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Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

Did Nero play his fiddle while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 CE? Absolutely not. Find out how we know when Chuck and Josh bust a two thousand year-old myth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Selects: How Narcolepsy Works

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  Rope, yeah ROPE!

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  Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States?

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  Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think?

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  Selects: The Manhattan Grid

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  Who was Robert Maxwell?

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  Bonnie and Clyde

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  Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2

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  Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1

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  Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World

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  Short Stuff: Phone Books

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  Beans and Rice Feeds the World

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  Selects: How Peanut Butter Works

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  How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks

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  Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders