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- Ep. 20: Mermaids and Other Hybrids That Don’t Drive Really Slowly in the Fast LaneWe're talking about hybrids that don’t have four wheels. These are hybrid creatures.4 min
- Ep. 19: Death-Dealing Swag, Now in Convenient GIF FormatThe GIF finally gets named word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary, and Footnotes is there to congratulate it.4 min
- Ep. 18: Dodos and Butterflies Acting UpThe mysterious butterfly effect, in which a simple flapping of a butterfly's wings leads to Judy Garland becoming a murderer. It's science.4 min
- Ep. 17: A Booze-Soaked Special for Post-Election Anguish/EuphoriaThis week on Footnotes: a special episode on alcohol, which just so happens to come right after the election.4 min
- Ep. 16: Chuck Norris, Hobo Conventions, and Infinite DoppelgängersThis week on Footnotes: Chuck Norris kicks your doppelgänger in the face -- twice. And we set to drifting with the hobos, and Pee-wee Herman.5 min
- Ep. 15: Your Mother Loves You, Even if You're on DrugsThis week on an episode of Footnotes that's worried sick about you, we find out why it's called Mother Nature, and not any number of other relatives.4 min
- Ep. 14: War Pigeons and Cranky Bees, Overlords of a Wingy FutureI predict the future, but only vaguely, and entirely inaccurately. Sound familiar? Nostradamus did the same thing, yet he gets a History Channel special, and I don't.4 min
- Ep. 13: Crossdressing Englishmen and Tesla's Electric BoogalooThis week on Footnotes: Angry Luddites stick it to the man by "crossdressing" Yeah, that'll show 'em. But only if they layer properly.4 min
- Ep. 12: Inspector Gadget's Mixed Messages and a Scorned, Self-Destructive MoonThis week on Footnotes: the universe's star-crossed lovers Mars and Phobos deal with the homewrecking Curiosity rover. Someone's gonna get hurt.4 min
- Ep. 11: Hemophilic Weaponry and 1,001 Nights of Not Being MurderedFor centuries, the 1,001 Nights tales have inspired Easterners and Westerners to not marry a new wife each day and kill her.5 min
About Wired's Footnotes
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At Wired, we report on all manner of topics, from science to tech to culture, and in so doing we’re bound to drop some delightfully obscure topics and language. But don’t fret. Matt Simon is here…
every week with Footnotes to recap the most ravishing lingo and ideas that adorn Wired.com. It’s like English class, but with more crude photoshops and fewer Gatsbys.