This week we're replaying some of our favorite shows about the stuff that makes the world go round. In this episode from July 2022, a visit to Tenino, Washington, where wooden money has been making a mark for decades. Plus: if you feel like you’ve been to every museum and you’re not sure what to do next, try the German Food Additives Museum.

Why Tenino is still printing wooden money (KING 5)

There is a museum dedicated to food additives in Hamburg, Germany (Boing Boing)

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It's International Bat Appreciation Day. Bats are smart, versatile and often adorable in their way. But they do have minds of their own… which foiled a project that seemed like a useful idea for the Florida Keys. Plus: today in 2018, a story about a Pennsylvanian who had an airtight reason to get out of jury duty.

BAT TOWER SEEMED LIKE GOOD IDEA, BUT NO ONE TOLD THE BATS (Chicago Tribune)

4-year-old Summoned for Jury Duty, Excused for Preschool (WNEP)

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Today in 2018, Fast Company published an article called “What You Can Learn From 7 Of The Most Cringeworthy Job Interviews.” One lesson: yelling at your parrot for interrupting the conversation may not work out well. Especially if the parrot yells back. Plus: this month in Turkey, it’s the Istanbul Tulip Festival.

What You Can Learn From 7 Of The Most Cringeworthy Job Interviews (Fast Company)

Istanbul Tulip Festival (Visit Istanbul)

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