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Condensed Soup — 366 episodes

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Forget Instagram -- stay away from alligators

2

Wash your produce! Cyclosporiasis is out there

3

Paul McCartney gives Taylor Swift the ultimate wedding gift

4

Tyrian purple: the mystery color

5

A new California law bans "sell by" dates

6

NYC is a small town

7

Trinidad's shores shift from Venezuela's earthquake

8

Smart glasses are recording you without consent

9

Venezuela's double earthquakes

10

Trouble at the Great American State Fair

11

Student project: Sir Stephen Fry and Latin at the Roman Baths

12

Diving chess is a whole body (and mind) workout

13

Reese's cups, a recipe, and a reversal

14

A startup bets on lab-grown chocolate

15

Harems of peacocks are roosting in Italy and Florida

16

France's extreme heat: less public drinking and outdoor sports

17

Scottish World Cup fans drink Boston dry

18

The Parthenon's new (old) look

19

Lovebugs -- the Southeast's signature swarm.

20

Del Monte's bankruptcy dooms California peach trees

21

Starbucks Korea's epic marketing fail

22

The end of the dollar slice

23

The Whale Foundation and guide life

24

Kelsey Pfendler is rowing solo from California to Hawaii

25

Killer squirrels in California

26

The newest work dress code: Tokyo summer.

27

We're building American women's handball

28

Hikers build up Acadia National Park's mountains

29

Scientists and doctors ejected from diabetes conference

30

Does the Great Salt Lake have enough water for boats?

31

Telescope ranches: dark skies from anywhere

32

It's the Great Pigeon Heist, Charlie Brown

33

Rosamund Pike calls out texting audience member

34

Plastic surgery in Hollywood: is art still imitating life?

35

Serena Williams returns to the tennis court

36

The alpha-gal allergy explosion in Martha's Vineyard

37

[title of venue] The Kennedy Center prevails!

38

The Olympics x Ninja Warrior

39

Sound, plants, and A Chorus Line

40

Studies prove live concerts synchronize audiences

41

Porch geese, lawn flamingos, and garden gnomes

42

Power bank in luggage forces overnight flight diversion

43

14 mango varieties on one tree!

44

Abraham Poincheval's egg-hatching performance art

45

Lucid dreaming could be even more powerful

46

Band camp for adults is the new summer vacation

47

Getting an A at Harvard just got harder

48

Billie Jean King, 82, graduates from high school

49

Mysterious piggy banks on the Texas shores

50

In California, deadly mushrooms are blooming

51

Meet Snuffleupagus -- the FISH!

52

Beige-ification: do you have to take our films, too?

53

Are jazz and classical music becoming simpler?

54

Calbee snacks go monochromatic

55

Custom shoes for a teen with Weaver-Smith syndrome

56

3D-printing with bioluminescent algae

57

Sweet corn: summer sweetheart

58

Are Cento San Marzano tomatoes fake?

59

The new elephant habitat at The San Diego Zoo

60

The Book of Mormon and Broadway fire hazards

61

F1 drivers may have the solution for 'tech neck'

62

Should we buy Spirit Airlines?

63

Southwest celebrates retiring Spirit Airlines captain

64

A missing pig statue in North Carolina

65

Barefoot life: Chanel's sandal and weightlifting

66

The Met Gala, costumes, and a life in theatre

67

A new commemorative passport featuring Trump's portrait

68

Sabastian Sawe, Adidas, and the sub-2 hr marathon

69

I spent the night at the LaGuardia Au Bon Pain.

70

Should the U.S. buy failing Spirit Airlines?

71

The new Jell-ometer measures hockey fan excitement in "jiggles"

72

A wild axolotl in the UK?

73

James Ortiz, puppeteer, is eligible for an acting Oscar

74

Driving from London to Cape Town on 3 wheels

75

A hot air balloon's backyard emergency landing

76

Feeling lucky AND hungry? It's meat raffle time!

77

Sir Patrick Stewart and Shakespeare's sonnets

78

Ohtani says: Nap, and carry a big mattress

79

Kyoto has the most scenic train route in the world

80

Ants: more valuable than you think

81

Smart glasses and a blind marathon runner's independence

82

Helping kids and their vocabularies

83

Floss: check. Brush: check. TONGUE: CHECK.

84

An Amsterdam Zoo becomes a dark sky sanctuary

85

It's time to clean your suitcase

86

The annual ladybug release at the Mall of America

87

A 10-year-old teaches us how to survive a gator attack

88

Fluffy juice? Egg white froth? There's no place like foam.

89

Nobody's eating baguettes anymore

90

The end of the CIA World Factbook

91

A handbag in.. dinosaur leather?

92

KC Royals rookie sleeps through alarm, gets cut from lineup

93

Norway's Easter crime obsession

94

Free furniture if UConn teams make the March Madness finals?

95

KitKat announces a tracker to find stolen chocolate

96

Google now allows username changes

97

Stephen Colbert takes on the LOTR mantle

98

The chocolate eggs of Easter

99

Rolex's free Dallas training center

100

Is 2026 the year of the black currant?

101

Malls are making a comeback

102

Would you watch Jaws in the water?

103

Tennessee Williams: inspiring shouting contests nationwide

104

Cabbage: 2026 is your year.

105

Use your "inside clothes", it's allergy season

106

Basket + Ball = BASKETBALL

107

Camels, Botox, and beauty pageants

108

Meteorite hunters descend on Ohio

109

Man hacks 7,000 robot vacuums (could one be yours?)

110

Pokémon Go uses players to create a hyperspecific world map

111

Corned beef: the Irish-Jewish fusion food

112

If you pluck a grey hair, what happens?

113

State Department makes renouncing citizenship cheaper

114

Become a taste-tester for Hidden Valley Ranch and Pizza Hut

115

King penguins love global warming -- who knew?

116

It's new emoji time!

117

Get your free burger at Five Guys

118

Sober at a work party: the new normal

119

United Airlines enforces headphones rule

120

No finishers at the 2026 Barkley Marathons

121

The Brady Bunch house is officially a landmark

122

American women's quality of life: not equal

123

Lindsey Vonn's injuries and how elite athletes recover

124

Punch the monkey: the influencer

125

Marcus, the labrador therapy dog

126

Americans abroad warned to be cautious

127

A Florida man uses taco seasoning packets to steal from self-checkouts

128

Group chat etiquette, because it's 2026

129

Orlando swans and their fight against bird flu

130

On Cloud shoes and the squeaky lawsuit

131

Trader Joe recalls fried rice due to glass

132

Avoiding being a flu superspreader

133

TSA PreCheck & Global Entry won't be suspended by DHS

134

Ring feels privacy pressures and rethinks partnerships

135

Barcelona's Sagrada Familia achieves its height destiny

136

The Olympic medals: all symbol, no strength

137

Pim: the reigning Girl Scout cookie seller

138

The goat gardeners of Dallas

139

The sweet and the bitter of grapefruit

140

LSU's biodegradable Mardi Gras beads are on parade

141

Neti pots and nasal rinses, the singer's armor

142

Peanut butter *could* be good for you...

143

The plastic-eating 3D-printed robot fish

144

A year to read classics

145

February holidays (not for lovers)

146

Dumplings are universal

147

This Valentine's Day, name a cockroach after your ex

148

Jan Van Eyck vs. AI -- a story of attribution

149

The Olympics torch lighting ceremony

150

Beethoven, father of bone conduction

151

Ring doorbells is looking for lost dogs (for now)

152

Artemis II readies for launch and to make history

153

Goodbye, frozen juice concentrate

154

Preparing for Punxsutawney Phil

155

Martha Stewart listens to her granddaughter

156

Blind fans can experience the Super Bowl in a new way

157

The University of Colorado's "food racism" settlement

158

Keeping warm at home, even if the power goes out

159

An autistic Barbie has entered the Mattel family

160

The Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors: should the show go on?

161

Alex Honnold ascends the Taipei 101 skyscraper

162

Minnesota: the cold never bothered them anyway

163

Vicks VapoRub and the cold and flu season

164

Scandal at the opera: Met Opera director and designers drop names from 'Carmen'

165

The emus who defeated the Australian artillery

166

Reserving a room at the new lunar hotel

167

The power of avalanches

168

Korean theaters using AI subtitle glasses

169

Chinese app formerly known as Are You Dead is popular worldwide

170

New U.S. mail postmark rules could affect you

171

Dr. Martin Luther King on nonviolence

172

The cheese recall is brie-lly important

173

Orchestra conductors make the music happen

174

Barber's Adagio for Strings: a soundtrack for the times

175

Is eco-friendly toilet paper actually good for the environment?

176

Consumer Electronics Show 2026: we're in the future

177

Fifty sheep and their grocery store adventure

178

The Palm Beach Frozen Iguanas take the field

179

New year, new us: Betty Boop, Blondie, and Nancy Drew join public domain

180

It's a holiday hiatus! See you in January!

181

Sleeping animals: the great multitaskers

182

An Australian woman bests the competition at the Antarctic Ice Marathon; "Cantique de Noel" bonus track

183

Understudies: the heroes of the season

184

A silver steward makes off with the goods

185

`Twas the night before Christmas...

186

Sustainable gift wrapping -- get into it

187

Archaelogy dogs: smelling back in time

188

Professional dart players and their nicknames

189

A (Western) history of Christmas meals

190

White elephant exchanges are a holiday party staple

191

Dick Van Dyke: a hundred years is not enough

192

A volleyball coach tackles the ponytail problem

193

The Cathedral of Notre Dame & Steinmetz Hall: acoustic marvels

194

A Utah hiker gets rescued from quicksand

195

The Geminids meteor shower is putting on a show this weekend

196

Australia officially restricts children's social media access

197

Formulaic Christmas romance movies -- sign me up!

198

Pantone's color of the year is white. Are we getting snowed?

199

Rainbow Wool: saving gay sheep and making it fashion

200

A thief swallows a $19,000 Fabergé pendant. 6 days later, it showed up.

201

Violinists and their air travel woes

202

Not having a Real ID could cost you, but a flight delay may even it out

203

In honor of World AIDS Day.

204

Fake disability parking permits; a senior wedding in a pool; Coke Freestyle machines are focus groups

205

A man has been walking around the world. He's almost home.

206

€90,000 of escargot goes missing

207

Urban raccoons may be on the road to domestication

208

Your favorite musical artist may. be A.I. (yikes)

209

A Galapagos tortoise's incredible life

210

The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade preps for step-off

211

Moving walkways are disappearing from airports

212

Americans are waiting longer to upgrade their phones

213

Will Japan's first female leader step into the sumo ring?

214

New crash test dummies will keep women safer

215

Luxury cinemas make the movies an event

216

Be nice to crows. Very, very nice.

217

Eswatini: small country, big deals

218

The War of the Worlds and other hoaxes

219

What makes soda addictive?

220

Banana peels are worth something, too

221

Celebrity riders: you get what you ask for

222

Don't burn this in your fireplace. Snack instead!

223

Produce and your fridge: a high-maintenance relationship

224

The Space Out Competition: do nothing and win it all

225

Same-sex marriage is here to stay!

226

The Trackchair helps make nature more accessible

227

Tips on cleaning your water bottle (DO IT NOW.)

228

The Brooklyn Public Library is lending out art

229

Paris residents can enter a lottery for a chic final resting place

230

Japan's military fight against bears

231

This artificial reef is made of subway cars

232

Norman Rockwell: champion of the oppressed

233

China's space race and Shenzhen's rise

234

A U.K. family gets fined for truancy after Disney World trip

235

McDonald's is the latest to feel the loss of pennies

236

SNAP 2: How we can help

237

SNAP benefits: by the numbers

238

Chessboxing: no pain, no brain.

239

Passion projects: a Brazilian arthouse cinema and a Brooklyn art gallery

240

Rome's Colosseum gives new meaning to "arena tour"

241

Coffee prices keep climbing

242

Volcanos: be vigilant, especially during the shutdown

243

The Jim Henson Company is auctioning things for the first time

244

Mosquitos are found in Iceland for the first time

245

AI-generated videos are getting harder to spot

246

Ashraf Mahrous just pulled a 700-ton ship using his teeth

247

A heist! And a big opera controversy...

248

The Met Opera Live -- attend the opera in a recliner

249

The Western Alaska floods; the truth about knuckle cracking

250

A Manchester United fan wanted to change his name in support

251

Body diversity -- an ongoing acceptance

252

The Royal Ballet School is nurturing artists these days

253

The Haenyeo women, the freediving superstars

254

Air traffic controllers are working for free to keep you safe

255

Anguilla's web addresses are a moneymaker

256

The Nobel Prizes were born out of redemption

257

Wordle: from indie darling to the New York Times -- and now TV?

258

Pudding with a fork and Einstein's violin

259

It's Banned Books Week! Read on!

260

Thomas Kinkade: painter of light (or else)

261

The game of Columbia House and music-by-mail

262

Women in STEM: The X-Files and The Scully Effect

263

Emilia D'Albero is America's first champion at the Olympics of cheese

264

St. Francis and the Blessing of the Animals

265

A teen shepherd and her bestie sheep (and more sheep tales)

266

Reading Rainbow returns with new host Mychal Threets

267

Love the roundabout. (Don't be square.)

268

A mystery man surprises hikers with mountaintop ice cream

269

South Korea creates a market for hangover cures

270

Shark bite-resistant wetsuits on, jewelry off: a brave swimmer's guide

271

A day at the "Big E," the Eastern States Exposition

272

Bill Nye gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

273

A woman tries to sell Graceland and defraud the Presleys

274

Some Chinese restrooms are requiring payment for toilet paper

275

Halloween costumes 2025: win your contest.

276

Anna Hall wins a heptathlon title, 2nd American after Jackie Joyner-Kersee

277

Rupert Everett has been pulling pints. Cheers!

278

Skipping and skimming stones is an art and a science

279

A robbery at Walt Disney World in scuba gear (and a swim away escape)

280

Tourists get caught diving into the Venice canals...

281

The $110,000 speeding ticket

282

A new Girl Scout cookie flavor is coming

283

Holy rebels: A group of Austrian nuns break out of their care home

284

Albania appoints an AI-generated minister

285

MINNEAPOLIS! Exploring the Mall of America

286

Condensed Community; a slug that keeps you up at night

287

Make sure your midnight snack isn't keeping you up!

288

Ten-hut! A retiree joins the LSU marching band

289

Scandal at the beach: sunscreen labels may be lying

290

Left-coiling snail shells: dating woes and evolutionary advantages

291

It's National Cheeseburger Day; Dairy Queen and Orange Julius

292

Using the new hand signal for help in distress

293

James Patterson sponsors 12 authors in "Go Finish Your Book" campaign

294

Scaring off wolves with drones and heavy metal

295

Secrets: China's proposed mega-embassy, a diplomatic gift that spied for years; finding hidden cameras in Airbnbs

296

You can get arrested for throwing your beer bottle off that balcony

297

Redheads, assemble: Redhead Days in the Netherlands

298

Grab bag! The Yankee Stadium squirrel; the Free Republic of Verdis; AI-generated podcasts

299

The great zipper merge debate: rage or right?

300

It's peanut butter jelly time!

301

Return to sender: Countries cut off U.S. package deliveries

302

Should you use Buy Now, Pay Later services for your vacations?

303

Moo-ve over, cows, there's a "better" butter

304

147: Your Instagram is stalking you.

305

Putting the rainbow back: Orlando's Pulse memorial crosswalks

306

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... burrito

307

A Swedish town is moving a church... very slowly

308

Don't eat the radioactive shrimp!

309

142 | Waking up is hard to do...

310

141 | In France, you can sell tickets to your wedding. C'est... chic?

311

140 | Grocery store etiquette

312

139 | The sky is falling! No, it's a shooting star.

313

138 | A ten-year-old from London keeps a chess grandmaster in check

314

137 | Go with your gut: hosting awards shows and travel superstitions

315

136 | It's the International Year of the Glaciers' Preservation! Someone tell Mendenhall.

316

135 | Fashion crime: The ski jump suit scandal

317

134 | Communal living: it goes both ways

318

133 | The Labubu economy

319

132 | Romeo & Juliet in Estonia: car-crossed lovers

320

131 | Running: Jacory Patterson; the world's deepest marathon

321

130 | Grab Bag: Theo Huxtable got me grounded.

322

129 | Jesus Christ Superstar and the art of theatre

323

128 | 'Gigil' is in the dictionary -- and other evolutions of language

324

127 | Doritos is betting on sriracha (just like the rest of us)

325

126 | Filipino food -- outside of my mom's house!

326

125 | Burmese pythons vs the world (and robo-bunnies)

327

124 | Tales from the police blotter

328

123 | Rideshare tips and safety initiatives

329

122 | Impersonations and the legacy of William Douglas Street

330

121 | A man says boneless wings should be boneless. I say: chew your food.

331

120 | The Kennedy Center: you want to name it what?

332

119 | This summer is so hot (says science)

333

118 | Americans stick out abroad. Here's how.

334

117 | How bad are menstrual cramps, really?

335

116 | The rising costs of chocolate

336

115 | Earth is spinning faster, and days are short...

337

114 | Plumpy Nut, a lifesaving food, is stuck in warehouses -- not feeding kids

338

113 | When did dinosaurs get so expensive?

339

112 | How do you get your news?

340

111 | A Japanese gaming tournament crowns its 73-year-old winner

341

110 | The deadly Brightline train

342

109 | Chimps and their fashion trends

343

108 | Taking recycling into your own hands

344

107 | Steve Jobs's simple creativity hack -- walking!

345

106 | A grandma spearheads an online group returning items to Texas flood victims; mutual aid projects

346

105 | Is pearl jewelry a red flag? (Let's talk pearls.)

347

104 | The 'world's largest' time capsule has been opened!

348

103 | FaceID is just the tip of the iceberg of facial recognition

349

102 | "The show must go on" and performing through pain

350

101 | Cursive and handwriting -- it's good for your brain!

351

100 | A bridge with a 90-degree turn and other wonders of design

352

99 | Blue light glasses: are they a myth?

353

98 | The tragedy of the Texas floods; France gives asylum to "science refugees."

354

97 | Maurizio Cattelan: subversive and comic artist

355

96 | The end of the Chongqing red panda wake-up call; supporting The Lynx Watch

356

95 | This is a test: Licensed Battlefield Guides at Gettysburg National Park

357

94 | A man finds a model train set underneath his house; Miniatur Wunderland

358

93 | Friends running late? Understanding time blindness

359

92 | Audiobooks: sit back, relax, and listen.

360

91 | Housewarming traditions and thoughtful gift ideas

361

90 | Measles are here. Are you covered?

362

89 | Ways to volunteer, even if you're an introvert

363

88 | Public transportation abroad: you can do it!

364

87 | Dolly Parton, I will always love you.

365

86 | The ice cream challenge "rewarding" Applachian Trail thru-hikers

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85 | Edible art: vegetable sculptures and butter cows