Journalism wrapped in a game-show package. Host Stephen J. Dubner (of “Freakonomics Radio”) and a celebrity co-host invite guests on stage in front of a live audience to tell us something we don’t know. The co-hosts — a mix of leaders in science, academia, sports, media, and comedy — grill the guests, and by the end we’ve all gotten a bit smarter. Each episode has a new topic, a new co-host, and new guests. There’s also a real-time human fact-checker to keep everyone honest. Think of the most crackling dinner-party conversation you’ve ever heard. Produced in association with Stitcher.
Title | Duration | Published | Consumed |
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New Episodes Coming Soon! | 00:01:31 | 2018-10-17 05:00 | |
An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar… | 00:53:32 | 2017-11-20 02:00 | |
Extra 7: Corrosive Energy Drinks and Peruvian Cat Stew | 00:48:12 | 2017-11-17 06:17 | |
Farming Without Sun or Soil and Eating Manna From Heaven | 00:39:01 | 2017-11-13 02:00 | |
Mind Games | 00:47:46 | 2017-11-06 02:00 | |
Jon Batiste, Gail Simmons, and Strange Smells | 00:56:00 | 2017-10-30 01:00 | |
All About Bugs (of the Animal and Computer Varieties) | 00:57:05 | 2017-10-23 02:00 | |
School Start Times, Brand Names, and Too Much Ground Beef | 00:42:30 | 2017-10-16 02:00 | |
How to Count to Infinity | 00:47:30 | 2017-10-09 02:00 | |
The Perfect Potato Chip, the Origin of Seltzer, and Why We Eat “Beef” and Not “Cow” | 00:56:53 | 2017-10-02 02:00 | |
You Say “eye-RACK,” I Say “ear-ROCK” | 00:47:13 | 2017-09-25 02:00 | |
Womb to Tomb | 00:51:38 | 2017-09-18 02:00 | |
Season 4 Preview | 00:03:06 | 2017-09-11 02:00 | |
Extra 6: A Better Way to End Basketball Games | 00:16:23 | 2017-09-06 02:00 | |
Extra 5: The Actress Who Never Takes a Sick Day | 00:18:51 | 2017-09-05 02:00 | |
Extra 4: The Most Renewable Energy of All | 00:20:38 | 2017-09-04 02:00 | |
Extra 3: The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Rosé Wine | 00:12:38 | 2017-08-30 02:00 | |
Extra 2: Meet the Senator Who Wants to Start an Evidence-Based Revolution | 00:21:41 | 2017-08-29 02:00 | |
Extra 1: How the Mafia Got Its Start | 00:15:16 | 2017-08-28 02:00 | |
Urinetown | 00:55:03 | 2017-08-07 02:00 | |
Creature Comforts | 00:53:08 | 2017-07-31 02:00 | |
Behavior Change: Ultra Egghead Edition | 00:54:42 | 2017-07-24 02:00 | |
Three Sheets to the Wind | 00:48:27 | 2017-07-17 02:00 | |
Medicine | 00:54:57 | 2017-07-10 02:00 | |
Getting There | 00:58:59 | 2017-07-03 02:00 | |
Family Matters | 00:52:26 | 2017-06-26 02:00 | |
Cities | 00:59:30 | 2017-06-19 02:00 | |
Politickling | 00:55:32 | 2017-06-12 02:00 | |
Rivalry | 00:57:38 | 2017-06-05 02:00 | |
Season 3 Preview | 00:03:37 | 2017-05-29 02:50 | |
Music | 01:04:07 | 2017-04-24 02:00 | |
Wannabes | 00:58:33 | 2017-04-17 02:00 | |
Oh, My God | 00:56:28 | 2017-04-10 03:00 | |
Money Money Money | 00:52:10 | 2017-04-03 02:00 | |
Stupid Stuff | 00:52:28 | 2017-03-27 02:00 | |
Under the Hood | 00:58:07 | 2017-03-20 01:00 | |
Collections | 00:50:24 | 2017-03-13 01:00 | |
Wordz | 00:53:08 | 2017-03-06 02:00 | |
Athletes' Feats | 00:56:20 | 2017-02-27 02:00 | |
Perfection | 00:51:55 | 2017-02-20 05:00 | |
Season 2 Preview | 00:03:38 | 2017-02-13 05:00 | |
Fool Me Once | 00:59:14 | 2016-12-11 23:29 | |
Passion Plays | 00:56:13 | 2016-12-05 04:06 | |
Things That Come Out of Your Mouth | 00:51:41 | 2016-11-28 02:21 | |
Things That Go In Your Mouth | 00:57:26 | 2016-11-21 02:24 | |
It's Alive | 00:52:08 | 2016-11-14 03:07 | |
Strange Danger | 00:52:45 | 2016-11-07 02:03 | |
Introducing “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” | 00:03:28 | 2016-11-01 22:34 |