If you weren’t lucky enough to be in New York for the live taping (our first) of Professor Blastoff – you can listen to it now. Our guest was Ira Glass from This American Life, and he was excellent. We hope you enjoy it. Our little gift to you this holiday season. Thanks for all your support, blastronauts!
Everyone seems to have an opinion on the Mayan calendar and the “End of Days” prophesy. What does everyone in the hatch think? Is it just another silly myth meant to scare people? Is it something worth preparing for? Will we all die? Were the Mayans so advanced that they were able to calculate until the end of the world? We’ll all find out on December 21st, but you can get a head start at earwolf.com
We also played this terrible clip:
This week we invited Tig’s dear dear friend Lake Bell, writer and director of “In a World” to discuss The Voice. Your voice, really. How did you get your voice? How does it change over time? What does your natural voice sound like? Find out all these answers and more at earwolf.com
We all walk around carrying very special cargo. That organ in your skull that pulls all the gears and levers is different for every person. But how different? How exactly does the brain work? Well, this week we brought in an expert. A PhD and comedian, Jono Zalay, visits us to talk about giving cocaine to mice, the parts of the brain, how they function, and all things brain. Listen now at earwolf.com