Shows
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowThe Perfect Potato Chip, the Origin of Seltzer, and Why We Eat “Beef” and Not “Cow”Alex Guarnaschelli (Iron Chef America and Chopped) is our special guest co-host, with Sean Rameswaram (Radiolab Presents: More Perfect) as real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK explores the origins of food words, children's menus, and seltzer.
2017-09-3056 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowYou Say “eye-RACK,” I Say “ear-ROCK”Hari Kondabolu (comedian and host of Politically Re-Active) is our special guest co-host, with Sean Rameswaram (Radiolab Presents: More Perfect) as real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK reaches into our "grab bag" for fascinating facts on the downside of keeping secrets, the origin of fantasy sports, what pronunciations say about our politics, and more.
2017-09-2347 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowWomb to TombAlexandra Petri (Washington Post columnist) is our special guest co-host, with AJ Jacobs (author of It's All Relative) as real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK covers everything from birth to earth, including pregnancy tests, parenting, monogamy, aging better, and, finally, embalming.
2017-09-0951 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowUrinetownJames Altucher (host of The James Altucher Show) is our special guest co-host, with Mike Maughan (head of global insights at Qualtrics) as real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK is on the weird side of the tracks in Philadelphia with everything you've ever wanted to know about graffiti, cockroaches, tattoos, pee, and more.
2017-08-0555 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowCreature ComfortsKrista Tippett (host of On Being) is our special guest co-host, with Maggie Ryan Sandford (science writer, researcher and producer) as real-time fact-checker. Relax with a TMSIDK episode filled with facts on quiet rooms, pillows, comfort food, and ...Spam?
2017-07-2953 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowBehavior Change: Ultra Egghead EditionAngela Duckworth (psychologist and author of Grit) is our special guest co-host, with Mike Maughan (head of global insights at Qualtrics) as real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK is in Philadelphia with a cornucopia of the world's most-renowned behavior-change experts presenting original research.
2017-07-2254 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowThree Sheets to the WindJohn Moe (The Hilarious World of Depression) is our special guest co-host, with Maggie Ryan Sandford (science writer, researcher, and producer) as our real-time fact-checker. TMSIDK is in Minneapolis for a show exploring the environment, morning drinking, skyways, hidden figures, and more.
2017-07-1548 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowWannabesTim Harford, Carla Hayden and Rahmein Mostafavi are panelists. The "Undercover Economist," the Librarian of Congress and the comedian join TMSIDK in Washington, D.C. — the city that wants to be a state — to learn about wannabes, from international spies to new human organs. Femi Oke is fact-checker.
2017-04-1558 min
Kickass NewsStephen Dubner of Freakonomics Wants To Tell You Something You Don't KnowStephen J. Dubner is the best-selling co-author of Freakonomics and the host of the Freakonomics Radio Podcast. Today he comes on the show to talk about his new gameshow podcast Tell Me Something I Don't Know. We’ll discuss the origins of the Freakonomics phenomenon and his friendship with quirkly rogue economist Dr. Stephen Levitt. We’ll talk about the Freakonomics philosophy of why incentives matter, whether or not everyone cheats, and some the perils of exploring the hidden side of everything. If you enjoyed today’s episode then subscribe to Tell Me Something I Don’t Know and...2017-01-1042 min
How to Get Free Audiobook in Radio & TV, News, Business, & CultureBONUS EPISODE: Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's New Podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" by Stephen J. Dubner | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: BONUS EPISODE: Introducing Stephen J. Dubner's New Podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know"
Author: Stephen J. Dubner, Tony Marx, Andy Zaltzman, Jody Avirgan, Debora Spar
Format: Original Recording
Length: 53 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-15-16
Publisher: Freakonomics Radio, WNYC Studios and Stephen J. Dubner
Genres: Radio & TV, News, Business, & Culture
Summary:
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" is a live game show hosted by Stephen J. Dubner of "Freakonomics Radio." He has always had a mission: to tell you the things you thought you knew but didn't...2016-11-1553 min
Freakonomics RadioIntroducing Stephen J. Dubner's new podcast, "Tell Me Something I Don't Know""Tell Me Something I Don't Know" is a live game show hosted by Stephen J. Dubner of "Freakonomics Radio." He has always had a mission: to tell you the things you thought you knew but didn't, and things you never thought you wanted to know, but do. Now, with "TMSIDK," he has a new way of doing just that. This new show is still journalism, still factual -- but disguised in the most entertaining, unexpected, and occasionally ridiculous conversation you're likely to hear.Audience contestants come on stage and try to wow a panel of experts with a...2016-11-1553 min
Tell Me Something I Don't KnowIntroducing “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”Stephen J. Dubner of “Freakonomics Radio” has always had a mission: to tell you the things you thought you knew but didn’t; and things you never thought you wanted to know, but do. Now he has a new way of doing just that: “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” a live game show that’s a whole new form of factual journalism. The first episode drops on Monday, Nov. 7, so subscribe now! To be a contestant or buy tickets to our tapings in New York City, visit www.tmsidk.com.
2016-11-0103 min