Wait, That's Random: This Day in History
By C.L. Berns
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Episodes: 143
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Wait, That’s Random: This Day in History is a daily podcast that explores the strange, unexpected, and often overlooked moments from this day in history.
Each episode takes a closer look at a few real events—some well-known, others completely forgotten—and breaks them down in a way that’s easy to follow, thoughtful, and a little bit different from the usual history format.
From inventions and accidents to turning points and unusual stories, every day has something worth discovering.
New episodes daily.
More “Wait, That’s Random” stories beyond history may be added in the future.
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June 8, 2026 - The Ideas That Refused to Go Away
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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June 7 - The Things We Couldn't Stop Watching
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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June 6 - The Things We Build to Go Places
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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June 5 - The First Time People Saw That
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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June 4 - The Speed of Change
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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June 3 - The Strange Things Humans Turn Into Symbols
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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June 2 - The Things Humans Invent to Control Chaos
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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June 1 - The Things Humans Learn to Save Each Other With
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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May 31 - The Things Humans Quietly Build Their Lives Around
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May 31, 2026 |
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May 30 - The Things People Once Took Extremely Seriously
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May 30, 2026 |
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May 29 - The Day People Realized the World Was Changing
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May 29, 2026 |
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May 28 - The Day the World Started Feeling Smaller
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May 28, 2026 |
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May 27 - The City Built Out of Sheer Willpower
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May 27, 2026 |
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May 26 - When Systems Start Shifting
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May 26, 2026 |
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May 25 - When Something Stops Feeling Small
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May 25, 2026 |
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May 24 - It Changed Who Was in Control
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May 24, 2026 |
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May 23 - There Wasn’t Time to Think About It
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May 23, 2026 |
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May 22 - It Didn’t Seem Like Much… Until It Was
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May 22, 2026 |
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May 21 - When Everyone Was Watching the Same Thing
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May 21, 2026 |
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May 20 - They Had to Trust What They Couldn’t See
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May 20, 2026 |
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May 19 - People Thought This Might End Everything
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May 19, 2026 |
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May 18 - It Ended… and Everyone Was Watching
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May 18, 2026 |
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May 17 - Almost No One Saw It… But It Changed Everything
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May 17, 2026 |
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May 16 - They Made It Official… and Then Everything Followed
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May 16, 2026 |
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May 15 - Before It Meant What It Means Now
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May 15, 2026 |
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May 14 - Bigger Than It First Appeared
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May 14, 2026 |
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May 13 - It Was Better… But No One Used It
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May 13, 2026 |
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May 12 - The Day the Sky Went Dark… at Noon
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May 12, 2026 |
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May 11 - The Moment a Machine Beat a Human… and Everything Shifted
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May 11, 2026 |
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May 10 - They Connected an Entire Continent… and Changed Everything After
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May 10, 2026 |
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May 9 - He Tried to Steal the Crown Jewels… and It Didn’t End How You’d Expect
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May 09, 2026 |
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May 8 - They Said It Couldn’t Be Done… Until It Was
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May 08, 2026 |
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May 7 - The War Ended… But Not All at Once
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May 07, 2026 |
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May 6 - It Was Supposed to Be the Future… Until It Wasn’t
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May 06, 2026 |
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May 5 - He Went to Space for 15 Minutes… and It Changed Everything
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May 05, 2026 |
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May 4 - They Tried to Cut Through a Continent… and Actually Did
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May 04, 2026 |
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May 3 - The Tallest Building in the World… and What It Changed
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May 03, 2026 |
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May 2 - A Story Was Given Away… and It Still Pays a Hospital
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May 02, 2026 |
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May 1 - People Thought This New Technology Would Be a Death Ray
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May 01, 2026 |
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April 30 - They Bought Half a Country… Without Seeing It
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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April 29 - A 100-Year-Old Brand Quietly Disappeared
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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April 28 - They Took Over Their Own Ship
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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April 27 - More People Died Than the Titanic… But Most People Don’t Know It
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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April 26 - They Didn’t Realize a Nuclear Disaster Had Happened
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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April 25 - They Called This a More Humane Way to Execute People
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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April 24 - Someone Tried to Claim Ownership of the Moon
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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April 23 - They Changed the Recipe… and Everyone Hated It
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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April 22 - People Competed to Rewind Tapes as Fast as Possible
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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April 21 - She Won the Marathon… Without Running It
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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April 20 - He Walked In and Shut It All Down
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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April 19 - The Fire Didn’t Stop When the Flames Did
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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April 18 - The Earthquake Wasn’t the Worst Part
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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April 17 - The Plan Only Worked If One Thing Happened
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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April 16 - He Discovered LSD by Accident
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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April 15 - They Didn’t Expect to Need It
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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April 14 - Everything Was Starting to Settle—Then It Changed
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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April 13 - “We’ve Had a Problem” — And Everything Changed
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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April 12 - The War Didn’t Start Slowly—It Started Here
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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April 11 - The Mission Was Routine—Until It Wasn’t
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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April 10 - The Ship Was Designed to Be Safe—But It Wasn’t
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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April 9 - The War Didn’t End With a Battle
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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April 8 - The Record Everyone Thought Would Never Be Broken
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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April 7 - The Day a Volcano Buried Everything in Ash
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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April 6 - He Claimed He Reached the North Pole… But Did He?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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April 5 - The Moment Everything Finally Made Sense
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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April 4 - The Joke Election That Didn’t Go as Planned
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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April 3 - The Most Famous Outlaw Didn’t Go Out the Way You’d Expect
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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April 2 - He Was Gone for 20 Years… Then Got a 10-Minute Ovation
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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April 1 - The Day People Thought Spaghetti Grew on Trees
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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March 31 - The Eiffel Tower Was Supposed to Be Ugly
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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March 30 - The Deal Everyone Thought Was a Joke
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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March 29 - The Day Niagara Falls Just… Stopped
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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March 28 - The Worst Nuclear Accident in U.S. History… Wasn’t What People Think
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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March 27 — Ships, Signals, and Brackets
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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March 26 — Music, Film, and Peace
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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March 25 — Colonies, Fire, and Orbit
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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March 24 — Crowns, Bridges, and Systems
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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March 23 — Speeches, Maps, and Two Letters
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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March 22 — Systems, Motion, and Sound
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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March 21 — Fire, Time, and Isolation
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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March 20 — Ownership, Motion, and Reach
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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March 19 — Trust, Time, and Chance
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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March 18 — Presence, Access, and Absence
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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March 17 — Tradition, Elasticity, and Balance
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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March 16 — Navigation, Escape, and Orbit
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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March 15 — Power, Discovery, and Balance
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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March 14 — Automation, Information, and Reality
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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March 13 — Discovery, Safety, and Knowledge
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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March 12 — Portability, Structure, and Connection
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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March 11 — Rules, Resources, and Reform
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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March 10 — Buoyancy, Discovery, and Belief
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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March 9 — Belief, Identity, and Value
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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March 8 — Markets, Weather, and Signals
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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March 7 — Exploration, Flight, and Virtual Worlds
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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March 6 — Form, Preservation, and Endings
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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March 5 — Trust, Stability, and Control
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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March 4 — Structure, Adaptation, and Interpretation
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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March 3 — Control, Recognition, and Endurance
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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March 2 — Interpretation, Rhythm, and Illusion
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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March 1 — Structure, Preservation, and Crisis
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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February 28 — Fear, Motion, and Structure
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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February 27 — Rights, Weather, and Monsters
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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February 26 — Perception, Power, and Radio Waves
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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February 25 — Sequence, Structure, and Speed
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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February 24 — Drift, Pulses, and Invisible Energy
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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February 23 — Friction, Comfort, and Control
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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February 22 — Programming, Writing, and Control
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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February 21 — Strategy, Voice, and Value
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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February 20 — Risk, Memory, and Adjustment
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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February 19 — Measuring, Typing, and Naming
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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February 18 — Measuring Time, Space, and Effort
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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February 17 — Automation, Ownership, and Habit
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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February 16 — Discovery, Synthesis, and Response
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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February 15 — Power, Systems, and Play
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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February 14 — Rituals, Connections, and Convenience
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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February 13 — Perspective, Extension, and Amplification
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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February 12 — Seeing, Signals, and Choice
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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February 11 — Safety, Clarity, and Sharing
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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February 10 — Information, Play, and Reach
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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February 9 — Routine, Automation, and Interaction
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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February 8 — Control, Puzzles, and Distance
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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February 7 — Mistakes, Machines, and Simulation
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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February 6 — Seeing, Convenience, and Memory
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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February 5 — Convenience, Scale, and Memory
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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February 4 — Speed, Sight, and Time
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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March 3 — Control, Recognition, and Endurance
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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February 3 — Trust, Loopholes, and Comfort
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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February 2 — Rituals, Rules, and Replacement
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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February 1 — Observation, Entertainment, and Consequences
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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January 31 — Planning, Movement, and Limits
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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January 30 — Order, Risk, and Signals
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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January 29 — Materials, Machines, and Belief
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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January 28 — Automation, Play, and Tradition
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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January 27 — Vision, Signals, and Movement
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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January 26 — Power, Stories, and Distance
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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January 25 — Distance, Light, and Voice
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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January 24 — Accidents, Design, and Normal
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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January 23 — Seeing, Predicting, and Control
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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January 22 — Power, Endings, and Authority
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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January 21 — Power, Borders, and Speed
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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January 20 — Time, Power, and the Clock
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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January 19 — Obsession, Darkness, and Buried Ideas
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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About the Podcast
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Jan 17, 2026 |