No Such Thing
No Such Thing
Podcast Description
No Such Thing is a new show that answers dumb questions by actually doing the research. Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman, and Devan Joseph, are three friends and journalists who are desperate to move past emotional truths and get to the bottom of their petty arguments. Do audiobooks count as reading? Is momentum in sports real? Do horses like running? New episodes come out on Tuesday.For more information, please subscribe to our newsletter at www.nosuchthing.show.And if you have any questions you’d like us to get to the bottom of, email us at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The show delves into a variety of light-hearted yet thought-provoking topics such as the impact of audiobooks on reading, dog happiness in suburban versus urban settings, the implications of movie-reviewing platforms like Letterboxd, and current social issues like the resurgence of slurs, featuring episodes that combine humor with academic interviews.
Join Manny, Noah, and Devan — three best friends and journalists — as they settle dumb arguments by actually doing the research.
Each week, they start with a debate or discussion. Why don’t men ask follow up questions? Should schools ban phones? Is dating an AI chatbot cheating? Then, they go out into the world, talk to experts, conduct experiments, and find the answer.
NO SUCH THING is an explainer podcast about pop culture, the internet, and whatever weird thing your group chat can’t agree on. If you’ve ever had a take so strong you had to fact-check it, this show is for you.
New episodes on Wednesdays.
For more information, please subscribe to our newsletter at www.nosuchthing.show.
And if you have any questions you’d like us to get to the bottom of, email us at [email protected] or leave a voicemail: (860) 325-0286.
On today’s episode, we dive into the health effects of diet sodas like Diet Coke, Coke Zero, and Diet Pepsi. Trump has said that Diet Coke actually kills cancer, while other studies have linked these drinks to dementia and one of their artificial sweeteners, aspartame, to cancer. Noah also takes on the Fat Joe challenge, attempting to drink 30–40 Diet Pepsis in a single day.
Our guests this week are:
- Michael Easter, diet soda head, journalist, and creator of the Two Percent podcast and newsletter.
- Adam Chandler, food columnist at The Wall Street Journal.
- Giles Yeo, author of Why Calories Don’t Countand a professor at the University of Cambridge who studies the genetics of body weight and how the brain controls feeding behavior.
If you’re new here, listen to episode 15: Why does Dasani water taste like thatand check out our NST starter pack.
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