Damn Interesting

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Podcast:

The Conductor

The tragic story of the holder of a very unfortunate world record.
Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Jul 2013 • Read/Listen →
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Andrée and the Aeronauts’ Voyage to the Top of the World

The story of three adventurers who tried to reach the North Pole via hydrogen balloon in 1897.
Written by Alan Bellows • 24 Jun 2013 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

The Mole Rat Prophecies

The quirky biology of naked mole rats, and how their true nature was "predicted" before its eventual discovery.
Written by Matt Castle • 21 Apr 2013 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

The Spy Who Loved Nothing

The story of an American who was dead-set on spying for the KGB.
Written by Gustaf Hildebrand • 18 Feb 2013 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

The Isle of Doctor Seaborg

On the hypothetical "Island of Stability" which might allow for long-lived atoms of never-before-seen elements.
Written by Alan Bellows • 28 Jan 2013 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

The Arizona Dragonslayer

The story of one of America's lesser-known WW1 flying aces.
Written by Kiona Smith-Strickland • 06 Dec 2012 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

The Science of Mental Fitness

Intensive imagining can have measurable effects on the physical body.
Written by Marisa Brook • 13 Nov 2012 • Read/Listen →
Long-Form/Podcast:

Nineteen Seventy Three

Chile's audacious 1970s-era plan to network and automate the country's entire economy, hindered by political upheaval and CIA maneuvering.
Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Oct 2012 • Read/Listen →
Article:

Pushed to the Limit

The story of an unlikely and dangerous mid-air rescue during the Korean War.
Written by Jason Bellows • 11 Sep 2012 • Read →
Long-Form:

Night Takes Rook

The rise and fall of a life-saving lighthouse built on a scrap of rock by a determined yet under-qualified builder.
Written by J. A. Macfarlane • 04 Sep 2012 • Read →
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