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Les Paul & Leo Fender Part I
24 augustus 2021 · 44 min
The story of Les Paul and Leo Fender defines rock and roll music. Listen in to part one of the tale of these two musical rivals. Lees meer
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Selects: How Pet Psychics Work
21 augustus 2021 · 37 min
In the early 21st century a trend of people who claim to be able to telepathically and clairvoyantly communicate with animals has grown. Today, the concept of visiting a pet psychic to find a lost pet, find out why a pet is behaving badly or even to learn if a pet is ready to be put to sleep is becoming more commonplace, but is there any basis to pet psychics' abilities? Join Josh and Chuck as they investigate the pet psychic phenomenon, in this classic episode. Lees meer
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Y2K: Much Ado About Something
19 augustus 2021 · 43 min
Y2K was a special time when we all thought nothing bad would really happen at the stroke of midnight, but secretly worried the world would end. Turns out the mitigation efforts worked and we hardly noticed. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: 5 Lazarus Species
18 augustus 2021 · 13 min
Lazarus species were thought to be gone, but had something else in mind. Today we talk about 5 of them. Lees meer
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How MRI Works
17 augustus 2021 · 42 min
At long last Chuck and Josh dive into the nuts and bolts of what makes the Wonder Machine so wondrous and find it actually lives up to the years-long hype they’ve given it. Lees meer
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Selects: How Animal Domestication Works
14 augustus 2021 · 50 min
It's strange to hear, but the transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture, including the domestication of wild animals, is the single biggest thing to ever happen to humanity. You can thank it for everything from kingdoms to Ebola. Learn all about it in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Fireflies and Lightning Bugs Work
12 augustus 2021 · 49 min
Whether called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glow worms, the tiny, bioluminescent bugs that light up the evening are universally beloved. Which makes their sudden and swift decline very distressing. Listen to find out how you – YOU – can save the firefly. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty
11 augustus 2021 · 12 min
Humpty Dumpty is not a good nursery rhyme. And what was Humpty anyway? Listen in to find out. Lees meer
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Child Labor: Not Funny
10 augustus 2021 · 52 min
Child labor is no laughing matter. Even though we've taken care of it in the USA (mostly), it's still an issue around the globe. Listen and learn! Lees meer
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Selects: How Landslides Work
7 augustus 2021 · 33 min
Landslides are a form of mass movement of the Earth, and with the amount of death and destruction they wreak on the people and towns they cover, their toll can be massive. Learn all about landslides with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Transcendentalism Works
5 augustus 2021 · 36 min
Every teenager in America knows the transcendentalists were a handful of goofy 19th century philosophers who were into walking in the woods, but they were also so much more. Anyone who focuses on the beauty and the good in the world can’t be too wrong. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Calamity Jane
4 augustus 2021 · 13 min
Calamity Jane is group with the legends of the Wild West. Who was she really? A tough woman who made her way in a tough world from the age of 12. Lees meer
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The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment
3 augustus 2021 · 55 min
In the early 1960s, one of the most unethical experiments in psychology’s history was quietly conducted in a state hospital in Michigan. It sought to upend the delusions of the three patients involved, but ultimately disabused the experimenter of his own. Lees meer
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Selects: How Police Interrogation Works
31 juli 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
Every year, police across the U.S. get thousands of criminals to confess to their crimes. The trouble is, the procedure that almost all departments use is grounded in bad science and can produce false confessions. Learn about ways of making you talk in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Sarcasm Works
29 juli 2021 · 43 min
In this episode, we get to the bottom of why people sometimes talk like jerks some and how sarcasm isn’t all bad. Stand back everybody, this one is just soooo great. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Space Hurricanes
28 juli 2021 · 12 min
Space hurricanes are officially a thing. What does that mean for us here on Earth? Probably not much. Lees meer
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Conservatorships: #freebritney
27 juli 2021 · 48 min
Britney Spears has made a lot of noise lately in her bid to nullify her conservatorship. But what are they even? Listen in to find out! Lees meer
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Selects: How Mars Works
24 juli 2021 · 52 min
Sure today Mars would kill you with its thin, toxic atmosphere and cold desert temperature swings of 100 degrees,but early on it and Earth were practically twins. Find out how the two planets diverged and if there might be life on the Red Planet, in this classic episode. Lees meer
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The Origins of Some Everyday Superstitions
22 juli 2021 · 40 min
Why exactly do we avoid walking under a ladder? Why is stepping on a crack in the sidewalk such a big deal? What kind of monster carries a rabbit’s foot in their pocket? The answers to these questions and more lie in wait ahead in this episode. Look out! Lees meer
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Short Stuff: RICO Act
21 juli 2021 · 12 min
If you’re even passingly interested in mobsters you’ve heard of the RICO Act, but most people don’t know how it actually works. Make your Goodfellas fandom more well-rounded with this explainer episode. Lees meer
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Stranger Danger!
20 juli 2021 · 48 min
If you grew up in the 1980s, you thought you had a 50% chance of getting kidnapped every time you left your house. But like with the Satanic Panic and other 80s hysteria, it was much ado about (almost) nothing. Lees meer
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Selects: How Ketchup Works
17 juli 2021 · 53 min
Little-known fact: Ketchup, possibly the most all-American of condiments, evolved from fermented fish sauce people in Southeast Asia have been making for more than a thousand years. Learn more in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Reverse Osmosis Will Save the World
15 juli 2021 · 43 min
Can we save the future of the human race with some thin membranes riddled with ultra-tiny holes? Science says yes! Thanks to reverse osmosis filtration, we can turn saltwater to fresh and finally say, Water, water everywhere so let’s all have a drink! Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
14 juli 2021 · 14 min
The words "hanged, drawn and quartered" are an accurate description of the grizzly execution process. They're just not in the right order. Lees meer
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The Radium Girls
13 juli 2021 · 46 min
The Radium Girls painted watched with glow-in-the-dark radium in the 1920s and '30s. Most got sick, many died. This is their story. Lees meer
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Selects: How Historic Districts Work
10 juli 2021 · 45 min
A fascinating thing about Americans is that we can disagree on anything. Such is the case with historic districts – areas of historic importance protected by local laws. Seems innocuous, but are they also to blame for the affordable housing crisis? Learn all about it in this classic episode. Lees meer
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SYSK Live: Koko, the Gorilla Who Talked
8 juli 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
Recorded live before the pandemic in January 2020 at the Castro Theatre for San Francisco Sketchfest, Josh and Chuck explore the 70s movement that attempted to teach apes human language and the Ape Language Wars that erupted from it. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Sulfanilamide Disaster
7 juli 2021 · 14 min
In the 1920s, before the era of consumer protection, a poison entered the medicine supply and killed more than 100 people before the pubic health disaster could be stopped. Lees meer
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The Sad Story of William James Sidis
6 juli 2021 · 47 min
Are geniuses made or born? Listen in today to the story of child prodigy William James Sidis. Lees meer
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Selects: Are good samaritan laws effective?
3 juli 2021 · 46 min
Good samaritan laws have been around for many years, helping to provide legal protections for people who try to help other people. But do they work? Listen to this classic episode and decide for yourself today! Lees meer
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The Grand Ole Opry Cast
1 juli 2021 · 43 min
Josh and Chuck take a virtual walk through country music's legendary music venue. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Beast of Gevaudan
30 juni 2021 · 13 min
The first truly international news story covered a beast that terrorized the French countryside, eviscerating dozens of villagers for three years in the 1760s. How about that? Lees meer
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Poison Control Centers: A Good Thing
29 juni 2021 · 51 min
Poison control centers are one of those things you don’t think about until you need it. With all the poisons in our homes you very well may someday. When you do there is a cadre of toxicological specialists ready to oversee the process of saving your life. Lees meer
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Selects: How Royalty Works
26 juni 2021 · 47 min
In some nations royals are so ingrained in the national fabric they are considered part of the country. In this classic episode, Josh and Chuck take a look backward in time at the ancient tradition of despotism and unbridled privilege. Lees meer
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How Faraday Cages Work
24 juni 2021 · 43 min
Faraday cages are one of those peculiar miracles of nature that we can actually explain – not to mention, they save us from potentially fatal electrocutions and electronic eavesdropping which are bonuses. Learn about this amazing hidden technology here. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Chastity Belts
23 juni 2021 · 13 min
Were chastity belts real? Sort of. But not in the way you might think. Tune in to hear the real story. Lees meer
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The Mystery of Damascus Steel
22 juni 2021 · 37 min
Damascus steel and the recipe behind it remained a mystery for many years. But it turns out the key was a bygone ingredient. Listen in to this medieval mystery to learn all about it. Lees meer
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Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
19 juni 2021 · 45 min
In World War II, a secret department of British ‘corkscrew thinkers’ hatched a plan to use the cadaver of an unclaimed homeless man to turn the tide of the war in the Allies’ favor. It worked. Learn all about it in this classic episode. Lees meer
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How Venus Works
17 juni 2021 · 41 min
Venus is so hot lead would melt on the planet’s surface. It spins backwards. Its year is shorter than its day. Venus is amazingly awesome. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Mojave Megaphone
16 juni 2021 · 12 min
What is the Mojave Megaphone? Well, nobody really knows. Listen in today to learn about this desert mystery. Lees meer
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Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art World
15 juni 2021 · 47 min
When you get a bunch of artistic types together into a community – aka, the art world – some intrigue and mystery are bound to arise. Listen in as Chuck and Josh cover strangeness around Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Vermeer – plus don’t miss Hilter! Lees meer
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Selects: How Sea Monsters Work
12 juni 2021 · 37 min
Legends of sea monsters are as old as humanity, and some ancient cultures even credited them with creating the universe. Learn more about humanity's attachment to seeing monsters in the deep in this classic episode. Lees meer
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POGs: The 90s in a Bottle Cap
10 juni 2021 · 49 min
Today, Chuck and Josh go down a 90s rabbit hole with another in their classic toy series. This time, they tackle the odd sensation that was POGs. Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Chinatowns
9 juni 2021 · 14 min
If you live in a major city in the USA, you probably have a Chinatown. Listen in and learn all about these unique cultural staples today. Lees meer
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Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing
8 juni 2021 · 49 min
If you’ve ever wandered past what looked like a pile of dog barf on a log during a hike in the woods, you’d just seen slime mold - one of the most perplexing organisms on Earth. Lees meer
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Selects: Who was America's first murderer?
5 juni 2021 · 30 min
John Billington didn't just sign the Mayflower Compact -- he was also the colony's first criminal, and had the dubious honor of being the first European to be convicted of murder in this new place. But how did it happen? Tune in to this classic episode to find out. Lees meer
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John Muir: Outdoor Enthusiast
3 juni 2021 · 42 min
John Muir loved being outside. So much so that he dedicated his life to helping preserve it, but not without some controversy. Listen in to this decidedly nature-centric episode today! Lees meer
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Short Stuff: Runner's High
2 juni 2021 · 13 min
Listen in to today's short stuff to learn if a runner's high is really a thing. Lees meer
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What Causes Inflation?
1 juni 2021 · 47 min
Inflation seems super boring, but if you know how it works (important point: no one really does) you can exist as a functioning human being in a modern economy. Lees meer
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Selects: How Nitrous Oxide Works
29 mei 2021 · 54 min
For about 175 years people have been huffing nitrous oxide for everything from vision quests to anesthetic to get plain old high. And after all that time we are only now beginning to understand how it works on our brains. Get the scoop in this classic episode. Lees meer
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