Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.

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ELI5 Ampersand - the 27th member of the alphabet? 2022-08-19
ELI5 Wrinkled Fingers - why water makes our fingers wrinkle? 2022-08-12
ELI5 Escalators - what is the shoe shine thingy there for? 2022-08-05
ELI5 Occam's Razor - please explain what it really means! 2022-07-29
ELI5 Bear Markets - where it gets its name? 2022-07-22
ELI5 Nitrogen - if it’s 80% of our atmosphere, why don’t we talk about it much? 2022-07-15
ELI5 Golf - why are white balls the standard? 2022-07-08
ELI5 Milk and Eggs - why cows and chickens became the standards for milk and eggs? 2022-07-01
ELI5 Natural Gas - why doesn’t the flame from a gas stove ignite the supply line? 2022-06-24
ELI5 Soda - why it tastes different out of a can vs a glass bottle? 2022-06-17
ELI5 Right and Left Hand Traffic - which is more popular? 2022-06-10
ELI5 Cotton - why cotton shirts feel stiffer when hung to dry? 2022-06-03
ELI5 Smallpox - is it related to monkeypox? 2022-05-27
ELI5 Stable Coins - how do they work? 2022-05-20
ELI5 Special Agents - what makes them special vs just ‘agents’? 2022-05-12
ELI5 Hostile Takeovers - explain Twitter's poison pill like I'm 5? 2022-05-06
ELI5 Gaslighting - what exactly does it mean? 2022-04-29
ELI5 Nuclear Disasters - why Hiroshima isn’t a dead city like Chernobyl 2022-04-22
ELI5 Easter - why the bunny and chocolate eggs? 2022-04-15
ELI5 Legos - how do lego bricks not lose tension after years of repetitive play? 2022-04-08
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