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Maybe it’s just a quiet annoyance you’ve grudgingly learned to put up with, or a life defining issue that makes it hard to move forward. Whatever it is, Alex Goldman — reporter, radio producer, and overconfident idiot — will get to the bottom of it (if there’s a bottom to be found. Results may vary)...
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A Song for Ethan
This week, listener Manon asks why are there so many songs on streaming services featuring her brothers name - Ethan. And why are they all about poop?...
Garbage Fruit [Or, The Fruit of Theseus]
Robin has a very simple question: No one likes Red Delicious apples. Why are they unavoidable?
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Presenting Proxy with Yowei Shaw: Alex and the Impossible Ask
This week, Alex is a guest on another podcast that solves a problem for him.
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Alex used to host a huge podcast (Reply...
Third Eye Blind
This week, Mitchell finds out he's missing something almost everyone else has, and he wants to know -- who would I be if I had it?
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Bonus Episode *Unlocked*: Catman and Robin
Even thoug this is an off week, we decided to unlock a bonus episode for our main feed listeners, because we thought this was useful context.
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The Cat Drug Black Market, Part III
The conclusion of our series, ex members of the FIP Warriors facebook group get to work making the whole GS black market obsolete.
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The Cat Drug Black Market, Part II
This week, a black market and community network of cat lovers sprang into existence to help pet parents get access to an illegal lifesaving drug for a...
The Cat Drug Black Market
When Marlena's cat was diagnosed with a terminal disease, she found herself seeking help not from a vet, but a series of websites and Facebook groups....
Presenting: The Dream - Babies Not Having Babies
This week, we're running an episode of one of our favorite shows, The Dream, hosted by Jane Marie. At the top of this episode I talk to Jane Marie abo...
The Aldean Instrument
Special unlocked bonus ep! And a note at the top from Alex!
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Premium Episode Preview: A Slice of Hope
A preview of what you're missing if you aren't subscribed to Hyperfixed Premium! A story about a wonderful mother and daughter and their hunt for the...
The Thing About Losing Everything
Ali's house burnt down in this year's Los Angeles fires and took her entire life with it. Well almost her entire life. And she wants our help to make...
Little By Little
Astrid designs music hardware, and specifically circuitboards. And over the past few years, she's fallen in love with a specific font. But the softwar...
The “World's Greatest” Episode
This week: Kyle has a medal that was awarded to his great great great Grandfather over a century ago. Was it awarded by a shadowy secret society? We i...
Parker’s Obsessed with this Movie (But She Cannot Find it Anywhere)
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MOORED: A Cautionary Tale
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The Shopify Arms Race
This week - Scammers have managed to copy Jordan's entire website and steal her business -- more than once. But how are they doing it? And why is it s...
‘Only to be Consumed’ in Canada
This week, An asks us perhaps the smallest question we've ever had to answer, and inadvertently sends us on a wild reporting journey. Also Alex yells...
Two Birds, One Hundred Stones
This week - Keenan always had this question about his mom's past, and he turned to us for help. And then we turned to him for help. A very special epi...
Jack and the Missouri Color Cabal
Jack has noticed something weird about some license plates. It could be a conspiracy. We investigate.
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Joe Rhodes - Unmoored, Part I
Joe Rhodes is a former journalist that is writing about his experiences on the Villa Vie Odyssey, a cruise ship that has just embarked on a 3 & 1/2 ye...
Donny Talks About Toilets
We've had maybe a dozen submissions from people who reached out to us with questions about public restrooms. Specifically: why are they designed so po...
Folklore (Kyle's Version)
This week, Kyle asks us whether a bit of folk wisdom, passed down through generations, is actually true, and once again we end up in a big philosophic...
Kristin Has Doubts
This week - Kristin asks us for help on one of the most difficult decisions she'll ever have to make.
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Presenting: Science Vs. - Lucid Dreaming: The Bonkers World Inside Our Minds
I've known Wendy, the host of Science Vs. for almost a decade at this point, and her show is spectacular! We are sharing an episode of her show on the...
Casey Wants to Believe
This week - Casey has been chasing the origin of a very specific piece of ephemera for years. He came to us for help.
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Dylan's Supermarket Cold Case
On this episode, Dylan is concerned about something going on at the grocery store, but he's not quite sure how concerned he should be. That's where we...
Eva Needs to Measure
This week: Eva lives in the UK, loves to bake, and frequently tries to bake American recipes. But Americans measure by volume and everyone else measur...
Gwen Can't Drive
This week: Gwen was born and raised in New York, and never felt like she needed to learn to drive. Now that she's turned 30, she's scared she's too ol...
Coming Soon: Hyperfixed
Maybe it’s just a quiet annoyance you’ve grudgingly learned to put up with, or a life defining issue that makes it hard to move forward. Whatever it i...