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Micro
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Micro is a podcast that tells stories and explains ideas in under five minutes. Host Rich Raycraft is obsessed with all the weird things that make our world stranger than fiction, and this "short form" podcast is his way of sharing them.
Episodes
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A Treasure Worth Dying For
Imagine being so rich and so bored that you start the world's craziest, and possibly most dangerous, treasure hunt.
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Speaking Anglish
The English language is a mess, but a very strange group of linguistic purists have a plan to fix it. You may not like the solution.
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A Roko Idea
WARNING: Learning about the idea in this episode will either (a) ruin your life forever, or (b) induce serious eye-rolling.
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The King of Sting
Knowledge is power, but sometimes it's also pain. Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt does what no scientist before him thought to or dared to. Justin O. Schmidt's book, "The Sting of the Wild", is available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sting-Wild-Justin-Schmidt/dp/1421419289
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Rock Lobster
Armor has a problem, and lobsters may have the solution.
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A Very Fish-y Nation
How an American Pepsi lobbyist established his own country on a Canadian island and ended up in a stand off with Soviet Russia.
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Green Eggs and Filibuster
Politicians need to get elected, meaning they know it's in their best interest to shut up at least some of the time. But there's one place — a really important one — where that doesn't apply. Hilarity ensues.
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We're All Ears
When it comes to intelligent life, our universe seems like a pretty lonely place. But a Russian radio engineer makes the argument that, even in a crowded party, it's hard to make friends silently.
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Living Long and Dying Out
The planet and many of its inhabitants are in bad shape. Les Knight believes the reason isn't a mystery, and neither is the solution. You can learn more about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement here: http://www.vhemt.org/ About Les Knight: http://www.vhemt.org/les.htm
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It's Just a Little Kick in the Bum
An American teenager, an authoritarian city state, and a cane come together to create of one of the strangest disputes in political history.
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Throwing Balls While Tripping Balls
Pitching is hard. Pitching a complete game is harder. And pitching a no hitter is one of the hardest things to do in sports. In 1970, Dock Ellis did something even tougher than that.
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Micro is a podcast that tells stories and explains ideas in under five minutes. Host Rich Raycraft is obsessed with all the weird things that make our world stranger than fiction, and this "short form" podcast is his way of sharing them.
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How many episodes does Micro have?
Micro currently has 11 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Micro is a podcast that tells stories and explains ideas in under five minutes. Host Rich Raycraft is obsessed with all the weird things that make our world stranger than fiction, and this "short form" podcast is his way of sharing them.
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