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Live from the Poundstone Institute

How Long Can You Dunk?

Live from the Poundstone Institute

NPR

Comedy

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week we find out if money can buy happiness and is there a science to Oreo dunking. Plus country music superstar Trisha Yearwood joins us to share her expertise on kissing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, once you're done listening to Live from the Poundstone Institute, check out this week's Card Talk Podcast.

0:06.0

It's Where America Turns for Merital Advice, Psychological Analysis, Scientific Theory,

0:11.0

Brotherly Insults, and even some occasional car advice.

0:14.7

If you need to feel better about the world and don't we all, spend an hour with click and

0:20.0

clack on this week's Card Talk Podcast.

0:22.4

Listen to it on the NPR1 app and at NPR.org

0:25.6

slash podcasts.

0:27.2

Hey Paula, a helpful bit of scientific information just came into the Institute.

0:31.1

Do you want to hear about it?

0:31.8

I do. It's very helpful.

0:33.1

Here we go. The Department of Homeland Security's website ready.gov has issued an

0:37.8

important warning in the event of a nuclear explosion shampoo your

0:42.2

hair. You can do that but don't use conditioner.

0:45.0

Why? Why? Why? Because conditioner, apparently whatever is in conditioner, it bonds the

0:52.0

radiation to your hair.

0:53.2

Oh boy, it's not something you think of.

0:58.2

No, you wouldn't.

0:59.6

You know, I'm thinking soft supple, tangle free.

1:02.3

Right. Never occurred. thinking soft supple tangle free never occurred to me

1:05.3

radiation bonding they're looking ahead to a time when a bomb has gone off locally

1:10.1

and you are still thinking soft supple wrinkle

1:13.0

Yeah this is a very positive idea I think for nuclear war I mean I always figured it meant

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