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When U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was asked at the end of his career, “What was the

Mel Blanc was known as “the man of 1,000 voices,” but, to hear his son tell it, the actual number wa

Why do we have a butt? Well, it’s not just for the convenience of a portable seat cushion. This week

This hour, we dive into the messy mystery in the middle of us. What's going on down there? And what

Meteorologists are as common as the clouds these days. Rolling onto the airwaves at morning, noon an

In this episode, first aired in 2014, we examine three very different kinds of black boxes — spaces

When the Dobbs decision went down, ER doctor Avir Mitra started to prepare for the worst — botched,

It all started when the rockstar David Byrne did a Freaky-Friday-like body-swap with a Barbie Doll.

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or

Lulu Miller, intrepid host and fearless mother of two, went off on her own and put together a little

For many of us, quicksand was once a real fear — it held a vise grip on our imaginations, from child

Two scientists realize that the very same AI technology they have developed to discover medicines fo

In the fall of 2004, Jeanna Giese checked into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin with a set of pu

A pizzeria owner in Kansas realizes that DoorDash is hijacking his pizzas. A Lyft driver conquers th

Learn a new language faster than ever! Leave doubt in the dust! Be a better sniper! Could you do all

In August 2018, Boen Wang was at a work retreat for a new job. Surrounded by mosquitoes and swamplan

This episode originally aired in 2012. An all-star lineup of producers — Pat Walters, Lynn Levy, and

Killer whales — orcas — eat all sorts of animals, including humpback calves. But one day, biologists

This episode, originally aired more than a decade ago, attempts to answer one question: how do you w

This week, Reporter Peter Smith and Senior Producer Matt Kielty tell the story of the U.S. Supreme C