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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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March 30, 2020

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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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