343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…

Update: 2018-08-02

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In this live episode of “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know,” we learn why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. Joining Stephen J. Dubner as co-host is the linguist John McWhorter; Bari Weiss (The New York Times) is the real-time fact-checker.

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343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar…