Half as Interesting
Half as Interesting is an entertaining, fact-based, educational series covering diverse topics of general interest presented in a somewhat humorous, quirky style. Topics range from curious to weird and are rarely important to know unless you're looking for some lunch room or coffee break conversation starters.
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Season 2025
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E1
Why People Live In Tubes At The Bottom of the Ocean
Jan 14, 2025 -
2
E2
How Renault Won an F1 Race by Crashing a Car
Jan 21, 2025 -
3
E3
The Nuke-Proof US Military Base in a Mountain
Jan 24, 2025 -
4
E4
This 2-Mile Long Gondola Cost $52 Million
Jan 29, 2025 -
5
E5
The Swimsuit So Good They Banned It
Jan 31, 2025 -
6
E6
The Unspoken Rules of LEGO Sets
Feb 13, 2025 -
7
E7
Brooklyn’s Only Interstate Is Doomed
Feb 21, 2025 -
8
E8
The Fake Currency That Saved Brazil’s Economy
Feb 28, 2025 -
9
E9
500 Terrible Topics We Didn’t Make Videos About
Mar 4, 2025 -
10
E10
The 19 Year Process of Inventing a New Apple
Mar 13, 2025 -
11
E11
The Algorithm Running Up French Fry Prices
Mar 18, 2025 -
12
E12
How to Design the Perfect F1 Track
Mar 31, 2025 -
13
E13
The Decades-Long Battle Over Low-Flow Toilets
Apr 11, 2025 -
14
E14
How The Largest Human Gathering In The World Works
Apr 15, 2025 -
15
E15
All The Loopholes to Travel from Europe to Russia
Apr 25, 2025 -
16
E16
Why Isn’t There Public Transit From the Airport to Disney World?
Apr 28, 2025 -
17
E17
The Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper That Sold for $10
Apr 30, 2025 -
18
E18
Why You Need Sand from This Town to Make a Computer
May 21, 2025 -
19
E19
The Scam That Hit Every Adult in Canada
May 28, 2025 -
20
E20
The Absurd Lengths Billionaires Go to Not “Live” in NYC
May 29, 2025 -
21
E21
The 467 Rules You Have to Follow to Put an Animal in a Movie
May 30, 2025 -
22
E22
The Absurd Science Behind Really Good Bowling Balls
Jun 17, 2025 -
23
E23
How Much of the Moon Is On Earth?
Jun 24, 2025 -
24
E24
The CIA’s Secret Star Wars Fan Blog
Jun 26, 2025 -
25
E25
Why Isn’t There Public Transit from the Airport to the Vegas Strip?
Jun 27, 2025 -
26
E26
Why the US’ 2nd-Busiest Passenger Railway Is Doomed
Jun 30, 2025 -
27
E27
Why The QWERTY Keyboard Actually Sucks
Jul 11, 2025 -
28
E28
The Insane Logistics of Pro Baseball
Jul 25, 2025 -
29
E29
The Most Controversial Half-Acre in NYC
Jul 29, 2025 -
30
E30
Detroit’s Tiny, Terrible Metro System
Jul 31, 2025 -
31
E31
The Fake Countries the US Fights Fake Wars Against
Aug 11, 2025 -
32
E32
The Insane Production Schedule of Love Island
Aug 19, 2025 -
33
E33
The Multimillionaire Feud Over Horse Clones
Aug 25, 2025 -
34
E34
The Decades-Long Fight Over The Font on Highway Signs
Aug 29, 2025 -
35
E35
The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year (Again)
Sep 1, 2025 -
36
E36
All The Non-Passenger Trains in the NYC Subway
Sep 22, 2025 -
37
E37
Why There’s a 61-Mile Conveyor Belt in the Sahara Desert
Sep 25, 2025 -
38
E38
France Sent Their Dumbest Spies to Blow Up This Boat in NZ
Sep 29, 2025 -
39
E39
Why Does the World’s Biggest Ship Exist?
Sep 30, 2025 -
40
E40
Why This Car Basically Only Exists in NYC
Oct 3, 2025 -
41
E41
The Risky Logistics of Alaska’s Food Supply Chain
Oct 21, 2025 -
42
E42
How Indonesia Is Accidentally Sinking Their Capital
Oct 23, 2025 -
43
E43
How They Just Discovered a New 14,000 Foot Mountain
Oct 30, 2025 -
44
E44
How Do They Choose the Spelling Bee Words?
Oct 31, 2025 -
45
E45
The Design of the World’s Most Secure Banknote
Nov 11, 2025 -
46
E46
The US Military’s Really Big, Really Controversial Radar System
Nov 18, 2025 -
47
E47
How FEMA’s Doomsday Radio System Works
Nov 30, 2025 -
48
E48
Why It’s So Hard To Know Where the Utility Pipes Are
Dec 4, 2025 -
49
E49
The US Military’s Fast Food Division
Dec 15, 2025 -
50
E50
How This Country Overestimated Their Population by 7 Million People
Dec 22, 2025 -
51
E51
Why It Was Illegal to Sell All Your Raisins Until 2015
Dec 24, 2025 -
52
E52
The Time the US Sent 813 Soldiers to Cut Down One Tree
Dec 31, 2025