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  • New Episodes Coming Soon!
    2018/10/17

    We are about to tape new episodes of Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. You’ll be able to hear them later this year in the Freakonomics Radio podcast feed. Details in this short announcement.

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    2 分
  • An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…
    2017/11/18

    Why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. John McWhorter is co-host; Bari Weiss is live fact-checker.

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    54 分
  • Extra 7: Corrosive Energy Drinks and Peruvian Cat Stew
    2017/11/17

    In this special call-in episode: why some Peruvians eat cats; why operas need repetiteurs; and why we should get rid of prisons. Michael Smerconish (CNN) is co-host; AJ Jacobs (It’s All Relative) checks the facts.

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    49 分
  • Farming Without Sun or Soil and Eating Manna From Heaven
    2017/11/11

    This week, we work on our survival skills: in the desert, on the tundra, and growing food in abandoned warehouses. Actress Sas Goldberg is co-host; A.J. Jacobs (author of It’s All Relative) is live fact-checker.

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    39 分
  • Mind Games
    2017/11/04

    How to make people like you, why you should lick rocks, and what an awkward person is really thinking. Angela Duckworth (Grit author) is co-host; Mike Maughan (Qualtrics) is live fact-checker.

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    48 分
  • Jon Batiste, Gail Simmons, and Strange Smells
    2017/10/28

    Things we learn this week: dogs aren't so great at sniffing, men aren't so lazy, and New York doesn't smell so bad (anymore). Gail Simmons (Top Chef) is co-host; Jon Batiste plays his melodica for us; the live fact-checker is Mike Maughan.

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    56 分
  • All About Bugs (of the Animal and Computer Varieties)
    2017/10/21

    Musical crickets, crop-saving wasps — and why you should pre-bug your software. John McWhorter is co-host; the live fact-checker is Bari Weiss.

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    57 分
  • School Start Times, Brand Names, and Too Much Ground Beef
    2017/10/14

    Alex Wagner (CBS This Morning Saturday, The Atlantic) is our special guest co-host, with AJ Jacobs (author of It's All Relative) as real-time fact-checker. We filled this episode with insights about the true value of ground beef, sleeping in, company names, and more.

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    43 分