Out of the Blue, episode #1: The Snail That Wouldn’t Die

In 1846, a dead snail was glued to a specimen card in the British Museum. In 1850, somebody realized that the snail…wasn’t so dead after all, kicking off a curious story of molluskular stoicism that charmed the mid 19th C. science-and-nature circuit. But what went on in the ensuing 150 years? Site user "nicebookrack" wanted to know, and posted question to Ask MetaFilter asking, well, whatever happened to the snail that wouldn’t die? [more inside]

posted on July 21, 2015 at 11:53 AM - 85 comments

106: I Cleaned Out The Bathroom Closet

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It's episode 106 of the Metafilter podcast, with me and jessamyn and mathowie. We talk about interesting stuff on the site from June 3 through June 30, and chatter a bit about my summer in Huntsville, the problem of putting doing anything off because you don't want to think about doing everything, and why Matt's always turning into a goddam robot. This episode runs just under a couple hours. [more inside]

posted on July 3, 2015 at 6:40 AM - 29 comments

105: Have Fun At Space Camp

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It's episode 105 of the Metafilter Podcast, covering May 7 through June 2 and running just about two hours. We discuss at least two novelty birdhouses. [more inside]

posted on June 3, 2015 at 11:16 AM - 47 comments

104: I've Got Wheelhouse In The Head Now

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Hey hey hey, it's episode 104 of the podcast. Recorded Wednesday May 6th, Matt and Jessamyn and I yammer for nigh on two hours about a bunch of great stuff from the last month and also complain about cell phone reception. [more inside]

posted on May 6, 2015 at 5:11 PM - 78 comments

103: Strictly Non-Palindromic

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Recorded on Wednesday, this is Matt's first episode as a civilian, and we basically couldn't shut up so it's nearly two hours long, covering a little more than a month from March 4th through April 8th. [more inside]

posted on April 10, 2015 at 4:03 PM - 97 comments

102: Retired

Episode 102 was recorded yesterday and completed moments before we made my retirement post live so things are a little weird and scattered since I didn't know how people would take it yet. It runs about 90min long and covers the month of February on the site. [more inside]

posted on March 5, 2015 at 4:43 PM - 64 comments

101: More Elegant Website for a Civilized Web

Podcast 101 clocks in around 90min and covers all our favorite bits from January, and was recorded yesterday, Feb 2. [more inside]

posted on February 3, 2015 at 11:54 AM - 30 comments

100: The Big 100

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The big end of the year, end of the double-digits podcast episode was recorded yesterday and runs 1h51m as we chat about all our favorite posts from the previous month, highlight some winners from the mefites choice contest, and reminisce about the holidays. [more inside]

posted on January 7, 2015 at 10:45 AM - 69 comments

99: HOW DID IT BE THE 2ND?!

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The 99th(!!!) podcast was recorded earlier today and runs about 1h45m as we cover November on MeFi, Thanksgiving fun, and other upcoming events. [more inside]

posted on December 2, 2014 at 9:04 PM - 56 comments

98: A Land of Contrasts

Episode 98 runs about 1hr 45min and covers the month of October on the sites. [more inside]

posted on November 4, 2014 at 2:53 PM - 51 comments

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