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A podcast for getting things done. Popular Mechanics Editor Jacqueline Detwiler hosts a rotating cas

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Total: 100

Time to Say Goodbye

2019/4/25

Hi y'all from Jacqui, Peter, Kevin, Eleanor and Roy! We've had an amazing, enlightening time creatin

Every year, the week of April Fool's Day, we take a break from providing our listeners with useful i

Collecting Dust

2019/3/15

One day, when they were having lunch at their local bar, Rick Kiley and Jeff Boedges had an interest

The Drug Lord

2019/3/1

We'll be the first to admit that the Most Useful Podcast Ever doesn't pursue a lot of hard-hitting j

The Dog Days of Winter

2019/2/15

Deep in the middle of winter, it would be easy to hole up on the couch with a bag of Doritos and wat

With snow and cold descending across the Midwest and Northeast, we talk to the owner of StilL 630 sp

All-Testing Tables!

2019/1/18

Portable table saws, a wash-free gym shirt, a USB-based coffee cup, we'll test anything! Whether you

With the office nearly empty between Christmas and New Year's, Jacqui and Tech Editor Alex George in

With so many people coming over for the holidays, it's probably wise to make sure your grout is clea

Do you know what you're getting all your friends and family for the holidays? If so, good for you, o

In an episode chock-full of things we're thankful for, we start out by speaking with Steven Caple, J

Would You Go to Mars?

2018/11/9

The Martian author Andy Weir is really into Mars. So much so that National Geographic tapped him to

THE MARATHON

2018/11/1

Endurance races have gotten substantially more popular over the last several years, which means a lo

How to Invent Everything

2018/10/12

Ryan North's new book, How to Invent Everything, addresses that question that's probably been sittin

This is Real Life

2018/9/28

The editors of Popular Mechanics have been crazy busy dealing with real life tasks lately, but what

Do you know how many eyes Popular Mechanics home editor Roy Berendsohn has? Two. And that's thanks t

Friday Movie Night

2018/8/31

In honor of tonight's premiere of the new action flick Kin, starring Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, Jame

Big Ideas

2018/8/17

This episode, we decided to delve into some of the more serious, thoughtful, and future-thinking top

Well, that was random

2018/8/8

Sometimes at the Popular Mechanics office, we have a lot of interesting things to talk about, but no

Road Trip!

2018/7/20

On today's show, MUPE tackles the most all-American of vacations: The summer road trip. We call up K