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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week LIVE! (Mar. 30 at 7PM : #stayhome edition)

Watch a live recording of PopSci’s hit podcast The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week and #stayhome to help stop the spread of COVID-19. After all, you might as well #learn something weird while you’re stuck inside. (This weird, wild, and wondrous video is a part of YouTube’s #stayhome and #learn #withme initiative.) SUBSCRIBE! for…

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Watch a live recording of PopSci’s hit podcast The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week and #stayhome to help stop the spread of COVID-19. After all, you might as well #learn something weird while you’re stuck inside. (This weird, wild, and wondrous video is a part of YouTube’s #stayhome and #learn #withme initiative.)

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So, what’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you tune in for this live show in partnership with our pals at CAVEAT. But why stop there? The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Anchor, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster.

All you have to do is sit back, sip a quarantini, and let them spin their little science yarns for you.

Live show hosts:
Rachel Feltman
Claire Maldarelli
Jessica Boddy
Purbita Saha
Stan Horaczek

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Caveat livestreams are presented as pay-what-you-can. If you’re able we’d very much appreciate the cost of a ticket and a drink so they can support their staff and performers:

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  1. darkraider origins

    March 31, 2020 at 4:16 am

    pls subscribe and view my channel . i am a new youtuber

    • darkraider origins

      March 31, 2020 at 4:16 am

      your video was really fascinating.

  2. darkraider

    March 31, 2020 at 4:16 am

    pls subscribe and view my channel . i am a new youtuber

    • darkraider

      March 31, 2020 at 4:16 am

      your video was really fascinating.

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    March 31, 2020 at 12:16 am

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    • brandybuck

      March 31, 2020 at 12:16 am

      your video was really fascinating.

  4. Elise Contarsy

    April 28, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    This is fantastic! Great show.

  5. Devils God

    November 10, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    Hey fellas! A huge fan of yours. Love from India!!! 1st of all a very happy Diwali to my bong sis Purbita!!! And to others pre thanksgiving wishes :)XOXO
    I hope you grow more and more. Have been binge listening to you you guys amidst this pandemic and have grown to be a huge admirer. If possible please do try a episode or a weird fact related to India and market or collab with someone here. Your facts and knowledge will be a huge plus point for my fellow Indians also we will be a huge plus for your follower base.
    Stay safe!
    love : Balvirsinh Gadhvi.

  6. Shawn Jackson

    March 6, 2022 at 10:19 pm

    Wow! I just binged every single episode of the podcast on Spotify. Over the 4-5 month time period I was binging, I created an image of each of you in my mind and now you have shattered that reality xD Love you guys, love the show! 🙂

  7. April Horan

    February 20, 2023 at 6:11 am

    There are SO many coelacanth in the videogame Ark!

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