December 2012
0 posts
Hecklers, Cheetahs, and Goodbyes
How to face down a heckler, make a movie with a cheetah, and get off the phone. Plus: our first international Toilet of the Week!
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November 2012
4 posts
The Thanksgiving Episode
How to always win the wishbone pull, and navigate Thanksgiving family drama. Plus: Paula Deen on turkey, and we talk pumpkin pie with James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins. Seriously.
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Bumper Stickers, Scandals, and Bugs
How to get a bumper sticker off your car, find a suitable substitute during a cockroach shortage (this is something that happens, apparently), and read a woman’s t-shirt without looking like a creep. Plus, Carl Bernstein, of Woodward and Bernstein, helps us put a name on the Petraeus Scandal.
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Skeuomorphs, Hurricanes, and Showtunes
How to stop a hurricane and win every single swing state. Plus the lovely Kristin Chenoweth helps you sing a showtune, with assistance from another very special guest.
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October 2012
4 posts
Apple, Baseball, and Halloween
A look inside the Apple Store Employee Manual, how to enjoy the World Series if you’re like Ian and you don’t know a thing about baseball, and how to make a good Halloween costume.
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Lunch, Art, Cows, and Miracles
How to always remember your lunch, steal a million dollar painting, hang out with a farmer, and more. Plus: our Toilet of the Week.
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Cupcakes, S'mores, Plants, and Toilets
How to eat a cupcake, make s’mores properly, and maybe, just maybe, help your plants grow. Plus, our Toilet Of The Week!
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Public Toilets, Debate Prep and Nintendo
We tell you how to prepare for your presidential debate, fix your old Nintendo games and begin our most ambitious project ever.
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September 2012
4 posts
Rompers, Sloshing, and Announcing
How to dress for the office, keep coffee off your pants, and take over the mic at a volleyball game. Plus: why you always lose at crane games.
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Episode 76: Pocket Squares, Mustaches and Secret...
This week we learn how to care for a new mustache, pick a pocket square and recover from an embarrassing video.
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Strikes and Alibis
How to lie about your secret mission and talk about strikes. Plus info about the How To meetup in Atlanta.
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Corn, Refs, and Ikea
How to get your corn off the cob, ref an NFL game, name your modern Swedish furniture, and more!
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August 2012
5 posts
Mosquitoes, Cider and Mythbusters
How to avoid mosquitoes, talk about hard cider and become a Mythbuster.
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The Bedbug Strategy
How to talk to strangers, care for and feed your pet bedbugs, and save money on groceries.
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Good Things, Earwax, and Cocktails
Featuring the strangest listener question we’ve yet received.
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Propane, 50 Shades, and Backstage
How to know how much propane is left in your tank, read 50 Shades of Grey in public, and get backstage at a concert. Plus: we hear from a listener who tells us our show was actually useful for once!
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Cereal, The Moon, and Wedding Toasts
How to get cheap cereal, pass the time on the moon, and make a great wedding toast.
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July 2012
4 posts
The Only Olympics Guide You'll Ever Need
With how to advice from: Sir Patrick Stewart, US Olympian Matt Tegenkamp, New Zealand Olympian Quentin Rew, Nigerian Olympian Koko Archibong, Australian Olympian Russel Mark, Senator and Olympic Gold Medalist Bill Bradley, Canadian Curler Kristie Moore, and more.
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Treasure, Vetting, and Zombies
How to save money at an outdoor music festival, zombie-proof your car, and become a Blue Man. Plus, Governor Evan Bayh tells us how to survive the VP vetting process.
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Some Old Segments You Might Like
Mike and Ian are out of the office this week. But we went way back to the early episodes to find the old segments we’re actually not embarrassed of! If you’ve heard every episode, maybe skip this. But if you’re a new listener, we’ll tell you how to act around celebrities, how to run for office, how to bring a stale bagel back to life, and more. See you next week with the...
Hats and Fires
How to behave during the National Anthem (and avoid getting arrested), and how to fight a wildfire.
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June 2012
4 posts
Wine, Wimbledon and Surprises
How to protect your wine bottles, throw like a Wimbledon ball boy and act like a local in Kabul. Plus: a How to Do Everything Surprise Party.
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E-mail, Burps, and Ira Glass
How to send the most polite e-mail possible, burp like a champ, and look like you know what you’re talking about when dressage comes on at the Olympics. Plus: special guest Ira Glass drops by to answer your questions!
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Pranks, Dads, and Rhythmic Gymnastics
Just in time for Father’s Day, we enlist some first graders to give a new dad some parenting advice. Plus, how to prank your favorite iPhone user, enjoy rhythmic gymnastics, and Conan O’Brien writer Andres du Bouchet helps a listener name his softball team.
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Doritos, Enforcers, and Lampreys
How to start a fire when you don’t have any wood, get rid of your invasive parasite, and speak British. Plus, Los Angeles Kings enforcer Kevin Westgarth takes a break from the Stanley Cup Finals to tell you how to think like a tough guy.
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Play-Doh, Dogs, Olympics, and CDs
How to keep your kid from eating Play-Doh, enjoy some of the lesser-enjoyed Olympic sports, and maybe, just maybe, fix a scratched CD or DVD. Plus, the great Kevin Fitzgerald returns to help a listener with a unique dog-related problem.
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May 2012
5 posts
Tickets, Space, and Ketchup
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
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
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
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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April 2012
3 posts
Bears, Tigers, Leeches, and Spicy Food
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
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
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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March 2012
5 posts
Camping, iPhones, and Popes
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
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
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
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
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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February 2012
4 posts
Gloves, Oscars, Condiments, and Subways
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
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
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.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/htde/120209_HTDE.mp3
Roman Numerals, The Super Bowl, and Shuffling
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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January 2012
4 posts
Prank Calls, Speeches, Nosebleeds, and Packing
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
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.
http://traffic.libsyn.com/htde/120119_HTDE.mp3
Whom, Twinkies, Music, and Stretching
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
How to improve your commercial airline experience, get rid of pesky crows, and pack a delicious lunch.
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December 2011
4 posts
Santa, Photos, Friends, and Christmas Trees
How to: slide down a chimney, take a non-awkward family photo, make friends, and hang your Christmas tree upside-down.
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Friends, Snow, UFOs, and Crosswalks
How to: make fake snow, prepare for a UFO invasion, and avoid getting hit by a speeding taxi. Plus: listener Kelly needs help making friends in a new city, so we’re throwing her a party, and
you’re invited. And: The Beard Sprint Winners.
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Postcard from Kentucky
We’re on the road in Kentucky this week, so we don’t have a full episode for you. But we do want to bring you one quick how to. We’ll be back next week with your Beard Sprint winners!
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Pepper Spray, Burning e-Books, Bananas, and Free...
How to: feel better when you get pepper sprayed, burn an e-Book, peel a banana properly, and get free food. Plus: the last call for your beard sprint entries!
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