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Irish playwright Samuel Beckett drove his friend’s son to school everyday... Who would that schoolboy grow up to be? What, even over a hundred years later, remains the loudest known sound in human history? Why did medieval castles have spiral staircases that twist clockwise? Plus, the first ever Weekly James Willems Beef Boy Award for Excellence in American Humor and Satire.

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Answer for It is made by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio

Music by Casey Edwards

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