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Eels Alive!

Eels are pretty much objectively unsettling. They’re not quite fish (although they are) and if they’re snakes, they’re messed up snakes (they aren’t). But they’re fascinating too! There are even little cute eels. It’s time you got acquainted with eels! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Selects: Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?

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  The Hindenburg Disaster

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  Short Stuff: Did Tippi Hedron start the Vietnamese manicure industry?

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  Humanists, the Happy Heathens

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  Selects: Can movies be cursed?

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  Let's Go to Camp... David!

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  Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

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  Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX

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  Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis

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  How to Drink a Tree's Blood

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  Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth

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  Save the Whales!

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  Selects: How Fever Dreams Work

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  UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity

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  Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird