Why Is There So Much Ground Beef in the World? (Special Feature)

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🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In this live episode of "Tell Me Something I Don't Know," you'll learn about carcass balancing, teen sleeping, and brand naming. Joining Stephen J. Dubner as co-host is Alex Wagner (CBS This Morning Saturday); author A.J. Jacobs (It's All Relative) is the live fact-checker.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Steven Dubner. This is a special episode of our live podcast. Tell me something I don't know.
0:05.2	You'll learn about the hidden side of ground beef, why it's good to let teenagers sleep in,
0:10.5	and how to name a brand. You can subscribe to tell me something I don't know wherever you get your
0:15.2	podcast, and if you want to come on stage to tell me something I don't know, please visit
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0:32.2	that's cool, but does it actually matter? If you're skeptical about innovation, check out the future
0:38.1	according to now. It's a new podcast from Atlantic Rethink, the branded content studio at the
0:43.2	Atlantic and Fidelity Investments. Each episode explores a tech innovation that has real potential to
0:48.8	change our lives in the foreseeable future. That's the future according to now available wherever you
0:54.5	listen to podcasts. Why do I need? Why do I have conversation? Why do I travel? I don't have to go
1:02.3	to school. Why do I pay attention? I do pay attention because I want to be abused. Because I want
1:07.3	to get outside my comfort zone. But mostly mostly mostly because because I want to find out stuff.
1:14.2	Find out stuff. Find out stuff. Because I want you to tell me something I don't know. Good
1:21.6	evening. I'm Stephen Dubner and this is Tell Me Something I Don't Know Recorded Live Tonight at
1:25.9	Joe's Pub in New York City. We have got a crowd full of smart people and we will bring them on stage
1:35.2	to tell us something interesting or puzzling maybe even amazing. If it all goes as planned,
1:41.2	we'll all be a bit smart about the time we're through. Joining me tonight as cohost is the
1:46.7	Atlantic Contributing Editor in CBS this morning Saturday, co-anchor Alex Wagner. It is a pleasure
1:53.7	to be here. Aloha Stephen Aloha Alex, let's see what we know about you so far. We know that you
2:02.0	grew up in Washington DC and what I would call a professionally democratic household. We know
2:07.2	that besides co-hosting CBS this morning Saturday, you co-host the Radio Atlantic podcast and you
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