Whad'Ya Know?
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On today’s Fresh Air: knuckleballer RA Dickey of the New York Mets.
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Why Young Americans Are Driving So Much Less Than Their Parents
Young people are also making more use of transit, bikes, and foot power to get...
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April 10, 1970: A week before McCartney debuted his solo album, McCartney, Paul was asked a series of questions by the press where ultimately, he...
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Happy Weekend everyone! Catch you Monday!
MATZOS (by fusilli)
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With the day mostly quiet on the campaign trail and 30,000 kids and family members at the White House rolling Easter eggs on the South Lawn, it...
Photographic evidence of one (of the two) sets of Encyclopedia Britannica we’ll be giving away to this week’s first hour quiz winners.
Yeah, you know you want it. Even if you didn’t know you wanted it just a few minutes ago.
Hey, and if you have and old set sitting around at home right now, reply to this thread with a photo! Do it! Right now! Or later. That’s fine. Or tomorrow.
Whatever’Ya Know?
If all goes well this week, we’ll have time for Jim Packard to take us on a virtual visit to our proud Town of the Week, Kingman, Arizona.
From Camp Beale Springs to White Cliffs Wagon Trail, we’re sure there’s plenty to highlight.
If you’re from Kingman or know someone who is and might be interested in chatting with Michael about it on the show this week, email us at whadyaknow@wpr.org.
Of course, if we run out of time… well… there’s always next week. Right?
E.B., ya know?
Join us this week for Michael’s chat with Ted Pappas from Encyclopedia Britannica on Whad’Ya Know?
Oh, and do your best to play the quiz — we’re giving away two sets in the first hour.
Yeah, you heard that right.
“Your key to the information age.” Just by winning our little general knowledge quiz.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater.
Strong through every year,
carry high the Blue and Gold!
U – Rah – Rah
Aim for excellence.
Give the best that you have in you.
Go Blugolds, fight to win, for fame and victory!
B – L – U – G – O – L – D – S, BLU…….GOLDS!
A new study finds that young male fruit flies that have been rejected by females apparently self-medicate just like humans do.
We’ll have co-author of the paper, Ulrike Heberlein on the show to talk about these poor fellas.
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Here’s the full chat with Shankar Vedantam
Here’s the full conversation Michael had with science writer, Shankar Vedantam, author of “The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives”.
Illustration by Dan Page.
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This could have been the shortest interview ever on “Whad’Ya Know?” Thankfully, that wasn’t the case. Shankar Vedantam was wonderful and we’re glad he took the time to be with us.
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Siri has thoughts on Michael and His Radioness.
Social Media EXPLAINED
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That Foursquare entry could be a check-in at a Whad’Ya Know? live broadcast in Madison. Free donuts and coffee every show! (Tweet that!)
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We were just in Jacksonville, Florida for a live broadcast of “Whad’Ya Know?” Marine Mammalogist, Quincy Gibson joined us to talk about the social lives of dolphins. While they’re not using Twitter (yet), male dolphins do engage in bromances.
