About this podcast
The Smartest Year Ever began as a 365-day experiment in curiosity. In 2025, I dropped a new fact every single day. History, science, language, word origins, and strange true stories, all the stuff that somehow makes you sound smarter in conversation. The goal hasn’t changed: help you become the world’s greatest conversationalist.
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Smartest Year Ever
About this podcast
The Smartest Year Ever began as a 365-day experiment in curiosity. In 2025, I dropped a new fact every single day. History, science, language, word origins, and strange true stories, all the stuff that somehow makes you sound smarter in conversation. The goal hasn’t changed: help you become the world’s greatest conversationalist.
Recent episodes
- Why Do We Call It a “Pair of Pants” If It’s Only One Thing?29 Aug · 7 min
- Why Don’t English Speakers Name Their Kids Jesus?22 Aug · 7 min
- Has There Ever Been a Day When No Human Died?15 Aug · 6 min
- What Did People Think Dinosaur Bones Were, Before Dinosaurs?8 Aug · 7 min
- What Did We Call Electric Eels Before Electricity?1 Aug · 7 min
- How Chicago Got Fleeced Selling Its Parking Meters for 75 Years25 Jul · 6 min
- Why Didn't Ancient Romans Ride Bicycles?18 Jul · 9 min
- Historical Figures You Didn't Know Were Recorded11 Jul · 12 min
- The Night America Hid the Liberty Bell3 Jul · 9 min
- How Bees Choose a Queen...and Get Rid of Her27 Jun · 9 min
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