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120 Reviving the Horn & Hardart Automat: The Return of a Forgotten Dining Icon

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119 This Is GWAR | Scott Barber

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118 The Unsolved Disappearance of the Man Who Invented Motion Pictures | Paul Fischer

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117 Route 66: California | Scott Piotrowski

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116 Route 66: Oklahoma | Rhys Martin

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115 Route 66: Kansas | Renee Charles

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114 Route 66: History, Attractions, & Road Trip Essentials | Jim Hinckley

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113 Regenerative Grazing: Farming Done Right! | Pete Huff

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112 The World's First Talking Dog! | Christina Hunger

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111 The Truth (& Lies) About How Baseball Happened | Thomas Gilbert

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110 The Art of LEGO | Nathan Sawaya

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109 A History of Howard Johnson's | Anthony Sammarco

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108 A History of the World in 6 Glasses | Tom Standage

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107 This Fruit is Bananas! | Dan Koeppel

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106 Are Algorithms Turning us all into Bigots? | Dr Robert Elliott Smith

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105 Behind the Scenes of "The Magnificent Seven" | Brian Hannan

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104 How to Wake Up Your Dreams with Lucid Dreaming | Stef from HowToLucid.com

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103 The Scrappy Origin Story of the Personal Computer | Sean Haas

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102 Adventures in Astronomy | Emily Levesque

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101 Becoming Santa: Inside the Harvard of Santa Schools | Tom and Holly Valent

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100 An Astronaut — Yes, an Actual Astronaut! | Terry Virts

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099 Uncovering the Real Pilgrim Story: 400 Years Later | John G. Turner

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098 The Bizarre History of Soda | Tristan Donovan

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097 Seaweed Farming: Healthy, Sustainable, & Freaking Awesome! | Bren Smith

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096 The Future of Democracy | David Stasavage

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095 The World of Plymouth Plantation | Carla Gardina Pestana

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094 Sealand: The Swashbuckling Story of the World's Smallest Country | Dylan Taylor-Lehman

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093 LiDAR for iPhones, Undiscovered Ancient Ruins, & Autonomous Cars | Todd Neff

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092 Understanding Genetically Modified Food | Robert Saik, author of Food 5.0

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091 Griffith Observatory | Deputy Director Mark Pine

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090 How to Objectively Call Bullshit on Misinformation & Fake News | Jevin West

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089 Delicious & Nutritious Unify for the Future of Food | David Julian McClements

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088 Auto Racing for the Average Joe | Chris Leone of iRacing

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087 Converting Classic Cars to Electric Vehicles | Pete Williamsen of Electric GT

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086 A Modern-Day Lighthouse Keeper | Spence Wilson

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085 Are Monkeys Entering the Stone Age? | Brendan Barrett & Claudio Monteza

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084 Saunas: Everything You Need to Know | Eero Kilpi of the Sauna Society

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083 Star Wars Visual Effects | Richard Edlund

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082 What Happened to the 3D Printing Revolution we were Promised? | Jaime Bonnin Roca

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081 The Ambassador of Americana, The King of Kitsch | Charles Phoenix

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080 The Sole Surviving Defendant in the John DeLorean Drug Case | Stephen Arrington

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079 The Great Wine Fraud | Peter Hellman, author of In Vino Duplicitas

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078 Huell Howser is California's Gold | John Carlo Encarnacion, Huell Howser Archives Technician

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077 DeLorean Motor Company: Still Going Strong! | James Espey, Vice President at DMC

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076 Stonehenge: It's Not Really a Mystery | Susan Greaney

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075 How Those Insane Christmas Light Displays are Made | Darren Vader of Extreme Lightscapes

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074 Menu for Mars | Heidi Neilson & Douglas Paulson

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073 Bigfoot: Let's Find a Body | Daniel Perez of the Bigfoot Times

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072 The Evolution of Las Vegas Architecture | Stefan Al

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071 The Bank Robbery Capital of the World: Los Angeles | Peter Houlahan

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070 The 8 Personality Traits to Becoming a Better Golfer | Golf Mental Coach Jon Stabler

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069 The Future of Humanity | Book Club with Kevin Joey Chen

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068 Randy's Donuts - Yeah, with the 32 ft. Doughnut on the Roof!

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067 Is Artificial Intelligence the End of the Human Era? | James Barrat, author of Our Final Invention

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066 How to Get Started Mountain Biking | Jeff Barber, co-founder of Singletracks

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065 The Rivalry of Leo Fender and Les Paul | Ian S. Port, author of The Birth of Loud

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064 The Architects of J. P. Morgan, Westinghouse, and the Panama Canal | John Oller

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063 The Case to Abolish Sport Hunting | Anne Muller of C.A.S.H.

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062 Hidden History of Transportation in Los Angeles | Charles Hobbs

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061 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Series part 4: The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control | Rick Houston, author of Go, Flight!

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060 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Series part 3: Experiencing The Apollo 11 Launch | David Chudwin, author of I Was a Teenage Space Reporter

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059 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Series part 2: The Apollo 13 EECOM Flight Controller | Sy Liebergot

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058 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Series part 1: Programming the Moon Landing Guidance Computer | Don Eyles

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057 Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom | Ryan M. Cameron

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056 The History of the Internet | Brian McCullough

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055 Hotel Meets Hostel | Sleepbox co-founder Mikhail Krymov

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054 Want Good Coffee at Home? Listen to This! Benji Walklet, The Coffee Concierge

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053 Sea Creatures Are Teaching us How to Make Glue (and It's More Interesting than You Think!), Jonathan Wilker

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052 Lessons from Finland with Joanna Nylund, Author of Sisu: The Finnish Art of Courage

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051 Should I Hunt? And How to get Started Hunting, Jayson Sacco of Outdoor Adventures with Jayson

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050 Living in a Shipping Container, Aaron Burch of Discover Containers

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049 The Presidential Pet Museum, Andrew Hager and Bill Helman

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048 Saving the Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine, Steve Concotelli and Joe Walser

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047 Lasers and Death Rays, Jeff Hecht

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046 Cruise Ship Designer and Architect, Joseph Farcus

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045 Father of the 401k, Ted Benna

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044 Inventing The Calendar and Doomsday Comets, Duncan Steel

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043 Inventor of the Waterbed, Charles Hall

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042 Why Girls Wear Pink & Boys Wear Blue, Dress Historian Jo Paoletti

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041 When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain, Book Club with Scott Orel

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040 The Story of Steve Wynn and Vegas, Christina Binkley author of Winner Takes All

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039 Remembering EPCOT from Walt Disney World, Alison of Walt Dated World

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038 Complex Legal Ideas Made Simple, Ryan Shellady and Luke Cole of See id.

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037 The Living Vehicle, Matthew and Joanna Hofmann

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036 Hanging Out with the Mob, Dennis Griffin

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035 Talking Oscar Nominations with Sade and Kyle of Offscreen Babble

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034 The History of Las Vegas with Las Vegas Historian, Geoff Schumacher

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033 Find your Money Path with Stephen Newland

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032 The Science of Stand Up Comedy, Dan Kapr of Dan Has Jokes

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031 Diving the Andrea Doria and Flying A-6 Intruders, Peter Hunt

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030 History of the Family Road Trip, Richard Ratay Author of Don't Make Me Pull Over

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029 Killer Roller Coasters and Disney History, George Taylor of ImagiNERDing

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028 How SpaceX Will Populate Mars, JT Lozano of SpaceX Updates

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027 Is Our Wireless Environment Giving You Headaches, Brain Fog, or Even Cancer? Neil Steven Cohen of EMF Safety Zone

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026 Orphan Cars That Just Couldn't Make It, Mal Pearson of Makes That Didn't Make It

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025 Silent Film History and Behind the Scenes at the Oscars, Kay Shackleton aka The Movie Gal

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024 Brand Builders and Designers Living the VanLife, Nat Tingley and Martha Main of Mainland Studio

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023 The King of Ice Cream, Daniel Zimmerman

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022 From Lego Art to Visual Film Effects with Tommy Williamson of Brick Nerd

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021 If you Like Soda, You'll Love This Episode with Aaron of The Soda Jerks