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Part-Time Genius — 472 episodes
Skyline Drive: Trickle-Down Astrology
9 Side Hustles of the Rich & Famous
What’s a Salamander’s Superpower? with Emily Graslie
Skyline Drive: The Truth According to Jean
7 Blunders of the Ancient World
9 Stompy Facts About Godzilla
Skyline Drive: It’s Supposed to Be Fun
Is Itching Contagious? (And Does Scratching Really Help?)
Do You Have to Pay These Strange Taxes?
Are Pay Phones Making a Comeback?
Why Are Whales So Big? with Nick Pyenson!
9 Facts About Buttons That Aren't Nuclear
9 Kilt-Tilting Facts About Scotland
How Did the Avocado Conquer the World?
Is The Legend of Zelda the Perfect Video Game?
9 Last Words Worth Remembering
9 Helpful Facts About Assistive Technology
How Did Settlers Create New Orleans from Swampland?
What’s the Best Passport to Carry? (And Why Do We Carry Passports?)
Is Recycling Worth the Hassle?
9 Nutty Facts About Hard-Shelled Fruit
How Clean Should We Be?
What’s the Best Way to Break a Bad Habit?
What Are the Only 10 Foods You'd Need to Survive?
9 Awesome Facts about Opossums
Why Are Humans So Obsessed With Chocolate?
Is There Such a Thing as “Authentic” Food?
How Did the Winter Olympics Change Sports?
Does Listening to Music Make You Healthier? with Daisy Fancourt
9 Absurd Inventions You (Probably) Won't See on Shark Tank
9 Map-Slapping Border Disputes
What Does Plastic Surgery Have to Do With the Civil War?
How Close Are We to Teleporting?
9 Things Hiding on Your Money
9 Classic Works That Belong to Everyone Now
How Do People Game the Lottery?
Why Did the Inventor of Shopping Malls Hate Malls?
9 High-Flying Facts About Skywriting!
Cake in Space, a Musical Mushroom, and a Very Lonely Snail
9 Very Important Facts About Bears
Is Flavor Really All In Your Brain?
How Much Did Jane Austen Earn From Her Books (And Why Wasn’t It More)?
9 Weird Things Hiding Underground
Why Were C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien Frenemies?!
9 Wonderful Wintertime Inventions
9 Door-Busting Facts About Holiday Shopping
What Are the Secrets of the World’s Largest Birds?
Taking Risks and Traveling the World, with Tom Freston!
How Scientists Are Reviving Lost Smells
Super Food Science Excellence Trivia Blow Out! with Science Friday
Why Does New Zealand Have an Official Wizard?
9 Saucy, Savory Facts About Pasta
What Did Teddy Roosevelt Do to Dr. Seuss?!
9 Mustache Facts to Kick Off Movember!
Exploring Alien Science with Daniel Whiteson!
PTG Recommends: Origin Stories!
9 Spooky, Ooky Facts About Charles Addams
9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in Your Pillowcases!
Being Curious for a Living with Josh & Chuck from Stuff You Should Know
Are We Doomed to Lose Curiosity As We Age?
Can Pets Be Curious? How About Wild Chimps?
Is Curiosity Dangerous?
What Does Curiosity Really Do To Our Brains?
How Come Esperanto Never Took Off?!
Can Pneumatic Tubes and Robot Sharks Solve Our Garbage Crisis?
Why Did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?
The Mystery of the Missing Tintin Plays
What’s the Best Day of the Week?
Was Tintin a Real Person?
9 Facts to Get You in the Apple-Picking Mood
9 Sneaky Ways to Send a Message
Did Picasso Try to Steal the Mona Lisa?
Why Is It So Hard to Get Rid of Lice?!
Does Pizza Bring Out the Worst In People?
What's the Worst Mascot of All Time? (And Who Invented Mascots, Anyway?)
Are There Benefits to Procrastinating?
A Hungry Fungus and the Epic Quest to Save Wet Books!
Dancing Molecules and a Plywood Miracle!
Caffeinated Concrete and a Song About Particle Physics!
Self-Healing Glass and Virtual Dolphins!
Jetlagged Hamsters and the Smell of Space!
Why Does Rocking Put Babies to Sleep?
What Are the Greatest Things We Didn't Know About Brazil?
9 Head-Spinning Facts About Carousels
Who Invented the Dunce Cap? (And Other Unusual School Supplies)
9 Crazy Stories About Debt (Including when you could pay your rent in Eels?!)
How to Build the Ultimate Theme Park!
9 Bonzer Tips for Traveling Across Australia
Why Is It More Dangerous to Be a Park Ranger Than an FBI Agent?
What Did Ancient Egyptian Bread Taste Like? with Sam Kean
Where Do the World's Best Band Names Come From?
9 Highly Reactive Facts About the Periodic Table
How Close Are We to Resurrecting a Woolly Mammoth?
Is 3D-Printed Food Worth Eating?
9 Deliciously Frosty Facts About Ice Cream
9 Bizarre Areas of Expertise
What's the Most American Place in the World?
Debunking Muscle Myths with Casey Johnston!
Part-Time Genius on The Puzzler: "True True False False" w/ Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur
Your Weird Summer Travel Guide!
Can You Make a Puppet Out of Ice?
Who Invented Fentanyl, and How Did It Become a Crisis?
Why Do NASCAR Fans Drive Trucks and Formula One Fans Drive Yachts?
Is Mexico City Really Sinking?
Why Can’t You Copyright a Chicken Sandwich?
Inside the Fact Vault: Bird Drama and a Tormented Statue
What's the Secret to Nintendo's Success?
9 Prime-Time Secrets of TV Guide
Thanks, Canada! 9 Great Inventions from the Great White North
Are Pigeons Smarter Than They Look?
Did a Volcano Eruption Really Help Invent the Bicycle?
Why Do We Blow Out Birthday Candles?
What's the World's Most Ridiculous Video Game?
Let's Kiss the Cod in Newfoundland!
PTG Classic: 9 Surprising Facts about Moms
Why Chickens are Smarter Than You Think! with Sy Montgomery
PTG Classic: Who's the Greatest Pirate of All Time?
9 Super Catchy Facts About Theme Songs
Inside Baseball: Magic Mud, Torpedo Bats, and High-Altitude Homers
PTG Classic: How Did P. T. Barnum Trick the World Into Riding Elevators?
9 Extremely Valuable Facts About Pennies
PTG Classic: Why Are We So Fascinated By the Titanic?
PTG Classic: What Flavor Is Dr Pepper?
9 Page-Turning Secrets of the Library of Congress
PTG Classic: What's the Science Behind Introverts?
Drama Kings: Meet Emperor Norton, the Pickle King & other Self-Declared Royalty
PTG Classic: Why Are There So Many Cheese Crimes?
9 Extra-Spicy Facts About Atomic Fireballs
9 Surprising Tips for Visiting Bhutan
PTG Classic: What are the Craziest Applications for Lasers? (Including washing your dishes!)
Are Cow Burps Hurting the Environment?
Who is Pablo Eggs-cobar? (And why is he obsessed with bird eggs?!)
PTG Classic: How do Dollar Stores stay in Business?
SURPRISE! It's a Part-Time Genius Pop Quiz
9 Very Important Facts About Donuts
25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 5
25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 4
25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 3
25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 2
25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 1
What Caused the Golden Age of Novelty Songs?
How did Thurgood Marshall become such an Incredible Lawyer?
Luddite Power! Why the Luddites were Smarter than you Think
What’s the World’s Greatest Tiny Museum?
9 Romantic Gestures That Went Horribly, Terribly Wrong
Who Built the First Swimming Pool?
9 Chomp-worthy facts about Alligators
How to Treasure Hunt in Denmark!
How to Spot a Lying Liar!
Should We Be Burying Our Food?
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FAN FAVORITE: How do Michelin Stars Work?
Where's the Beef? 9 of History's Greatest Feuds
What are the World's Oldest Board Games?
Fan Favorite: Easy Tricks to Improve Your Life this New Year!
Fan Favorite: 9 Snowy Facts to get you through your Snow Day
Riots, Donkeys and Pretty Lights: History's Most Memorable Holiday Parties!
Let's all go to... Indonesia!
The Latest Advances in Doggy Science
What's the Story Behind Our Favorite Pens?
9 Warm, Cozy Facts About Sweaters
Liechtenstein: The Little Country with A Lot of Teeth!
9 ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ High-Flying Facts ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ About Skywriting!
Fan Favorite: Secrets from the World’s Most Unique Airports
9 Grandmas You Should Meet!
9 Not-So-Elementary Facts About Sherlock Holmes!
Transformers! Are They More Than Meets the Eye?
Why did France give us a Statue of Liberty?
What's the Story Behind Dogs Playing Poker?
Adventures in Patriotism with the wonderful A.J. Jacobs!
How to Win Everything: Ridiculous and Unorthodox Ways to Get the Upper Hand
Why Is Tajikistan Obsessed with RC Cola? ... and other Snack Secrets!
7 Blunders of the Ancient World
Bringing Soap Operas to Afghanistan
Incredible Facts about Springfields across America! (Plus: what it has to do with 🧀 🧀 🧀 and 🐍 !)
Is Itching Contagious? (and does scratching actually help?)
PTG Classic: Why do Cats get such a Bad Rap?
Are Gummy Bears Good For Your Muscles? (And other very important Gummy Questions... Answered!)
Does Sunscreen Actually Work?
What Happened to the Coney Island Narwhal? (and other Important Narwhal Stories!)
9 Essential Facts You (Probably) Need to Know about... Surfing!
Poodle Grooming and Other (Nearly) Olympic Sports
What's the Best Way to Sit? (And Other Important Questions about Work)
Say My Name, Say My Name: 9 Fantastic Eponyms and the People Behind Them
PTG Classic: The Incredible Life of Jacques Cousteau
PTG Classic: How Did Sharks Get Such a Bad Rap?
Will I Regret Having an AI Voice? Featuring Evan Ratliff! (And his AI voice)
How Scientists are Reviving Lost Smells
Do Bald Eagles Really Steal Babies?! (And other Eagle Questions... Answered!)
Mango Recommends: The Sicilian Inheritance
9 Incredible Sicily Facts to Share over Cannoli!
The Strangest Summer Festivals You NEED to Visit (Probably)
What Flavor is Dr Pepper?
Did Picasso try to Steal the Mona Lisa?
Mango Recommends: Afghan Star, hosted by John Legend
How Did Dialing 9-1-1 Become a Thing?
9 Very Important Facts about Flutes
How Come Esperanto Never Took Off?!
Why Are There So Many Cheese Crimes?
How do Michelin Stars Work?
Why are we so Obsessed with Slime?
Was Sandra Day O'Connor Our Last Independent Justice?
9 Starch-tastic Facts about Potatoes!
9 Chomp-worthy facts about Alligators
9 Surprising Things Invented by Women
What's the World's Most Ridiculous Video Game?
What's the Correct Way for a Queen to Eat a Banana?
What's So Bad about the Philistines?
9 Weird Things Hiding Underground
9 Absurd Inventions You (Probably) Won't See on Shark Tank
9 Stompy Facts about Godzilla
How did P. T. Barnum Trick the World into Riding Elevators?
9 Oddball Comic Book Characters (Who Won't Be Getting Their Own Movie)
What did Teddy Roosevelt do to Dr. Seuss?!
Fan Favorite: 9 Reasons to Love Raccoons (Yes, Raccoons)
Fan Favorite: Why are Russians so good at Chess?
Fan Favorite: What are the Secret Rules the Royal Family has to Obey?
9 Ridiculous Things about "The 12 Days of Christmas"
What are the Craziest Applications for Lasers? (Including washing your dishes!)
Why Does New Zealand Have an Official Wizard?
Fan Favorite: How did Charlie Brown win over America?
Do Lucky Charms Really Work? (Plus, other ways to get the upper hand)
Did a Volcano Eruption Really Help Invent the Bicycle?
Halloween Special: The Mystery Show!
How do Dollar Stores stay in Business?
Who Invented the Dunce Cap? (And other unusual School Supplies)
How did settlers create New Orleans from swampland?
Is a Funny Boss better for your Workplace? (And other Secrets from Office Culture!)
Are Pigeons Smarter Than They Look?
Fan Favorite: Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?
Fan Favorite: What are the Movie Industry's Biggest Secrets?
Why did the Inventor of Shopping Malls Hate Malls?
How Close Are We to Resurrecting a Woolly Mammoth?
How did Thurgood Marshall become such an Incredible Lawyer?
Fan Favorite: How Did Wine Fraud Become Such a Big Business?
Fan Favorite: How does Rick Steves Think You Should Travel?
Fan Favorite: How Do People Game the Lottery?
Fan Favorite: What's the Science of Painkillers?
What are the Greatest Things We Didn't Know about Brazil?
Fan Favorite: What Makes the Happiest Places on Earth?
Did (Everyone's Favorite Frenchman) Lafayette Really Save America?
9 Valentine's Day Facts You'll Want to Share
9 Delightful Corners of the Internet
How Did Jacques Cousteau Fall in Love with the Sea?
9 Things Hiding on your Money
What does Plastic Surgery have to do with the Civil War?
9 Wonderful Wintertime Inventions
Why Can’t You Copyright a Chicken Sandwich?
The Surprising Origins of 9 TV Spin-Offs
Fan Favorite: Will Coffee Make Me Live Longer?
Why Did Ben Franklin Look Up to Genghis Khan?
Fan Favorite: 9 Very Important Facts about Bears
Fan Favorite: Why Were These Books Banned?
9 Christmas Tree Facts that are totally lit!
Fan Favorite: What's Everyday life like on Antarctica?
9 Great Facts about People Named Tony
What are the Secret Rules the Royal Family has to Obey?
Fan Favorite: Why is it more dangerous to be a Park Ranger than an FBI Agent?
9 Cocktail Facts to Enjoy Shaken or Stirred!
9 Reasons to Love Raccoons (Yes, Raccoons)
How did Charlie Brown win over America?
Fan Favorite: Was Mister Rogers the Best Neighbor Ever?
9 Deliciously Cheesy Facts about Nachos
Why are Russians so good at Chess?
Why did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?
9 Things about Unicorns, Zombies and... Darth Baggins?!
Were Ninjas Actually Good at Hiding?
Fan Favorite: 9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in your Pillowcases!
Fan Favorite: What are the Weirdest Experiments in Science?
Things for Rich People (that were Originally for Poor People)
Why Are We So Fascinated by the Titanic?
How did North Korea become such a Scary Place?
What are the Best Fall Festivals in America?
Fan Favorite: What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Japan?
Who's the Greatest Pirate of All-Time?
Fan Favorite: 9 Weirdest things Intentionally Buried by People
Can Showing Gratitude Help You Live Longer?
9 Facts to Get You in the Apple-Picking Mood
Secrets from the World’s Most Unique Airports
The Controversial Origins of Famous Dance Moves
9 Genius-Approved Ways to Avoid Writer's Block
What are the Strangest Mating Habits in the Animal Kingdom?
How do you Build a Civilization from Scratch?
Fan Favorite: Will we ever Travel Faster than Light Speed?
What's the Secret Science Behind Whales?
Inside the Secret World of Hotel Operations
How Did LEGO Take Over the World?
What are the Greatest Stories from the Appalachian Trail?
9 Outrageous Stories about Cars
What is time? And why do we rely on Greenwich for it?
Fan Favorite: Is Exercising to Lose Weight a Myth?
9 Unusual Instruments Worth Trumpeting About
What's the Science Behind Introverts?
Fan Favorite: What are the most Surprising Jobs at the White House?
9 Surprising Ways Celebrities Made Money
Who are the Secret Inspirations for these Characters?
How Did Dolly Parton Become Such a Legend?
9 Wonderful Grammar Stories for Language Nerds (like Us!)
What are Allergies and How Close Are We to a Cure?
What are the Most Important Moments in Dog History?
9 Fascinating Facts about Money
Fan Favorite: What are the Most Incredible Things the Human Body Can Do?
Who is America's Worst President?
Fan Favorite: 9 Hilarious Monuments (probably) not worth the Road Trip
Is your Grocery Store Trying to Manipulate You? (Plus, how a Piggly Wiggly inspired the Hoggly Woggly)
What are the Secrets of the World’s Largest Birds?
9 Weird and Incredible Rule Changes
Fan Favorite: Are we in the middle of a Rudeness Epidemic?
What's the Science of Changing Someone's Mind?
9 Incredible Inventors You'll Want to Meet
How did Nickelodeon Revolutionize Television?
What are the Movie Industry's Biggest Secrets?
9 Soccer-ish Facts about the World Cup
What’s so special about Twins?
Fan Favorite: Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?
How Close are we to Curing Alzheimer's?
9 Surprising Origin Stories Behind Corporate Mascots
What's the Greatest World's Fair of All-Time?
Fan Favorite: Who was the Woman Behind American Codebreaking?
9 Surprising Restaurants We Can't Stop Talking About
Why Are Kids So Attracted to Shel Silverstein's Poetry?
Are Dad Jokes Actually Good For Kids’ Brains?
What are the Best Shoes for Atheists, Marathon Runners, and Criminals?
How Do People Game the Lottery?
Fan Favorite: What's the Science of Invisibility?
9 Highly Unusual Courting Techniques
Is the Earth really Running Out of Sand, Dirt and Bacon?
9 Deliciously Frosty facts about Ice Cream
How Did MythBusters Work?
Will Coffee Make Me Live Longer?
9 Highly Specific Robots You Need to Meet
Fan Favorite: What are the Greatest Secrets Hiding in the Vatican?
Who's Going to Put a Colony on Mars First?
9 Somewhat Tasteful Facts about Salad!
What's the Science Behind the Perfect Party?
9 Surprising Facts about Moms
What do we actually Know about J. Edgar Hoover?
Why Were These Books Banned?
What are the Weirdest Experiments in Science?
9 Very Important Facts about Bears
Can Spicy Foods Make Us Live Longer?
How did the Avocado Conquer the World?
9 Mouth-puckering Stories about Pickles!
How did Sesame Street Change TV Forever?
What Does Stress Really do to our Bodies?
9 Incredible Stories about Accountants! (Yes, Accountants.)
Do Superstar Athletes Have Superior Brains?
Are there Benefits to Procrastinating?
9 Incredible Classic Toys (and How They've Changed)
What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Hawaii?
Why is it more dangerous to be a Park Ranger than an FBI Agent?
9 Fresh Ideas in Science
What Makes Waffle House Such a Brilliant Business?
How Could All These Things Possibly Happen on One Weekend?!
How Did Wine Fraud Become Such a Big Business?
9 Crazy Newspapers Worth Getting Your Hands On
What's the Science of Anger?
Why Doesn't Disney Celebrate these Princesses?
9 Last Words worth Remembering
How Did Google Get Its Start?
What's the Science of Painkillers?
9 Incredible Stories Imported from Remote Islands
Why do Cats get such a Bad Rap?
Why do NASCAR fans drive trucks and Formula One fans drive yachts?
9 Rinkrinkerfink Facts about Dr. Seuss
Where do the World's Best Band Names Come From?
Will we ever Cure Blindness?
What are the World's Weirdest Theme Restaurants?
How did WHAM-O become America's Greatest Novelty Toy Company?
Are we in the Middle of a Rudeness Epidemic?
9 Leafy Facts about Houseplants
Why are Humans so Obsessed with Chocolate?
What are the Most Incredible Technologies Coming Soon(-ish)?
9 Delightful Facts about Office Supplies
How did Putin come to power?
How does Rick Steves Think You Should Travel?
9 Outstanding Facts About Aussie Animals
What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Japan?
Is Flu Season Really as Dangerous as We're Told?
9 Thrilling Mysteries... Solved!
How Chinese is our Chinese Food?
How did Reference Books Shape Civilization? (And what will their death mean?)
9 Head-spinning Facts about Hats
Is Recycling Worth the Hassle?
What was the Golden Age of Hijacking?
9 Wacky Facts about the Marx Brothers
How did the Winter Olympics change Sports?
Is the Kraft Single America's Greatest Invention?
9 Snowy Facts to get you through your Snow Day
What's the Science of Perfect Timing?
9 Facts About Buttons that Aren't Nuclear
What are some Easy Tricks to Improve Your Life in 2018?
Will we ever Travel Faster than Light Speed?
9 Things to Look forward to in 2018
What are the Strangest, Craziest Sounds in the Universe?
What are the most Surprising Jobs at the White House?
9 Cat Facts in Honor of National Cat Herder's Day!
What's the Secret to Nintendo's Success?
Does Trash Talking Really Work?
What Makes the Happiest Places on Earth?
9 Sloth Facts Worth Clinging To
What are the Most Incredible Things the Human Body can do?
9 Piping Hot Facts about Bath Tubs
Are We Eating Sushi All Wrong?
Is there a Rosy Future for Libraries?
9 Prize-winning Facts about Game Shows
Why don't Squid and Octopus Get More Love?
How did the Sears catalog take over the world?
9 Ridiculous Thanksgiving Facts to Pass Around the Table
Was Mister Rogers the Best Neighbor Ever?
Are Truckers the Backbone of the US Economy?
9 Hilarious Monuments (probably) not worth the Road Trip
Who Was the Woman Behind American Codebreaking?
What are the Greatest Cookbooks on American Shelves?
How Big is Amazon?
Is China the Next Green Superpower?
9 Mustache Facts to Kick off Movember!
What are the only 10 Foods You'd Need to Survive?
What's Everyday life like on Antarctica?
9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in your Pillowcases!
What's so great about Canada? (Spoiler: Lots of things!)
What are the World’s Worst Jobs?
9 Disney Facts to Work into Conversations Immediately!
Why don't we use Rockets to Send Mail Anymore?
Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?
9 Mouthwatering Facts about Sandwiches
How Big is the US Military?
What's it take to be a Superfan?
The 9 Weirdest Things Intentionally Buried By People
Are Bananas Going Extinct?
What's the Secret to a Better Prison System?
BONUS: 9 Strange, Fun and Wonderful Non-Profits we Just Learned About
What will Computer Implants do for our Brains?
Which Country has the Secret to the Smartest Students?
Bonus: 9 Facts about Rich People and/or Sigourney Weaver
Why do Democrats like Coke and Republicans like Pepsi? (and other Revelations from the Cola Wars)
What Does the Internet Know About You?
Bonus: 9 Super Facts Hiding in your Supermarket
What Invention Deserves Way More Credit Than We Give It?
Can you Game a Dog Show?
How to Build the Ultimate Theme Park
What's the Science of Invisibility?
Does Pizza Bring Out the Worst In People?
Bonus: 9 Facts to Make You Smile
What’s the Best Day of the Week?
What should you Plant in your Poisonous Garden?
What are the Strangest College Classes We Desperately Want to Take?
Who's gonna live to 100?
Bonus: I need some Weird Eclipse Facts, pronto! Please Help!
Why is IKEA obsessed with building a Better Meatball?
How Do Con Artists Keep Fooling Us?
What are our favorite secrets about the Vatican?
What are the Weirdest Things the Government Invests In?
What Does the Future of Water Look Like?
Are We Really Breathing Julius Caesar's Last Breath?
Is Exercising to Lose Weight a Myth?
Do Personality Tests Work?
What's the Most American Place in the World? (Outside the States, that is)
How the Boy Scouts Conquered America
Why Are We Obsessed with World Records?
Your Weird Summer Travel Guide!
Is Flavor Really All In Your Brain?
Who's our Weirdest President?
Can We Feed 10 Billion?
Let's Build the Ultimate Superhero Animal!
Why is Ayn Rand a Political Rock Star?
How Clean Should We Be?
Will We Ever Live Without Sleep?
Why Have Rats Outsmarted Us For So Long?
Is Cryonics Really a Thing?
What are the Sunniest Places to Hide My Taxes?
Episode Zero: Hi There, From Part-Time Genius!