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REVISITING Art Crime Doesn't Pay, Canines Cooking Meat, Eggs Gone Wrong

⁠⁠While Rachel is on parental leave, here's a vintage episode from our vault! Rachel, Sara, and comedian Josh Gondelman discuss dogs cooking in kitchens, chickens laying eggs inside themselves, and one of the most peculiar art heists in history. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This ...  Show more

Atomic Priesthood, Space Smells Like Beef, the Power of Pee Fuel

Jess brings on science-minded friends Lindsey and Misti to discuss why space smells like a freshly opened beef stew packet, how having to pee makes you better at video games like Elden Ring, and how rituals and priests might be the solution to long-term nuclear waste warning. Fol ...  Show more

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