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Hold These Balls and Nap, Dickens’ Spontaneous Combustion, Men Don’t Know Themselves

Adam Conover joins Rachel and Lauren to talk about his newest standup special. The trio discuss human sexuality, faking male orgasms, napping while holding a heavy metal key and a plate, and an ego war concerning human spontaneous combustion. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Wee ...  Show more

Underwater Songbirds, Tea Bagging for Science, Um Yes Hello it's Spooky Lake Month!

Geo Rutherford joins the show to talk all things spooky lake month! Plus, Liz Clayton Fuller returns to explain how one songbird dives underwater, and Rachel talks about soiling undies... for science. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share y ...  Show more

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