Improbable Research
By Marc Abrahams
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Research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK — research about anything and everything, from everywhere —research that's good or bad, important or trivial, valuable or worthless. Presented by Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/improbableresearch/support
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Episode #1095: “Saliva and Frog Puppets”
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May 22, 2022 |
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Episode #1094: “Can You Navigate in a Crowd, While Distracted by Your Mobile Phone?”
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May 08, 2022 |
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Episode #1093: “Why Pedestrians Do Not Constantly Collide”
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Episode #1092: “The Bacteria in Discarded, Chewed Chewing Gum”
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Episode #1091: “Hula Hoop Syndrome”
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Episode #1090: “Obesity of Politicians, Corruption in Countries”
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Episode #1089: “Inverted Rhino Translocation”
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Episode #1088: “Cursing Babinski”
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Episode #1087: “Modes of Cat-Human Communication”
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Episode #1086: “Beards and Face-Punching”
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Episode #1085: "Mindful Dishwashing"
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Episode #1084: “Chalk and Mathematicians”
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Episode #1083: “Faces and Smoked Ham”
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Episode #1082: "The Man in the Black Bag"
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Episode #1081: “Ear Bigness Through the Years”
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Episode #1080: “Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch”
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Episode #1079: "Cats and Appropriate Music”
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Episode #1078: “Are People Happier on Weekends?”
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Episode #1077: "Danger Assessment of Holy Water"
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Episode #1076: "Adventure of the Random Million Digits"
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Episode #1075: “The Rheology of Cats”
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Episode #1074: “Vibrate That Earthworm”
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Episode 1073: “Smelly People in the Office”
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Episode #1072: “The Misery of Misophonia”
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Episode #1071: “Umbrella Progress on a Crowded Sidewalk”
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Episode #1070: “Kissing and Income Inequality”
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May 30, 2021 |
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Episode #1069: “What Sort of Person is Named Rupzóiyat”
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May 23, 2021 |
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Episode #1068: “Eyebrows of Narcissists”
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May 16, 2021 |
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Episode #1067: “Using Voodoo Dolls to Measure Aggression in Married Couples”
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May 09, 2021 |
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Episode #1066: “Arachnophobia in Bug Scientists”
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May 02, 2021 |
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Episode #1065: “The Physics of Skulking and Falling Cats”
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode #1064: “The Best Life Opera (Act 3)”
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Episode #1063: “And Now, a Needle in the Rectum”
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Episode #1062: “Happiness from Painful Insect Stings”
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Episode #1061: “Jean Berko Gleason’s Disgusting Word List”
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Episode #1060: “How Much Saliva Does a Five-Year-Old Produce?”
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Episode #1059: “The Best Life Opera (Act 2)”
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Episode #1058: “How Kids Learn to Say ‘Trick or Treat’”
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Episode #1057: “Fifty Shades, by Gray”
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Episode #1056: “Egg in Your Eye”
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Episode #1055: “The Best Life Opera (Act 1)”
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Episode #1054: “Effect of Eating Garlic on Armpit Odor”
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Episode #1053: “Does One Armpit Smell Like the Other?”
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Episode #1052: “Do Frogs in Helium Get Squeaky Voices?”
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Episode #1051: “Did His Orgasm Lead to Blindness”
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Episode #1050: “Bottle-Cork in Your Eye”
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Episode #1049 “The M-through-Z of Social Dilemmas”
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Episode #1048: “Stress Analysis of a Strapless Dress”
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Episode #1047: “Garlic — Sensory Pleasure or Social Nuisance?”
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Episode #1046: “Standardized Food Glops”
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Episode #1045: “Do Cats Sometimes Pay Some Attention to Their Owners?”
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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Episode #1044: "Boring Machines"
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Leaping Fish Injuries"
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Hot Rod Magazines - A Harmless Diversion?”
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Drunk German Speech”
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Automatically Recognize Boredom”
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “The A-through-L of Social Dilemmas”
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Ice Cream & Sluggo"
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Chernoff Faces"
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Ice Cream & Intense Scholars"
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "What Is Stupid"
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Ice Cream & Human Flight"
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Look Into Each Other's Eyes"
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Ice Cream & Dr. Land"
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Another Look at Who Can Touch Whom"
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Aug 15, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Microwave Oven Astronomer"
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Abnormal Blinking”
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Aug 08, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Ruck in a Rug"
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Happiness Equation”
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Aug 01, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Swimming in Fat Metaphors"
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “German Sense of Humor”
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Jul 25, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Surgery Grapefruit"
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Frozen Shirt of a Stranger”
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Jul 18, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Ice Cream & Term Paper Doug”
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Rain Run Walk"
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Spin-Stretched Ant Neck"
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Hand Clap Shape-sounds"
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Jul 04, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Centrifugal Chicken Sh*t"
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Normally Chasing Their Tails"
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Jun 27, 2020 |
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Episode 213: “The 29th 1st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony”
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Apewoman Siren"
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Scary Masks in Zoos"
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Just A Sigh"
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Episode 212: “Kansas Is Flatter Than a Pancake”
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Death to Improve Basketball"
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Monkeys and College Students"
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Judging Aggressive Roaring"
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May 30, 2020 |
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Episode 211: “Richard Wassersug”
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May 27, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Hot Potato Voice"
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May 23, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Barefoot Running"
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May 20, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Horse Calculus"
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May 16, 2020 |
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Episode 210: “Famous Monks with Bad Breath”
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May 13, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Bereitschaftspotential"
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May 09, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Hot Sauce Aggression"
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May 06, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Creepiness"
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May 02, 2020 |
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Episode 209: "Words for Food in Your Mouth"
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Mask Wiggling”
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Dogs’ Favorite Garbage”
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: "Food Allergies & Kissing"
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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Episode 208: "Repetitive Physics of 'OM'"
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Pocket-Sized: “Cocker’s Arithmetick”
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Episode 207: "The Psychoanalysts's Nose"
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Episode 206: "Flatulence in Dogs"
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Episode 205: "Color Preferences in the Insane"
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Episode 204: "The Longest Oath"
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Episode 203: "Who Can Touch Whom"
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Episode 202: "Sneezing and a Full Stomach"
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Episode 201: "Crunchiness Loss"
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Episode 200: "Disgusting Sounds?"
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Dec 25, 2019 |