Hosted by Stephen Hackett and Myke Hurley.
Ungeniused is a show dedicated to covering the weirdest articles found on Wikipedia and sharing knowledge you'll (probably) never be able to use in real life.
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#43: Emoji
January 24th, 2018 · 17 minutes
Stephen is joined by Jeremy Burge, the founder of Emojipedia, to discuss the small images that define so many of our digital conversations.
#42: Helicopter Prison Escapes
January 17th, 2018 · 14 minutes
Prison escapes via helicopter may seem cool, but they rarely end well.
#41: Y2K
January 3rd, 2018 · 15 minutes
It was feared that the year 2000 would arrive with worldwide calamity as the computers in our homes to the systems running our nation's power grid and nuclear power plants ground to a halt. Thankfully, that didn't happen, thanks to the work of engineers.
#40: Film and Television Accidents
December 20th, 2017 · 17 minutes
Creating movies and TV shows can be a dangerous business.
#39: The Max Headroom Broadcast Signal Intrusion
December 6th, 2017 · 10 minutes
The story of Max Headroom spans from a science fiction character in a made-for-TV movie to the central character in an infamous TV signal hijacking in the late 1980s.
#38: The World’s Longest-Lasting Light Bulbs
November 22nd, 2017 · 11 minutes
The world's oldest working light bulb was first lit in 1901, but as it turns out, there's some drama surrounding that fact.
#37: Small Animal Racing
November 8th, 2017 · 11 minutes
People have raced hamsters, pigs and even turtles for years. Dive into the world of illegal betting on backyard race tracks and ... whatever it is turtles do when they are in competition with one another.
#36: The Collyer Brothers
October 25th, 2017 · 14 minutes
The sad tale of two siblings who lived their entire lives together and died just feet apart from one another.
#35: The SS Eastland
October 16th, 2017 · 12 minutes
Recorded live in Chicago, the story of a horrific and deadly accident involving a ship that took place a mere 20 feet from shore.
#34: Project Pluto
October 11th, 2017 · 12 minutes
In 1957, the U.S. Air Force started a project to build a nuclear-powered missile that would rain down radiation and atomic bombs as it screamed overhead, just above the treetops.