Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Science

4.6 • 44.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2011

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Writer Ian Frazier made a startling discovery several years ago in eastern Siberia: no one he met there had ever heard of tic tac toe. In this short, Jad and Robert wonder how a game that seems carved into childhood DNA could be completely unknown in some parts of the world.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
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0:05.0	All right.
0:06.5	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.4	Radio Lab.
0:10.0	Shorts.
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0:13.8	C.
0:14.7	See?
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0:16.5	And NPR.
0:19.1	Are we ready?
0:20.0	I think we are.
0:20.7	Maybe.
0:21.3	You have to get in closer.
0:22.3	Oh, okay.
0:23.2	All right.
0:23.8	We should do the thing.
0:24.8	I'm Jedd-Bumrod.
0:26.0	I'm Robert Krollwick.
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