Hyperfixed

Help us continue making hyperfixed! Become a premium member for bonus episodes, access to our discord and much much more! https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] We've had maybe a dozen submissions from people who reached out to us with questions about public restrooms. Specifically: why are they designed so poorly? And how gross are they actually? Alex and Hyperfixed Producer Amor Yates investigate.  LINKS: Toilet: The Public Restroom and the Politics of Sharing. [https://bookshop.org/p/books/toilet-public-restrooms-and-the-politics-of-sharing-harvey-molotch/6519639?ean=9780814795897] The American Restroom Association [https://americanrestroom.org/] The Germ Files: The Surprising Ways Microbes Can Improve Your Health and Life (and How to Protect Yourself from the Bad Ones) [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-germ-files-the-surprising-ways-microbes-can-improve-your-health-and-life-and-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-bad-ones-jason-tetro/8681378?ean=9780385685771] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

Your support makes this show possible! Please consider becoming a premium member for bonus episodes, access to the discord, merch drops, and more http://hyperfixedpod.com/join [http://hyperfixedpod.com/join] There are still buttons available from our episode "Casey Wants to Believe" but they're going fast! Get one at http://hyperfixedpod.com/button [http://hyperfixedpod.com/button] This week, Kyle asks us whether a bit of folk wisdom, passed down through generations, is actually true, and once again we end up in a big philosophical discussion about the nature of knowledge and stuff. LINKS: Adam Savage's YouTube Channel Tested [https://www.youtube.com/@tested] Adam Savage's own Savage Indusries tape measure  [https://adamsavage.com/products/savage-industries-tape-measure] The Lufkin Night Eye Tape Measure [https://www.crescenttool.com/all-tools/construction-hand-tools/measuring-layout/tape-measures/l1225b-02-1-14-x-25-shockforce-nite-eyetm-g2-tape-measure] (again, this is not a sponsorship -- just what Adam recommends) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

You can sign up for bonus episodes, join our discord, and much more at https://hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://hyperfixedpod.com/join] If you would like to get the button featured in the "Casey Wants to Believe" episode of Hyperfixed, you can get one at hyperfixedpod.com/button [https://hyperfixedpod.com/button] (while supplies last!) This week - Kristin asks us for help on one of the most difficult decisions she'll ever have to make.  Dylan Matthews: 23 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better [https://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7272929/global-poverty-health-crime-literacy-good-news] Our World in Data  [https://ourworldindata.org/] Robert De Neufville's substack "Telling the Future" [https://tellingthefuture.substack.com/] How to become a Superforecaster [https://goodjudgment.com/how-to-become-a-superforecaster/] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

I've known Wendy, the host of Science Vs. for almost a decade at this point, and her show is spectacular! We are sharing an episode of her show on the feed this week, just because we love her and would like you all to hear it. You can find many more episodes of Science Vs. on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/5lY4b5PGOvMuOYOjOVEcb9] There is a new bonus episode on our premium feed this week -- if you are interested in hearing that and getting a bunch of other fun premium perks you can sign up here: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] If you'd like a limited edition button from our recent episode as part of signing up for the premium feed, you can do that here: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/button [https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/join] See you next week with a new main feed episode!  EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Some people can control their dreams. While they're fast asleep: they fly, create new worlds, live other lives. But Wendy isn't one of them. So in today's episode, Wendy and the Science Vs team find a scientifically approved method to try to lucid dream. We test it out — and bizarre things start happening. We also explore how scientists are trying to harness the strange powers of lucid dreaming to help people, as well as to crack huge scientific mysteries, like: What is consciousness? And what exactly goes on in all of our heads when we're asleep? To do all this and more, we talk to psychologists Dr. Denholm Adventure-Heart and Dr. Brigitte Holzinger, as well as cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Başak Türker. You can find an episode transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsLucidDreaming [https://bit.ly/ScienceVsLucidDreaming] Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]

This week - Casey has been chasing the origin of a very specific piece of ephemera for years. He came to us for help. If you like this episode and want to hear more, please sign up for our premium feed here! https://hyperfixedpod.com/join [https://hyperfixedpod.com/join] If you would like to join at the $60 yearly level and receive your very own Big Chub Chet's button, you can do so here: https://hyperfixedpod.com/button [https://hyperfixedpod.com/button] There are a limited number so get them before they're gone!  LINKS: Busy Beaver Button Museum [https://buttonmuseum.org/] The Button in Question [https://buttonmuseum.org/buttons/ask-me-chili-cheese-fries] (Spoilers! don't look until the episode is done!) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices [https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices]