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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a science podcast hosted by Popular Science with 231 episodes. Your strongest route into The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.

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What The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is about

At Popular Science, we report and write dozens of science and tech stories every week. And while a lot of the fun facts we stumble across make it into our articles, there are lots of other weird facts that we just keep around the office. So we figured, why not share those with you? Welcome to The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

In the show’s own words, from its public feed.

Publishes
a couple of times a month
Latest episode
Aug 12, 2026
Catalogue
231 episodes

Recent episodes

Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.

  • Literal Love Languages, Royal Dog of Madagascar, King Tut’s Undies
  • Boob Backwash, Nighttime Radio Secrets, 10 Toes Down on Tommy
  • The Greatest Con in Mushroom History, Secret Weapon: Normal Dogs, a Bee's Benis
  • Fallout Shelter Fads, The Library of Cocaine, Mosquito Nepobaby
  • Creativity is Crumbling, Sarcophagus Juice Sourdough, Mycelium Mutual Aid

Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-08-23.

3 show-specific steps to pitch The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

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    Listen before you pitch

    Start with the latest episode of The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week, which publishes a couple of times a month, currently “Literal Love Languages, Royal Dog of Madagascar, King Tut’s Undies”. Listen for how Popular frames the conversation, then make your angle fit The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

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    Send it to the address The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week publishes

    The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week in your mail app; we never send it. Get the address for The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

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    Lead with a specific, relevant angle

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