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A Stormtrooper Tell-All and 4 Other Essential Podcasts

Internet rabbit holes, fiction from the Eiffel Tower, and a trip to Tatooine. These are the podcasts you're looking for.

If you're going to Tosche Station on Tatooine to pick up some power converters, who do you buy them from? Who is this guy? What should you do if you accidentally end a voicemail to your dentist with "I love you"? This week, we've got answers to all those burning questions. Plus, fiction from the ballroom at the top of the Eiffel Tower and the most honest marketing meeting of all time.

  • Radiolab, “Seneca, Nebraska”

    Is the solution to a nation divided to just let it divide? In this episode of Radiolab, learn about a town that did just that—or at least put it up to a vote. After small-town squabbles became irreconcilable differences, the residents of Seneca, Nebraska decide whether to unincorporate, and whether there’s any value in keeping the town together. Listen here.

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