Most Renewable Energy of All
Extra 3: The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Rosé Wine
Extra 2: Meet the Senator Who Wants to Start an Evidence-Based Revolution
Extra 1: How the Mafia Got Its Start
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