Three Interesting Things

Three Interesting Things

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Three Interesting Things episodes

  • Episode 19: #OscarsSoUnpredictable
    On this week's show, Don is joined by Marina Fang, culture reporter for The Huffington Post, to discuss the Oscars.
    In particular:
    Apparently the Oscars are still happening
    This is the most diverse field of nominees in history
    Two women have been nominated for best director, for the first time ever
    43 min
  • Episode 18: Vaccine And Not Heard
    On this week's show, Don is joined by Jesselyn Cook, senior enterprise reporter for The Huffington Post and adjunct professor of journalism at the University of La Verne, to discuss:
    Children of Q-Anon believers are trying to get their parents back
    What are social media giants doing (if anything) to combat vaccine misinformation?
    39 min
  • Episode 17: What's Mnuchin Munchin'?
    On this week's show, Don is joined by food reporter from The Washingtonian, Jessica Sidman, to discuss:
    What was it like to serve the right wing elite in Trump's Washington restaurant?
    How are restaurants preparing for a post lockdown COVID reality?
    The insane steps restaurants take to keep up with reviewers and get a good review.
    47 min
  • Episode 16: Pandemic Pennies And Profits
    On this week's show, Don is joined by economic and politics reporter from Buzzfeed News, Venessa Wong, to discuss:
    The people and companies who made huge profits during the pandemic
    How the disaster in Texas exposed the state's deep inequalities.
    After January 6th, Trump supporters can no longer hide behind "economic anxiety".
    40 min
  • Episode 14: Lord Have Percy
    On this week's show, Don is joined by science and space reporter from The Atlantic, Marina Koren, to discuss:
    What happens to Space Force now that Trump is gone?
    How today's version of an astronaut has drastically changed.
    The imminent landing of the latest Mars rover, Perseverance.
    45 min
  • Episode 13: Coins, Cars, and Conspiracies
    On this week's show, Don is joined by journalist Ilana Strauss, whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Politifact, Popular Science, and many others.
    Thing 1: What would happen if money suddenly disappeared?
    Thing 2: The man who made money betting against QAnon.
    Thing 3: What would happen if cars suddenly disappeared?
    35 min
  • Episode 12: Cloning Betty White
    On this week's show, Don is joined by Brian Sheehan, host of The TV Trivia Pod, to discuss:
    Thing 1: Betty White was an early civil rights fighter.
    Thing 2: The crazy legal loophole that led to the James Bond film that wasn't an official James Bond film.
    Thing 3: Are we close to being able to clone a woolly mammoth?
    36 min
  • Episode 11: Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Firestorm
    On this week's show, Don is joined by Sam Kean, the New York Times bestselling author of such books as "The Disappearing Spoon", and "The Bastard Brigade", to discuss:
    Thing 1: Cavemen had beautiful teeth.
    Thing 2: The rag tag group of misfits who were tasked with stopping the Nazis from developing a nuclear bomb.
    Thing 3: The crazy connection between your frying pan and nuclear weapons.
    44 min
  • Episode 10: The Ghosts Of COVID
    On this week's show, Don is joined by Rue Spence from "Supposedly" to discuss:
    Thing 1: The mad squirrel of Rego Park, New York.
    Thing 2: Reports of haunted houses have skyrocketed in lockdown.
    Thing 3: The 10 ways our lives have permanently changed due to COVID
    34 min

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Actor Don Grant and a weekly guest host discuss the three most interesting things discovered by listeners on the internet this week.