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Why Chickens are Smarter Than You Think! with Sy Montgomery

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9 Super Catchy Facts About Theme Songs

Inside Baseball: Magic Mud, Torpedo Bats, and High-Altitude Homers

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9 Extremely Valuable Facts About Pennies

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9 Page-Turning Secrets of the Library of Congress

PTG Classic: What's the Science Behind Introverts?

Drama Kings: Meet Emperor Norton, the Pickle King & other Self-Declared Royalty

PTG Classic: Why Are There So Many Cheese Crimes?

9 Extra-Spicy Facts About Atomic Fireballs

9 Surprising Tips for Visiting Bhutan

PTG Classic: What are the Craziest Applications for Lasers? (Including washing your dishes!)

Are Cow Burps Hurting the Environment?

Who is Pablo Eggs-cobar? (And why is he obsessed with bird eggs?!)

PTG Classic: How do Dollar Stores stay in Business?

Introducing: ScienceStuff

SURPRISE! It's a Part-Time Genius Pop Quiz

9 Very Important Facts About Donuts

25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 5

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25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 3

25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 2

25 Greatest Science Ideas Countdown: Day 1

What Caused the Golden Age of Novelty Songs?

How did Thurgood Marshall become such an Incredible Lawyer?

Introducing Leading By Example: Will Pearson - President of the iHeart Podcast Network

Luddite Power! Why the Luddites were Smarter than you Think

What’s the World’s Greatest Tiny Museum?

9 Romantic Gestures That Went Horribly, Terribly Wrong

Who Built the First Swimming Pool?

9 Chomp-worthy facts about Alligators

How to Treasure Hunt in Denmark!

How to Spot a Lying Liar!

Should We Be Burying Our Food?

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FAN FAVORITE: How do Michelin Stars Work?

Where's the Beef? 9 of History's Greatest Feuds

What are the World's Oldest Board Games?

Fan Favorite: Easy Tricks to Improve Your Life this New Year!

Fan Favorite: 9 Snowy Facts to get you through your Snow Day

Riots, Donkeys and Pretty Lights: History's Most Memorable Holiday Parties!

Let's all go to... Indonesia!

The Latest Advances in Doggy Science

What's the Story Behind Our Favorite Pens?

9 Warm, Cozy Facts About Sweaters

Liechtenstein: The Little Country with A Lot of Teeth!

9 ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ High-Flying Facts ✈️ ✈️ ✈️ About Skywriting!

Fan Favorite: Secrets from the World’s Most Unique Airports

9 Grandmas You Should Meet!

9 Not-So-Elementary Facts About Sherlock Holmes!

Transformers! Are They More Than Meets the Eye?

Why did France give us a Statue of Liberty?

What's the Story Behind Dogs Playing Poker?

Adventures in Patriotism with the wonderful A.J. Jacobs!

How to Win Everything: Ridiculous and Unorthodox Ways to Get the Upper Hand

Why Is Tajikistan Obsessed with RC Cola? ... and other Snack Secrets!

7 Blunders of the Ancient World

Bringing Soap Operas to Afghanistan

Incredible Facts about Springfields across America! (Plus: what it has to do with 🧀 🧀 🧀 and 🐍 !)

Is Itching Contagious? (and does scratching actually help?)

PTG Classic: Why do Cats get such a Bad Rap?

Are Gummy Bears Good For Your Muscles? (And other very important Gummy Questions... Answered!)

Does Sunscreen Actually Work?

What Happened to the Coney Island Narwhal? (and other Important Narwhal Stories!)

9 Essential Facts You (Probably) Need to Know about... Surfing!

Poodle Grooming and Other (Nearly) Olympic Sports

What's the Best Way to Sit? (And Other Ridiculous Questions about Work)

Say My Name, Say My Name: 9 Fantastic Eponyms and the People Behind Them

PTG Classic: The Incredible Life of Jacques Cousteau

PTG Classic: How Did Sharks Get Such a Bad Rap?

Will I Regret Having an AI Voice? Featuring Evan Ratliff! (And his AI voice)

How Scientists are Reviving Lost Smells

Do Bald Eagles Really Steal Babies?! (And other Eagle Questions... Answered!)

Mango Recommends: The Sicilian Inheritance

9 Incredible Sicily Facts to Share over Cannoli!

The Strangest Summer Festivals You NEED to Visit (Probably)

What Flavor is Dr Pepper?

Did Picasso try to Steal the Mona Lisa?

Mango Recommends: Afghan Star, hosted by John Legend

How Did Dialing 9-1-1 Become a Thing?

9 Very Important Facts about Flutes

How Come Esperanto Never Took Off?!

Why Are There So Many Cheese Crimes?

How do Michelin Stars Work?

Why are we so Obsessed with Slime?

Rebuilding after a blaze: Luna Gourmet Coffee & Tea

Was Sandra Day O'Connor Our Last Independent Justice?

Introducing: The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

Welcome to McCartney A Life in Lyrics

Hugging Face and watsonx: Why Open Source Is the Future of AI in Business

AI for Business: Multiplying the Impact of AI

Introducing: Nothing Much Happens: Bedtime stories to help you sleep

Spearheading More Productive Healthcare through People-Centric Process and Technology: Peter Fleischut, M.D.; Group Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Transformation Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian

Sleep and Love

Retirement Planning 101: IRA, 401k, and Roth, Oh, My!

Listen to Skyline Drive: A new show from Mango!

9 Starch-tastic Facts about Potatoes!

9 Chomp-worthy facts about Alligators

Introducing: Psychoactive

9 Surprising Things Invented by Women

Introducing: Black Cowboys

Introducing: Prodigy

Introducing Anupam Cares

Growing Plants and Growing Muscles

Families growing roots, plant roots

Can Growing Food Grow Freedom?

Bright Lights, Big Snake Plant

Introducing: Humans Growing Stuff, A Brand New Podcast Hosted by PTG Host Mangesh Hattikudur

What's the World's Most Ridiculous Video Game?

What's the Correct Way for a Queen to Eat a Banana?

What's So Bad about the Philistines?

9 Weird Things Hiding Underground

9 Absurd Inventions You (Probably) Won't See on Shark Tank

9 Stompy Facts about Godzilla

How did P. T. Barnum Trick the World into Riding Elevators?

9 Oddball Comic Book Characters (Who Won't Be Getting Their Own Movie)

What did Teddy Roosevelt do to Dr. Seuss?!

Fan Favorite: 9 Reasons to Love Raccoons (Yes, Raccoons)

Fan Favorite: Why are Russians so good at Chess?

Fan Favorite: What are the Secret Rules the Royal Family has to Obey?

9 Ridiculous Things about "The 12 Days of Christmas"

What are the Craziest Applications for Lasers? (Including washing your dishes!)

Why Does New Zealand Have an Official Wizard?

Fan Favorite: How did Charlie Brown win over America?

Do Lucky Charms Really Work? (Plus, other ways to get the upper hand)

Did a Volcano Eruption Really Help Invent the Bicycle?

Halloween Special: The Mystery Show!

How do Dollar Stores stay in Business?

Who Invented the Dunce Cap? (And other unusual School Supplies)

How did settlers create New Orleans from swampland?

Is a Funny Boss better for your Workplace? (And other Secrets from Office Culture!)

Are Pigeons Smarter Than They Look?

Fan Favorite: Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?

Fan Favorite: What are the Movie Industry's Biggest Secrets?

Why did the Inventor of Shopping Malls Hate Malls?

How Close Are We to Resurrecting a Woolly Mammoth?

How did Thurgood Marshall become such an Incredible Lawyer?

Fan Favorite: How Did Wine Fraud Become Such a Big Business?

Fan Favorite: How does Rick Steves Think You Should Travel?

Fan Favorite: How Do People Game the Lottery?

Fan Favorite: What's the Science of Painkillers?

What are the Greatest Things We Didn't Know about Brazil?

Fan Favorite: What Makes the Happiest Places on Earth?

Did (Everyone's Favorite Frenchman) Lafayette Really Save America?

9 Valentine's Day Facts You'll Want to Share

9 Delightful Corners of the Internet

How Did Jacques Cousteau Fall in Love with the Sea?

9 Things Hiding on your Money

What does Plastic Surgery have to do with the Civil War?

9 Wonderful Wintertime Inventions

Why Can’t You Copyright a Chicken Sandwich?

The Surprising Origins of 9 TV Spin-Offs

Fan Favorite: Will Coffee Make Me Live Longer?

Why Did Ben Franklin Look Up to Genghis Khan?

Fan Favorite: 9 Very Important Facts about Bears

Fan Favorite: Why Were These Books Banned?

9 Christmas Tree Facts that are totally lit!

Fan Favorite: What's Everyday life like on Antarctica?

9 Great Facts about People Named Tony

What are the Secret Rules the Royal Family has to Obey?

Fan Favorite: Why is it more dangerous to be a Park Ranger than an FBI Agent?

9 Cocktail Facts to Enjoy Shaken or Stirred!

9 Reasons to Love Raccoons (Yes, Raccoons)

How did Charlie Brown win over America?

Fan Favorite: Was Mister Rogers the Best Neighbor Ever?

9 Deliciously Cheesy Facts about Nachos

Why are Russians so good at Chess?

Why did Venus Flytraps Develop a Taste for Meat?

9 Things about Unicorns, Zombies and... Darth Baggins?!

Were Ninjas Actually Good at Hiding?

Fan Favorite: 9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in your Pillowcases!

Fan Favorite: What are the Weirdest Experiments in Science?

Things for Rich People (that were Originally for Poor People)

Why Are We So Fascinated by the Titanic?

How did North Korea become such a Scary Place?

What are the Best Fall Festivals in America?

Fan Favorite: What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Japan?

Who's the Greatest Pirate of All-Time?

Fan Favorite: 9 Weirdest things Intentionally Buried by People

Can Showing Gratitude Help You Live Longer?

9 Facts to Get You in the Apple-Picking Mood

Secrets from the World’s Most Unique Airports

The Controversial Origins of Famous Dance Moves

9 Genius-Approved Ways to Avoid Writer's Block

What are the Strangest Mating Habits in the Animal Kingdom?

How do you Build a Civilization from Scratch?

Fan Favorite: Will we ever Travel Faster than Light Speed?

What's the Secret Science Behind Whales?

Inside the Secret World of Hotel Operations

How Did LEGO Take Over the World?

What are the Greatest Stories from the Appalachian Trail?

9 Outrageous Stories about Cars

What is time? And why do we rely on Greenwich for it?

Fan Favorite: Is Exercising to Lose Weight a Myth?

9 Unusual Instruments Worth Trumpeting About

What's the Science Behind Introverts?

Fan Favorite: What are the most Surprising Jobs at the White House?

9 Surprising Ways Celebrities Made Money

Who are the Secret Inspirations for these Characters?

How Did Dolly Parton Become Such a Legend?

9 Wonderful Grammar Stories for Language Nerds (like Us!)

What are Allergies and How Close Are We to a Cure?

What are the Most Important Moments in Dog History?

9 Fascinating Facts about Money

Fan Favorite: What are the Most Incredible Things the Human Body Can Do?

Who is America's Worst President?

Fan Favorite: 9 Hilarious Monuments (probably) not worth the Road Trip

Is your Grocery Store Trying to Manipulate You? (Plus, how a Piggly Wiggly inspired the Hoggly Woggly)

What are the Secrets of the World’s Largest Birds?

9 Weird and Incredible Rule Changes

Fan Favorite: Are we in the middle of a Rudeness Epidemic?

What's the Science of Changing Someone's Mind?

9 Incredible Inventors You'll Want to Meet

How did Nickelodeon Revolutionize Television?

What are the Movie Industry's Biggest Secrets?

9 Soccer-ish Facts about the World Cup

What’s so special about Twins?

Fan Favorite: Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?

How Close are we to Curing Alzheimer's?

9 Surprising Origin Stories Behind Corporate Mascots

What's the Greatest World's Fair of All-Time?

Fan Favorite: Who was the Woman Behind American Codebreaking?

9 Surprising Restaurants We Can't Stop Talking About

Why Are Kids So Attracted to Shel Silverstein's Poetry?

Are Dad Jokes Actually Good For Kids’ Brains?

What are the Best Shoes for Atheists, Marathon Runners, and Criminals?

How Do People Game the Lottery?

Fan Favorite: What's the Science of Invisibility?

9 Highly Unusual Courting Techniques

Is the Earth really Running Out of Sand, Dirt and Bacon?

9 Deliciously Frosty facts about Ice Cream

How Did MythBusters Work?

Will Coffee Make Me Live Longer?

9 Highly Specific Robots You Need to Meet

Fan Favorite: What are the Greatest Secrets Hiding in the Vatican?

Who's Going to Put a Colony on Mars First?

9 Somewhat Tasteful Facts about Salad!

What's the Science Behind the Perfect Party?

9 Surprising Facts about Moms

What do we actually Know about J. Edgar Hoover?

Why Were These Books Banned?

What are the Weirdest Experiments in Science?

9 Very Important Facts about Bears

Can Spicy Foods Make Us Live Longer?

How did the Avocado Conquer the World?

9 Mouth-puckering Stories about Pickles!

How did Sesame Street Change TV Forever?

What Does Stress Really do to our Bodies?

9 Incredible Stories about Accountants! (Yes, Accountants.)

Do Superstar Athletes Have Superior Brains?

Are there Benefits to Procrastinating?

9 Incredible Classic Toys (and How They've Changed)

What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Hawaii?

Why is it more dangerous to be a Park Ranger than an FBI Agent?

9 Fresh Ideas in Science

What Makes Waffle House Such a Brilliant Business?

How Could All These Things Possibly Happen on One Weekend?!

How Did Wine Fraud Become Such a Big Business?

9 Crazy Newspapers Worth Getting Your Hands On

What's the Science of Anger?

Why Doesn't Disney Celebrate these Princesses?

9 Last Words worth Remembering

How Did Google Get Its Start?

What's the Science of Painkillers?

9 Incredible Stories Imported from Remote Islands

Why do Cats get such a Bad Rap?

Why do NASCAR fans drive trucks and Formula One fans drive yachts?

9 Rinkrinkerfink Facts about Dr. Seuss

Where do the World's Best Band Names Come From?

Will we ever Cure Blindness?

What are the World's Weirdest Theme Restaurants?

How did WHAM-O become America's Greatest Novelty Toy Company?

Are we in the Middle of a Rudeness Epidemic?

9 Leafy Facts about Houseplants

Why are Humans so Obsessed with Chocolate?

What are the Most Incredible Technologies Coming Soon(-ish)?

9 Delightful Facts about Office Supplies

How did Putin come to power?

How does Rick Steves Think You Should Travel?

9 Outstanding Facts About Aussie Animals

What are the Greatest Things We Just Learned about Japan?

Is Flu Season Really as Dangerous as We're Told?

9 Thrilling Mysteries... Solved!

How Chinese is our Chinese Food?

How did Reference Books Shape Civilization? (And what will their death mean?)

9 Head-spinning Facts about Hats

Is Recycling Worth the Hassle?

What was the Golden Age of Hijacking?

9 Wacky Facts about the Marx Brothers

How did the Winter Olympics change Sports?

Is the Kraft Single America's Greatest Invention?

9 Snowy Facts to get you through your Snow Day

What's the Science of Perfect Timing?

9 Facts About Buttons that Aren't Nuclear

What are some Easy Tricks to Improve Your Life in 2018?

Will we ever Travel Faster than Light Speed?

9 Things to Look forward to in 2018

What are the Strangest, Craziest Sounds in the Universe?

What are the most Surprising Jobs at the White House?

9 Cat Facts in Honor of National Cat Herder's Day!

What's the Secret to Nintendo's Success?

Does Trash Talking Really Work?

What Makes the Happiest Places on Earth?

9 Sloth Facts Worth Clinging To

What are the Most Incredible Things the Human Body can do?

9 Piping Hot Facts about Bath Tubs

Are We Eating Sushi All Wrong?

Is there a Rosy Future for Libraries?

9 Prize-winning Facts about Game Shows

Why don't Squid and Octopus Get More Love?

How did the Sears catalog take over the world?

9 Ridiculous Thanksgiving Facts to Pass Around the Table

Was Mister Rogers the Best Neighbor Ever?

Are Truckers the Backbone of the US Economy?

9 Hilarious Monuments (probably) not worth the Road Trip

Who Was the Woman Behind American Codebreaking?

What are the Greatest Cookbooks on American Shelves?

How Big is Amazon?

Is China the Next Green Superpower?

9 Mustache Facts to Kick off Movember!

What are the only 10 Foods You'd Need to Survive?

What's Everyday life like on Antarctica?

9 Halloween Facts to Stuff in your Pillowcases!

What's so great about Canada? (Spoiler: Lots of things!)

What are the World’s Worst Jobs?

9 Disney Facts to Work into Conversations Immediately!

Why don't we use Rockets to Send Mail Anymore?

Why are we so Nostalgic for Sugary Breakfast Cereals?

9 Mouthwatering Facts about Sandwiches

How Big is the US Military?

What's it take to be a Superfan?

The 9 Weirdest Things Intentionally Buried By People

Are Bananas Going Extinct?

What's the Secret to a Better Prison System?

BONUS: 9 Strange, Fun and Wonderful Non-Profits we Just Learned About

What will Computer Implants do for our Brains?

Which Country has the Secret to the Smartest Students?

Bonus: 9 Facts about Rich People and/or Sigourney Weaver

Why do Democrats like Coke and Republicans like Pepsi? (and other Revelations from the Cola Wars)

What Does the Internet Know About You?

Bonus: 9 Super Facts Hiding in your Supermarket

What Invention Deserves Way More Credit Than We Give It?

Can you Game a Dog Show?

How to Build the Ultimate Theme Park

What's the Science of Invisibility?

Does Pizza Bring Out the Worst In People?

Bonus: 9 Facts to Make You Smile

What’s the Best Day of the Week?

What should you Plant in your Poisonous Garden?

What are the Strangest College Classes We Desperately Want to Take?

Who's gonna live to 100?

Bonus: I need some Weird Eclipse Facts, pronto! Please Help!

Why is IKEA obsessed with building a Better Meatball?

How Do Con Artists Keep Fooling Us?

What are our favorite secrets about the Vatican?

What are the Weirdest Things the Government Invests In?

What Does the Future of Water Look Like?