Every week, we highlight new and returning podcasts we couldn’t put down. Whether you’re looking for the latest and greatest or you’re just dipping your toe into the vast ocean of podcasts, we’ll find you something worth listening to. This week, we’ve got podcasts about stabilizing ships, celebrity crushes, the opioid crisis, Smithsonian artifacts, and food from all over the world.
Science podcast
It seems like a prototypical rom-com trope that canoes are tippy and, if not balanced correctly, the protagonists will fall in the water. Exhibit A: What a Girl Wants. But for those times when you’re gonna need a bigger boat, stability is still important, and that’s where ballast comes in.
Ballast is all the stuff that fills the lower parts of ships, keeping the vessels on an even keel and afloat. If you’re using cargo to stabilize the ship on its outgoing trip, you’ll need to refill the bilge with tons (literally) of something. In the first episode of…
