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Short Stuff: Knock on Wood

What's the deal with knocking on wood? It's an action one takes to ensure good luck. Which doesn't exist. Yet we do it. Humans are funny that way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Short Stuff: Getting Winded

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  The Village People Episode

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  Selects: How the Beagle Brigade Works

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  The Awful Crimes of Georgia Tann

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  Short Stuff: The Sad, Strange Tale of Margaret Schilling

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  The Power of the Wind

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  Selects: Special Effects: A Short History

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  Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out!

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  Short Stuff: The Amazing Tale of Juliane Koepcke

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  The Dubious Science of Arson Investigation

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  Selects: How Famines Work

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  Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones

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  Short Stuff: Straitjackets

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  The 1977 Women's Conference That Changed America

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  Selects: All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh

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  The Everglades: Wowee