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Half as Interesting / Season 2024

04 Jan, 2024 · 56 episodes

 
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S2024 Season 2024

Half as Interesting / Season 2024

04 Jan, 2024 · 56 episodes

 

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Cast & Crew

Sam Denby

Narrator

28 yrs

Episodes

South Korea Built a Mediocre New Capital in the Middle of Nowhere
S2024 | E01

South Korea Built a Mediocre New Capital in the Middle of Nowhere

6m

04/01/2024 | 15:00
Why There’s a Giant Barcode In The Middle of the Mojave Desert
S2024 | E02

Why There’s a Giant Barcode In The Middle of the Mojave Desert

6m

11/01/2024 | 15:00
The Special Design That Makes Library Books Indestructible
S2024 | E03

The Special Design That Makes Library Books Indestructible

7m

16/01/2024 | 15:00
How the US Transports Its Nuclear Weapons
S2024 | E04

How the US Transports Its Nuclear Weapons

7m

19/01/2024 | 15:00
How Tokyo Made Itself Earthquake-Proof
S2024 | E05

How Tokyo Made Itself Earthquake-Proof

7m

25/01/2024 | 15:00
Why a Big Box Store Started Solving Violent Crimes
S2024 | E06

Why a Big Box Store Started Solving Violent Crimes

7m

26/01/2024 | 15:00
The Very Real Australian Colleges with No Students
S2024 | E07

The Very Real Australian Colleges with No Students

7m

31/01/2024 | 15:00
The Logistics of White House State Dinners
S2024 | E08

The Logistics of White House State Dinners

7m

31/01/2024 | 15:00
The Tiny Alaskan Town with the US’ Highest Taxicab Density
S2024 | E09

The Tiny Alaskan Town with the US’ Highest Taxicab Density

7m

05/02/2024 | 15:00
How This Michigan Town Accidentally Buried Itself in Sand
S2024 | E10

How This Michigan Town Accidentally Buried Itself in Sand

7m

19/02/2024 | 15:00
Why the FBI and the CIA Keep Lying to Each Other
S2024 | E11

Why the FBI and the CIA Keep Lying to Each Other

6m

25/02/2024 | 15:00
Why It’s So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome
S2024 | E12

Why It’s So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome

7m

28/02/2024 | 15:00
Why We’re Building a 790-Mile Wire From Kansas to Indiana
S2024 | E13

Why We’re Building a 790-Mile Wire From Kansas to Indiana

6m

29/02/2024 | 15:00
Why the North Korean Government Has a Tiny Office in NYC
S2024 | E14

Why the North Korean Government Has a Tiny Office in NYC

8m

19/03/2024 | 14:00
Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot
S2024 | E15

Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot

9m

22/03/2024 | 14:00
The Logistics of Prescribed Fires
S2024 | E16

The Logistics of Prescribed Fires

9m

Video written by Ben Doyle

27/03/2024 | 14:00
Why Don’t Planes Carry Parachutes?
S2024 | E17

Why Don’t Planes Carry Parachutes?

8m

31/03/2024 | 14:00
How the US Tests Nukes (Without Blowing Them Up)
S2024 | E18

How the US Tests Nukes (Without Blowing Them Up)

8m

06/04/2024 | 14:00
The Man Who Stole an Entire Hotel
S2024 | E19

The Man Who Stole an Entire Hotel

8m

16/04/2024 | 14:00
The Obscure System That Syncs All The World’s Clocks
S2024 | E20

The Obscure System That Syncs All The World’s Clocks

8m

23/04/2024 | 14:00
How Storing Movies on Vinyl Lost RCA $650 Million
S2024 | E21

How Storing Movies on Vinyl Lost RCA $650 Million

9m

01/05/2024 | 14:00
Why All Pro Basketball Players Shoot Free Throws Wrong
S2024 | E22

Why All Pro Basketball Players Shoot Free Throws Wrong

9m

09/05/2024 | 14:00
The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors
S2024 | E23

The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors

10m

14/05/2024 | 14:00
The 517,431 Emails That Trained Siri
S2024 | E24

The 517,431 Emails That Trained Siri

8m

17/05/2024 | 14:00
Why There’s a Pacific Ocean Port in Idaho
S2024 | E25

Why There’s a Pacific Ocean Port in Idaho

9m

24/05/2024 | 14:00
Why the Ocean Looks So Fake on Google Maps
S2024 | E26

Why the Ocean Looks So Fake on Google Maps

9m

03/06/2024 | 14:00
Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week
S2024 | E27

Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week

8m

06/06/2024 | 14:00
Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means
S2024 | E28

Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means

9m

13/06/2024 | 14:00
The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea
S2024 | E29

The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea

8m

25/06/2024 | 14:00
Mumbai’s Crazy-Efficient, 99.9999% Accurate Food Delivery System
S2024 | E30

Mumbai’s Crazy-Efficient, 99.9999% Accurate Food Delivery System

8m

01/07/2024 | 14:00
How the UN Translates Everything in Real-Time
S2024 | E31

How the UN Translates Everything in Real-Time

9m

08/07/2024 | 14:00
How this Oklahoma Town Became Completely Uninhabitable
S2024 | E32

How this Oklahoma Town Became Completely Uninhabitable

9m

15/07/2024 | 14:00
How America’s Largest, Most Secure Embassy Works
S2024 | E33

How America’s Largest, Most Secure Embassy Works

9m

19/07/2024 | 14:00
How the US Gov’s Riskiest Labs Contain Deadly Viruses
S2024 | E34

How the US Gov’s Riskiest Labs Contain Deadly Viruses

8m

30/07/2024 | 14:00
The One Long Wire Ruining America’s Most Important Train
S2024 | E35

The One Long Wire Ruining America’s Most Important Train

8m

01/08/2024 | 14:00
The Super-Complex Security of the Paris Olympics
S2024 | E36

The Super-Complex Security of the Paris Olympics

9m

09/08/2024 | 14:00
The Logistics of Mount Everest’s Base Camp
S2024 | E37

The Logistics of Mount Everest’s Base Camp

8m

20/08/2024 | 14:00
The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People
S2024 | E38

The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People

8m

26/08/2024 | 14:00
The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year
S2024 | E39

The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year

8m

03/09/2024 | 14:00
The Massively Bureaucratic System for Confirming a “Miracle”
S2024 | E40

The Massively Bureaucratic System for Confirming a “Miracle”

9m

07/09/2024 | 14:00
The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S.
S2024 | E41

The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S.

8m

18/09/2024 | 14:00
Why 1% of the Stock Market is Tied to 11 Random Americans
S2024 | E42

Why 1% of the Stock Market is Tied to 11 Random Americans

7m

26/09/2024 | 14:00
How Ski Resorts Store Snow Over the Summer
S2024 | E43

How Ski Resorts Store Snow Over the Summer

8m

30/09/2024 | 14:00
Why Only One US City Doesn’t Add Fluoride to Its Water
S2024 | E44

Why Only One US City Doesn’t Add Fluoride to Its Water

9m

10/10/2024 | 14:00
How They Dug the Deepest Hole on Earth
S2024 | E45

How They Dug the Deepest Hole on Earth

8m

17/10/2024 | 14:00
How This Card Game Accidentally Became a Stock Market
S2024 | E46

How This Card Game Accidentally Became a Stock Market

9m

25/10/2024 | 14:00
How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency
S2024 | E47

How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency

9m

30/10/2024 | 14:00
How The USA’s Only Car-Free Village Works
S2024 | E48

How The USA’s Only Car-Free Village Works

9m

31/10/2024 | 14:00
Why Hawaii's H-3 is the Most Expensive Interstate Ever
S2024 | E49

Why Hawaii's H-3 is the Most Expensive Interstate Ever

9m

12/11/2024 | 15:00
The Crazy-Complex Process of Organizing a Container Ship
S2024 | E50

The Crazy-Complex Process of Organizing a Container Ship

9m

19/11/2024 | 15:00
How This Waffle Restaurant Mastered Hurricanes
S2024 | E51

How This Waffle Restaurant Mastered Hurricanes

8m

26/11/2024 | 15:00
How Istanbul Moved Its Airport in Just 45 Hours
S2024 | E52

How Istanbul Moved Its Airport in Just 45 Hours

8m

30/11/2024 | 15:00
The US’ Surprisingly Busy Nuclear Emergency Team
S2024 | E53

The US’ Surprisingly Busy Nuclear Emergency Team

9m

12/12/2024 | 15:00
How a Whole Country Got Cut Off From The Internet for 38 Days
S2024 | E54

How a Whole Country Got Cut Off From The Internet for 38 Days

9m

17/12/2024 | 15:00
How This Tunnel Accidentally Created an Immigration Loophole
S2024 | E55

How This Tunnel Accidentally Created an Immigration Loophole

7m

24/12/2024 | 15:00
The $18.8 Bil, Borderline Useless Bridge Between Hong Kong and Macau
S2024 | E56
SEASON FINALE

The $18.8 Bil, Borderline Useless Bridge Between Hong Kong and Macau

8m

26/12/2024 | 15:00
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