Gimlet Media has a new podcast all about the beautiful and complicated dimensions of Black life. It's called The Nod, and it's hosted by best friends (and Blackness' biggest fans) Eric Eddings and Brittany Luse. In this episode, Eric tells Brittany all about his love for Polo Ralph Lauren—and the story of one group of boosters in Brooklyn who took their own love for Polo to another level.

Every Little Thing, hosted by Flora Lichtman, is a show about the joy of finding things out. In this episode, learn about where office plants come from and what they're secretly communicating.

A goodbye from Surprisingly Awesome. And hello to Every Little Thing.

Our theme music is by Nicholas Britell. We were edited this week by Annie-Rose Strasser, produced by Christine Driscoll, and mixed by Zac Schmidt. 

Hey Surprisingly Awesome listeners - we think you'll love Homecoming, a fiction thriller from Gimlet Media. It was written by Eli Horowitz and Micah Blumberg, and stars some talented people you may have heard of, like Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, David Cross, and Amy Sedaris.

Hey Surprisingly Awesome listeners - we think you'll love Undone, a new show from Gimlet Media. It's about how the big stories we thought were over, were actually the beginning of something else. 

Something borrowed, something blue, something that explains why weddings look the way they do. Part 2 of the story of Sue and Austin's wedding.

This week: It's awesome in the sacred sense - but stressful in the practical sense.

The Facts

You cry when you don't want to; you can't cry when you DO want to. Tim Manley, literally the creator of "The Feels," helps us explore why we cry.

John Hodgman hoards boxes, but he's not okay with it - yet.

Don't fret - we'll have a regularly scheduled Surprisingly Awesome for you next week, but this week, we wanted to share something special with you, since Surprisingly Awesome listeners love learning new things.

This week, we found many surprising twists, turns, and holds in the story of modern yoga.

Is it really true that you never need to floss again?

Maeve Higgins joins us to explore... her mouth. Welcome to Planet Floss.

Journey with us back in time - but also forward in time because this is a new episode, revisiting old topics.

John Hodgman learns that the advantage of extinct hockey is that it can't break your heart.

To all the haters, and all the doubters, we told you we could make anything awesome.

Yo mama so fat we did a whole podcast about her.

Adam and Adam get chased out of a mattress store.

Wake up sheeple, the doxa is real!

What one idea from music theory can tell us about culture, biology, math, physics and The Simpsons.

The greatest love story ever told: humans and rats with wings.

The world in a cup of pudding - or rather, 12,000 cups of pudding.

If you want perfect stickiness, look to gecko feet - not a crayfish straightjacket.

The epic struggle of parents versus kids. Yummy versus gross. Humans versus broccoli!

Just because it has the word "interest" in it doesn't mean it's interesting to a teenage girl.

A 1990s pop hit reveals how the Adams feel about capitalism.

From the dawn of human civilization, to the end of days: Concrete will outlast us all.

Adam McKay helps Adam "Who Cares about Sports" Davidson conquer the free throw.

Mold giveth, and mold taketh away. The same not-quite plant, not-quite animal that causes cancer can also cure infections and unite long-lost family members.

Gimlet Media is excited to announce the release of our new show, Surprisingly Awesome, hosted by Adam McKay and Adam Davidson.