We are Mike Danforth & Ian Chillag. You may know us as two of the names Peter Sagal says really fast at the end of NPR’s “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me.”
This is our podcast. Here’s how it works: you send us your questions—from “how do I break up with my hairstylist of 20 years” to “how do I not sound stupid when ordering wine” to “how do I escape a charging rhino”—and we answer them. Usually, given how little we actually know how to do, we find experts who can help you out.
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27 minFREEStorytelling lessonFree14 CQ
With how-to advice from a bunch of Olympians and Patrick Stewart.
with How To Do EverythingWith how-to advice from a bunch of Olympians and Patrick Stewart.
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15 minFREESports lessonFree8 CQ
How to lose to Usain Bolt by a slightly smaller margin, and another use for your bowling shoes.
with How To Do EverythingHow to lose to Usain Bolt by a slightly smaller margin, and another use for your bowling shoes.
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24 minFREEStorytelling lessonFree13 CQ
We tell you how to keep your fries crispy and make your friends cry.
with How To Do EverythingWe tell you how to keep your fries crispy and make your friends cry.
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12 minFREEEngineering lessonFree7 CQ
A listener needs help opening his Velcro bag quietly, so we call in the military.
with How To Do EverythingA listener needs help opening his Velcro bag quietly, so we call in the military.
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17 minFREEActing lessonFree9 CQ
We tell you how to get deep and how to fake childhood memories.
with How To Do EverythingWe tell you how to get deep and how to fake childhood memories.
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17 minFREEMind + Body lessonFree9 CQ
We help you brush that dirt off your shoulder and get the most out of your Reese's.
with How To Do EverythingWe help you brush that dirt off your shoulder and get the most out of your Reese's.
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20 minFREEStorytelling lessonFree11 CQ
Mark Bittman helps us answer a very creepy question, and we learn who's helping the Obamas move.
with How To Do EverythingMark Bittman helps us answer a very creepy question, and we learn who's helping the Obamas move.
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17 minFREEStorytelling lessonFree9 CQ
Devil In The White City author Erik Larson helps us write gooder, and we tell you how to snack silently at the movies.
with How To Do EverythingDevil In The White City author Erik Larson helps us write gooder, and we tell you how to snack silently at the movies.
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21 minFREEStorytelling lessonFree11 CQ
We learn what happened to a two-thousand year-old toe, and what to do when our voices make you sick.
with How To Do EverythingWe learn what happened to a two-thousand year-old toe, and what to do when our voices make you sick.