Light the fuse! It's time for fireworks!

Here's a snapshot of what happened in every sector of the US economy in 2025, from housing to retail, interest rates to unlikely breakout businesses. 

We're rounding up the weirdest stories of 2025. In this episode, the top of the top -- Colossal Biosciences' work to bring back extinct animals, the rapture that never came and a possible break in the D.B. Cooper case. 

How does an industry built on roadside pop-ups make billions of dollars in two weeks of the year? Zachary Crockett gets pyrotechnical.

Bobby Wow and Grabstack are thrilled to get an invitation to design their own fireworks, but when Mighty Mila and Robozuki catch on, the fireworks might not be the only things that go boom! 

Fireworks dazzle us on special holidays, at flashy concerts and during some big public events (National Mr. Potatohead Day anyone?). But did you know people have been using fireworks to celebrate for centuries?This week Joy and cohost Elliott learn about how firecrackers started ...  Afficher plus

On this episode we debated whether or not it's time to legalise fireworks for sale in the Republic. Will controlling the sale of them make this time of year a bit safer...or is the terror caused by inappropriate use reason enough to keep them illegal.