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Season 2024

56 episodes · 2024

  1. 1South Korea Built a Mediocre New Capital in the Middle of Nowhere

    04 Jan 2024 · 6 min

  2. 2Why There’s a Giant Barcode In The Middle of the Mojave Desert

    11 Jan 2024 · 6 min

  3. 3The Special Design That Makes Library Books Indestructible

    16 Jan 2024 · 7 min

  4. 4How the US Transports Its Nuclear Weapons

    19 Jan 2024 · 7 min

  5. 5How Tokyo Made Itself Earthquake-Proof

    25 Jan 2024 · 7 min

  6. 6Why a Big Box Store Started Solving Violent Crimes

    26 Jan 2024 · 7 min

  7. 7The Very Real Australian Colleges with No Students

    31 Jan 2024 · 7 min

  8. 8The Logistics of White House State Dinners

    31 Jan 2024 · 7 min

  9. 9The Tiny Alaskan Town with the US’ Highest Taxicab Density

    05 Feb 2024 · 7 min

  10. 10How This Michigan Town Accidentally Buried Itself in Sand

    19 Feb 2024 · 7 min

  11. 11Why the FBI and the CIA Keep Lying to Each Other

    25 Feb 2024 · 6 min

  12. 12Why It’s So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome

    28 Feb 2024 · 7 min

  13. 13Why We’re Building a 790-Mile Wire From Kansas to Indiana

    29 Feb 2024 · 6 min

  14. 14Why the North Korean Government Has a Tiny Office in NYC

    19 Mar 2024 · 8 min

  15. 15Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot

    22 Mar 2024 · 9 min

  16. 16The Logistics of Prescribed Fires

    27 Mar 2024 · 9 min

    Video written by Ben Doyle

  17. 17Why Don’t Planes Carry Parachutes?

    31 Mar 2024 · 8 min

  18. 18How the US Tests Nukes (Without Blowing Them Up)

    06 Apr 2024 · 8 min

  19. 19The Man Who Stole an Entire Hotel

    16 Apr 2024 · 8 min

  20. 20The Obscure System That Syncs All The World’s Clocks

    23 Apr 2024 · 8 min

  21. 21How Storing Movies on Vinyl Lost RCA $650 Million

    01 May 2024 · 9 min

  22. 22Why All Pro Basketball Players Shoot Free Throws Wrong

    09 May 2024 · 9 min

  23. 23The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors

    14 May 2024 · 10 min

  24. 24The 517,431 Emails That Trained Siri

    17 May 2024 · 8 min

  25. 25Why There’s a Pacific Ocean Port in Idaho

    24 May 2024 · 9 min

  26. 26Why the Ocean Looks So Fake on Google Maps

    03 Jun 2024 · 9 min

  27. 27Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week

    06 Jun 2024 · 8 min

  28. 28Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means

    13 Jun 2024 · 9 min

  29. 29The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea

    25 Jun 2024 · 8 min

  30. 30Mumbai’s Crazy-Efficient, 99.9999% Accurate Food Delivery System

    01 Jul 2024 · 8 min

  31. 31How the UN Translates Everything in Real-Time

    08 Jul 2024 · 9 min

  32. 32How this Oklahoma Town Became Completely Uninhabitable

    15 Jul 2024 · 9 min

  33. 33How America’s Largest, Most Secure Embassy Works

    19 Jul 2024 · 9 min

  34. 34How the US Gov’s Riskiest Labs Contain Deadly Viruses

    30 Jul 2024 · 8 min

  35. 35The One Long Wire Ruining America’s Most Important Train

    01 Aug 2024 · 8 min

  36. 36The Super-Complex Security of the Paris Olympics

    09 Aug 2024 · 9 min

  37. 37The Logistics of Mount Everest’s Base Camp

    20 Aug 2024 · 8 min

  38. 38The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People

    26 Aug 2024 · 8 min

  39. 39The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year

    03 Sep 2024 · 8 min

  40. 40The Massively Bureaucratic System for Confirming a “Miracle”

    07 Sep 2024 · 9 min

  41. 41The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S.

    18 Sep 2024 · 8 min

  42. 42Why 1% of the Stock Market is Tied to 11 Random Americans

    26 Sep 2024 · 7 min

  43. 43How Ski Resorts Store Snow Over the Summer

    30 Sep 2024 · 8 min

  44. 44Why Only One US City Doesn’t Add Fluoride to Its Water

    10 Oct 2024 · 9 min

  45. 45How They Dug the Deepest Hole on Earth

    17 Oct 2024 · 8 min

  46. 46How This Card Game Accidentally Became a Stock Market

    25 Oct 2024 · 9 min

  47. 47How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency

    30 Oct 2024 · 9 min

  48. 48How The USA’s Only Car-Free Village Works

    31 Oct 2024 · 9 min

  49. 49Why Hawaii's H-3 is the Most Expensive Interstate Ever

    12 Nov 2024 · 9 min

  50. 50The Crazy-Complex Process of Organizing a Container Ship

    19 Nov 2024 · 9 min

  51. 51How This Waffle Restaurant Mastered Hurricanes

    26 Nov 2024 · 8 min

  52. 52How Istanbul Moved Its Airport in Just 45 Hours

    30 Nov 2024 · 8 min

  53. 53The US’ Surprisingly Busy Nuclear Emergency Team

    12 Dec 2024 · 9 min

  54. 54How a Whole Country Got Cut Off From The Internet for 38 Days

    17 Dec 2024 · 9 min

  55. 55How This Tunnel Accidentally Created an Immigration Loophole

    24 Dec 2024 · 7 min

  56. 56The $18.8 Bil, Borderline Useless Bridge Between Hong Kong and Macau

    26 Dec 2024 · 8 min