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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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The Star That Disappeared Without a Sound
00:00 — Introduction 00:11 — The Star That Just Disappeared 01:24 — The Wolves Didn't Change the Rivers 01:24 — The Government Just Said CO2 Isn't Dangerous…
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The Laser, the Strike, and the Haystack
00:00 — Introduction 00:27 — The Laser, the Balloon, and the Shutdown 00:27 — Three Hundred Million People Just Stopped 00:27 — Six Names in Two Hours 00:36 —…
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The Airport Is Selling Your Identity Back to You
00:00 — Introduction 00:36 — Your Face Is Your Boarding Pass 00:40 — Forty-Five Minutes Your Brain Can't Spare 00:44 — Your Pancreas Clocks Out at Sundown…
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The $500B Handshake Nobody Agrees On
00:00 — Introduction 00:34 — The Five Hundred Billion Dollar Handshake 00:41 — The Freezer Seal Is Broken 00:43 — Your Espresso Is Rebooting Your Brain 00:43 —…
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Your Body's Hidden Fat Switch
00:00 — Introduction 00:38 — Your Body Has a Fat Switch Scientists Just Turned Off 02:57 — The Real American Midlife Crisis 02:57 — Wrap Up Full interactive…
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America's Newest Holiday
00:00 — Introduction 00:07 — The NFL's Invented Holiday 00:07 — The Week the Playbook Died 01:07 — Wrap Up Sources: - The Economics of the Super Bowl, By the…
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What If Imagination Is Simpler Than You Think?
00:00 — Introduction 00:40 — What We Think Imagination Is 00:41 — What Imagination Actually Is 00:42 — The Foundation of Everything 00:42 — The Real Question…
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The Winter Olympics Aren't Winter Anymore
00:00 — Introduction 00:03 — The Progression 00:12 — The Physics Problem 00:43 — The Disappearing Map 00:43 — The Trees That Survived Two Wars 00:43 — The…
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The $150 Billion Market Built on Your BMI
00:00 — Introduction 01:04 — The Stock Crash That Shook Pharma 01:26 — The Metric That Built a $150B Market 01:26 — The Leaky Bucket 01:26 — The Real Question…
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The Death Pledge That Built America's Wealth
00:00 — Introduction 00:48 — The Profit Illusion 01:00 — Renting Is Winning — Or Is It? 01:00 — The 43-to-1 Wealth Gap 01:00 — Homeownership vs. the S&P 500…
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Silver and gold extend losses after last week's historic plunge | Gold and silver prices are slumping after their meteoric rise. Here's why. | Gold Slump Eases as Traders Weigh Unwinding of Crowded Bets
00:00 — Introduction 00:16 — The Crash 00:17 — Why Gold Is the World's Oldest Fear Gauge 00:17 — Silver's Even Wilder Ride 00:20 — What Lit the Fuse 00:29 —…
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Grammy's 2026: Who Actually Wrote Your Favorite Song?
00:00 — Introduction 00:18 — Grammy Winners and Invisible Credits 00:18 — Max Martin 00:18 — The Hitmaker Economy 00:18 — Bad Bunny Makes History 00:18 — Wrap…
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Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'SCTV' fame, has died at 71 | Catherine O'Hara, comedy star of 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek,' dies at 71 | Canadian comedy legend Catherine O'Hara, who lit up SCTV and stole scenes on Schitt's Creek, dead at 71
00:00 — Introduction 00:15 — Catherineohara 00:15 — Fedchair 00:21 — Wrap Up Sources: - Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'SCTV'…
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Dry January Science, Black History Month Turns 100, and Why We're Taking Weather Advice from a Gopher
00:00 — Introduction 00:27 — Dryjanuary 00:40 — Blackhistorymonth 04:58 — Groundhogday Sources: - A scoping review of Dry January: Evidence and future…
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The Super Bowl's Economic Impact: Big Game, Big Money, Big Costs | Will the Super Bowl supercharge the Bay Area economy? Here's what experts say | Going for the Gold: The Economics of the Olympics
00:00 — Introduction 00:26 — Superbowl 00:33 — Olympics 00:39 — Worldcup 00:39 — Who Wins 01:34 — Why Cities Bid 01:41 — Wrap Up Sources: - The Super Bowl's…
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Zip code better predictor of health than genetic code | America's Healthiest States – 2026 Study | ACSM American Fitness Index 2025
00:00 — Introduction 01:00 — Where in America Can You Actually Live a Healthy Life? 01:17 — How AI Actually Gets Made (Spoiler: It Involves Destroying Books)…
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USOPC and USOPF Announce $100 Million Gift to Support Post-Games Financial Security for Team USA Athletes | Ross Stevens Pledges $100 Million to US Olympians, Paralympians | EU and India conclude landmark Free Trade Agreement
00:00 — Introduction 00:09 — U.S. Olympians Finally Get Retirement Security 00:09 — The World Made a Deal While We Built Walls 00:09 — What the Stock Market Is…
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Gold Tops $5,000 as Global Upheaval Fuels Precious Metals Rally | Meta, TikTok and YouTube Face Landmark Trial Over Youth Addiction Claims | GameStop Shares Move Higher After Michael Burry Says He's Been Buying the Stock
00:00 — Introduction 00:43 — Gold Breaks $5,000 00:51 — Social Media Goes on Trial 00:51 — Michael Burry Is Buying GameStop Again 01:00 — Nike Is Replacing…
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Big Tech Earnings Week: Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Tesla | Inside China's AI Scene One Year After DeepSeek | Exercise Rivals Therapy for Depression
00:00 — Introduction 00:14 — Big Tech's Make-or-Break Week 00:18 — China's AI Boom One Year Later 00:59 — Exercise Rivals Therapy for Depression 00:59 — ADHD…
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Want to live longer? The tiniest of lifestyle changes can dramatically boost longevity | The simplest way teens can protect their mental health | Bankrate's 2026 Credit Card Debt Report
Sources: - Want to live longer? The tiniest of lifestyle changes can dramatically boost longevity (Scientific American)…
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Roughly half the US population faces frigid temperatures and threat of storms | Minnesota protests Trump administration's immigration crackdown | Ryan Wedding, ex-Olympic snowboarder accused of being a drug kingpin, is arrested
Sources: - Roughly half the US population faces frigid temperatures and threat of storms (Associated Press)…
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Territorial issue is key obstacle to Ukraine peace, Kremlin tells Trump envoys | TikTok seals deal for new US entity | Severe winter weather expected to affect more than 200 million Americans
Sources: - Territorial issue is key obstacle to Ukraine peace, Kremlin tells Trump envoys (Associated Press)…
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Morning Briefing — Jan 22, 2026
Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.
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Morning Briefing — Jan 21, 2026
Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.
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How Claude Code 'is the ChatGPT moment repeated' — and why that's awful news for software stocks | From Intuit To Adobe To Salesforce, SaaS Stocks Stumble As AI Fears Trigger Selloff | Trump says he's pursuing Greenland after perceived Nobel Peace Prize snub
Sources: - How Claude Code 'is the ChatGPT moment repeated' — and why that's awful news for software stocks (Sherwood News)…
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European leaders warn Trump's Greenland tariffs threaten 'dangerous downward spiral' | Trump has tariffs. Europe has a 'trade bazooka.' This Greenland standoff could get ugly, fast | EU discusses $108 billion in retaliatory tariffs
Sources: - European leaders warn Trump's Greenland tariffs threaten 'dangerous downward spiral' (NPR)…
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King Holiday 2026: Mission Possible II | Gen Z Drives Luxury Watch Market Growth | Secondhand Watch Market Valued at $27 Billion
Sources: - King Holiday 2026: Mission Possible II (The King Center): https://thekingcenter.org/king-holiday-2026/ - Gen Z Drives Luxury Watch Market Growth…
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Taiwan to Invest $250B in US Semiconductor Manufacturing Under New Trade Deal | US-Taiwan Trade Deal Fact Sheet | OpenAI to Start Testing Ads in ChatGPT
Sources: - Taiwan to Invest $250B in US Semiconductor Manufacturing Under New Trade Deal (CNBC)…
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Goldman Sachs Reports Record Equities Trading Revenue | Thinking Machines Lab Loses Co-Founders to OpenAI | Trump Threatens Insurrection Act Over Minneapolis ICE Protests
Sources: - Goldman Sachs Reports Record Equities Trading Revenue (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/goldman-sachs-gs-q4-2025-earnings.html - Thinking…
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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Slips After Bank Earnings | Saks Files for Bankruptcy as Department Stores Fight for Survival | Denmark says 'fundamental disagreement' with US over Greenland remains
Sources: - Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Slips After Bank Earnings (WSJ): https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-01-14-2026 - Saks…
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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Slips After Bank Earnings; Gold, Silver Prices Hit Records | Bank of America's Profit Climbs as Consumer Spending Rises | Saks Files for Bankruptcy as Department Stores Fight for Survival
Sources: - Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Slips After Bank Earnings; Gold, Silver Prices Hit Records (WSJ)…
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DOJ Launches Criminal Probe into Fed Chair Powell | Markets Rebound to Records Amid Fed Turmoil | Alphabet Surpasses $4 Trillion Valuation Milestone
Sources: - DOJ Launches Criminal Probe into Fed Chair Powell (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com - Markets Rebound to Records Amid Fed Turmoil (Washington Post)…
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The Week That Was, The Week Ahead: Macro and Markets, Jan. 11 | US Inflation to Pick Up After Muddy November CPI | January 2026 Aleppo clashes
Sources: - The Week That Was, The Week Ahead: Macro and Markets, Jan. 11 (TipRanks)…
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 jump to records, Nasdaq surges as stocks end 2026's first week with big gains | Glencore shares pop 10% as firm restarts mega-merger talks with Rio Tinto | Mergers and Acquisitions — Reviewing 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
Sources: - Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 jump to records, Nasdaq surges as stocks end 2026's first week with big gains (Yahoo Finance)…
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Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2024 - Banking and Credit | Sanders, Hawley Introduce Bill Capping Credit Card Interest Rates at 10% | Research Shows Interest Rate Caps Harm Consumers, Limit Choice
Sources: - Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2024 - Banking and Credit (Federal Reserve)…
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December Jobs Report Shows Softening Labor Market | Supreme Court Holds Off on Trump Tariff Ruling for Now | Renee Nicole Good: Mother Shot and Killed by ICE in Minneapolis
Sources: - December Jobs Report Shows Softening Labor Market (CNBC): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/09/jobs-report-december-2025.html - Supreme Court Holds Off…