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Featuring: Matt Gray: - @unnamedculprit Gary Brannan:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/podcasts/@tomscott/the-flip-flap-railroad-and-marshmallow-bearings-citation-needed-7x04</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/podcasts/@tomscott/the-flip-flap-railroad-and-marshmallow-bearings-citation-needed-7x04</guid><category><![CDATA[podcasts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomscott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:49:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8eRnVdGZAWJsQDUJB9Ysu44CGGJKxLXfDQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Zero-G Planes Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Space Agency offered me a seat on their zero-g plane: it's an Airbus A310 that flies parabolic maneuvers, pulling up into the sky and then arcing back down, giving its passengers about 20]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/zero-g/@tomscott/how-zero-g-planes-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/zero-g/@tomscott/how-zero-g-planes-work</guid><category><![CDATA[zero-g]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomscott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4GGcX9eD61asA3jEUbC7FCSGvRRrkB5PTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turra Coo and Four-Legged Juggling [ Citation Needed 7x03 ]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matt Parker joins the team this week, in which there's talk of the great cream seams and a surprisingly in-depth discussion of how quadrupeds might juggle. Featuring: Matt Parker: - @standupmaths Gary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/podcasts/@tomscott/turra-coo-and-four-legged-juggling-citation-needed-7x03</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/podcasts/@tomscott/turra-coo-and-four-legged-juggling-citation-needed-7x03</guid><category><![CDATA[podcasts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomscott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:15:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e52J3bZ5Fag7nUcUvFAZvkRgueAakwfAJra?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Centuries-Old Debt That's Still Paying Interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the archives of Yale University, there's a 367-year-old bond from the water authority of Lekdijk Bovendams, in the Netherlands. And it's still paying interest. 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