Ungeniused

196: Chain Letters 03.10.2023 11:32 ↓

Listen to this episode and share it with five of your friends, or something bad may happen.

195: Worm Charming 19.09.2023 14:34 ↓

Attracting earthworms from underground is one heck of a sport.

194: The Republic of Rose Island 05.09.2023 9:29 ↓

In the late 1960s, the grooviest place to be was a platform off the coast of Italy... for two months, anyway.

193: John Hancock Tower 22.08.2023 10:33 ↓

This 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper towered over Boston when it opened in 1976, and thankfully is still upright, despite some startling structural issues.

192: The Citicorp Center Engineering Crisis 08.08.2023 11:56 ↓

The Citicorp Center's unique design turned heads when it opened in the 1970s. Little did people know that the building was in danger of collapse until secret repairs could be made.

191: Vantablack 25.07.2023 10:58 ↓

“It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.”

190: Buc-ee's 11.07.2023 10:57 ↓

It's a gas station. It's a jerky bar. It's a set of very clean bathrooms. It's a gas station. It's a jerky bar. It's a bathroom. Are you getting it? This is not three highway stops. It's one highway stop. And they call it Buc-ee's.

189: Fainting Goats 13.06.2023 8:12 ↓

We've all been startled by sudden noises, but some goats take being scared to an all-new level.

188: Jazz Design 30.05.2023 6:18 ↓

It may have been a design for the lowly paper cup, but Jazz design has come to define much of the aesthetic we associate with the glory days of the 1990s.

187: Long-term Nuclear Waste Warning Messages 16.05.2023 8:52 ↓

Storing nuclear waste comes with many safety challenges. One of them is keeping people away from the site... even tens of thousands of years after everyone involved is dead and gone.

186: The Mighty Spork 02.05.2023 8:19 ↓

Do you need to use a fork, but could also use a spoon? Get you a utensil that can do both!

185: Three More Weird Sports 04.04.2023 15:50 ↓

It's been too long since Stephen and Myke looked at some unusual sports. Today, that wrong is righted with discussions of wife-carrying, toe wrestling and mobile phone throwing.

184: World Sauna Championships 21.03.2023 10:05 ↓

From 1999 to 2010, Finland hosted an annual endurance contest that ultimately ended in tragedy.

183: McBarge and Expo 86 07.03.2023 10:53 ↓

In 1986, Vancouver held a World's Fair. One feature of the expo — a floating McDonald's restaurant — has made waves ever since.

182: The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 Crash 21.02.2023 11:58 ↓

60 years ago, a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed in North Carolina.

181: Parking Chairs 07.02.2023 11:08 ↓

Need to call dibs on a parking spot after you dug it out of the snow? Just grab a chair!

180: The Baltic Sea Anomaly 24.01.2023 7:56 ↓

On the floor of the Baltic Sea rests the remains of a crashed UFO. Or a rock. Whatever.

179: The Videotape Format War 10.01.2023 8:34 ↓

The 1980s were a magical time when the world enjoyed neon, disco and Betamax.

178: Twelve Drummers Drumming 05.01.2023 2:33 ↓

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me twelve drummers drumming.

177: Eleven Pipers Piping 04.01.2023 2:25 ↓

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me eleven pipers piping.

176: Ten Lords A-leaping 03.01.2023 1:01 ↓

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ten lords a-leaping.

175: Nine Ladies Dancing 02.01.2023 3:45 ↓

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me nine ladies dancing.