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Joe Rhodes - Unmoored, Part I
30 januari 2025 · 26 min
Joe Rhodes is a former journalist that is writing about his experiences on the Villa Vie Odyssey, a cruise ship that has just embarked on a 3 & 1/2 year voyage. It hasn't all been smooth sailing. We talk to him about his experience. This is part one of a multi-part series we are running on our premium feed -- part II comes out next week! Lees meer
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Donny Talks About Toilets
16 januari 2025 · 35 min
We've had maybe a dozen submissions from people who reached out to us with questions about public restrooms. Specifically: why are they designed so poorly? And how gross are they actually? Alex and Hyperfixed Producer Amor Yates investigate. Lees meer
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LINKS:
Toilet: The Public Restroom and the Politics of Sharing.
The American Restroom Association
The Germ Files: The Surprising Ways Microbes Can Improve Your Health and Life (and How to Protect Yourself from the Bad Ones)
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Folklore (Kyle's Version)
2 januari 2025 · 37 min
This week, Kyle asks us whether a bit of folk wisdom, passed down through generations, is actually true, and once again we end up in a big philosophical discussion about the nature of knowledge and stuff. Lees meer
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LINKS:
Adam Savage's YouTube Channel Tested
Adam Savage's own Savage Indusries tape measure
The Lufkin Night Eye Tape Measure (again, this is not a sponsorship -- just what Adam recommends)
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Kristin Has Doubts
19 december 2024 · 38 min
This week - Kristin asks us for help on one of the most difficult decisions she'll ever have to make. Lees meer
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Dylan Matthews: 23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better
Our World in Data
Robert De Neufville's substack "Telling the Future"
How to become a Superforecaster
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Casey Wants to Believe
5 december 2024 · 32 min
This week - Casey has been chasing the origin of a very specific piece of ephemera for years. He came to us for help. Lees meer
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Busy Beaver Button MuseumThe Button in Question (Spoilers! don't look until the episode is done!)
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Dylan's Supermarket Cold Case
21 november 2024 · 24 min
On this episode, Dylan is concerned about something going on at the grocery store, but he's not quite sure how concerned he should be. That's where we step in. Lees meer
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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe Podcast
Paco Underhill's Why we Buy: The Science of Shopping
Jamie Loftus's 16 Minute Podcast
If you would like to call your grocery store about the energy they're wasting
Contact Walmart (and Sam's Club)
Contact Costco
Contact Kroger
(they also own: Baker’s, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Foods Co, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Gerbes, Jay C Food Store, King Soopers, Mariano’s, Metro Market, Pay-Less Super Markets, Pick’n Save, QFC, Ralphs, Ruler, Smith’s Food and Drug)
Contact Albertsons
(they also own: Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carrs, Kings Food Markets, and Balducci's Food Lovers)
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Eva Needs to Measure
19 september 2024 · 28 min
This week: Eva lives in the UK, loves to bake, and frequently tries to bake American recipes. But Americans measure by volume and everyone else measures by weight — and converting those measurements is complicated, for complicated reasons. Lees meer
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Links:
The National Institute of Standards and Measures
Le Grand K
Beyond Measure by James Vincent
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Gwen Can't Drive
19 september 2024 · 31 min
This week: Gwen was born and raised in New York, and never felt like she needed to learn to drive. Now that she's turned 30, she's scared she's too old to change that. Alex stands around with a microphone and tries to help. Lees meer
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Coming Soon: Hyperfixed
12 september 2024 · 1 min
Maybe it’s just a quiet annoyance you’ve grudgingly learned to put up with, or a life defining issue that makes it hard to move forward. Whatever it is, Alex Goldman — reporter, radio producer, and overconfident idiot — will get to the bottom of it (if there’s a bottom to be found. Results may vary). Follow Alex as he figures out not only the vast hidden mechanisms that create these problems, but works with you, the listener, to find a solution. Or at least enough of an explanation that you’re ok with the annoyance. He’s not perfect. Hyperfixed is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent and listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm. Lees meer
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