Advertisement Half as Interesting — Season 2024 YouTube Running 56 Episodes · Premiered January 4, 2024 · Ended December 26, 2024 ← Season 2023 All Seasons Season 2025 → Advertisement Episodes E01 South Korea Built a Mediocre New Capital in the Middle of Nowhere Thu, Jan 4 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E02 Why There's a Giant Barcode In The Middle of the Mojave Desert Thu, Jan 11 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E03 The Special Design That Makes Library Books Indestructible Tue, Jan 16 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E04 How the US Transports Its Nuclear Weapons Fri, Jan 19 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E05 How Tokyo Made Itself Earthquake-Proof Thu, Jan 25 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E06 Why a Big Box Store Started Solving Violent Crimes Fri, Jan 26 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E07 The Very Real Australian Colleges with No Students Wed, Jan 31 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E08 The Logistics of White House State Dinners Wed, Jan 31 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E09 The Tiny Alaskan Town with the US' Highest Taxicab Density Mon, Feb 5 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E10 How This Michigan Town Accidentally Buried Itself in Sand Mon, Feb 19 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E11 Why the FBI and the CIA Keep Lying to Each Other Sun, Feb 25 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E12 Why It's So Difficult to Build Subways in Rome Wed, Feb 28 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E13 Why We're Building a 790-Mile Wire From Kansas to Indiana Thu, Feb 29 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E14 Why the North Korean Government Has a Tiny Office in NYC Tue, Mar 19 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E15 Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot Fri, Mar 22 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E16 The Logistics of Prescribed Fires Wed, Mar 27 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E17 Why Don't Planes Carry Parachutes? Sun, Mar 31 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E18 How the US Tests Nukes (Without Blowing Them Up) Sat, Apr 6 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E19 The Man Who Stole an Entire Hotel Tue, Apr 16 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E20 The Obscure System That Syncs All The World's Clocks Tue, Apr 23 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E21 How Storing Movies on Vinyl Lost RCA $650 Million Wed, May 1 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E22 Why All Pro Basketball Players Shoot Free Throws Wrong Thu, May 9 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E23 The One Company That Owns 2,390 Colors Tue, May 14 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E24 The 517,431 Emails That Trained Siri Fri, May 17 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E25 Why There's a Pacific Ocean Port in Idaho Fri, May 24 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E26 Why the Ocean Looks So Fake on Google Maps Mon, Jun 3 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E27 Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week Thu, Jun 6 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E28 Why Nobody Knows What 彁 Means Thu, Jun 13 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E29 The Weird, Terrible Smartphones They Only Have in North Korea Tue, Jun 25 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E30 Mumbai's Crazy-Efficient, 99.9999% Accurate Food Delivery System Mon, Jul 1 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E31 How the UN Translates Everything in Real-Time Mon, Jul 8 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E32 How this Oklahoma Town Became Completely Uninhabitable Mon, Jul 15 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E33 How America's Largest, Most Secure Embassy Works Fri, Jul 19 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E34 How the US Gov's Riskiest Labs Contain Deadly Viruses Tue, Jul 30 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E35 The One Long Wire Ruining America's Most Important Train Thu, Aug 1 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E36 The Super-Complex Security of the Paris Olympics Fri, Aug 9 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E37 The Logistics of Mount Everest's Base Camp Tue, Aug 20 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E38 The $190 Million Tunnel Built for Just 1200 People Mon, Aug 26 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E39 The Worst Mistakes We Made This Year Tue, Sep 3 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E40 The Massively Bureaucratic System for Confirming a "Miracle" Sat, Sep 7 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E41 The Board That Decides Every Place Name in the U.S. Wed, Sep 18 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E42 Why 1% of the Stock Market is Tied to 11 Random Americans Thu, Sep 26 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E43 How Ski Resorts Store Snow Over the Summer Mon, Sep 30 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E44 Why Only One US City Doesn't Add Fluoride to Its Water Thu, Oct 10 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E45 How They Dug the Deepest Hole on Earth Thu, Oct 17 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E46 How This Card Game Accidentally Became a Stock Market Fri, Oct 25 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E47 How This Single 'M' Almost Ruined a US Presidency Wed, Oct 30 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E48 How The USA's Only Car-Free Village Works Thu, Oct 31 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E49 Why Hawaii's H-3 is the Most Expensive Interstate Ever Tue, Nov 12 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E50 The Crazy-Complex Process of Organizing a Container Ship Tue, Nov 19 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E51 How This Waffle Restaurant Mastered Hurricanes Tue, Nov 26 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E52 How Istanbul Moved Its Airport in Just 45 Hours Sat, Nov 30 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E53 The US' Surprisingly Busy Nuclear Emergency Team Thu, Dec 12 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E54 How a Whole Country Got Cut Off From The Internet for 38 Days Tue, Dec 17 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E55 How This Tunnel Accidentally Created an Immigration Loophole Tue, Dec 24 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. E56 The $18.8 Bil, Borderline Useless Bridge Between Hong Kong and Macau Thu, Dec 26 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000 ▶ No synopsis available. Advertisement ← Season 2023 All Seasons Season 2025 → Advertisement
