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Condensed Soup — 376 episodes
Modern birding in your pocket
Biking to work is sweaty business
'The Odyssey": so many versions!
Butterflies can remember their caterpillar childhoods
Korean barbecue: more than just meat
Ronnnie Chieng and Aaron Chen: that's mentorship
Keep your heart happy (and healthy)
Jeopardy is hiring a writer
Türkiye gets its name back
The White House opens gas stations
Forget Instagram -- stay away from alligators
Wash your produce! Cyclosporiasis is out there
Paul McCartney gives Taylor Swift the ultimate wedding gift
Tyrian purple: the mystery color
A new California law bans "sell by" dates
NYC is a small town
Trinidad's shores shift from Venezuela's earthquake
Smart glasses are recording you without consent
Venezuela's double earthquakes
Trouble at the Great American State Fair
Student project: Sir Stephen Fry and Latin at the Roman Baths
Diving chess is a whole body (and mind) workout
Reese's cups, a recipe, and a reversal
A startup bets on lab-grown chocolate
Harems of peacocks are roosting in Italy and Florida
France's extreme heat: less public drinking and outdoor sports
Scottish World Cup fans drink Boston dry
The Parthenon's new (old) look
Lovebugs -- the Southeast's signature swarm.
Del Monte's bankruptcy dooms California peach trees
Starbucks Korea's epic marketing fail
The end of the dollar slice
The Whale Foundation and guide life
Kelsey Pfendler is rowing solo from California to Hawaii
Killer squirrels in California
The newest work dress code: Tokyo summer.
We're building American women's handball
Hikers build up Acadia National Park's mountains
Scientists and doctors ejected from diabetes conference
Does the Great Salt Lake have enough water for boats?
Telescope ranches: dark skies from anywhere
It's the Great Pigeon Heist, Charlie Brown
Rosamund Pike calls out texting audience member
Plastic surgery in Hollywood: is art still imitating life?
Serena Williams returns to the tennis court
The alpha-gal allergy explosion in Martha's Vineyard
[title of venue] The Kennedy Center prevails!
The Olympics x Ninja Warrior
Sound, plants, and A Chorus Line
Studies prove live concerts synchronize audiences
Porch geese, lawn flamingos, and garden gnomes
Power bank in luggage forces overnight flight diversion
14 mango varieties on one tree!
Abraham Poincheval's egg-hatching performance art
Lucid dreaming could be even more powerful
Band camp for adults is the new summer vacation
Getting an A at Harvard just got harder
Billie Jean King, 82, graduates from high school
Mysterious piggy banks on the Texas shores
In California, deadly mushrooms are blooming
Meet Snuffleupagus -- the FISH!
Beige-ification: do you have to take our films, too?
Are jazz and classical music becoming simpler?
Calbee snacks go monochromatic
Custom shoes for a teen with Weaver-Smith syndrome
3D-printing with bioluminescent algae
Sweet corn: summer sweetheart
Are Cento San Marzano tomatoes fake?
The new elephant habitat at The San Diego Zoo
The Book of Mormon and Broadway fire hazards
F1 drivers may have the solution for 'tech neck'
Should we buy Spirit Airlines?
Southwest celebrates retiring Spirit Airlines captain
A missing pig statue in North Carolina
Barefoot life: Chanel's sandal and weightlifting
The Met Gala, costumes, and a life in theatre
A new commemorative passport featuring Trump's portrait
Sabastian Sawe, Adidas, and the sub-2 hr marathon
I spent the night at the LaGuardia Au Bon Pain.
Should the U.S. buy failing Spirit Airlines?
The new Jell-ometer measures hockey fan excitement in "jiggles"
A wild axolotl in the UK?
James Ortiz, puppeteer, is eligible for an acting Oscar
Driving from London to Cape Town on 3 wheels
A hot air balloon's backyard emergency landing
Feeling lucky AND hungry? It's meat raffle time!
Sir Patrick Stewart and Shakespeare's sonnets
Ohtani says: Nap, and carry a big mattress
Kyoto has the most scenic train route in the world
Ants: more valuable than you think
Smart glasses and a blind marathon runner's independence
Helping kids and their vocabularies
Floss: check. Brush: check. TONGUE: CHECK.
An Amsterdam Zoo becomes a dark sky sanctuary
It's time to clean your suitcase
The annual ladybug release at the Mall of America
A 10-year-old teaches us how to survive a gator attack
Fluffy juice? Egg white froth? There's no place like foam.
Nobody's eating baguettes anymore
The end of the CIA World Factbook
A handbag in.. dinosaur leather?
KC Royals rookie sleeps through alarm, gets cut from lineup
Norway's Easter crime obsession
Free furniture if UConn teams make the March Madness finals?
KitKat announces a tracker to find stolen chocolate
Google now allows username changes
Stephen Colbert takes on the LOTR mantle
The chocolate eggs of Easter
Rolex's free Dallas training center
Is 2026 the year of the black currant?
Malls are making a comeback
Would you watch Jaws in the water?
Tennessee Williams: inspiring shouting contests nationwide
Cabbage: 2026 is your year.
Use your "inside clothes", it's allergy season
Basket + Ball = BASKETBALL
Camels, Botox, and beauty pageants
Meteorite hunters descend on Ohio
Man hacks 7,000 robot vacuums (could one be yours?)
Pokémon Go uses players to create a hyperspecific world map
Corned beef: the Irish-Jewish fusion food
If you pluck a grey hair, what happens?
State Department makes renouncing citizenship cheaper
Become a taste-tester for Hidden Valley Ranch and Pizza Hut
King penguins love global warming -- who knew?
It's new emoji time!
Get your free burger at Five Guys
Sober at a work party: the new normal
United Airlines enforces headphones rule
No finishers at the 2026 Barkley Marathons
The Brady Bunch house is officially a landmark
American women's quality of life: not equal
Lindsey Vonn's injuries and how elite athletes recover
Punch the monkey: the influencer
Marcus, the labrador therapy dog
Americans abroad warned to be cautious
A Florida man uses taco seasoning packets to steal from self-checkouts
Group chat etiquette, because it's 2026
Orlando swans and their fight against bird flu
On Cloud shoes and the squeaky lawsuit
Trader Joe recalls fried rice due to glass
Avoiding being a flu superspreader
TSA PreCheck & Global Entry won't be suspended by DHS
Ring feels privacy pressures and rethinks partnerships
Barcelona's Sagrada Familia achieves its height destiny
The Olympic medals: all symbol, no strength
Pim: the reigning Girl Scout cookie seller
The goat gardeners of Dallas
The sweet and the bitter of grapefruit
LSU's biodegradable Mardi Gras beads are on parade
Neti pots and nasal rinses, the singer's armor
Peanut butter *could* be good for you...
The plastic-eating 3D-printed robot fish
A year to read classics
February holidays (not for lovers)
Dumplings are universal
This Valentine's Day, name a cockroach after your ex
Jan Van Eyck vs. AI -- a story of attribution
The Olympics torch lighting ceremony
Beethoven, father of bone conduction
Ring doorbells is looking for lost dogs (for now)
Artemis II readies for launch and to make history
Goodbye, frozen juice concentrate
Preparing for Punxsutawney Phil
Martha Stewart listens to her granddaughter
Blind fans can experience the Super Bowl in a new way
The University of Colorado's "food racism" settlement
Keeping warm at home, even if the power goes out
An autistic Barbie has entered the Mattel family
The Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors: should the show go on?
Alex Honnold ascends the Taipei 101 skyscraper
Minnesota: the cold never bothered them anyway
Vicks VapoRub and the cold and flu season
Scandal at the opera: Met Opera director and designers drop names from 'Carmen'
The emus who defeated the Australian artillery
Reserving a room at the new lunar hotel
The power of avalanches
Korean theaters using AI subtitle glasses
Chinese app formerly known as Are You Dead is popular worldwide
New U.S. mail postmark rules could affect you
Dr. Martin Luther King on nonviolence
The cheese recall is brie-lly important
Orchestra conductors make the music happen
Barber's Adagio for Strings: a soundtrack for the times
Is eco-friendly toilet paper actually good for the environment?
Consumer Electronics Show 2026: we're in the future
Fifty sheep and their grocery store adventure
The Palm Beach Frozen Iguanas take the field
New year, new us: Betty Boop, Blondie, and Nancy Drew join public domain
It's a holiday hiatus! See you in January!
Sleeping animals: the great multitaskers
An Australian woman bests the competition at the Antarctic Ice Marathon; "Cantique de Noel" bonus track
Understudies: the heroes of the season
A silver steward makes off with the goods
`Twas the night before Christmas...
Sustainable gift wrapping -- get into it
Archaelogy dogs: smelling back in time
Professional dart players and their nicknames
A (Western) history of Christmas meals
White elephant exchanges are a holiday party staple
Dick Van Dyke: a hundred years is not enough
A volleyball coach tackles the ponytail problem
The Cathedral of Notre Dame & Steinmetz Hall: acoustic marvels
A Utah hiker gets rescued from quicksand
The Geminids meteor shower is putting on a show this weekend
Australia officially restricts children's social media access
Formulaic Christmas romance movies -- sign me up!
Pantone's color of the year is white. Are we getting snowed?
Rainbow Wool: saving gay sheep and making it fashion
A thief swallows a $19,000 Fabergé pendant. 6 days later, it showed up.
Violinists and their air travel woes
Not having a Real ID could cost you, but a flight delay may even it out
In honor of World AIDS Day.
Fake disability parking permits; a senior wedding in a pool; Coke Freestyle machines are focus groups
A man has been walking around the world. He's almost home.
€90,000 of escargot goes missing
Urban raccoons may be on the road to domestication
Your favorite musical artist may. be A.I. (yikes)
A Galapagos tortoise's incredible life
The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade preps for step-off
Moving walkways are disappearing from airports
Americans are waiting longer to upgrade their phones
Will Japan's first female leader step into the sumo ring?
New crash test dummies will keep women safer
Luxury cinemas make the movies an event
Be nice to crows. Very, very nice.
Eswatini: small country, big deals
The War of the Worlds and other hoaxes
What makes soda addictive?
Banana peels are worth something, too
Celebrity riders: you get what you ask for
Don't burn this in your fireplace. Snack instead!
Produce and your fridge: a high-maintenance relationship
The Space Out Competition: do nothing and win it all
Same-sex marriage is here to stay!
The Trackchair helps make nature more accessible
Tips on cleaning your water bottle (DO IT NOW.)
The Brooklyn Public Library is lending out art
Paris residents can enter a lottery for a chic final resting place
Japan's military fight against bears
This artificial reef is made of subway cars
Norman Rockwell: champion of the oppressed
China's space race and Shenzhen's rise
A U.K. family gets fined for truancy after Disney World trip
McDonald's is the latest to feel the loss of pennies
SNAP 2: How we can help
SNAP benefits: by the numbers
Chessboxing: no pain, no brain.
Passion projects: a Brazilian arthouse cinema and a Brooklyn art gallery
Rome's Colosseum gives new meaning to "arena tour"
Coffee prices keep climbing
Volcanos: be vigilant, especially during the shutdown
The Jim Henson Company is auctioning things for the first time
Mosquitos are found in Iceland for the first time
AI-generated videos are getting harder to spot
Ashraf Mahrous just pulled a 700-ton ship using his teeth
A heist! And a big opera controversy...
The Met Opera Live -- attend the opera in a recliner
The Western Alaska floods; the truth about knuckle cracking
A Manchester United fan wanted to change his name in support
Body diversity -- an ongoing acceptance
The Royal Ballet School is nurturing artists these days
The Haenyeo women, the freediving superstars
Air traffic controllers are working for free to keep you safe
Anguilla's web addresses are a moneymaker
The Nobel Prizes were born out of redemption
Wordle: from indie darling to the New York Times -- and now TV?
Pudding with a fork and Einstein's violin
It's Banned Books Week! Read on!
Thomas Kinkade: painter of light (or else)
The game of Columbia House and music-by-mail
Women in STEM: The X-Files and The Scully Effect
Emilia D'Albero is America's first champion at the Olympics of cheese
St. Francis and the Blessing of the Animals
A teen shepherd and her bestie sheep (and more sheep tales)
Reading Rainbow returns with new host Mychal Threets
Love the roundabout. (Don't be square.)
A mystery man surprises hikers with mountaintop ice cream
South Korea creates a market for hangover cures
Shark bite-resistant wetsuits on, jewelry off: a brave swimmer's guide
A day at the "Big E," the Eastern States Exposition
Bill Nye gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
A woman tries to sell Graceland and defraud the Presleys
Some Chinese restrooms are requiring payment for toilet paper
Halloween costumes 2025: win your contest.
Anna Hall wins a heptathlon title, 2nd American after Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Rupert Everett has been pulling pints. Cheers!
Skipping and skimming stones is an art and a science
A robbery at Walt Disney World in scuba gear (and a swim away escape)
Tourists get caught diving into the Venice canals...
The $110,000 speeding ticket
A new Girl Scout cookie flavor is coming
Holy rebels: A group of Austrian nuns break out of their care home
Albania appoints an AI-generated minister
MINNEAPOLIS! Exploring the Mall of America
Condensed Community; a slug that keeps you up at night
Make sure your midnight snack isn't keeping you up!
Ten-hut! A retiree joins the LSU marching band
Scandal at the beach: sunscreen labels may be lying
Left-coiling snail shells: dating woes and evolutionary advantages
It's National Cheeseburger Day; Dairy Queen and Orange Julius
Using the new hand signal for help in distress
James Patterson sponsors 12 authors in "Go Finish Your Book" campaign
Scaring off wolves with drones and heavy metal
Secrets: China's proposed mega-embassy, a diplomatic gift that spied for years; finding hidden cameras in Airbnbs
You can get arrested for throwing your beer bottle off that balcony
Redheads, assemble: Redhead Days in the Netherlands
Grab bag! The Yankee Stadium squirrel; the Free Republic of Verdis; AI-generated podcasts
The great zipper merge debate: rage or right?
It's peanut butter jelly time!
Return to sender: Countries cut off U.S. package deliveries
Should you use Buy Now, Pay Later services for your vacations?
Moo-ve over, cows, there's a "better" butter
147: Your Instagram is stalking you.
Putting the rainbow back: Orlando's Pulse memorial crosswalks
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... burrito
A Swedish town is moving a church... very slowly
Don't eat the radioactive shrimp!
142 | Waking up is hard to do...
141 | In France, you can sell tickets to your wedding. C'est... chic?
140 | Grocery store etiquette
139 | The sky is falling! No, it's a shooting star.
138 | A ten-year-old from London keeps a chess grandmaster in check
137 | Go with your gut: hosting awards shows and travel superstitions
136 | It's the International Year of the Glaciers' Preservation! Someone tell Mendenhall.
135 | Fashion crime: The ski jump suit scandal
134 | Communal living: it goes both ways
133 | The Labubu economy
132 | Romeo & Juliet in Estonia: car-crossed lovers
131 | Running: Jacory Patterson; the world's deepest marathon
130 | Grab Bag: Theo Huxtable got me grounded.
129 | Jesus Christ Superstar and the art of theatre
128 | 'Gigil' is in the dictionary -- and other evolutions of language
127 | Doritos is betting on sriracha (just like the rest of us)
126 | Filipino food -- outside of my mom's house!
125 | Burmese pythons vs the world (and robo-bunnies)
124 | Tales from the police blotter
123 | Rideshare tips and safety initiatives
122 | Impersonations and the legacy of William Douglas Street
121 | A man says boneless wings should be boneless. I say: chew your food.
120 | The Kennedy Center: you want to name it what?
119 | This summer is so hot (says science)
118 | Americans stick out abroad. Here's how.
117 | How bad are menstrual cramps, really?
116 | The rising costs of chocolate
115 | Earth is spinning faster, and days are short...
114 | Plumpy Nut, a lifesaving food, is stuck in warehouses -- not feeding kids
113 | When did dinosaurs get so expensive?
112 | How do you get your news?
111 | A Japanese gaming tournament crowns its 73-year-old winner
110 | The deadly Brightline train
109 | Chimps and their fashion trends
108 | Taking recycling into your own hands
107 | Steve Jobs's simple creativity hack -- walking!
106 | A grandma spearheads an online group returning items to Texas flood victims; mutual aid projects
105 | Is pearl jewelry a red flag? (Let's talk pearls.)
104 | The 'world's largest' time capsule has been opened!
103 | FaceID is just the tip of the iceberg of facial recognition
102 | "The show must go on" and performing through pain
101 | Cursive and handwriting -- it's good for your brain!
100 | A bridge with a 90-degree turn and other wonders of design
99 | Blue light glasses: are they a myth?
98 | The tragedy of the Texas floods; France gives asylum to "science refugees."
97 | Maurizio Cattelan: subversive and comic artist
96 | The end of the Chongqing red panda wake-up call; supporting The Lynx Watch
95 | This is a test: Licensed Battlefield Guides at Gettysburg National Park
94 | A man finds a model train set underneath his house; Miniatur Wunderland
93 | Friends running late? Understanding time blindness
92 | Audiobooks: sit back, relax, and listen.
91 | Housewarming traditions and thoughtful gift ideas
90 | Measles are here. Are you covered?
89 | Ways to volunteer, even if you're an introvert
88 | Public transportation abroad: you can do it!
87 | Dolly Parton, I will always love you.
86 | The ice cream challenge "rewarding" Applachian Trail thru-hikers
85 | Edible art: vegetable sculptures and butter cows