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Sinopsis
Three NYC-based trivia hosts abandon the bar and gather around a mic. Story-telling, pub-style trivia quizzes, and an absurd amount of puns ensue.
Episodios
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Episode 49: Bloopers, Outtakes, & Shenanigans II
02/03/2021 Duración: 23minHi everyone!! COMING SOON: new episodes, new guests, new facts, same old puns! For now, please enjoy this episode of all the stuff that was too weird to put in a normal episode.
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Episode 47: Tales From The Cryptologist (ft. Rae Richards)
25/08/2020 Duración: 01h11min"Guvf jrrx V yrnearq" gung erpbeqvat na rcvfbqr bs Snpgf Znpuvar pna ernyyl trg bhg bs unaq snfg. Jr yrnearq nobhg gur gjb Pnrfnef, gur Ebzna yrnqre NAQ gur fnynq cvbarre. Jr yrnearq ubj cvffrq gurl tbg ng Zrqvriny fyhzore cnegvrf. Naq jr yrnearq nobhg ubj gur Aninwb pbqrgnyxref jba JJVV sbe gur Nyyvrf.
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Episode 45: Our Fair Share (ft. Kristina Parsons)
14/07/2020 Duración: 01h26minWe wanted to give our listeners the world...'s fair! We are joined by museum curator Kristina Parsons to dive headlong in the wide world of World's Fairs.
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Episode 44: The Iceland Cometh (ft. Moiya McTier)
16/06/2020 Duración: 01h16minEverybody knows that old joke, "What did the astrophysicist say to the folklorist? We are the same person..." Maybe it's funnier in the original Icelandic? To find out, we sought the only person we know who fits that description, Moiya McTier! Join Noah, Em, Rob, and Moiya as we discuss Erik the Well-Read, why Lucifer is definitely not from Iceland, and the power of a new pair of skin-pants! Bonus: they come with a pocket!
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Episode 43: BUGS (ft. Sam Corbin) -- Live(streamed) at Caveat
20/05/2020 Duración: 01h23minAbandon hope, all ye who *ento* here! It's a broadly entomological arthropod-cast about bugs! In this episode, which we live-streamed on Caveat's YouTube page, we welcome comedian, writer, and legendary pun queen Sam Corbin to discuss bees with "daddy tissues", artisanal stings, and the worst kind of jelly donut.
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Episode 42: Paradigm-a-dozen (ft. André Pineda, PhD)
05/05/2020 Duración: 01h22minParadigms, they are a-changin’ in this week’s episode of Facts Machine! We’re joined by friend of the pod and scicomedian extraordinaire Dr. André Pineda, a neuroscientist, science communicator, and show runner at our home venue Caveat who leverages laughs to share science. Join us as we talk Al-Haytham “going turbo” while Europe was in a dark age, evolution by “naturalist selection”, and rerouting priests to prevent disease.
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Episode 41: Facts That Hold Water (feat. Dr. Jessica Noviello, PhD)
21/04/2020 Duración: 01h20minH2OMG! This episode’s all about the universal solvent, 60% of the human body, and (when it’s feelin’ fancy) dihydrogen monoxide. We’re joined by long time friend of the pod and first time guest of the pod Dr. Jessica Noviello, a planetary geologist, science communicator, and avowed dinosaur enthusiast currently studying the Kuiper Belt Object EL61 Haumea in her post-doctoral research. Tune in to learn how water makes its way around our universe, how a giant aquifer stayed hidden in plain sight, and why Niels Bohr was oddly possessive about a bottle of Carlsberg.
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Episode 39: 'Ew, Gross' Anatomy (Special Quiz Episode #3)
24/03/2020 Duración: 42minThis week Noah spills his guts in the finale of our three part anatomy quiz series! Guess along as Rob and Em try to distinguish real and made-up medical terminology and encounter fruity maladies and ambiguous pouches along the way.
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Episode 38: We've Got A Bone To Pick (Special Quiz Episode #2)
19/03/2020 Duración: 34minMake no bones about it, in this second of three special anatomical quiz episodes, Rob tests Emily's and Noah's knowledge of his favorite organ, bones!
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Episode 37: Can't We All Just Get A Lung? (Special Anatomy Quiz #1)
10/03/2020 Duración: 47minDon't hate, ventilate! In this first of three special anatomical quiz episodes, Emily tests Noah's and Rob's knowledge of her favorite organ, the lungs! Somehow, they end up debating the merits of different kinds of turtle bums. How? Who knows.
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Episode 36: Etymologies
25/02/2020 Duración: 57minFacts Machine returns with an episode all about etymologies. Join us as we dig deep to discover our favorite word origins, root and stem! #protologism
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Episode 32: Bloopers, Outtakes, & Shenanigans
20/08/2019 Duración: 09minWe're taking a break for a few weeks while we work on some *big plans*! In the meantime enjoy this episode of our unaired failures and musical interludes.
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Episode 31: The Ass Files (We Are Not A Mules)
06/08/2019 Duración: 50minAt long last, the Facts Machine episode theme you've all been waiting for -- Donkeys! Our equine friends have an incredible history, from being worshipped by medieval Catholics, causing Stoic philosophers to die laughing in ancient Greece, and carrying the comedic weight for writers from antiquity to the present day. Also it's fun to say "ass".
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Episode 30: Women's Issues & Man-Sized Tissues
23/07/2019 Duración: 50minIn this episode, we talk male show-vinism, tell the incredible story of an Irish pirate queen, and find out what female mice really want.