Moments of Hark

October 2024

Moments to make you go "wow," including becoming a sports mascot, a game of audio connections, and were Furbys spying on us?

Moments to make you go "wow," including becoming a sports mascot, a game of audio conne... more

Hosted byJody Avirgan

Curated byHark Editors

22 CLIPS1 HR 58 MINS

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How the Pumpkin Became Central to U.S. Holidays

Pumpkins are important for both Halloween and Thanksgiving, but it wasn’t always that way. In fact, people used to think they were only good enough for pigs to eat.

How the Pumpkin Became Central to U.S. Holidays

Gastropod

5 MINS

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Da Da Da Da Da

The use of “blah blah blah” or “yadda yadda” are well-documented in English. But there’s another similar phrase that’s used all the time that we rarely notice.

Twenty Thousand Hertz

5 MINS

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The Power of Black Music in the 1970s

Barack Obama discusses the importance of the voices of Black music artists like Nina Simone and Marvin Gaye when he was growing up.

The Wonder of Stevie

6 MINS

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Running the Sausage Mascot Race

At the Milwaukee Brewers, five mascots in different sausage outfits race during an innings break. Ian Chillag, Mike Danforth and Peter Sagal became those sausages.

How To Do Everything

4 MINS

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Behind the Scenes at a Cat Show

From the kittie hairdressers to the judges, David Farrier reveals what really goes on behind the scenes at a cat show.

Flightless Bird

6 MINS

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Asking Out a Girl for the First Time

Colin was an incredibly shy teenager, who overcame a speech impediment to ask out the girl he liked. And then, he wrote all about it for an English assignment.

The Mortified Podcast

6 MINS

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The Seagull Screeching Contest

A group of seagull lovers in Belgium want you to sympathize with the birds, so they’ve created one of the world’s most unusual competitions.

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

6 MINS

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Making the Sound of ‘Bluey’

Creating the sound of hit kids show ‘Bluey’ is much more intensive than you realize, from almost getting thrown out of a grocery store, to nearly causing a bus to crash.

Twenty Thousand Hertz

5 MINS

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Watching Nirvana’s Legendary Unplugged Performance

Nirvana’s Unplugged album was the band’s only Grammy winner, and Jon Vesey edited the show for MTV. Here’s what he remembers from the iconic performance.

Watching Nirvana’s Legendary Unplugged Performance

You Had To Be There

3 MINS

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Put Demitri Martin in Charge of Signs

Demetri Martin has some beefs with signs he’s seen... and he's got some big ideas for better ones.

Netflix Is A Daily Joke

2 MINS

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My Name Is Quetzalli

Quetzalli Castro’s teachers couldn’t pronounce her name. In fact they didn’t even try. So when she became a teacher, she was determined to do things differently.

The Moth

7 MINS

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The World Peace Game

John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, created a game where pupils run countries and the goal is to find world peace. And the result is surprisingly effective.

StoryCorps

5 MINS

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Lupita’s Oscar Dress Drama

When Lupita Nyong’o wore a $150,000 dress covered in pearls to the Oscars, it was a big hit. But it ended up causing her a huge amount of stress.

Mind Your Own with Lupita Nyong'o

7 MINS

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Were Furbys Spying On Us?

The NSA banned the fluffy toys from their offices, fearing they might leak confidential intelligence. But were Furbys really secret spies?

Very Special Episodes

5 MINS

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The Very First Podcast

You love podcasts, but we bet you’ve never listened to the first one? Well now’s your chance…

The Vergecast

7 MINS

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A Game of Audio Connections

We all love the New York Times quiz ‘Connections.’ So can you solve AJ Jacobs’ audio version?

The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

5 MINS

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The Incredible Origin Story of Spirit Halloween

Every fall, 1,500 empty stores are turned into Spirit Halloween stores for three months. And the man behind it is as entertaining as you’d hope.

The Incredible Origin Story of Spirit Halloween

99% Invisible

5 MINS

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Mike Birbiglia Says No to Drugs

In sixth grade, Mike Birbiglia did an anti-drug rap. Now, 35 years later, he asks Lin-Manuel Miranda for advice on how he could have done it better.

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

2 MINS

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The Science of Screaming

Harold Gouzoules is a world-leading screamologist and takes us on a whistlestop tour of the scariest screams in the animal kingdom.

Smologies with Alie Ward

4 MINS

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How Vincent Price Ended Up on Michael Jackson’s Thriller

'Thriller' has become a classic Halloween song. And the story of how Vincent Price recorded his spooky monologue for it is great.

How Vincent Price Ended Up on Michael Jackson’s Thriller

One Song

3 MINS

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Making Your Own Halloween Costume

Horace’s family didn’t have enough money to buy him a new Halloween costume. This is what happened when he tried to make one himself.

The Moth

6 MINS

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The Sound of Horror

How does sound work in horror movies? Learn how a jump scare is made even more frightening!

Twenty Thousand Hertz

4 MINS

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Jody Avirgan

Curated byHark Editors

22 CLIPS1 HR 58 MINS

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Moments of Hark

October 2024

How the Pumpkin Became Central to U.S. Holidays

Gastropod

Da Da Da Da Da

Twenty Thousand Hertz

The Power of Black Music in the 1970s

The Wonder of Stevie

Running the Sausage Mascot Race

How To Do Everything

Behind the Scenes at a Cat Show

Flightless Bird

Asking Out a Girl for the First Time

The Mortified Podcast

The Seagull Screeching Contest

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Making the Sound of ‘Bluey’

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Watching Nirvana’s Legendary Unplugged Performance

You Had To Be There

Put Demitri Martin in Charge of Signs

Netflix Is A Daily Joke

My Name Is Quetzalli

The Moth

The World Peace Game

StoryCorps

Lupita’s Oscar Dress Drama

Mind Your Own with Lupita Nyong'o

Were Furbys Spying On Us?

Very Special Episodes

The Very First Podcast

The Vergecast

A Game of Audio Connections

The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs

The Incredible Origin Story of Spirit Halloween

99% Invisible

Mike Birbiglia Says No to Drugs

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

The Science of Screaming

Smologies with Alie Ward

How Vincent Price Ended Up on Michael Jackson’s Thriller

One Song

Making Your Own Halloween Costume

The Moth

The Sound of Horror

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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