Stuff You Should Know

Insomnia: Why you can't sleep

Insomnia is rough stuff. Listen in and learn all about why you can't fall asleep and what you can...

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Selects: How Police Lineups Work

Police lineups are something most people have never had any firsthand experience with. What you...

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How PCP Works

There is probably no drug more mythologized than PCP. It drives users insane and has the...

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Short Stuff: Père-Lachaise Cemetery

The most famous cemetery in Paris has some of the most famous people in the world buried there....

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Birth Order: So nice, we did it twice

This is a very special episode, the first one we've ever fully recorded a second time and decided...

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Selects: How Bats Work

They are creepy, sure, but they are also useful, cute and in great danger of extinction. Get a...

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James Beard: Food Legend

James Beard is well-known now for the annual awards named in his honor. But he used to be the...

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Short Stuff: Hollywood Sign

The Hollywood sign is an iconic landmark that started out as a real estate billboard. Can you...

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How Trucking Works

If truckers suddenly vanished the global economy would come to a grinding halt in a couple days....

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Selects: What Makes Lead So Poisonous?

The people of Flint, MI were horrified to find their drinking water was poisoned with lead. As we...

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Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings!

If you thought caterpillars were awesome, just wait until you see them with colorful, iridescent...

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Short Stuff: Fahrenheit or Celsius

Fahrenheit or Celsius? Why not both? If they can agree - exactly at -40 degrees  - then it seems...

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Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

Caterpillars are simply the best. Don't think so? Well listen in and you'll soon agree See...

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Selects: How Ocean Currents Work

It's easy to overlook the importance of ocean currents - they move along out at sea, while we...

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How Afrofuturism Works

Black sci-fi writers were shut out of their genre in the 20th century so they created their own...

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Short Stuff: Chia Pet

It has arrived, the most important podcast episode in the history of the world.  See...

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Large Language Models and You

There is a good chance that in March of 2023, humans crossed a threshold into a transformative...

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Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps

For this special live benefit episode recorded in Atlanta, Josh and Chuck go back to the 70s and...

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How Alumin(i)um Works

Humans made it through the Bronze Age and Iron Age, then we dabbled in steel, and now we are...

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Short Stuff: Suicide Forest

The suicide forest in Japan is a beautiful place with a checkered reputation. Trigger Warning:...

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