
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy
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Nov 11, 2020 • 44min
Meat Rain, Medicinal Sword Swallowing, a Nuclear Kodak Moment
The weirdest things we learned this week range from meat raining down from the heavens to swallowing swords to help doctors look down esophaguses. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Oct 28, 2020 • 59min
Dog Mayors, Zombie Presidents, Death By Voter Fraud
In this special episode, the weirdest things we learned this week range from Edgar Allen Poe's peculiar death to how salamanders influenced the term Gerrymander. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
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Oct 14, 2020 • 45min
Toxic Animal Boyfriends, Birding for Freedom, Egg Yolks Explained
The weirdest things we learned this week range from stage-five-clinger anglerfish to Harriet Tubman's birding expertise. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
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Edited by Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
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Sep 30, 2020 • 52min
Exploding Underwater Mountains, Boar Sex and Celery, Hidden History of Vaccination
Contributing editor Kat Eschner joins the weirdos as a guest host. The weirdest things we learned this week range from the surprising link between pig sex and celery to blowing up a mountain underwater. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
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Edited by Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ
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Sep 16, 2020 • 41min
Hot Dog Sports, Sexy Pseudoscience, Intestinal Power Walking
The weirdest things we learned this week range from a beetle that can waltz through frog intestines unscathed, to the a man who thought he could capture sexual energy in a cage. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
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Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci
Edited by Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ
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Sep 15, 2020 • 2min
Catch our live show TONIGHT!
Tonight, September 15th, we'll be doing an exclusive live-streamed show. It'll be all of the fun of a classic Weirdest Thing Live show—your favorite hosts (calling in remotely), weird facts, drinks, jokes, atmosphere—but delivered straight to your living room! Click here to grab tickets that give you access to the show link—there are even higher priced tiers that include merch discounts, handwritten postcards, and a live zoom happy hour with the Weirdest Thing crew. See you soon!
Find tickets here: https://popularscience.regfox.com/weirdest-thing-live-show
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share more of your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
Click here to learn more about all of our stories!
Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci
Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ
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Sep 2, 2020 • 43min
Your Car is Full of Spiders, the Cloud Whisperer, She Who Invented N95 Masks and Bugles
Welcome to Season 4! For this first episode, Kendra Pierre-Louis, former Popsci editor and current reporter for the Gimlet podcast How To Save a Planet, joins the weirdos as a guest host. The weirdest things we learned this week range from thousands of cars being recalled due to spider infestations, to the story of a woman who invented N95 masks from bras. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
Click here to learn more about all of our stories!
Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Sara Chodosh: www.twitter.com/schodosh
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci
Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
Edited by Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ
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Aug 31, 2020 • 4min
We're Back! Season 4 & Live Show Updates
Hey weirdos! We have two very exciting pieces of news for you. First, Weirdest Thing is returning every other Wednesday starting September 2nd! Second, on Tuesday, September 15th, we'll be doing an exclusive live-streamed show. It'll be all of the fun of a classic Weirdest Thing Live show—your favorite hosts (calling in remotely), weird facts, drinks, jokes, atmosphere—but delivered straight to your living room! Click here to grab tickets that give you access to the show link—there are even higher priced tiers that include merch discounts, handwritten postcards, and a live zoom happy hour with the Weirdest Thing crew. See you soon!
Find tickets here: https://popularscience.regfox.com/weirdest-thing-live-show
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share more of your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
Click here to learn more about all of our stories!
Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Jess Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci
Theme music by Billy Cadden: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ
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May 20, 2020 • 51min
Boning Baseball Bats, Rolling Cheese, Playing With Wallpaper Cleaner
It's the Season 3 Finale! The weirdest things we learned this week range from breaking bones chasing cheese down a cliff and rubbing baseball bats with cow femurs. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
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Corinne Iozzio: www.twitter.com/corinneiozo
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Edited by Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
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May 6, 2020 • 43min
Evasive Genital Maneuvers, A Nazi Carrot Hoax, Eternal Daytime
Rose Eveleth, host of the hit podcast Flash Forward, joins the weirdos as a guest host! The weirdest things we learned this week range from a Russian experiment that tried to make daytime last forever to moths jamming bat radar with their genitals. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our Facebook group or tweet at us!
Click here to learn more about all of our stories!
Follow our team on Twitter
Rachel Feltman: www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman
Claire Maldarelli: www.twitter.com/camaldarelli
Popular Science: www.twitter.com/PopSci
Theme music by Billy Cadden: www.twitter.com/billycadden
Edited by Jessica Boddy: www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy
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