To dad, a period means the sentence has ended. To his young adult daughter, a period indicates anger, or at least feeling a little short-tempered. How do the two navigate the difference when they text each other?

Join host Aaron Crawford in exploring how people recognize the different rules of different folk groups.

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Your grandmother was wrong about cracking your knuckles. She was right about the honey. And that thing about learning styles? That's not science. That's folklore wearing a lab coat.

In this episode, host Aaron Crawford walks you through how folk beliefs work, using learning styles as an example. So listen up, even if you're a visual learner.

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The 2026 World Cup brought a wave of visitors to the U.S., and a lot of them said the same thing: Americans are surprisingly, noticeably nice. This episode traces that niceness into American history. Americans didn't become nice by accident. They became nice or they starved.

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