Hold On: HodgePodge for Jan. 23

Rubbing elbows

Good news: the media elite put their pants on one leg at a time and eat lunch at their desks just like the rest of us.

Bridge to nowhere

Freakonomics Radio takes a look at the stock answer preamble “that’s a good question.”

The alibi

I’ve lost all sense for what constitutes a legitimate development among all the pieces of Serial-related news, but this seems relatively important: Asia’s new affadavit.

How to save a life

More good news: going from extremely lazy to only mostly lazy could make all the difference in your health, so remove that ultramarathon from your bucket list and add in, say, taking out the trash, I guess?

The story of us

Fast Company has the “untold story” of the invention of the video game cartridge. I hope they make a movie version staring Benedict Cumberbatch.

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