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The “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” debate sounds like trivia, but it reveals a real problem in how humans use language, categories, and identity labels. Food law and regulation often treat a hot dog in a bun as a kind of sandwich because classification needs consistency for taxes, labeling, […]
If you try to remember how you learned to ride a bike, you probably don’t start with a date or a lesson plan. You start with a story: the wobble, the fall, the try again. That’s the episode’s central claim about the science of learning and the psychology of learning: […]
Thinking starts quietly, then builds everything loud: cathedrals, symphonies, apologies, terrible mistakes, and the small kindness that changes a day. The episode begins with that simple fact and turns it into a practical challenge: develop metacognition, the skill of noticing your own thoughts, and use it to improve critical thinking. […]
Time is the thing we trust most and the thing we understand least. We start with a deceptively simple question: how long is one day? From there, we unpack why solar time and sidereal time disagree by about four minutes, and how that tiny gap reshapes the night sky over […]
Send us Fan Mail I’m back behind the mic after a long silence, and I’m doing it without Anne, the absolute love of my life. Losing her changes everything about how this show feels, but I still want a place where we can hang out, be curious, and talk about […]
A ballet clip sent us spiraling back to Kate Bush, and that simple scroll unlocked a bigger conversation: how we hear things differently with time, and why owning your work can change the arc of your career. We start with Wuthering Heights—divisive, daring, unforgettable—and trace a line to Stranger Things, […]
Send us a text We’ve got a papal election, celebrity soup moments, and dogs celebrating birthdays! Welcome to the delightfully unpredictable world of The Anne Levine Show, where host Anne and co-host Michael Over There™ “masterfully” weave through cultural touchpoints both global and hyperlocal. The Vatican’s white smoke signaled the […]
Spring has more or less arrived, bringing with it a sense of rebirth and vibrant energy! In this episode of The Anne Levine Show starring Michael Over There™, we celebrate the New England Daffodil Festival, a dazzling spectacle that showcases the beauty of spring blossoms, and invite you to imagine […]
Cowboy Carter starts us off with Anne and Hollywood Michael™, Where Is THAT HAT, Suebell (Cameo, IG, TikTok), Palm Royale (Apple TV+ with Kristin Wiig, Alison Janney, Mindy Cohn, Carol Burnett), Aunt Alma’s Furs, 1980s Flashback to 5th Avenue & 57th St., NO POLITICS SAYS ANNE, Michael doesn’t notice some […]
