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The question you've always had about people in space / If you find a treasure map it's probably fake / Coke brand more expansive than previously thought

Don't act like you haven't been wondering

Keith Conrad
Apr 4
 
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I Used to Work at NASA. I Have Some Insights About Sex in Space.

I don’t have to say anything. You already clicked

Criminal Group Uses Elaborate “Fake Treasure Map” Scam to Defraud Dozens of Victims

It’s like a very elaborate analogue version of the Nigerian prince scam. “X” only marked the spot where the rubes were standing


Auditory Anthology

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This week’s story is Hang Head, Vandal By Mark Clifton. On a desolate Martian plain, a discarded spacesuit stuffed with straw sways from a homing tower—left behind by a crew fleeing the silent guilt of having unknowingly ignited the slow, unstoppable destruction of an alien civilization hidden beneath the dust.

Hang Head, Vandal By Mark Clifton

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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Colby Hall Talks Trump, Canada, and Media Distraction

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell welcomes Colby Hall, founding editor of Mediaite.com and Peabody Award-winning TV producer, for a discussion that spanned Trump’s curious obsession with Canada and Greenland, media manipulation, and the Democratic Party’s struggles to define itself.

Constitutional Law Expert Eric Segall on the State of the Supreme Court

Big John Howell

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Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander dive into the billion-dollar business of college athletics—and the increasingly blurry line between amateurism and professionalism.

Amateurs No More: College Sports, Cash, and the End of Illusions

John Howell / Rick Telander

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  • Nevada man says seven seized tigers were emotional 'support animals' - Siegfried & Roy were unavailable for comment

  • The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok - Because why not? With our short attention spans it might be a good fit

  • Donald Trump Puts Tariffs on Islands Inhabited Only by Penguins - This is indeed the dumbest timeline

  • Meet the woman who shares her home with 1,100 cats - Imagine the line at the liter box

  • Skater Pulls Off Incredible Feat —With Broken Foot - More like “Incredible Feet” AMIRITE?

  • Maryland Lottery player wins her third $50,000 prize - Well that hardly seems fair

  • "Mysterious poop chucker" might be targeting Colorado woman for not picking up dog's waste - I saw Mysterious Poop Chucker play at Lollapalooza a few years back. Great set

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