Duct Tape MacGyver: The Sticky Secrets

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Can duct tape really fix every little thing? ELT tests the limits — and gets to the bottom of a duct tape story that’ll blow your socks off. Plus, your most ingenious MacGyver stories. Guests: Daniel Munson, Senior Product Development Specialist at 3M; Gary LaRose, lodge owner and hunting guide on the Alaska Peninsula; Luke Miller, Anchorage-based pilot and guide. Thanks to callers Ian, Hunter, David, Whitney, Leanne, Stacie, Elena, Diana, Ashley, Lauren, Lucy — and to all the listeners who shared their MacGyver stories. Got a burning question of your own? Call 833-RING-ELT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.0	Hi, my name's Ian and I was just curious about death tape because there's facts, alleged facts that say
0:48.0	duct tape can fix everything, maybe perhaps every little thing. So I was just curious about the extent of the things that duct tape can fix.
0:57.0	Hello?
1:02.0	Hey Ian, it's Flora from every little thing.
1:05.0	Hey, how's it going?
1:06.0	It's good.
1:07.0	So have you experimented with extreme duct tape fixes?
1:11.0	Well, the most weird thing that I used it for
1:15.2	was a potato cannon.
1:18.0	I taped it together and it withstood the explosion
1:22.1	of the potato cannon, so I thought that was pretty impressive.
1:24.8	Exercising your second amendment right to shoot potatoes.
1:28.8	That's right, homemade cannons.
1:32.0	How far did the potato go?
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