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382: Dental Spider-bots

How do I choose what college to apply to? Any fast tips for college survival? Am I gonna forget everything I learn in school? What's the future of college? What do I do after college? How do I function on my own? Hank and John Green have answers!


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383: The College Freaktacular

How do you stop caring whether people like you? Why does my shower set off the smoke detector? Why would a 21st century suburban high school have to test for tuberculosis? Should I wash my eyes? Can a solar sail tack against solar wind? Has humanity peed an entire ocean yet?  Hank and John Green have answers!


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384: A Martian Ocean

What's a good place to put stickers? How do I convince my friends to join me in a wolf-and-bear enclosure? How does a compass work in space? How do I be less judgmental? What's happening with the economy? Did astronauts know about low gravity on the moon before they got there?  Hank and John Green have answers!


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385: Duology

Why does my cat put her mice in the water bowl? How do you quit Twitter? How much would it cost to build a real Lego house? What happens to dirt displaced by coffins? Why do batteries bounce when they're dead? How do I balance socialization and personal time? Hank and John Green have answers!


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386: Play Me Some More Fiddle

What are some good audiobooks? How do I relearn to chew? How do vitamins get assigned letters? How do I ask for money I was owed? How do I deal with a fear of worms? How do gel fingernails work? Hank and John Green have answers!


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387: Hard Pivot to Beef

How could ping pong balls be considered a liquid? What do you mean "there's no free will"? What is toothpaste? What counts as a rare book? What is Applebees? What's the worst accent you got? What would happen if Gamera hugged the moon? Hank and John Green have answers!


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388: Turtle the Moon

What's the best way to hold an umbrella? What do I do with a life-sized Shaq? Are humans a super-organism? Why does espresso goop smell like burnt hair? Is 26 too late to start wearing sunscreen? What is a pet to do when their person sneezes? Hank and John Green have answers!


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389: Dear Honk and Jane

If everything was the exact same color, would we still be able to see? Why can't I take naps in contacts? How long does it take to get to space? What would you bring to Mars? How many people are asleep right now? If atoms are mostly space, why don't I fall through my chair? Hank and John Green have answers!


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390: Breathe Mars (w/ Dr. Katie Mack!)

Do we have the original copy of the declaration of independence? What animals would have been on Noah’s Ark?  What do I do if I accidentally walk into a fancy restaurant?  What do I do with an unused prom dress?  How do I know if I’m a boring person?  Hank and John Green have answers!

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391: High Priest of Beef Days

How can machines decide what is beautiful, and what is a beautiful machine? How did teen girls change phone hardware forever? How has Instagram changed our physical spaces? Are 'beautifying' filters racist? Plus, we talk about the many uses of YouTube make-up tutorials: for defiance, play, celebration, and … secret security lessons. And we celebrate how the Internet shows us there are #ManyKindsofHot

Find the full footnotes at: https://www.theintersectionofthings.com/episodes/ep20-beauty

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2020

Episode 20: Beauty

Two Queer friends with the Atlantic Ocean in between them, discussing how technology is changing society, from an intersectional feminist perspective. Each episode we bring you friendly conversations about a different theme on human lives on the Internet.

Episode 20: Beauty

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