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CLASSIC: Idiomatic for the People II, Part I: What's in a word?

Language is beautiful and, in many cases, continually evolving. As a result, we end up with hundreds of strange idioms and figures of speech that we use on a daily basis, with little to no understanding of what they originally meant. Join the guys with special guests Frank Mulher ...  Show more

The Spiritualism Movement Was Utterly Ridiculous, Part One: A Prank Goes Viral

It's a pickle for the ages: What happens when you die? The Spiritualism movement may seem obscure today -- but back in the mid-19th century, this religious and social phenomenon absolutely rocked the modern world. In the first part of this special two-part episode, Ben, Noel and ...  Show more

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