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| 19 Dec 2024 | Kristin Has Doubts | 00:37:35 | |
This week - Kristin asks us for help on one of the most difficult decisions she'll ever have to make. You can sign up for bonus episodes, join our discord, and much more at https://hyperfixedpod.com/join If you would like to get the button featured in the "Casey Wants to Believe" episode of Hyperfixed, you can get one at hyperfixedpod.com/button (while supplies last!) Dylan Matthews: 23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better Robert De Neufville's substack "Telling the Future" How to become a Superforecaster Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Gwen Can't Drive | 00:30:54 | |
This week: Gwen was born and raised in New York, and never felt like she needed to learn to drive. Now that she's turned 30, she's scared she's too old to change that. Alex stands around with a microphone and tries to help. Sign up for bonus episodes and extra content at: Do you have problems you'd like Alex and the gang to solve? Get in touch with us at http://hyperfixedpod.com by clicking the "Submit a Problem" button. | |||
| 13 Mar 2025 | ‘Only to be Consumed’ in Canada | 00:30:47 | |
This week, An asks us perhaps the smallest question we've ever had to answer, and inadvertently sends us on a wild reporting journey. Also Alex yells and swears. Help support Hyperfixed by becoming a premium subscriber! You will get two bonus episodes a month, access to the discord, and much much more. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 12 Sep 2024 | Coming Soon: Hyperfixed | 00:01:13 | |
Maybe it’s just a quiet annoyance you’ve grudgingly learned to put up with, or a life defining issue that makes it hard to move forward. Whatever it is, Alex Goldman — reporter, radio producer, and overconfident idiot — will get to the bottom of it (if there’s a bottom to be found. Results may vary). Follow Alex as he figures out not only the vast hidden mechanisms that create these problems, but works with you, the listener, to find a solution. Or at least enough of an explanation that you’re ok with the annoyance. He’s not perfect. Hyperfixed is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent and listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Eva Needs to Measure | 00:28:20 | |
This week: Eva lives in the UK, loves to bake, and frequently tries to bake American recipes. But Americans measure by volume and everyone else measures by weight — and converting those measurements is complicated, for complicated reasons. Sign up for bonus episodes and extra content at: Do you have problems you'd like Alex and the gang to solve? Get in touch with us at http://hyperfixedpod.com by clicking the "Submit a Problem" button. Links: The National Institute of Standards and Measures Beyond Measure by James Vincent | |||
| 12 Dec 2024 | Presenting: Science Vs. - Lucid Dreaming: The Bonkers World Inside Our Minds | 00:50:59 | |
I've known Wendy, the host of Science Vs. for almost a decade at this point, and her show is spectacular! We are sharing an episode of her show on the feed this week, just because we love her and would like you all to hear it. You can find many more episodes of Science Vs. on Spotify There is a new bonus episode on our premium feed this week -- if you are interested in hearing that and getting a bunch of other fun premium perks you can sign up here: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join If you'd like a limited edition button from our recent episode as part of signing up for the premium feed, you can do that here: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/button See you next week with a new main feed episode! EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Some people can control their dreams. While they're fast asleep: they fly, create new worlds, live other lives. But Wendy isn't one of them. So in today's episode, Wendy and the Science Vs team find a scientifically approved method to try to lucid dream. We test it out — and bizarre things start happening. We also explore how scientists are trying to harness the strange powers of lucid dreaming to help people, as well as to crack huge scientific mysteries, like: What is consciousness? And what exactly goes on in all of our heads when we're asleep? To do all this and more, we talk to psychologists Dr. Denholm Adventure-Heart and Dr. Brigitte Holzinger, as well as cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Başak Türker. You can find an episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsLucidDreaming | |||
| 27 Feb 2025 | Two Birds, One Hundred Stones | 00:45:58 | |
This week - Keenan always had this question about his mom's past, and he turned to us for help. And then we turned to him for help. A very special episode of Hyperfixed. Become a premium Hyperfixed member today to get access to bonus episodes, our discord, monthly AMAs and much much more. If you are a Hyperfixed member, you can see some supplementary photos for this story by following this link. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 27 Mar 2025 | The Shopify Arms Race | 00:35:16 | |
This week - Scammers have managed to copy Jordan's entire website and steal her business -- more than once. But how are they doing it? And why is it so hard to fight now? If you like this show, please think about becoming a premium member - it will help us keep making it, making it better, and making it weirder. https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join LINKS: | |||
| 16 Jan 2025 | Donny Talks About Toilets | 00:34:40 | |
We've had maybe a dozen submissions from people who reached out to us with questions about public restrooms. Specifically: why are they designed so poorly? And how gross are they actually? Alex and Hyperfixed Producer Amor Yates investigate. LINKS: Toilet: The Public Restroom and the Politics of Sharing. The American Restroom Association Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 10 Apr 2025 | MOORED: A Cautionary Tale | 00:36:43 | |
Become a Hyperfixed Premium member and support independent journalism! Get access to bonus episodes, the hyperfixed Discord, and more! https://hyperfixedpod.com/join Intrigue on the high seas. I mean on land. LINKS: Jenny Phenix's legal complaint against Villa Vie Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 13 Feb 2025 | Jack and the Missouri Color Cabal | 00:26:44 | |
Jack has noticed something weird about some license plates. It could be a conspiracy. We investigate. Become a premium supporter of Hyperfixed to get all kinds of bonus stuff! It's thanks to all of you this show exists! LINKS: The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association | |||
| 05 Dec 2024 | Casey Wants to Believe | 00:32:17 | |
This week - Casey has been chasing the origin of a very specific piece of ephemera for years. He came to us for help. If you like this episode and want to hear more, please sign up for our premium feed here! https://hyperfixedpod.com/join If you would like to join at the $60 yearly level and receive your very own Big Chub Chet's button, you can do so here: https://hyperfixedpod.com/button There are a limited number so get them before they're gone! LINKS: The Button in Question (Spoilers! don't look until the episode is done!) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 30 Jan 2025 | Joe Rhodes - Unmoored, Part I | 00:25:52 | |
Joe Rhodes is a former journalist that is writing about his experiences on the Villa Vie Odyssey, a cruise ship that has just embarked on a 3 & 1/2 year voyage. It hasn't all been smooth sailing. We talk to him about his experience. This is part one of a multi-part series we are running on our premium feed -- part II comes out next week! https://hyperfixedpod.com/join LINKS: | |||
| 21 Nov 2024 | Dylan's Supermarket Cold Case | 00:24:19 | |
On this episode, Dylan is concerned about something going on at the grocery store, but he's not quite sure how concerned he should be. That's where we step in. Subscribe to the Hyperfixed premium feed for bonus episodes, access to our discord, and much much more! https://hyperfixedpod.com/join LINKS: Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe Podcast Paco Underhill's Why we Buy: The Science of Shopping Jamie Loftus's 16 Minute Podcast If you would like to call your grocery store about the energy they're wasting Contact Walmart (and Sam's Club) (they also own: Baker’s, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Foods Co, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Gerbes, Jay C Food Store, King Soopers, Mariano’s, Metro Market, Pay-Less Super Markets, Pick’n Save, QFC, Ralphs, Ruler, Smith’s Food and Drug) (they also own: Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen, Carrs, Kings Food Markets, and Balducci's Food Lovers) | |||
| 24 Apr 2025 | Parker’s Obsessed with this Movie (But She Cannot Find it Anywhere) | 00:33:47 | |
Your membership to Hyperfixed helps us keep the show going. Please consider becoming a member to get bonus episodes, access to our discord, exclusive merch, and more! This week: Somehow, a movie release in 2014 has disappeared off the internet. It can't be streamed, it can't be torrented, you can't even buy a physical copy. Parker needs to see it.
I Am Obsessed With You But You've Got to Leave Me Alone Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices | |||
| 02 Jan 2025 | Folklore (Kyle's Version) | 00:36:35 | |
This week, Kyle asks us whether a bit of folk wisdom, passed down through generations, is actually true, and once again we end up in a big philosophical discussion about the nature of knowledge and stuff. Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for bonus episodes, access to the discord, merch drops, and more There are still buttons available from our episode "Casey Wants to Believe" but they're going fast! Get one at http://hyperfixedpod.com/button LINKS: Adam Savage's YouTube Channel Tested Adam Savage's own Savage Indusries tape measure The Lufkin Night Eye Tape Measure (again, this is not a sponsorship -- just what Adam recommends) | |||