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One fascinating thing, every morning, in 5 minutes. Why is boarding a plane so slow, and do airlines like it that way? How did Teflon end up everywhere? Who invented kindergarten, and why? HigherIQ is a daily show for curious people who want something worth sharing at dinner tonight. No doom, no politics, no 40-minute commitment. One story, well told, that makes you the most interesting person in the room. New episodes every weekday morning. Press play and learn something.

  1. 19h ago

    Rent Control Protects the Apartment, Not You

    00:00 — Introduction 00:38 — What the Law Actually Says 01:13 — The Reset 02:20 — What That Does to the City 03:35 — The Stability Question 04:34 — Wrap Up Sources: - Rent Increases Under Section 6.14 and Costa-Hawkins — SF.gov Rent Board: https://www.sf.gov/information--rent-increases-under-section-614-and-costa-hawkins - The Effect of Rent Control Status on Eviction Filing Rates: Causal Evidence From San Francisco — Housing Policy Debate: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10511482.2024.2393629 - Rational Eviction: How Landlords Use Evictions in Response to Rent Control — Cato Institute: https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/rational-eviction - The Impacts of Rent Control: A Research Review and Synthesis — NMHC: https://www.nmhc.org/globalassets/knowledge-library/rent-control-literature-review-final2.pdf Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  2. 2d ago

    Why You Changed Your Clocks Last Night

    00:00 — Introduction 00:49 — Where It Actually Came From 02:02 — Who Keeps It Alive 03:05 — The Bill That Never Finishes 04:20 — Wrap Up Sources: - Congress' Role in Time — Architect of the Capitol: https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/blog/congress-role-time - Daylight Saving Time — Library of Congress WWI Exhibition: https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/world-war-i-american-experiences/about-this-exhibition/over-here/home-front-contributions/daylight-saving-time - Daylight Saving Time (DST) — Congressional Research Service, Updated July 2026: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45208 - Testimony of Lyle Beckwich, NACS, Before House Subcommittee — March 2022: https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114467/witnesses/HHRG-117-IF17-Wstate-BeckwithL-20220309.pdf - Jay Karen NGCOA Testimony — Senate Commerce Committee, April 2025: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/meetings/5AFD1955-D6B5-4927-AD2C-9A0F18138E20/Jay%20Karen%20NGCOA%20Testimony%20-%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20Commerce%2C%20Science%20and%20Transportation%20April%202025.pdf - H.R. 139 — Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 (as passed by House): https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr139/BILLS-119hr139rfs.pdf Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  3. 2d ago

    How Halloween Became a Candy Holiday

    00:00 — Introduction 00:47 — Before the Candy 01:32 — The Ritual Gets Invented 02:26 — The Panic 03:37 — What the Fear Built 04:30 — Wrap Up Sources: - How Candy and Halloween Became Best Friends — The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/10/how-candy-and-halloween-became-best-friends/64895 - From homemade Halloween treats to colorfully packaged candies — Smithsonian National Museum of American History: https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/homemade-halloween-treats-colorfully-packaged-candies - The Haunted History of Halloween Candy — HISTORY: https://www.history.com/articles/the-haunted-history-of-halloween-candy - How the 1982 Tylenol Poisonings Nearly Canceled Halloween — HISTORY: https://www.history.com/news/extra-strength-tylenol-poisonings-1982 - How Donald Duck and Peanuts Saved Trick-or-Treating After WWII — HISTORY: https://www.history.com/articles/how-donald-duck-and-peanuts-saved-trick-or-treating Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  4. 3d ago

    The Plastic in Your Blood Is From Your Tires

    00:00 — Introduction 00:38 — The Road Wears Away 01:59 — The Laundry Problem 02:51 — Why the Bottle Story Won 03:46 — What It Does to You 04:41 — Wrap Up Sources: - Primary Microplastics in the Oceans — IUCN, 2017: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2017-002-En.pdf - Invisible plastic particles from textiles and tyres a major source of ocean pollution — IUCN: https://iucn.org/news/secretariat/201702/invisible-plastic-particles-textiles-and-tyres-major-source-ocean-pollution-%E2%80%93-iucn-study - Synthetic microfibers and tyre wear particles pollution in aquatic systems — Environmental Pollution: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749121021898 - Microplastics from textiles: towards a circular economy for textiles in Europe — European Environment Agency: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/microplastics-from-textiles-towards-a-circular-economy-for-textiles-in-europe Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  5. 5d ago

    The Brewers Are Your 2026 World Series Champs!!! And They Were Bought in Bankruptcy Court

    00:00 — Introduction 00:28 — The City That Lost Its Team 01:16 — One Season in Seattle 02:08 — The Parade for the Loser 02:57 — The Voice 03:59 — Forty-Four Years 04:29 — Wrap Up Sources: - How the Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers — MLB.com: https://www.mlb.com/news/how-the-seattle-pilots-became-the-milwaukee-brewers - Bud Selig brought baseball back to Milwaukee — National Baseball Hall of Fame: https://baseballhall.org/discover/bud-selig-brought-baseball-back-to-milwaukee - 1982 World Series recap — MLB.com: https://www.mlb.com/news/1982-world-series-recap - A look at Milwaukee's World Series history — OnMilwaukee: https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/milwaukee-world-series-history - Robin Yount and others from Milwaukee's 1982 team hope the Brewers finally win it all — AP via FOX Sports: https://www.foxsports.com/articles/mlb/robin-yount-and-others-from-milwaukees-1982-world-series-team-hope-the-brewers-finally-win-it-all - Bob Uecker dies — MLB.com (Brewers): https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/bob-uecker-dies - 'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90 — NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/16/nx-s1-5262579/bob-uecker-mr-baseball-milwaukee-brewers-announcer-dies Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  6. 5d ago

    The Election That Was Decided Two Days Early

    00:00 — Introduction 01:06 — The Window 02:18 — Cheap, Fast, and Good Enough 03:31 — Why It Matters Here 04:37 — Wrap Up Sources: - Slovakia's Election Deepfakes Show AI Is a Danger to Democracy — WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/slovakias-election-deepfakes-show-ai-is-a-danger-to-democracy - Slovakia: Deep fake audio clip involving Dennik N journalist shared days before election — Mapping Media Freedom: https://www.mapmf.org/alert/30728 - Slovakia: deepfake audio of Denník N journalist offers worrying example of AI abuse — IPI: https://ipi.media/slovakia-deepfake-audio-of-dennik-n-journalist-offers-worrying-example-of-ai-abuse - Slovakia as the Precursor to Deepfake-Enabled Election Interference — ICWSM workshop proceedings: https://workshop-proceedings.icwsm.org/pdf/2024_67.pdf Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  7. Oct 27

    The Machine Nobody Else Can Build

    00:00 — Introduction 00:37 — Light That No Lens Can Bend 01:43 — A Supply Chain of Monopolies 02:44 — One Town, Two Governments 03:36 — Twenty Years of Almost 04:38 — Wrap Up Sources: - Statement regarding additional export controls — ASML, March 2023: https://www.asml.com/en/news/press-releases/2023/statement-regarding-additional-export-controls - ASML denies US accusation an advanced machine reached China — DutchNews.nl: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/06/asml-denies-us-accusation-an-advanced-machine-reached-china/ - US asks Netherlands to stop servicing advanced chipmaking tools sold to China — Fortune: https://fortune.com/asia/2024/04/05/us-widens-chip-controls-leans-on-netherlands-to-stop-fixing-chipmaking-machines-sold-to-china/ - ASML's China chip threat looks overdone — Reuters Breakingviews: https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/asmls-china-chip-threat-looks-overdone-2026-07-28 Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

  8. Oct 26

    Sickle Cell Has a Cure Now

    00:00 — Victoria 00:28 — What They Actually Do 02:38 — The Bottleneck Moved 04:21 — Wrap Up Sources: - FDA Approves First Gene Therapies to Treat Patients with Sickle Cell Disease — FDA, December 8, 2023: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-gene-therapies-treat-patients-sickle-cell-disease - Casgevy: First CRISPR gene-editing treatment approved in U.S. — CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/08/casgevy-first-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-approved-in-us.html - First gene editing therapy to treat beta thalassemia and severe sickle cell disease — European Medicines Agency: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-gene-editing-therapy-treat-beta-thalassemia-and-severe-sickle-cell-disease Full interactive experience at thehigheriq.com: skip between stories, test your recall, and get personalized briefings.

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One fascinating thing, every morning, in 5 minutes. Why is boarding a plane so slow, and do airlines like it that way? How did Teflon end up everywhere? Who invented kindergarten, and why? HigherIQ is a daily show for curious people who want something worth sharing at dinner tonight. No doom, no politics, no 40-minute commitment. One story, well told, that makes you the most interesting person in the room. New episodes every weekday morning. Press play and learn something.

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