With great comedy comes great responsibility. I chat about being a woman in this business and why the craft of comedy might mean letting some jokes go. Plus, oysters around the world. Join me (but get your own dozen). 

On Aimee Lou Wood’s Pitch-Perfect Response to Bullying Dressed Up as “Comedy” by Rebecca Cope (Vogue)

Does Humor Entail Cruelty? By Giorgio Baruchello (Israeli Journal of Humor Research)

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A half-marathon for robots and humans, Mariah Carey has a secret album from 1995, and a good local "pay it forward" moment that will make you want to help out a stranger. Or get fast food. 

World’s first humanoid robot half marathon postponed due to windy weather by Eduardo Baptista (Reuters)

Robots to race humans at China half-marathon by Cameron Ormond (Canadian Running)

Mariah Carey Might Release a ‘Few Songs’ From Her Secret Grunge Album by Rania Aniftos (Billboard)

Stranger Pays for Hundreds of Meals at Haverhill’s Upper Main Street McDonald’s by Caroline Louise Cole (WHAV)

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Do airport scanners make you gay? Of course not -- but it led me down a rabbit hole. Join me to learn about why all airport security experiences are NOT the same. Plus we chat about thin people problems in Beijing and the Disney Look. 

Hundreds of flights cancelled in China as strong winds hit capital by Barbara Tasch (BBC News)

'Gay beam machine': Right-wing pastor makes startling claim about airport scanners by Tracis Gettys (MSN.com)

Why I'm Grateful for Global Entry, as a Gender Non-Binary Traveler by Lindsey Danis (Afar)

The Horrible Things That Happen to Trans People Going Through Airport Security by Leila Ettachfini (Vice)

Yanks amend longstanding facial hair policy, to allow 'well-groomed beards' by Bryan Hoch (MLB.com)

The Disney Look (Disney Programs official)

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From resurrecting extinct species to LED floors that change arenas with a tap, this weekend edition hits science, sports, and a Cinnabon cake in one swoop. Also: sauce packet formalwear. See you in Vegas?

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Company Seeking to Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth Creates a ‘Woolly Mouse’” by Adam Popescu (Scientific American)

NBA Teams Quietly Test LED Glass Court in All-Star Afterglow” by Jacob Feldman (Sportico)

Taco Bell Wedding (official site)

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I've been shipping luggage for years, and I'm not gatekeeping these hacks! 

Join me this week in supporting the Team Kentucky Storm Relief Fund. which was created by Governor Andy Beshear to support this year's catastrophic storm damage and floods in Kentucky. 

How Fred Smith rescued FedEx from bankruptcy by playing blackjack in Las Vegas by Ann Schmidt (FoxBusiness)

Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town by Ynes Sarah Filleul (Tokyo Weekender)

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Taste your mom's meatloaf from your apartment! Scientific advancements are letting people do so many things virtually and all alone. Plus, the Ego Nwodim's comedy superpower of live audience control on SNL. This comedy nerd can't get enough of it. 

Entire SNL audience gets bleeped during Ego Nwodim's Weekend Update joke: 'Lorne gonna be mad' by Jillian Sederholm (Entertainment Weekly)

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Scientists create 'e-Taste' device that could add flavour to virtual reality experiences by Nicola Davis (The Guardian)

'Audible enclaves' could enable private listening without headphones by Mariah Lucas (Penn State)

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Today’s got a little lather, a little linguine, and a little… contraband wig? We’re talking small swaps that make a big difference, a pasta shape born from obsession, and one hair-related hiding place that did not go as planned.

 Linguine vs. Fettuccine vs. Spaghetti: What's the Difference? by Sam Hindman (Mental Floss)

Inside one man's quest to make a pasta shape with 'sauceability' by Chrissy Callahan (Today)

Drug Dealer Tried to Hide 220 Grams of Cocaine in His Wig -- and Failed by Kyle Phillippi (Vice)

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Thinking of everyone affected by the central U.S. floods. Check on your buddies, everyone. 

Earrings worth $769,500 recovered by Florida police after alleged thief swallows them by Ana Faguy (BBC News)

Hasbro Debuts a New Version of Monopoly Minus the Cold Hard Cash by Jamie Sorcher (Popular Mechanics)

Chuck E. Cheese gets a rebrand -- which means no more animatronic band by Ariana Brockington and Savannah Sellers (Today)

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We’re vibing to bossa nova, watching a statue vanish in plain sight, and learning something new (and unfair?) about clumsiness.

Unexpected ways your cycle messes with you by Julie Vargo (Orlando Health)

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Do you know the secret behind a magic trick? Tell me!

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Lulu's former co-host, Alison Burns, drops by to answer five questions. They chat sauna boxes and steam cleaning before Lulu wraps it up with a bready-made closer.

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Sweden Has a Hotel for Sourdough Starters by Danny Lewis (Smithsonian Magazine)

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