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Half as Interesting

Half as InterestingSeason 2026

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→ July 14, 2026

5m

10 Seasons

573 Episodes

Documentary

Overview

Half as Interesting is an entertaining, fact-based, educational series covering diverse topics of general interest presented in a somewhat humorous, quirky style. Topics range from curious to weird and are rarely important to know unless you're looking for some lunch room or coffee break conversation starters.

Seasons

Season 2017

18 Episodes

August 31, 2017

Season 2018

53 Episodes

January 4, 2018

Season 2019

58 Episodes

January 3, 2019

Season 2020

77 Episodes

January 4, 2020

Season 2021

81 Episodes

January 5, 2021

Season 2022

76 Episodes

January 4, 2022

Season 2023

76 Episodes

January 4, 2023

Season 2024

56 Episodes

January 4, 2024

Season 2025

52 Episodes

January 14, 2025

Season 2026

26 Episodes

January 14, 2026

Episodes

1

Episode 1January 14, 2026

How Iran Smuggles 777 Airplanes

5min

No overview available.

2

Episode 2January 21, 2026

This Is The Worst Cell Phone of All Time

8min

No overview available.

3

Episode 3January 28, 2026

The Messy Science of Escalator Etiquette

8min

No overview available.

4

Episode 4January 30, 2026

The Debate Over the Best Parking Garage Design

7min

No overview available.

5

Episode 5January 31, 2026

The Weirdly Specific Science Behind Ship Camouflage

7min

Ship camouflage

6

Episode 6February 10, 2026

Why The US Government Put 480 Million Needles Into the Sky

8min

No overview available.

7

Episode 7February 25, 2026

The Debacle Behind The 2026 Olympic Hockey Rink

8min

No overview available.

8

Episode 8February 27, 2026

The Terrible Design of the US Mail Truck

8min

No overview available.

9

Episode 9March 2, 2026

The Highway Loophole That Created The Worst Town in America

7min

No overview available.

10

Episode 10March 17, 2026

Nobody Knows How Tylenol Works

8min

No overview available.

11

Episode 11March 24, 2026

The Crazy-Fast Logistics of Flower Distribution

5min

No overview available.

12

Episode 12March 27, 2026

The International Airport That Can Only Send Flights to Turkey

7min

No overview available.

13

Episode 13April 8, 2026

Why Amtrak’s Most Important Tunnels Are Doomed

7min

No overview available.

14

Episode 14April 10, 2026

The Ancient, Strange Coding Language that 95% of ATMs Use

8min

No overview available.

15

Episode 15April 11, 2026

The Logistics of 911

7min

No overview available.

16

Episode 16April 22, 2026

Why This River Doesn’t Reach the Ocean

8min

No overview available.

17

Episode 17April 29, 2026

How the Nuclear Football Works

7min

No overview available.

18

Episode 18April 30, 2026

How Forensic Linguistics Works

7min

No overview available.

19

Episode 19May 12, 2026

The Seven Landlocked Countries That Have Navies

8min

No overview available.

20

Episode 20May 28, 2026

Why They Built The World’s Longest Rail Tunnel

9min

No overview available.

Episodes 1-20 of 26

Cast

Sam Denby

Sam Denby

Narrator