Episode Zero: Hi There, From Part-Time Genius!

Part-Time Genius

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Buckle up as your friendly hosts Will and Mangesh race you through a world of fascinating questions. Oh, and they brought Mamaw along, too! Series debuts with four new episodes on Wed, Jun 7. From HowStuffWorks.

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0:00.0	Guess what, Mango?
0:03.1	What's that, Will?
0:04.0	We are so close to the launch of our new podcast, Part-time Genius.
0:07.2	I know, I can't wait.
0:08.8	So most people know us as the founders of mental floss.
0:11.0	In fact, we should say hello to the brilliant people at Mental Floss.
0:13.9	Hello, brilliant people at Mental Floss. But we've been itching to start a podcast and
0:17.8	ready to start something new. So we join the How Stuff Works family to launch a brand new podcast.
0:22.4	It's a show called Part-time Genius and it
0:24.3	starts June 7th. That's right that's when our first four episodes drop. This show is
0:28.6	our chance to find the answers to many of the ridiculous questions we've had
0:31.7	over the years.
0:32.6	Will we ever live without sleep?
0:34.3	How do rats keep out smarting humans?
0:35.9	Which personality test should I believe in?
0:38.1	Is Cryonics real?
0:39.5	These are just some of the questions we'll be tackling.
0:41.5	And along the way, we'll be linking things that probably shouldn't be linked like
0:45.0	Why is James Bond always hanging out in tax havens and what did pterodactyls have in common with ein rand by the way the answer is. They've got everything in common with
0:53.6	un-ran. Of course we have zero intention of connecting the dots alone. In each
0:57.7	episode we'll invite a pair of listeners to play a game with us. It might be two
1:01.3	librarians from Utah, two part-time Zumba instructors, or even two leisure
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