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  • The Breakfast Rule
    2026/03/04
    This week: How the Wait, Wait team decides what jokes are too inappropriate for the airwaves. Plus Mike and Ian help a caller with a personal grammar problem.

    Featuring author Keith Houston.

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    How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. It is produced by Schuyler Swenson. Technical direction from Lorna White.

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    23 分
  • Curling Stones and Halfpipe Lines
    2026/02/18

    More behind the scenes at the Milan Cortina Olympics with unsung heroes of the Winter Games. Mike and Ian talk with a curling legend, find out where those big stones come from and meet a guy snowboarders couldn't land without.

    You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.

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    19 分
  • Forks and Ice Masters
    2026/02/11

    This week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.

    You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.

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    18 分
  • Torches and Ski Jumps
    2026/02/04

    Mike and Ian are back, just in time for the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina. Olympians and Starfleet Captains share how to carry the torch, fly through the air, and mentally prepare for the big games.

    You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.

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    23 分
  • Eggs and Bald Eagles
    2025/12/17

    [Headphones recommended for this episode] Closing out the season with another episode from the archives: Mike and Ian learn how to clean the greatest ceiling in the world and help a listener decide if they should go to the gym or stay in bed.

    You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.

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    How To Do Everything is hosted by Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag. Production from Nadia Wilson. Technical direction from Lorna White.


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    20 分
  • One-Liners and Free Throws
    2025/12/10

    Ian and Mike help a listener lighten the mood with her clients, help another listener mess with an opponent’s free throw shot, and Peter Sagal shares his secret for falling asleep on an airplane.

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    27 分
  • Volcanoes and Roosters
    2025/12/03

    This week from the archives: how to make s’mores with a volcano. Plus a barn animal sanctuary worker wants to know how to live harmoniously with roosters.


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    18 分
  • Carsickness And Traffic Jams
    2025/11/26

    Ian and Mike look to the skies to help a listener solve her problem with motion sickness. Plus, a survivor of the longest recorded traffic jam in history shares how she got through it.

    You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.

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    19 分