Why Fear-Based Democracies Aren't Free (with Jason Pargin) Our goal shouldn't be life, liberty, and the pursuit of ALWAYS FREAKING OUT. Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published January 27, 2020
5 Parts Of The U.S. Economy That Are Stranger Than You Think Cash rules everything around you (and in the weirdest ways). Authors By Alex Schmidt Published January 20, 2020
9 Times Pop Culture Accidentally Taught People To Save Lives Not all heroes wear capes. Many of them wear their Netflix Binge Sweatpants. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published January 13, 2020
9 Everyday Objects With Incredible Secret Powers Regular stuff is saving the world. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published January 06, 2020
6 Brain-Stretching Calendar Systems You Never Knew Existed Plus one insane calendar system you're using right now. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published December 30, 2019
Why The Holidays Are Secretly Crucial To Our Survival Merry Christmas! Or merry any day when you can stop and notice your life! Authors By Jason Pargin, Alex Schmidt Published December 23, 2019
14 Villains & Monsters Created To Insult Real People Some feuds reach an audience of millions, without anybody but two people knowing. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published December 16, 2019
9 Dumb & Embarrassing American Elections Nobody Talks About Gain historical perspective that'll make 2020 tolerable. Authors By Adam Tod Brown, Alex Schmidt Published December 09, 2019
11 Bizarrely Elaborate Ways Real People Tried To Make Money Some hustles are stranger than fiction (and horse-based). Authors By Alex Schmidt Published December 02, 2019
4 Sports Leagues Whose New Scandals Explain Modern America Deadspin was a good website. Authors By Alex Schmidt, Dan Hopper Published November 25, 2019
11 Bizarre New Discoveries About The Human Body You might be missing some muscles. On the plus side, you might have some new organs! Authors By Alex Schmidt Published November 18, 2019
11 Stupid Pop Culture Tropes You Always See About Women Watch out fictional ladies: your number of boobs might be telegraphing your morality. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published November 11, 2019
9 Ridiculous Myths Everyone Believes About The Old West Yee-ha! Giddyup! Westerns used to feature singing cowboys and Soviet uranium! Authors By Alex Schmidt Published November 04, 2019
15 Archaeological Discoveries Scarier Than Any Horror Movie Happy Halloween! The past is terrifying! In the most astonishing way! Authors By Alex Schmidt, Jason Pargin Published October 28, 2019
The Surprising Elite Truth Behind America’s Political Divide It's not populists versus elites. It's much weirder (and more Dilbert-driven). Authors By Alex Schmidt Published October 21, 2019
A Tour Through The World’s Secret Rooms (with John Hodgman) Go everywhere from Yale's secret tombs to an even more secret celebrities-only Walgreens. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published October 14, 2019
How Britain Accidentally-On-Purpose Colonized The World Who among us hasn't stepped out of the house, gotten absent-minded, and come back with a quarter of Earth's land? Authors By Alex Schmidt, Adam Wears Published October 07, 2019
14 Funny Strange Stories From The Lives Of Great Scientists The Epic March Of Progress contains more alchemy, owl-eating, and drunk moose than you ever knew. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published September 30, 2019
12 Incredible Historical Artifacts That Somehow Still Exist The past is a foreign country, and boy are its leftovers weird. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published September 23, 2019
How The CIA Quest For Mind Control Drove The World Insane Sidney Gottlieb is a name you do not know. There are a million creepy reasons for that. Authors By Alex Schmidt Published September 16, 2019
