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Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi

Japanese nuclear worker Hisashi Ouchi is often called on the internet “the world’s most radioactive man.” That’s not exactly true, but it gets the point across about how severe the fatal dose of radiation he received was. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Social Identity Theory: Your Group Rules, Others Drool

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  Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero

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  Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad

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  The Fall of the USSR, Pt II

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  SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?

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  Short Stuff: Cyclospora

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  The Fall of the USSR, Pt I

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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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  Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

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  Bonnie and Clyde