Hark Weekend

August 17-18, 2024

How Connections is made, and why the Paralympics has a cheating problem... this week's best podcast moments.

How Connections is made, and why the Paralympics has a cheating problem... this week's ... more

Hosted byAvery Trufelman

Curated byHark Editors

5 CLIPS22 MINS

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The Paralympics Has a Cheating Problem

The Paralympics are starting soon in Paris, but a whistleblower is revealing the ways athletes are cheating to give themselves a much better chance of winning a medal.

Pablo Torre Finds Out

5 MINS

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Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation Any More

It’s not enough to slip the maître d' some money to get a table in a trendy restaurant any more. Nowadays, reservations are being bought for hundreds of dollars online.

Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation Any More

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

4 MINS

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‘Chimp Crazy,’ the New ‘Tiger King’

The new documentary from Eric Goode, the director of ‘Tiger King’ is all about the strange subculture of people who keep chimpanzees as pets.

Here & Now Anytime

3 MINS

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How the NYT ‘Connections’ Game Is Put Together

Wyna Liu is the genius behind the New York Times’ fiendishly tricky puzzle game ‘Connections.’ This is how she puts the boards together.

How the NYT ‘Connections’ Game Is Put Together

The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

4 MINS

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The Diary of a Gay 11-Year-Old

Winnie Stack reads from her childhood diary, back from when she was 11. And it was very clear even then that she was gay.

The Mortified Podcast

4 MINS

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5 CLIPS22 MINS

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Hark Weekend

August 17-18, 2024

The Paralympics Has a Cheating Problem

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation Any More

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

‘Chimp Crazy,’ the New ‘Tiger King’

Here & Now Anytime

How the NYT ‘Connections’ Game Is Put Together

The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

The Diary of a Gay 11-Year-Old

The Mortified Podcast

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