About this season
Half as Interesting is an entertaining, fact-based, educational series covering diverse topics of general interest presented in a somewhat humorous, quirky style. Topics range from curious to weird and are rarely important to know unless you're looking for some lunch room or coffee break conversation starters.
Episodes (58)
1. North Korea's Fake Town in the DMZ
Aired 3 January 2019 • 5 min
2. Why the UK Desperately Wants This Rock to Be Inhabitable
Aired 10 January 2019 • 5 min
3. The Completely Real American $100,000 Bill
Aired 17 January 2019 • 5 min
4. What's the Furthest You Could Travel Without a Passport?
Aired 24 January 2019 • 5 min
5. What Living in the World's Coldest Town is Like
Aired 31 January 2019 • 5 min
6. The US' Plan for a Hypothetical War with Britain
Aired 7 February 2019 • 5 min
7. The US Government's $350 Million Doomsday Plane
Aired 14 February 2019 • 5 min
8. Why Breaking Out of Prison is Legal in Germany
Aired 21 February 2019 • 5 min
9. How a Missing Comma Cost a Company $5 Million
Aired 28 February 2019 • 5 min
10. How Kim Jong-un Travels
Aired 7 March 2019 • 5 min
11. What Is the Shortest-Lived Country in History?
Aired 14 March 2019 • 5 min
12. The 30 Year-Old Airline That's Never Flown
Aired 21 March 2019 • 5 min
13. Why Every Map of China is Just Slightly Wrong
Aired 28 March 2019 • 5 min
14. The Secret Radio Stations Used to Communicate with Spies
Aired 4 April 2019 • 5 min
15. What's the Most Isolated City in the World?
Aired 11 April 2019 • 5 min
16. How Ireland Accidentally Legalized Drugs for Two Days
Aired 18 April 2019 • 5 min
17. Why Berlin's 15 Year-Old Airport has Never Had a Flight
Aired 25 April 2019 • 5 min
18. How an Australian Prime Minister Disappeared Without a Trace
Aired 2 May 2019 • 5 min
19. Why the World's Fastest Elevator Exists
Aired 9 May 2019 • 5 min
20. Why This Capital City Has a Population of Zero
Aired 16 May 2019 • 5 min
21. Why South Korea Will be Silent on November, 14, 2019
Aired 23 May 2019 • 5 min
22. The Law That Lets You Legally Steal Houses
Aired 6 June 2019 • 5 min
23. How a Manhole Cover Became the Fastest Manmade Object Ever
Aired 13 June 2019 • 5 min
24. How a Boeing 727 Was Stolen (And Never Found)
Aired 20 June 2019 • 5 min
25. The Secret Codes that Printers Put on Every Paper
Aired 27 June 2019 • 5 min
26. Why There's Only One American Cruise Ship
Aired 4 July 2019 • 5 min
27. How Australia Printed a Typo 46 Million Times
Aired 11 July 2019 • 5 min
28. The $14.3 Million World's Most Expensive License Plate
Aired 18 July 2019 • 5 min
29. The US Government's Airline for Prisoners
Aired 25 July 2019 • 5 min
30. Quarter as Interesting: The Topics That Weren't Good Enough
Aired 2 August 2019 • 5 min
31. The Island Invented to Scam a Rich Guy
Aired 8 August 2019 • 5 min
32. North Korea's Tiny, Terrible Airline
Aired 15 August 2019 • 5 min
33. Why There’s Less Gravity in Hudson Bay, Canada
Aired 22 August 2019 • 5 min
34. The US' Terrible Mistake of Selling $1 Coins for $1
Aired 29 August 2019 • 5 min
35. Every Mistake We've Ever Made (2 Fast 2 Spurious)
Aired 31 August 2019 • 5 min
36. The Tiny Building Where 285,000 Businesses are Based
Aired 5 September 2019 • 5 min
37. The Places Where Sneaking Over the US-Canada Border is Legal
Aired 13 September 2019 • 5 min
38. The $250,000 Unlimited Flight Pass: A Terrible Mistake
Aired 19 September 2019 • 5 min
39. The Global Restaurant Chain Run by North Korea
Aired 26 September 2019 • 5 min
40. The Cruise Ship That People Live On
Aired 4 October 2019 • 5 min
41. Why There's a Completely Russian Town in Norway
Aired 9 October 2019 • 5 min
42. Why This Parrot is in Witness Protection
Aired 11 October 2019 • 5 min
43. How Much is the US President Paid?
Aired 17 October 2019 • 5 min
44. How the Queen Travels
Aired 24 October 2019 • 5 min
45. The Tree That Owns Itself
Aired 25 October 2019 • 5 min
46. The Bit of East Germany That Might Still Exist
Aired 31 October 2019 • 5 min
47. Why North Dakota Wasn't Technically a State Until 2012
Aired 7 November 2019 • 5 min
48. Why the Dutch King Works as a Pilot for KLM
Aired 12 November 2019 • 5 min
49. The Secret Behind the Huge, Windowless Skyscraper in NYC
Aired 14 November 2019 • 6 min
50. The US Government's Trillion Dollar Coin
Aired 21 November 2019 • 6 min
51. What's the Longest Possible Commercial Flight?
Aired 28 November 2019 • 7 min
52. Who Owns New Islands?
Aired 29 November 2019 • 6 min
53. The Time a Senator Spoke for 24-Hours Straight
Aired 5 December 2019 • 6 min
54. Why Saudi Arabia Imports Sand
Aired 10 December 2019 • 5 min
55. What's the Most Expensive Single Thing?
Aired 12 December 2019 • 6 min
56. The Nazi Weather Station in North America
Aired 19 December 2019 • 6 min
57. The Only Town in the US With a Population of One
Aired 24 December 2019 • 5 min
58. How to Celebrate New Year's Eve Six Times in One Night
Aired 31 December 2019 • 5 min