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Chaotic Wrestling & Ghost Stories
Reflections on Friday night wrestling. Also, why do we have ghost stories and urban legends?
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Playing Possum & The Forgotten Pandemic
Do animals share our concept of mortality? Also, why is diagnosing tuberculosis still a challenge?
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Tibbetts Brook & Scientific Fraud
An ode to an underground Bronx waterway. Also, what happens when someone destroys the trust science is built on?
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Aphantasia & Rollercoaster King
On discovering aphantasia and talking about it. Also, the man behind the UK’s fastest thrill-ride.
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Cheerleading & Fruit Detective
How cheerleading was shaped in large part by one company. Also, an art historian looking for lost agricultural treasures hidden in paintings.
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Mistakes & A Landing
Does getting things wrong play a fundamental role in life on Earth? Also, a miraculous landing.
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Scrambled Eggs & Rare Books
Jeff VanderMeer flees a hurricane with his cat. Also, a rare book dealer tries to rewrite his own ending.
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Survivors & Art Sleuth
Can our deepest trauma lead to our most profound joy? Also, an amateur art sleuth cracks a 43 year old case.
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Obituaries & Pencils
Capturing lives through obituaries. Also, the dilemmas of an antislavery activist profiting from a business reliant on slave labor.
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Island King & Financial Hurricane
A fugitive monarch dreams of fortune and freedom. Also, how Hurricane Milton and other climate chaos could trigger the next economic crisis.
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Pablo González & Swapped Babies
Was González a journalist or a Russian spy? Also, a South Korean adoptee looks for answers.
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Japanese Clutter & Extended Suicide
Clutter and maximalism in everyday Japanese life. Also, challenges in diagnosing and treating postpartum psychosis.