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Feb 2023
1h 6m

High Fives

ALEX SCHMIDT
About this episode

Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why high fives are secretly incredibly fascinating. They also interview returning guest (and National High Five Day co-founder!) Conor Lastowka.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.

Hang out with us on the new SIF Discord: https://discord.gg/wbR96nsGg5

Check out Alex's new "explainer podcast" about all things MaxFun: https://youtu.be/6kNplapKs-w (It's uploaded to YouTube because he filmed his face while he taped it.)

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