Ruth Finkelstein explains how to make cities more friendly for seniors. (Photo: Lucy Sutton)
Alexandra Petri (Washington Post columnist) is our special guest co-host, with AJ Jacobs (author of It’s All Relative) as real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK covers everything from birth to earth, including pregnancy tests, parenting, monogamy, aging better, and, finally, embalming.
Host Stephen J. Dubner questions a presenter during Season 4 of Tell Me Something I Don't Know (Photo: Lucy Sutton)
Season 4 of Tell Me Something I Don’t Know is almost here! Get ready for 10 brand new episodes starting September 17. We’ve packed every episode with things you probably didn’t know, and we’ve got some great co-hosts, including — but not limited to — Alex Guarnaschelli, Alex Wagner, John McWhorter, Angela Duckworth, Hari Kondabolu, Jemele Hill, and Alexandra Petri.
If you don’t already subscribe to TMSIDK, you should, right now. Especially because it’s free. If you can’t wait until September 17, you can get the first episode of the new season right now, ad-free, by signing up for Stitcher Premium. Also, follow TMSIDK on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
And if you want to be part of Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, sign up to be a contestant or come to one of our live tapings in New York City this fall. We’ll be at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, in downtown Manhattan, on October 5, 6, and 7, so join us! Because you never know what you’ll learn.
Would basketball be the same without buzzer-beaters like Michael Jordan's "The Shot?" (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Basketball fans know how boring a game’s ending can be — intentional fouls can stretch 90 seconds into 10 minutes. What if we could fix it by blowing up the last 4 minutes?
Stephen Dubner and A.J. Jacobs are joined by Nick Elam.
Catherine Russell also manages the theater in which she performs. (Photo: "Perfect Crime")
Off-Broadway actress, producer, and Guinness Record-holder Catherine Russell has played the same off-Broadway role for three decades. What’s more impressive than the play itself? She’s never called in sick.
Stephen Dubner and A.J. Jacobs are joined by Russell.
Researchers tested pee power in music festival urinals around England.
(Photo: The University of the West of England)
Some of our most important inventions safely remove human waste. But what if we could use that waste to generate electricity?
Stephen Dubner and A.J. Jacobs are joined by Jonathan Winfield.
Despite its popularity from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution, rosé wine is only-recently making a comeback for modern palates. (Photo: By Menérbes/Flickr)
From medieval times through the French Revolution, rosé ruled the wine world — and now it’s staging a comeback.
Stephen Dubner and A.J. Jacobs are joined by actress (and rosé fan) Miriam Shor and wine writer Katherine Cole.
Senator Todd Young of Indiana has an idea for federal social programs that brings in private money. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Senator Todd Young of Indiana wants to make government-funded social programs more effective with Social Impact Partnerships, which pair private funding with proven projects.
Stephen Dubner and A.J. Jacobs are joined by Senator Young.
Growing lemons requires a lot of water and patience — and a little organized crime. (Photo: Giovanni/flickr)
In 1803, Sicily and Malta won contracts to provide lemon juice to the entire British Royal Navy. Half a century later, the mafia was born.
Stephen Dubner and A.J. Jacobs are joined by Helena Attlee.
The discovery of phosphorus, 50 years after this statue was erected, involved a lot of urine. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
We are on the weird side of the tracks in Philadelphia with everything you’ve ever wanted to know about graffiti, cockroaches, tattoos, pee, and more. James Altucher (host of The James Altucher Show) is our special guest co-host, with Mike Maughan (head of global insights at Qualtrics) as real-time fact-checker.
Subjects in Traci Mann's experiment chose things like mac and cheese, brownies, cookies and cake as their comfort foods. (Photo: Tavallai/Flickr)
Put down the brownie batter and relax with a TMSIDK episode filled with facts on quiet rooms, pillows, comfort food, and …Spam?
Krista Tippett (host of On Being) is our special guest co-host, with Maggie Ryan Sandford (science writer, researcher and producer) as real-time fact-checker.