How To Do Everything

Tickets, Space, and Ketchup

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:52:47 -0400

How to get out of a ticket, prepare for your trip to space, and make your own ketchup.

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NATO, Zuckerberg, and Country

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:02:11 -0400

How to stay safe at the NATO summit, and Jon Langford of The Mekons helps a listener learn how to sing country music. Plus we help Mark Zuckerberg spend his money, and special guest Peter Sagal tastes our fresh batch of Taco Gin.

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Wine, Poems, and Compliments

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:36 -0400

How to keep your wine cold and classy, write a love poem, and accept a compliment gracefully. Plus: how to make your own gin.

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Surprises, Hats, and Cruises

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:11:14 -0400

How to make sure your surprise is a surprise, dress for the Kentucky Derby, and save money when you go on a cruise.

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Bears, Tigers, Leeches, and Spicy Food

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:58:25 -0400

How to: pick a winner in a bear v. tiger fight, find an endangered species, and eat spicy food. Plus: Bear Grylls tells us how to survive if you can’t find water. You probably know where this is headed.

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Gas, Cake, Hat Hair, and Submarines

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:22:25 -0400

How to save money on gas, and keep your cake from going stale. Plus comedian and chronic hat-wearer Judah Friedlander from 30 Rock helps you avoid hat hair, and director James Cameron helps you get to the bottom of the ocean (alive).

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Names, Names, and Names

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:21:08 -0400

How to: get a new species named after you, name your new hit sitcom, and name your new hit pharmaceutical. Plus: a correction, and your Belated March Madness winner!

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Camping, iPhones, and Popes

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:47:11 -0400

How to: fix a soaked iPhone, plan an expedition to the bottom of the sea, pick a pope for your religion, and cook gourmet food around the campfire. Plus: we crown the winner of our World’s Best Worst Song contest!

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Soap, Codenames, Flowers, and Chickens

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:58:37 -0400

How to keep your soap from getting gunky, get a Secret Service codename, grow the grossest flower ever, and raise chickens in the city. Plus: a March Madness update, and one more Iditarod dispatch from our favorite musher.

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Whistling, The Iditarod, and March Madness

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:14:32 -0400

How to dye your river green, whistle with your fingers, and make your March Madness picks. Plus: a dispatch from the Iditarod, now in progress.

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Splits, Paper Airplanes, Haircuts, and Snakes

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:36:54 -0500

How to make a world-class paper airplane, get a free haircut, and sack a snake. Also, the final round of the World’s Worst Best Song contest, and we bring in an expert to help us settle a regional dispute.

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Oreos, Falling Objects, Forgery, and Earworms

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:22:19 -0500

How to eat an Oreo properly, forge a signature, and get rid of a song stuck in your head. Plus: we get a song or two stuck in your head in the penultimate round of our World’s Best Worst Song Contest.

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Gloves, Oscars, Condiments, and Subways

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:30:55 -0500

How to get free gloves, keep the Oscars moving along, tell the difference between a condiment and a spread, and escape the subway. Also, we advise you to have a song ready after you listen to our podcast, to get this week’s best worst songs out of your head.

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Adele, Baseball, and Poker

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:33:18 -0500

How to: write a happy song, find out baseball scores in the year 1990 (trust us on this one), and look like a pro at the poker table. Also: Round 5 of the World’s Best Worst Song contest.

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Grilled Cheese, CPR, Scottish, and Wine

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:40 -0500

How to make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich, understand Scottish slang, look like you know what you’re talking about wine-wise, and how not to perform CPR. Plus: Round 4 of our World’s Best Worst Song competition. It’s getting ugly.

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Roman Numerals, The Super Bowl, and Shuffling

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:35:06 -0500

How to remember your Roman Numerals, look smart at your Super Bowl party, and shuffle a deck of cards properly. Plus: Round 3 of the World’s Best Worst Song contest.

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Prank Calls, Speeches, Nosebleeds, and Packing

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:54:52 -0500

How to avoid bad jokes in your State of the Union speech, stop a nosebleed in the most insane way possible, and get discounted groceries. Plus: Portlandia’s Fred Armisen shows us how to make a prank call, and round two of the World’s Best Worst Music Contest.

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Brain Freezes, Directions, and Crispin Glover

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:42:21 -0500

How to get rid of a brain freeze, and find your way in a new city. Plus actor Crispin Glover answers some of your how to questions, and we hear Round One of the World’s Best Worst Song competition.

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Whom, Twinkies, Music, and Stretching

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:11:30 -0500

How to always remember when to use “who” and “whom,” make your own Twinkies, pick some music for your office, and stretch properly.

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Planes, Crows, and Lunch

ichillag@npr.org (Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:37:00 -0500

How to improve your commercial airline experience, get rid of pesky crows, and pack a delicious lunch.

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