Micro

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Micro is a podcast that tells stories and explains ideas in under five minutes. Host Rich Raycraft is obsessed with all the weird things that make our world stranger than fiction, and this "short form" podcast is his way of sharing them.

08/03/2019

Speaking Anglish

The English language is a mess, but a very strange group of linguistic purists have a plan to fix it. You may not like the solution.

4 min
05/15/2019

A Roko Idea

WARNING: Learning about the idea in this episode will either (a) ruin your life forever, or (b) induce serious eye-rolling.

4 min
05/01/2019

The King of Sting

Knowledge is power, but sometimes it's also pain. Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt does what no scientist before him thought to or dared to. Justin O. Schmidt's book, "The Sting of the Wild", is available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sting-Wild-Justin-Schmidt/dp/1421419289

5 min
03/28/2019

Rock Lobster

Armor has a problem, and lobsters may have the solution.

3 min
03/19/2019

A Very Fish-y Nation

How an American Pepsi lobbyist established his own country on a Canadian island and ended up in a stand off with Soviet Russia.

5 min
03/02/2019

Green Eggs and Filibuster

Politicians need to get elected, meaning they know it's in their best interest to shut up at least some of the time. But there's one place — a really important one — where that doesn't apply. Hilarity ensues.

5 min
02/10/2019

We're All Ears

When it comes to intelligent life, our universe seems like a pretty lonely place. But a Russian radio engineer makes the argument that, even in a crowded party, it's hard to make friends silently.

5 min
12/18/2018

Living Long and Dying Out

The planet and many of its inhabitants are in bad shape. Les Knight believes the reason isn't a mystery, and neither is the solution. You can learn more about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement here: http://www.vhemt.org/ About Les Knight: http://www.vhemt.org/les.htm

5 min
12/05/2018

It's Just a Little Kick in the Bum

An American teenager, an authoritarian city state, and a cane come together to create of one of the strangest disputes in political history.

5 min
11/28/2018

Throwing Balls While Tripping Balls

Pitching is hard. Pitching a complete game is harder. And pitching a no hitter is one of the hardest things to do in sports. In 1970, Dock Ellis did something even tougher than that.

5 min

10 Episodes

Micro is a podcast that tells stories and explains ideas in under five minutes. Host Rich Raycraft is obsessed with all the weird things that make our world stranger than fiction, and this "short form" podcast is his way of sharing them.

Creator

Micro
Years Active

2018 - 2019
Episodes

10
Rating

Clean
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