You know when you read a word over and over it starts to lose its meaning? There’s a term for that and why it happens is fascinating.

You know when you read a word over and over it starts to lose its meaning? There’s a term for that and why it happens is fascinating.

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Short Stuff: Semantic Satiation

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When your life is as outsized as the World’s Greatest Showman PT Barnum it’s pretty easy to - you know - gloss over the grimmer aspects when you turn it into an uplifting musical movie. But the way to understand a person is to look at them, warts and all. Josh and Chuck take a full accounting in this classic episode.

When your life is as outsized as the World&rsquo;s Greatest Showman PT Barnum it&rsquo;s pretty easy to - you know - gloss over the grimmer aspects when you turn it into an uplifting musical movie. But the way to understand a person is to look at them, warts and all. Josh and Chuck take a full accounting in this classic episode.

Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard

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The story of Doggerland is pretty fascinating. The idea is that mainland Europe and the UK were connected not only by a land bridge, but a place where plants, animals and even humans, thrived. 

The story of Doggerland is pretty fascinating. The idea is that mainland Europe and the UK were connected not only by a land bridge, but a place where plants, animals and even humans, thrived.&nbsp;

Doggerland: Lost at Sea

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At the end of WWII in Europe, one of the strangest battles of the war took place between German troops fighting alongside Americans and French to beat back an assault by the Nazi SS.

At the end of WWII in Europe, one of the strangest battles of the war took place between German troops fighting alongside Americans and French to beat back an assault by the Nazi SS.

Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle

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Short Stuff: Semantic Satiation

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