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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...
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: StoreLock ICANN What is the GDPR Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
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. http://hyperfixedpod.com/join Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Become a premium Hyperfixed member today to get access to bonus episodes, our discord, monthly AMAs and much much more. http://hyperfixedpod.com/join 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. 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...
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https://hyperfixedpod.com/join 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! LINKS: Joe Rhodes' Substack Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...
Help us continue making hyperfixed! Become a premium member for bonus episodes, access to our discord and much much more! https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join 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 The...
Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for bonus episodes, access to the discord, merch drops, and more http://hyperfixedpod.com/join There are still buttons available from our episode "Casey Wants to Believe" but they're going fast! Get one at http://hyperfixedpod.com/button 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 ...
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!) This week - Kristin asks us for help on one of the most difficult decisions she'll ever have to make. Dylan Matthews: 23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better Our World in Data Robert De Neufville's subst...
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 li...
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: Busy Beaver Button Museum The Button in Q...
Subscribe to the Hyperfixed premium feed for bonus episodes, access to our discord, and much much more! https://hyperfixedpod.com/join 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. 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 t...
Sign up for bonus episodes and extra content at: https://hyperfixedpod.com/join 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. 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 Institut...
Sign up for bonus episodes and extra content at: https://hyperfixedpod.com/join 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. 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. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.or...
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 o...
