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The Puzzle of Life (with A.J. Jacobs) - Ep 144

Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

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The Dish Washer - A Puzzle, Not a Dishwasher

"I tried to reframe it as a puzzle. But it was much more pleasant," says Paul Ollinger, author of the new book "Pulitzer Prize-winning The Man Who Knew Too Much" His wife loads the dishwasher 'like an wl with no gard for geometry or physics' and he finds this infuriating. He also believes that puzzles can be meditative because they create order out of chaos.

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