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 (77)
1. How France Bought 2,000 Trains That Were Too Wide
Aired 4 January 2020 • 5 min
2. Why North Korea's 30 Year-Old Hotel Never Opened
Aired 8 January 2020 • 5 min
3. The Secret Tunnel Under the White House
Aired 10 January 2020 • 5 min
4. The Guy Who Was (Maybe) President for One Day
Aired 16 January 2020 • 7 min
5. The Nonexistent Train Station that Legally Exists
Aired 21 January 2020 • 6 min
6. The Highway Where Cars are Banned
Aired 23 January 2020 • 6 min
7. How Someone Stole a Plane Without Breaking Federal Law
Aired 31 January 2020 • 6 min
8. The CIA's 638 Attempts to Assassinate Castro
Aired 4 February 2020 • 6 min
9. How a Grandma Broke All of Armenia's Internet
Aired 6 February 2020 • 6 min
10. Why it Was Legal to Mail Babies
Aired 13 February 2020 • 6 min
11. How Harry Potter Movies Technically Lost Money
Aired 18 February 2020 • 6 min
12. Why Antarctica Has Its Own Accent
Aired 20 February 2020 • 6 min
13. Lawnchair Larry: The Man Who Flew in a Lawnchair
Aired 27 February 2020 • 5 min
14. Zyzzyx Road: The Lowest-Grossing Film of All Time
Aired 3 March 2020 • 6 min
15. The Airport Where Planes go to Die
Aired 5 March 2020 • 7 min
16. The Country That You Can Rent for $70,000 a Night
Aired 13 March 2020 • 6 min
17. How One Woman Scammed Her Way Into the 2018 Olympics
Aired 18 March 2020 • 6 min
18. The American Town Ceded to Mexico in 1970
Aired 20 March 2020 • 6 min
19. The Accidental Virtual Pandemic in World of Warcraft
Aired 26 March 2020 • 6 min
20. How Scientology Got 5,000 Secret Agents in the Government
Aired 31 March 2020 • 6 min
21. How a Fitness App Revealed Secret Military Bases
Aired 2 April 2020 • 5 min
22. The Conspiracy Theory that the Middle Ages Never Happened
Aired 9 April 2020 • 7 min
23. United Airlines' Men-Only Flights
Aired 14 April 2020 • 5 min
24. The Road Owned Simultaneously by Spain and France
Aired 16 April 2020 • 5 min
25. A Terrible Mistake: 1 Vacuum = 1 Free Flight
Aired 23 April 2020 • 7 min
26. Who Owns the Rain?
Aired 28 April 2020 • 6 min
27. How Global Oil Prices Were Raised $1.50 by a Drunk Trader
Aired 1 May 2020 • 7 min
28. Why There's a Single, Tiny Wire Encircling Manhattan
Aired 7 May 2020 • 5 min
29. Why This Coin is Illegal to Own
Aired 12 May 2020 • 6 min
30. The $22 Million Party that Overthrew an Empire
Aired 15 May 2020 • 6 min
31. The 1,088 Passenger Busiest Flight Ever
Aired 21 May 2020 • 6 min
32. The Island That Keeps Appearing and Disappearing
Aired 26 May 2020 • 5 min
33. Why Canadian Lottery Winners Must Answer a Math Question
Aired 28 May 2020 • 6 min
34. Texas' Embassy in Washington DC
Aired 4 June 2020 • 6 min
35. The Terrible Mistake of Choosing 'Null' as a License Plate
Aired 9 June 2020 • 6 min
36. Why Japan Spent $600 Million Protecting Two Rocks
Aired 11 June 2020 • 6 min
37. The Twice-Weekly Flight That Got a United CEO Fired
Aired 18 June 2020 • 6 min
38. The $300 Million Cable Between New York and Chicago
Aired 23 June 2020 • 6 min
39. Why Australia is Legally an American Corporation
Aired 25 June 2020 • 5 min
40. The Man Who Time Travelled 0.2 Seconds
Aired 2 July 2020 • 6 min
41. How Poland Accidentally Invaded the Czech Republic
Aired 7 July 2020 • 6 min
42. The Mathematical Loophole that Broke the Lottery
Aired 10 July 2020 • 7 min
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Aired 16 July 2020 • 6 min
44. Why Iceland's Airline Briefly Relocated to Scotland
Aired 21 July 2020 • 6 min
45. Why (Almost) Nobody Lives in China's $161 Billion City
Aired 23 July 2020 • 6 min
46. The Seven People Who Can Turn Off the Internet
Aired 30 July 2020 • 6 min
47. How a Video Game Predicted the Collapse of Venezuela's Economy
Aired 4 August 2020 • 6 min
48. The Underground City of 1 Million Beneath Beijing
Aired 6 August 2020 • 6 min
49. Why Japan and Russia are Technically Still Fighting WWII
Aired 13 August 2020 • 6 min
50. Why UPS Trucks Almost Never Turn Left
Aired 18 August 2020 • 6 min
51. How a Cereal Box Toy Hacked AT&T's Phone Lines
Aired 20 August 2020 • 6 min
52. Every Mistake We've Ever Made #3: Tokyo Grift
Aired 28 August 2020 • 8 min
53. How Belgium Has Gone 621 Days Without a Government
Aired 1 September 2020 • 7 min
54. The 639 Year Longest Song Ever
Aired 3 September 2020 • 7 min
55. The Strange Reason Why the US Owes London £12,598,845
Aired 10 September 2020 • 6 min
56. Why an NFL Team Secretly Moved Cities Overnight
Aired 15 September 2020 • 6 min
57. Why the US is Having a Shortage of Coins
Aired 17 September 2020 • 5 min
58. Why the US Military Has a 26-Page Brownie Recipe
Aired 25 September 2020 • 6 min
59. The Farmer That Lives in the Middle of Tokyo Narita Airport
Aired 29 September 2020 • 6 min
60. Why a Book of 1 Million Random Numbers Sells for $68
Aired 2 October 2020 • 6 min
61. Why the European Siren is Scientifically Proven to be Better
Aired 13 October 2020 • 6 min
62. The IRS' Plan to Collect Taxes After Doomsday
Aired 15 October 2020 • 6 min
63. Why the Smallest Piece of Land in NYC Exists
Aired 20 October 2020 • 5 min
64. Why the World's Sixth Ocean is Forming in Africa
Aired 22 October 2020 • 5 min
65. Why Trading Onions on Financial Markets is Illegal
Aired 27 October 2020 • 6 min
66. Why Nevada Created a County With No People, Buildings, or Roads
Aired 29 October 2020 • 7 min
67. How Astronauts Vote from Space
Aired 3 November 2020 • 6 min
68. Why 200-ish Americans Live in North Korea
Aired 10 November 2020 • 6 min
69. How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network
Aired 13 November 2020 • 6 min
70. Why Bern is Not Actually the Capital of Switzerland
Aired 20 November 2020 • 5 min
71. How an Earthquake in Japan Made Days 1.8 Microseconds Shorter
Aired 25 November 2020 • 6 min
72. Why Living on the Left Side of a Timezone is Dangerous
Aired 5 December 2020 • 6 min
73. We Use AI to Write the Best HAI Video Ever (HAI #200)
Aired 9 December 2020 • 8 min
74. What Was in the Message Earth Broadcast for Aliens?
Aired 13 December 2020 • 7 min
75. Why This Color Doesn't Actually Exist
Aired 17 December 2020 • 7 min
76. How the QWERTY Keyboard Broke the Chinese Language
Aired 22 December 2020 • 7 min
77. Why Bananas Will Taste Different in a Few Years
Aired 26 December 2020 • 7 min