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Peyton Hardin Episodes Around January 28, 2026

TV Moments That Changed The World

Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art

The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple

Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch

The SAD Episode

Selects: How Forgiveness Works

Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War?

Data Centers: Can't Live With Em, Can't Live Without Em

Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?

Keeping Time

Short Stuff: The S7VEN Deadly Sins

The Ballad of Biggie and Tupac

Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Short Stuff: Magic 8 Ball

The Magnificent Golden Gate Bridge

Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: Miracle is Right

Short Stuff: Color Psychology

The Cajun Navy: Heroes or Liability?

Selects: Why Do Great Flood Myths Seem To Be Universal?

How Cognitive Biases Work

Short Stuff: Aztec Death Whistle

How Lasers Work

Selects: How Charles Darwin Worked

How Crowds Work

Short Stuff: Safety Coffins

How the Flexner Report Changed Medicine

Selects: How Free Range Parenting Works

The Murder of Jane Stanford

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