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nerdy writer type. mostly harmless. co-host, wnyc's @radiolab. host, #theotherlatif and #connectednetflix

Apr 17, 2020, 5 tweets

Such an honor to talk to these brilliant folks. In their honor, here's a quick thread of a few of my favorite @greatbigstory mini-docs to help pass the quaran-time:

The Mad Genius Behind Sea Monkeys - @lennypane's doc somehow finds the exactly right length and style, given its tiny odd subject

How a Man's Ashes Made it To the Moon - A love story about a man and a woman and the earth and the moon. It'll make you cry in three and a half minutes.

Where Illegal Food Goes to Die - I've flown through JFK so many times, yet never could've imagined the existence of "the grinder" there. I wish they'd make a livestream of it, so I could watch them flush every piece of fruit and candy one by one ...

Why the World's Best Mathematicians Are Hoarding Chalk - About a Japanese chalk brand with a cult following among some of the top minds in the world. Had never heard of this and now I can't look at chalk the same way again.

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