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Episodes

Total: 52

A Hair Stylist

2024/1/30

Cutting to accentuate the client's eyes and ears, plotting to tame Einstein's hair, and ri

A Welder

2024/1/16

Pushing perfectionism to its limits, suffering third degree burns from slag, and having your welds “

A Piano Teacher

2024/1/2

Delivering the perfect first lesson, working with 89-year-old students, and learning how to charge f

A Professional Santa Claus

2023/12/20

Refurbishing old sleighs, reviewing advance dossiers on kids, and going to “Santa School" with

A High School Principal

2023/12/12

Managing complaints from parents, handling the horrors of teenage social media, and serving as an em

A Mystery Novelist

2023/11/28

Scouting body disposal sites, investigating obscure poisons, and computing royalty payments with Don

A Forensic Accountant

2023/11/14

Catching embezzling CFOs, sniffing out a corrupt private school headmaster, and sifting through fake

A TV Meteorologist

2023/10/31

Tracking a 2.5-mile-wide tornado, fretting over forecasts, and waking up at 2:30am with Lacey Swope,

A Criminal Defense Attorney

2023/10/15

Defending a man prosecuted for breaking into his own house, carrying clients’ burdens, and dispellin

A Couples Therapist

2023/10/15

Mystery dates, adult playrooms, habit stacking, and the misuse of “narcissism” with Laura Heck, a vi

A Stadium Beer Vendor

2023/10/15

Meeting Muhammad Ali, handling fans who are alcoholics, pouring with no foam, and dreaming about one

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