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HigherIQ
One fascinating thing, every morning, in 5 minutes. Why is boarding a plane so slow, and do airlines like it that way? How did Teflon end up everywhere? Who invented kindergarten, and why? HigherIQ is a daily show for curious people who want something worth sharing at dinner tonight. No doom, no politics, no 40-minute commitment. One story, well told, that makes you the most interesting person in the room. New episodes every weekday morning. Press play and learn something.
Episodes
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SpaceX Went Public: Why Do Markets Care about Space Right Now?
00:00 — Introduction 00:37 — Follow the Money 01:26 — It's Not About Going to Mars 02:57 — The Valuation Question 04:21 — Wrap Up Sources: - NPR - SpaceX IPO…
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The History Of Interracial Marriage: Tell the Court I Love My Wife
00:00 — Introduction 00:36 — It Started With Property, Not God 01:45 — The Lovings 02:54 — Why It Took So Long 04:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - Jim Crow Museum -…
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The Ones Who Escaped From Alcatraz
00:00 — Introduction 00:24 — The Rock 01:12 — Spoons, Raincoats, and an Accordion 02:40 — Did They Make It? 04:27 — Wrap Up Sources: - FBI - Alcatraz Escape…
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Alcoholics Anonymous: Coffee Chairs, Folding Tables, and Human Connection
00:00 — Introduction 00:34 — The Stockbroker and the Surgeon 01:46 — How It Actually Works 02:35 — Does It Work? 04:33 — Wrap Up Sources: - HISTORY -…
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What Ever Happened To Drive-In Movie Theaters?
00:00 — Introduction 00:23 — A Projector and Some Trees 01:30 — The Dirt Was Worth More Than the Movies 02:52 — The Comeback That Almost Was 04:21 — Wrap Up…
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Economics of The World Cup
00:00 — Introduction 00:32 — Where the Money Actually Goes 01:43 — Why 2026 Is Different (and Why It Isn't) 02:51 — The Pattern 04:15 — Wrap Up Sources: -…
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Week in Review: June 1st to 6th
00:00 — Introduction 00:15 — Recap 04:47 — Wrap Up Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized…
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D-Day 82nd Anniversary: The Day That Ended the War
00:00 — Introduction 00:23 — Why It Was Happening 01:18 — The Deception 02:27 — The Day 03:49 — The Cost 04:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - Militaria.co.uk - D-Day: 6…
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The Steroid Olympics
00:00 — Introduction 00:50 — What Actually Happened 01:58 — The Ad Was the Product 03:02 — The Question Nobody Agrees On 04:23 — Wrap Up Sources: - The Journal…
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How Do Ghost Traffic Jams Start? The Concept Is Called "Emergence"
00:00 — Introduction 00:38 — The Circular Track 01:44 — Three Rules, Infinite Complexity 02:58 — Markets, Crowds, and the Thing Nobody Controls 04:22 — Wrap Up…
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Your Portfolio Might Be Lying to You
00:00 — Introduction 00:33 — Twenty Out of Five Hundred 01:47 — Record Revenue, Record Layoffs 02:55 — What This Means for Your Money 04:25 — Wrap Up Sources…
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How Native Americans Became Citizens of a Country Built on Their Land
00:00 — Introduction 00:34 — The Setup 01:42 — The Gift Nobody Asked For 03:01 — Sovereign Nations Inside a Nation 04:20 — Wrap Up Sources: - HISTORY -…
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Why Summer Feels Shorter Every Year
00:00 — Introduction 00:28 — The Math 01:22 — Your Brain's Recording Quality 03:10 — How to Buy Time 04:31 — Wrap Up Sources: - Psychology Today - The Real…
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Does Spending In The NBA Get You Wins?
00:00 — Introduction 00:35 — The Cap That Was Supposed to Fix Everything 01:36 — How to Win Without Spending 03:01 — So What Actually Matters? 04:24 — Wrap Up…
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Caffeine: Is It Really Just Borrowed Alertness?
Sources: - Journal of Young Investigators - Caffeine: Understanding the World's Most Popular Psychoactive Drug…
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Politicians Are "Good" At Trading Stocks
00:00 — Introduction 00:29 — The Best Traders in Washington 01:40 — The Law That Doesn't Work 02:41 — The Dell Problem 04:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - HuffPost -…
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It's International Hamburger Day!
00:00 — Introduction 00:15 — Nobody Knows Who Made the First One 01:45 — The Speedee System and the Man Who Stole It 03:23 — The Real Estate Company That Sells…
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Miles Davis Turned 100: If You Couldn't Play It, You Couldn't Steal It
00:00 — Introduction 00:35 — When Jazz Was Pop 01:47 — The Earthquake 03:12 — Dead or Hiding? 04:25 — Wrap Up Sources: - Good News Network - 100 Years Ago…
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Video Games are Bigger Than You Think
00:00 — Introduction 00:43 — Bigger Than Hollywood 01:53 — The Game That Never Ends 03:07 — Who's Paying? 04:31 — Wrap Up Sources: - Rockstar Games - Grand…
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Memorial Day Origins and How Federal Holidays Get Created
00:00 — Introduction 00:36 — Martyrs of the Race Course 02:07 — How a Day Becomes a Holiday 03:27 — What Gets Remembered 04:27 — Wrap Up Sources: - HISTORY -…
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Week in Review: May 18 to 23
00:00 — Introduction 00:11 — Recap 04:54 — Wrap Up Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized…
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Cheap Tokens, Expensive Consequences
00:00 — Introduction 00:57 — The Uber Blueprint 01:46 — Cheap Tokens, Expensive Consequences 02:43 — The Rug Pull Is Already Starting 04:19 — Wrap Up Sources…
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The Mona Lisa: Famous for Being Famous
00:00 — Introduction 00:37 — The Heist That Changed Art History 01:59 — Famous for Being Famous 03:13 — A Billion Dollars for a Feedback Loop 04:23 — Wrap Up…
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Does Money Solve the Bystander Effect?
00:00 — Introduction 00:35 — Thirty Eight Witnesses Who Weren't 01:54 — The Judge Who Changed a Country 03:01 — Paying for Compassion 04:28 — Wrap Up Sources…
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Let Nature Do Its Thing
00:00 — Introduction 00:37 — The Rivers 01:53 — The Highways 03:07 — Why We Built It in the First Place 04:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - ABC News AU - Removing Tidal…
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Built Out of Spite
00:00 — Introduction 00:35 — The Grudge 01:58 — The Movie Is the Ad 03:20 — Why This Matters Beyond Hollywood 04:22 — Wrap Up Sources: - NBCUniversal Media -…
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Transistors: On or Off
00:00 — Introduction 00:37 — The Switch 01:45 — The Hardest Thing Humans Make 02:56 — From Games to AI 04:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - TechTarget - The History of…
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Week in Review: May 11 to 16
00:04 — Recap 00:04 — Wrap Up Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.
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Where Laughter Comes From
00:00 — Introduction 00:28 — The Violation That Won't Hurt You 02:00 — Laughter Isn't About Jokes 03:16 — The Line 04:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - Wikipedia -…
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The Generation Who Built the Floor
00:00 — Introduction 00:33 — The Floor 02:10 — Cash, Not Dash 03:24 — The Story We Tell vs. The Story That's True 04:30 — Wrap Up Sources: - Quartz -…
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Built to Never Be Used
00:00 — Introduction 00:30 — The Numbers 01:27 — The Weapon Nobody Can Use 02:46 — Why Iran Changes Everything 04:22 — Wrap Up Sources: - Arms Control…
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Roads Don't Vote
00:00 — Introduction 00:29 — Eighteen Point Four Cents 01:54 — The Pike That Turns 03:27 — The Road Nobody Wants to Build 04:21 — Wrap Up Sources: - Peter G…
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Picking Your Voters
00:00 — Introduction 00:34 — Picking Your Voters 01:45 — Both Sides of the Aisle 03:15 — The Court That Walked Away 04:22 — Wrap Up Sources: - Library of…
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We Give In to Feel Good
00:00 — Introduction 00:32 — The Mood Repair 01:38 — The Stranger in the Mirror 02:50 — What Actually Works 04:24 — Wrap Up Sources: - Pychyl, T.A. & Sirois…
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Week in Review: Money, Identity, and the Machines Between
00:00 — Introduction 00:20 — Recap 00:20 — Wrap Up Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized…
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Your Medieval Tax Receipt
00:00 — Introduction 00:22 — When One Name Was Enough 01:38 — The Four Categories 03:03 — The Names That Were Assigned 04:27 — Wrap Up Sources: - Historic UK -…
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Chicken Noodle News
00:00 — Introduction 00:31 — Chicken Noodle News 01:42 — The Brain That Never Rests 03:21 — The World Before and After 04:23 — Wrap Up Sources: - NPR - CNN…
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Selling Pieces to Strangers
00:00 — Introduction 00:30 — What Actually Happens 01:40 — Who Actually Benefits 03:01 — The Trade-Off Nobody Talks About 04:22 — Wrap Up Sources: - TradingKey…
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Shot Down at Kitty Hawk
00:00 — Introduction 00:36 — The Economics of Empty Seats 01:47 — The Spirit Model 03:18 — The Paradox 04:31 — Wrap Up Sources: - David Oks - Why Airlines Are…
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From Puebla to Party
00:00 — Introduction 00:28 — The Battle Nobody Expected 01:43 — The Civil War Connection 02:47 — From Resistance to Retail 04:23 — Wrap Up Sources: - HISTORY -…
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Nobody Wants to Get Rich Slow
00:00 — Introduction 00:34 — The Snowball 01:51 — The Float 03:08 — The Gambling Mood 04:21 — Wrap Up Sources: - CNBC - Berkshire Annual Meeting: Buffett Says…
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Week in Review: April 27th to May 2nd
00:00 — Introduction 00:17 — Recap 04:29 — Wrap Up Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized…
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Six Years in a Private Theater
00:00 — Introduction 01:05 — Talking to the Dreamers 01:13 — The Game You Can't Remember Playing 01:13 — The Rehearsal 02:09 — Wrap Up Sources: - Current…
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Full, Free, and Absolute
00:00 — Introduction 00:05 — Hamilton's Argument 00:05 — Friends, Family, and Fugitives 00:29 — The Unresolvable Question 03:40 — Wrap Up Sources: -…
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Who Controls Your Interest Rate?
00:00 — Introduction 00:08 — The Machine Nobody Elected 00:43 — The History of Pressure 00:43 — What Happens Next 01:47 — Wrap Up Sources: - CNBC - Jerome…
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Why Emotions Have a Body
00:00 — Introduction 00:27 — The Theory That Flipped Everything 00:44 — The Chemistry of Tears 00:44 — The Heart That Actually Breaks 07:08 — Wrap Up Sources…
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The Gate In Your Spine
00:00 — Introduction 00:08 — The Gate in Your Spine 00:08 — The Limb That Isn't There 00:21 — The Chronic Pain Crisis 00:25 — Wrap Up Sources: - Massage &…
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The Invisible Checkpoint
00:00 — Introduction 00:09 — The Oldest Law in the Room 01:34 — Killing the Future Competitor 01:34 — The Deal That Hasn't Happened Yet 01:34 — Wrap Up…
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Can You Feel The Music?
00:00 — Introduction 00:04 — The Blacksmith's Hammers 00:40 — The Drug in the Sound 01:17 — The Universal Question 08:46 — Wrap Up Sources: - Wikipedia -…
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The Lie on the Wall
00:00 — Introduction 00:04 — The Navigator's Problem 00:04 — The Politics of Size 00:04 — Every Map Is A Choice 08:17 — Wrap Up Sources: - Wikipedia - Mercator…
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Undeniably Anticompetitive
00:00 — Introduction 00:10 — The Worst Team Picks First 00:10 — Undeniably Anticompetitive 00:20 — The Contrarian Case 08:54 — Wrap Up Sources: - NFL Football…
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Ancient Sunlight
00:00 — Introduction 00:23 — The One Rule 01:59 — The Trade-Offs 03:12 — Wrap Up Sources: - The Climate Brink - The Thermodynamics of Electric vs. Internal…
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The One-Sided Handshake
00:00 — Introduction 00:07 — The One-Sided Handshake 00:08 — The Other Side of the Coin 05:24 — Wrap Up Sources: - Wikipedia - At-Will Employment…
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Who Paid for Your Free Flight?
00:00 — Introduction 00:52 — The Invisible Tax 00:56 — Why America Is Different 01:07 — Wrap Up Sources: - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Who Gains and Who…
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The Compass in the Eye
00:00 — Introduction 00:58 — The Compass in the Eye 03:41 — The First Trip 08:26 — Wrap Up Sources: - Scientific American - How Migrating Birds Use Quantum…
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The Half-Second Gap
00:00 — Introduction 00:56 — The Experiment 01:22 — The Pushback 08:56 — Wrap Up Sources: - Journal of Neuroscience - Readiness Potential and Neuronal…
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The Things We Do Without Thinking
00:00 — Introduction 00:04 — The Weapon Check 00:13 — The Rivalry 00:15 — The Farmer's Field 00:16 — The Vein That Doesn't Exist 06:07 — Wrap Up Sources: -…
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I Think The Speed Limit Is…
00:00 — Introduction 00:17 — The Red Flag and the Open Road 03:45 — Wrap Up Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your…
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The Sword Hand and the Whip Hand
00:00 — Introduction 00:35 — The Sword Hand and the Whip Hand 05:08 — Dagen H 05:54 — Wrap Up Sources: - Wikipedia - Left- and Right-Hand Traffic…
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The Ledger That Nobody Owns
00:00 — Introduction 00:38 — The Ledger That Nobody Owns 01:04 — The Dollar on a Blockchain 04:36 — Wrap Up Sources: - HISTORY - Satoshi Nakamoto Publishes…