343. An Astronaut, a Catalan, and Two Linguists Walk Into a Bar...

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 3 a.m.

In this live episode of \u201cTell Me Something I Don\u2019t Know,\u201d we learn why New York has skinny skyscrapers, how to weaponize water, and what astronauts talk about in space. Joining Stephen J. Dubner as co-host is the linguist John McWhorter; Bari Weiss (The New York Times) is the real-time fact-checker.