Your Car is Full of Spiders, the Cloud Whisperer, She Who Invented N95 Masks and Bugles

<p>Welcome to Season 4! For this first episode, Kendra Pierre-Louis, former Popsci editor and current reporter for the Gimlet podcast <a href="https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet">How To Save a Planet</a>, joins the weirdos as a guest host. The weirdest things we learned this week range from thousands of cars being recalled due to spider infestations, to the story of a woman who invented N95 masks from bras. Whose story will be voted "The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week"?</p> <p>The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Share your weirdest facts and stories with us in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theweirdestthing" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook group</a> or <a href="https://www.twitter.com/weirdest_thing" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tweet at us</a>!</p> <p><a href="https://www.popsci.com/weird" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here to learn more about all of our stories! </a></p> <p>Follow our team on Twitter</p> <p>Rachel Feltman: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/RachelFeltman</a></p> <p>Sara Chodosh: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/elliepsies"><strong>www.twitter.com/</strong></a><a href="https://twitter.com/schodosh"><strong>schodosh</strong></a></p> <p>Popular Science: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/PopSci" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/PopSci</a></p> <p>Theme music by Billy Cadden: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/billycadden" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/billycadden</a></p> <p>Edited by Jessica Boddy: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/Lederman" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/JessicaBoddy</a></p> <p>Theme music by Billy Cadden: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ">https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LqT4DCuAXlBzX8XlNy4Wq?si=5VF2r2XiQoGepRsMTBsDAQ</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popular-science/message Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/popular-science/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/popular-science/support</a>

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week