Fun Facts: The Olympics Edition
Aug 16th, 2008 · Knowledge-hound A.J. Jacobs has been sifting through the history of the Olympic Games and talks about some of the behind-the-scenes stories and quirky moments at Oympics past.
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Remembering Presidential Ailments ***
Feb 16th, 2008 · In honor of Presidents' Day, Esquire magazine editor A.J. Jacobs discusses presidential infirmities. For example, James Buchanan suffered from eye problems, and Grover Cleveland underwent a secret operation on private yacht to remove jaw cancer.
Sex Abuse Scandal Catches Up with Religious Orders ****
Dec 31st, 2007 · Father A.J. Cote, a Dominican friar, was sued two years ago for allegedly abusing a minor. Depositions in the case reveal the Dominicans operate under a system where warning signs can go undetected and a problem priest can find refuge in new assignments for years.
Aly & AJ, Feeling 'Insomniatic'
Sep 10th, 2007 · Following up on their platinum debut album, Into the Rush, the sister act Aly & AJ serves up Insomniatic, an album heavy on the teen-relationship tunes. Fresh Air's rock critic reviews the latest from the sisters Michalka.
Forgotten Facts from the U.S. War for Independence **
Jun 30th, 2007 · Self proclaimed know-it-all A.J. Jacobs talks with Scott Simon about lost facts and heroes from the American Revolution.
Unique Memory Allows Woman to Replay Life Like a Movie ****
Apr 20th, 2006 · Neurobiologist James McGaugh, one of the world's experts on human memory, says that a woman he calls AJ has a one-of-a-kind memory. In an interview with NPR, she talks about what life is like for someone who can remember every single thing she's ever done or thought about. Her life is like a split-screen movie, with the past running almost as vividly as the present.
Supreme Court Mysteries and Minutiae, Revealed
Nov 19th, 2005 · NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer and editor A.J. Jacobs -- who has read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica -- about Supreme Court trivia.
Finding the Outsource of Life ***
Aug 27th, 2005 · For an article in Esquire magazine, editor A.J. Jacobs outsourced many of the mundane tasks of his life to a company in India... from answering e-mail to arguing with his wife and reading to his son at bedtime.
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