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Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Dec 31, 2019

Based on our highly scientific poll (okay, we asked people on social media) we’ve determined your absolute favorite moments from 2019! Will Captain Crinkle’s struggles with iTunes end before the ball drops?


Dec 24, 2019

Paula and Adam weigh in on the great debate of our time: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie?

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Dec 17, 2019

You wanna rock the vote? Here in America, increasingly, the vote rocks YOU. USC Professor Franita Tolson stops by to discuss that increasingly endangered species, our right to vote. Plus, we've got songs! Both a vocabulary song and the brand new "Ballad of Captain Culpepper."

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Dec 10, 2019

What have trees done for us lately? And are palm trees imposters? To answer the deep foliage-related questions, we turn to Tree People’s director of operations, Jim Hardie. He’s basically part Lorax and part Ent. Also, it looks like another European country has embraced the podcast, and we toast them:...


Dec 3, 2019

Paula's been trying to expand her vocabulary for a year now. Why won't the new words take? And why do certain "bad words" linger? Linguist Dr. David Goldstein from UCLA is here to explain it all. And we unbox this Christmas' hot toy: The Blume Doll. Plus we give you an update on the season's <em>other</em> hot...