A new show hosted by Adams Davidson and McKay that reveals the hidden awesomeness in everyday things.  From Gimlet Media.

Surprisingly Awesome Trailer

Mold giveth, and mold taketh away. The same not-quite plant, not-quite animal that causes cancer can also cure infections and unite long-lost family members.

The Facts
Original music for this episode by Mark Phillips and Elori Kramer
Our theme music is "How We Do," written, performed, and produced by Nicholas Britell
Our ad music is by Build Buildings

Further Reading
“Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds” by George Hudler

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Thanks to
Geromy Moore
Justin Trosclair of the St. James Cheese Company
David Nally



#1 Mold

Adam McKay helps Adam "Who Cares about Sports" Davidson conquer the free throw.

The Facts
The Reverend John DeLore mixed this episode, and wrote and performed music for it, along with his bandmates, Jordan Scanella, Sam Merrick and Isamu McGregor.
Our theme music is “How We Do,” written, performed, and produced by Nicholas Britell
Our ad music is by Build Buildings

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#2 Free Throws

From the dawn of human civilization, to the end of days: Concrete will outlast us all.


The Facts
The Reverend John DeLore and Michael Garafalo mixed this episode. John performed music for this episode, along with his bandmates, Jordan Scanella, Sam Merrick, Isamu McGregor, Jon LaDeau, Dominic Fallacaro.

Thanks to Matthew Nelson for production assistance.

Our theme music is “How We Do,” written, performed, and produced by Nicholas Britell.

Our ad music is by Build Buildings.

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PC Does Whaaaat?! – This week, we featured PC Carlos Arteaga, a 7th grader at Lighthouse Community Charter School.

#3 Concrete

A 1990s pop hit reveals how the Adams feel about capitalism.

The Facts
Our theme music is “How We Do,” written, performed, and produced by Nicholas Britell.

Our ad music is by Build Buildings.

Sponsors
Audible.com
PC Does Whaaaat?!


#4 Tubthumping

Just because it has the word "interest" in it doesn't mean it's interesting to a teenage girl.

The Facts:
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is "How We Do" by Nicholas Britell.
Our ad music is by Build Buildings.
This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg and Peter Clowney and produced by Chris Neary and Rachel Ward, with help from Julia Kumari Drapkin.  It was mixed by Michael Garofalo.

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#5 Interest Rates

The epic struggle of parents versus kids. Yummy versus gross. Humans versus broccoli!

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg and produced by Travis Larchuk and Rachel Ward, with help from Emma Jacobs and Caitlin Kenney. Andrew Dunn mixed the episode.

Sponsors
Mack Weldon
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#6 Broccoli

If you want perfect stickiness, look to gecko feet - not a crayfish straightjacket.

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg and Caitlin Kenney, and produced by Rachel Ward and Kalila Holt, with help from Emma Jacobs, Jacob Cruz, Laura Sims, and was mixed by Andrew Dunn. Special thanks to Jody Roberts at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

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#7 Adhesives

The world in a cup of pudding - or rather, 12,000 cups of pudding.

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg, Caitlin Kenney, and Annie-Rose Strasser. It was produced by Kalila Holt and Rachel Ward.  It was mixed by David Herman.  Emma Jacobs, Andrew Norton, Jacob Cruz and the Block House in Austin, Texas provided production assistance. Special thanks to Steve Belkin, Gary Leff, Mara Lederman, Conor Henderson and Michael McCall.

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#8 Frequent Flyer Miles

The greatest love story ever told: humans and rats with wings.

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. Our credits theme was composed by Cobey Bienert and Jacob Boll, featuring Kevin Sparks, and produced by Matthew Boll.

This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg, Caitlin Kenney, and Annie-Rose Strasser.  It was produced by Kalila Holt and Rachel Ward.  It was mixed by Andrew Dunn.  

Jacob Cruz, Christine Driscoll and Emile Klein provided production assistance.

Special thanks to Courtney Humphries, Andrew Blechman and Sarah Lohman.

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#9 Pigeons

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings.

This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg and Annie-Rose Strasser.  It was produced by Kalila Holt and Rachel Ward.  It was mixed by Matthew Boll. Eric Mennel and Robyn Wholey provided production assistance. Special thanks to Emma Jacobs.

Sponsors
Ford
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#10 Circle of Fifths

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell.  Our ad music is by Build Buildings.  Nick DePrey and Louis Weeks composed original music for this week's episode.

This episode was edited by Alex Blumberg and Annie-Rose Strasser.  It was produced by Kalila Holt and Rachel Ward.  It was mixed by David Herman with assistance from Matthew Boll.  Robyn Wholey provided production assistance. Special thanks to Jacob Cruz and Isabel Angell. 

Additional thanks to Peter Toohey at the University of Calgary, Richard Wolff at the New School, and Mary Mann, author of the upcoming book “Yawn.”  Gillian Tett’s very good book is “The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers.”

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#11 Boredom

The Facts:

Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is “How We Do” by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. Andrew Dun mixed this episode.This episode was edited by Annie-Rose Strasser, and Peter Clowney and produced by Rachel Ward, Christine Driscoll, and Elizabeth Kulas. Jacob Cruz, David Pitman, and Laura Varela provided production assistance. Thank you to New England Public Radio and KQED in San Francisco. 

Sponsor:
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Surprisingly Awesome

#17 Flossing

An interview with Joana Cunha-Cruz, one of the authors of a study on the efficacy of flossing. 

This short was produced by Elizabeth Kulas. 

#17.75 Flossing Interview

This week, we found many surprising twists, turns, and holds in the story of modern yoga. 

The Facts

Surprisingly Awesome’s Theme Music is “This is How We Do” by Nicholas Britell and our ad music is by Build Buildings. We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, and produced by Rachel Ward, Christine Driscoll and Elizabeth Kulas. Andrew Dunn mixed the episode. 

Jacob Cruz, James T. Green, Emma Jacobs, Rikki Novetsky, and Benjamin Riskin provided production assistance. 

Additional music in this episode is "Santoor and Tabla at Assi Ghat, Varanasi" by Samuel Corwin and "Electronica Tanpura 9" by sankalp.

Finally... Flossgate continues! You can head to our show page at www.gimletmedia.com/surprisinglyawesome to hear an extra interview and read some of the studies we looked at while building our flossing show.

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#18 Yoga

John Hodgman hoards boxes. But he's not OK with it - yet.

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s Theme Music is “This is How We Do” by Nicholas Britell and our ad music is by Build Buildings. We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, and produced by Rachel Ward, Christine Driscoll and Elizabeth Kulas. Andrew Dunn mixed the episode.

Additional music came from Danca, Nathan Michel, and Marmoset.  

Jacob Cruz, Cheyna Roth, Emma Jacobs, Rikki Novetsky, Anna Stitt, NPR West and WERU in Blue Hill, Maine provided production assistance.

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#19 Cardboard

You cry when you don't want to; you can't cry when you DO want to. Tim Manley, literally the creator of "The Feels" helps us explore why we cry.

THE FACTS
Surprisingly Awesome’s Theme Music is “This is How We Do” by Nicholas Britell and our ad music is by Build Buildings. We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, Alex Blumberg, and produced by Rachel Ward, Christine Driscoll and Elizabeth Kulas. We were mixed by Andrew Dunn.

Austin Thompson mixed Matthew Boll’s music. Thank you to Joe Staples. Jacob Cruz, Emma Jacobs, Tiffany Lee, Rikki Novetsky, Elah Feder, Melanie Kruvelis, and Jacqui Helbert provided production assistance.

LEARN MORE
If you want to hear more from Tim Manley, look for his web series “The Feels.” and check out his storytelling via The Moth.

Dr. Nina Kraus at Northwestern University sent us the Smoke on the Water music - you can learn more about her lab at www.brainvolts.northwestern.edu.

You can hear more of Mathew Boll at AmericanVacation.org and follow him on Twitter @bigbearii.

SPONSORS
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#20 Crying

4 billion people in the world don't have standard addresses - so how do they get mail?

The Facts
Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is by Nicholas Britell and our ad music is by Build Buildings.

They were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser. Peter Clowney weighed in too. The show was produced by Elizabeth Kulas, Christine Driscoll and Rachel Ward.  It was mixed by Andrew Dunn. Special thanks to Maeve Higgins, who brought us that Vonnegut essay.

We had production assistance from Shani Aviram, Jacob Cruz, Emily Kennedy, Rikki Novetsky and Sarah Stodder.

Additional music for this episode came from Our Many Stars, Onry Ozzborn, and One Two Three.

Sponsors
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#21 Postal Addresses

This week: It's awesome in the sacred sense - but stressful in the practical sense.

The Facts

Surprisingly Awesome’s theme music is by Nicholas Britell. Our ad music is by Build Buildings.

Additional music came from Kyle Morton, Sex Life, and Xolo

We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, and produced by Rachel Ward, Christine Driscoll and Rikki Novetsky.  Our field producers were Sylvie Douglis and Nick Fountain.  

Production Assistance came from Jacob Cruz, Emily Kennedy, Melanie Kruvelis, Jessica Langley,  Sarah Melton, and Sarah Stodder.

Thank you to Meg Keene at A Practical Wedding, Erin Boll, proprietrix of the Instagram account Pisces Bride, Stevie Lane who designed our wedding invitation, and for helping us find Sue and Austin. 

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#22 Wedding Planning

Something borrowed, something blue, something that explains why weddings look the way they do.

The Facts

Our theme music is by Nicholas Britell and our ad music is by Build Buildings. We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, and produced by Christine Driscoll, Elizabeth Kulas, and Rikki Novetsky.  Sylvie Douglis and Nick Fountain field produced at the wedding.

Thank you to Sue and Austin’s friends and family for letting us ask so many questions and bother you during the whole wedding.

Thanks to Jorge Just -- and sorry we forgot to thank you last time, and to our beloved mix engineer Andrew Dunn. ANDREW DUNN MIXED THIS EPISODE, he always mixes our episodes, and we have not been great about remembering to tell you that!

Additional production assistance came from Jacob Cruz, Emily Kennedy, Melanie Kruvelis, Sarah Melton and Sarah Stoddard.

Thank you to Karen Klaiber Hersch, Gayle Strege, Patrick O’Neil, Jennifer Gellmann and Sharon Boulani.

And finally, stay posted with us as we report the next season. You can follow us on Twitter, subscribe to the newsletter, or subscribe to us on your podcatcher for all our cool updates!

See you in 2017!

#23 The Wedding

Our theme music is by Nicholas Britell. We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, produced by Christine Driscoll, and mixed by Zac Schmidt. 

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Update

A goodbye from Surprisingly Awesome. And hello to Every Little Thing.

A message from Gimlet CEO Alex Blumberg

A new show hosted by Adams Davidson and McKay that reveals the hidden awesomeness in everyday things. From Gimlet Media.

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