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  • Psychics

    October 25, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Halloween Month continues with psychics: people who claim they can talk to the dead! This week we discuss cold reading, Houdini’s war on mediums and whether you can make a living as a telephone psychic. Also, Tim has some very specific…

  • Shingles

    October 18, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    If you had chickenpox as a kid, you might think you’re done with it. BUT, the virus hangs around in your nerves for decades and come back as shingles. Halloween month continues as we discuss this deeply unfair arrangement, with Tom…

  • Halloween Candy

    October 11, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    It's Halloween Month™ and this week we're going big and covering one of the main Halloween things: candy. And although we usually spend a fair amount of time talking about candy in most episodes, no matter what the topic, this time the…

  • Halloween Decorations

    October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    It’s Halloween month, and we’re discussing decorations that require a truck, a storage unit, and year-round technical support. We investigate the appeal of Home Depot’s 12-foot skeleton and the people who get up before dawn to buy one. We…

  • Rank Cranks - Candy [Unlocked]

    September 28, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    It's mayhem at TCGTE headquarters this week, with scheduling snafus and illness causing all kinds of chaos. We'll be back next week with a new episode, but for now, please enjoy this unlocked Patreon episode from last spring -- "Rank…

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  • Waiting Rooms

    September 21, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    You may think of waiting rooms as just the boring places you sit in while biding your time before heading into the place you really came for, but we're here to tell you you're wrong. Dead wrong. For full-length weekly bonus episodes check…

  • Folding Phones

    September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    It used to be only cheap phones could be easily folded in half, but now if you want a phone you can fold it’s gonna cost ya two grand. This week we’re talking about folding phones and wondering if they’re only for dorks, or are they…

  • Dolly Parton

    September 6, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

    Dolly Parton wrote thousands of songs, gave away millions of books and somehow managed to get everybody to like her. This week Christine joins us to remember her favorite person and discuss Dolly’s music, generosity and ability to play…

  • Surfing

    August 30, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    Get ready to "hang ten" and do various other surfing things, because this week's episode is about riding the waves on those big ol' boards (surfboards). We discuss surfing’s ancient Hawaiian roots, the invention of the surfboard leash…

  • Sharks

    August 24, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    They’re older than trees, older than the rings of Saturn, and covered in thousands of tiny teeth instead of normal scales. That’s right, this week we’re diving deep into the ocean's apex predators: sharks. Are they terrifying man-eaters…

  • Summer Jobs - Part 2

    August 16, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Since we didn't really talk about summer jobs last week, we're spending this episode militantly on-topic. We discuss the weird psychology of group job interviews, the most common summer jobs for teens today and whether the boomers are…

  • Summer Jobs

    August 9, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    This week on TCGTE Presents: HOT SUMMER, we’re diving into the classic teen rite of passage: summer jobs. Tim details his storied career slinging meat at a butcher shop, ignoring civic emergency phone calls while listening to Cher's…

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About the show

A weekly podcast for knowledge about anything and everything. From North Korea to Nicolas Cage, Tim and Tom leave no stone unturned in their humble quest to make the world a more informed place. Put away the encyclopedia four-eyes because this may just be the last resource you'll ever need. Wikipedia, consider yourselves on warning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.