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Short Stuff: Candy Corn
18 oktober 2023 · 15 min
Is it vile? Is it delicious? It seems to be both! Hear all about the history of candy corn, how it’s made, and who likes it in this pre-Halloween episode! Lees meer
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The Criminal Father of Criminology
17 oktober 2023 · 54 min
Eugene Francois Vidocq is without a doubt one of the most interesting figures in modern history. He’s a former criminal turned undercover informant who went on to found the French national police force and the world’s first private detective agency. Lees meer
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Selects: Pain Scales: Yeeeow!
14 oktober 2023 · 44 min
Pain is subjective; it is whatever the person experiencing it says it is. But to effectively treat pain, it helps to quantify it, which is why medicine came up with pain scales. Learn all about them in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Intellectual Property Works
12 oktober 2023 · 53 min
Intellectual property sounds as dry as can be, but it’s actually very interesting. It’s at the heart of the global economy and the center of a dispute over what should belong to the people who create things, from poetry to pharmaceuticals. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Longyou Caves
11 oktober 2023 · 16 min
What’s better than discovering a mysterious cavern? Discovering five! Lees meer
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Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend!
10 oktober 2023 · 54 min
Parasocial relationships are fascinating and it turns out Chuck knows what it's like from both sides. Listen in today to your old friends. Lees meer
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Selects: How Motion Sickness Works
7 oktober 2023 · 37 min
Motion sickness is the worst and hits about 25 to 40 percent of humans when they ride in cars, boats, or simply watch the wrong 3-D movie. Join us as we break down the science behind this nausea-inducing affliction in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Andy Warhol Worked
5 oktober 2023 · 52 min
You know Andy Warhol from his quip on being famous for 15 minutes and paintings of soup cans, but even as far as artists go he was an eccentric and misunderstood person. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Rhodium
4 oktober 2023 · 12 min
Rhodium is one of the most valuable precious metals on Earth, though it has dropped in value by about 80% in the last year. Learn why by clicking play. Lees meer
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Night of the Grizzlies
3 oktober 2023 · 49 min
Grizzly bears had never killed a person in Glacier National Park until the night of August 12, 1967. That's when everything changed for National Parks moving forward. Lees meer
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Selects: Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You'd Think
30 september 2023 · 39 min
Do you know that up until July 2011 an ambitious hacker with a good software program could deduce your social security number based on your date and place of birth? In this classic episode, the boys examine some of the lesser-known details of the Social Security system in the U.S. Lees meer
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Revenge: Bitter, Not Sweet
28 september 2023 · 46 min
Someone cuts you off in traffic or makes fun of your friend and all you can think of is how to get back at them and then some. But wait! Research has found that taking revenge actually makes you feel worse in the long run. Learn about what to do instead. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: The Dakota
27 september 2023 · 12 min
The Dakota is one of New York City's great buildings. And its backstory is pretty great to boot. Lees meer
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The Amazing Life of Christine Granville
26 september 2023 · 50 min
Christine Granville was about as James Bond as it gets. Stories of her life as a spy during World War II are legendary. Today we'll tell her story. Lees meer
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Selects: Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish
23 september 2023 · 43 min
What is Cockney Rhyming Slang? It's complicated and its origins are unclear. Learn everything we know about it today in this classic episode. Lees meer
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Kombucha: Fizzy Goodness
21 september 2023 · 47 min
Kombucha is pretty popular right now. But what is it exactly and where did it come from? The answers await you! Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Origin of Math Signs
20 september 2023 · 12 min
Have you ever stopped mid-pencil mark and realized to your astonishment where the plus sign came from? Then this one’s for you. Lees meer
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10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever
19 september 2023 · 52 min
It’s easy (and kind of fun) to laugh at the misfortune of CEOs and other high up business types when they bring it on themselves – so let’s do that now. Herein lies some of the worst business decisions ever made, hindsight being 20/20, of course. Lees meer
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Selects: How Floods Work
16 september 2023 · 34 min
Floods happen when more water is introduced to an area than can be quickly removed. That's about it, but there's more to floods, what causes them and the havoc they can wreak. Join Josh and Chuck in this super-saturated classic episode of Stuff You Should Know. Lees meer
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The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster
14 september 2023 · 41 min
In 1981 America suffered the worst accidental structural collapse in its history. Listen in today to the tragic story of the fast-tracked building disaster that stills haunts Kansas City. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky
13 september 2023 · 11 min
Face it, when you spill salt your life goes totally off the rails, maybe even forever. Fortunately, we humans stumbled upon the one reliable way to counteract that bad luck by tossing some over our left shoulder. Lees meer
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Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico
12 september 2023 · 49 min
It’s a listener request! Axolotls are one of the more amazing animals roaming the planet right now – they can regenerate parts of their brains, can fight off tumors, are found in the wild only in one single lake? And did we mention they smile all the time? Lees meer
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Selects: How Space Stations Work
9 september 2023 · 48 min
It seems like we largely take it for granted these days, but the fact that we have humans living in space is the realization of a scientific dream a century old. Visit the space stations orbiting Earth past, present and future in this classic episode. Lees meer
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Native American Reservations
7 september 2023 · 52 min
Today we dive into the history and current state of Native American reservations. This serves as a nice follow-up to the Trail of Tears double-ep from 2017. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: History of OK
6 september 2023 · 15 min
Is OK the best word? It's certainly one of the most versatile. Check the interesting history of this weird contraction. Lees meer
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The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K
5 september 2023 · 41 min
In WWII, Italy went through its own Jewish Holocaust, terrible at first then horrific as the Nazis took over the country. In Rome, a group of doctors hid Jewish refugees in plain sight in their hospital by giving them a highly contagious, highly fictitious disease. Lees meer
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Selects: Body Odor: You Stink
2 september 2023 · 47 min
Chuck and Josh end up making reduxes of past episodes on things like sweating and deodorant in this all-new episode on the science beneath what makes people smell. Learn all about your odor in this classic episode. Lees meer
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Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music
31 augustus 2023 · 50 min
Laurens Hammond invented the Hammond organ and in the process changed music history. But he was much more than that. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Evil Eye
30 augustus 2023 · 11 min
You've seen the evil eye. Many Middle Eastern cultures have a long history with it. Learn how to thwart this curse today. Lees meer
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Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan
29 augustus 2023 · 47 min
Henry Ford tried to build a Midwestern American town in the Amazon rainforest in the 1920s. It's true. And yes, Chuck will say this should be a movie. Lees meer
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Selects: How Toy Testing Works
26 augustus 2023 · 47 min
It's every kid's dream - a job playing with toys that pays in toys. It's a real thing and has been around for a long time. Then there's the other side of the testing process, companies who ensure that toys are safe. It takes both of these testing techniques to successfully bring a toy to market these days. Dive into the ball pit with us today and learn all about toy testing in this classic episode. Lees meer
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Plant Migration
24 augustus 2023 · 45 min
Climate change is having sweeping effects on our climate and this is changing the world, not just for humans and other animals, but plants too. Will the Earth’s flora manage to find safe refuge in time? Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Saturn's Rings
23 augustus 2023 · 12 min
Friends, treasure Saturn’s rings while they are young. They won’t be around forever. Lees meer
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Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To
22 augustus 2023 · 48 min
The Farmer's Almanac has a long rich history that is more than just moon phases and long-term weather patterns. Tune in to learn all about it. Lees meer
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Selects: How Music Sampling Works
19 augustus 2023 · 44 min
Today music sampling is a common practice, especially in electronic or hip-hop music. But how does it work? After all, other artists made the original music, and most of them would presumably like to be paid. Tune in to this classic episode to learn more about music sampling. Lees meer
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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
17 augustus 2023 · 50 min
One of the great Arctic mysteries was the disappearance of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition in search of a northwest passage between the Atlantic and Pacific. Not one man survived the trip, and they left precious little behind in the way of clues. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Edward Mordake
16 augustus 2023 · 13 min
In the 19th century news spread of an unfortunate man who was born with an evil second face on the back of his head that spoke to him. The real story is that people keep falling for it. Lees meer
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How We’re Learning to Talk to Animals
15 augustus 2023 · 54 min
If we could talk with the animals, grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals, what would we say? We’d better start thinking of something good because researchers are learning to speak sperm whale, prairie dog, and a bunch of other species' languages. Lees meer
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Selects: How Magnets Work
12 augustus 2023 · 36 min
You can stick them to the fridge or use them to transpose sound to tape, whatever they are used for magnets are surprisingly interesting. And knowing just exactly how and why magnets work will make you more interesting, which is why you should listen to this classic episode of SYSK. Lees meer
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Xenobiotics
10 augustus 2023 · 45 min
Science is just realizing the extent of the tiny pollutants that have entered ecosystems across Earth and inside all humans. We call them xenobiotics – substances foreign to our bodies – and what effects they have on us we’re only starting to learn. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: History of English
9 augustus 2023 · 12 min
Who spoke English first and what was it like? Nothing like it is today. Listen in to learn all about it. Lees meer
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Dear Diary...
8 augustus 2023 · 48 min
Diaries have been around for a long time. There are many famous ones, and tens of millions that will never see the light of day. Learn about the history and benefits of journaling today. Lees meer
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Selects: Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever
5 augustus 2023 · 30 min
Rainbows seem to defy nature, but they're really pretty simple when it comes down to it. Turns out it's just light reacting to water droplets in the air. But they sure do look cool. Learn all about how rainbows are formed in this classic episode. Lees meer
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The Last Meal Ritual
3 augustus 2023 · 50 min
The last meal of the executed is a longstanding tradition. Listen in today to learn about the dark history and modern practice of this culinary curiosity. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet
2 augustus 2023 · 13 min
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. This is the NATO alphabet. But where did it come from? Lees meer
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BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
1 augustus 2023 · 51 min
Borderline Personality Disorder has been described as emotional “third degree burns over ninety percent of your body.” It’s as close to a curse as a personality disorder can be: deep fear of being abandoned creates behaviors that end up driving people off. Lees meer
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Selects: What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?
29 juli 2023 · 40 min
The Strad violin is noted for its tonal qualities and superior craftsmanship. And for its price tag. There are many theories why the Strad sounds so great, from the wood to the lacquer, to the simple fact that Antonio Stradivari was really good at what he did. Rosin up your bow and take a listen to this classic episode. Lees meer
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MAD Magazine: A Tribute
27 juli 2023 · 1 uur
Chuck and Josh grew up on MAD Magazine and we hope you did too. What started out as a comic book that spoofed comic books grew into the foundation of American satire and cultivated a healthy skepticism in generations of kids. Hail to the clods at MAD! Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Blue Highway Signs
26 juli 2023 · 14 min
In the US those ubiquitous blue highway signs that tell you which direction you’ll find a Burger King have an interesting backstory. Lees meer
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Learning a Foreign Language
25 juli 2023 · 47 min
Today, Chuck and Josh dive into the ins and outs of language learning. Lees meer
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