Stuff You Should Know

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2918 episodes · 1889 hr 45 min

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2918

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1. Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know 50:19
2. The SYSK Annual Halloween Freaky Spooktacular 2026! 51:51
3. Short Stuff: The Enfield Monster 13:55
4. (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper 48:39
5. Selects: John Lennon and the FBI 43:03
6. The Twilight Zone Episode 46:07
7. Short Stuff: Spooky Recommendations 15:12
8. Winnie the Pooh: Silly Old Bear 52:07
9. Selects: Sacagawea: Impressive Teen 48:50
10. The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold 42:14
11. Short Stuff: Currency Symbols 13:05
12. Asteroooooid De-FENSE! 41:34
13. Selects: What's the deal with swing states? 47:45
14. Stand-Up Pt II 48:24
15. Short Stuff: The Style Cycle 13:22
16. Stand-Up Comedy Pt I 45:18
17. Selects: How Bras Work 53:06
18. Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies! 43:45
19. Short Stuff: The Retirement Curse 12:25
20. A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf 50:13
21. Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands! 46:20
22. Introducing 3 Putt Bogey 2:22
23. Emily Post: Ettiquette Queen 41:37
24. Short Stuff: Mabon 11:45
25. Our Big Fat Dream Episode 49:02
26. Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out) 47:50
27. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria? 42:04
28. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment? 48:17
29. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing 41:08
30. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects? 45:22
31. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste 1:01:56
32. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident 47:59
33. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids 40:05
34. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil 49:01
35. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people? 46:18
36. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me! 47:37
37. SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout 41:07
38. The Cancer Episode 51:10
39. Short Stuff: Leisure Suits 11:10
40. How Boredom Works 44:28
41. Selects: Wasps: Not as cute as bees 47:05
42. The Odyssey Episode 49:54
43. Short Stuff: Flappers 11:23
44. Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes 50:23
45. Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right! 50:19
46. Social Identity Theory: Your Group Rules, Others Drool 47:32
47. Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi 12:12
48. Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero 46:47
49. Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad 50:18
50. The Fall of the USSR, Pt II 43:50
51. SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton? 55:10
52. Short Stuff: Cyclospora 13:52
53. The Fall of the USSR, Pt I 41:22
54. Selects: How Narcolepsy Works 52:42
55. Rope, yeah ROPE! 43:31
56. Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States? 11:47
57. Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think? 49:18
58. Selects: The Manhattan Grid 47:32
59. Who was Robert Maxwell? 46:52
60. Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle 12:13
61. Bonnie and Clyde 54:29
62. Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2 43:04
63. Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1 45:59
64. Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World 55:18
65. Short Stuff: Phone Books 15:00
66. Beans and Rice Feeds the World 43:25
67. Selects: How Peanut Butter Works 56:43
68. How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks 43:15
69. Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders 16:05
70. The Beloved Judy Blume 44:56
71. Selects: Plant Migration 45:47
72. What's the deal with Swiss neutrality? 47:34
73. Short Stuff: Sardines! 12:05
74. The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em 46:37
75. Selects: The Soul Train Episode 46:54
76. White Boy Rick 49:07
77. Short Stuff: The Voice of God 14:40
78. You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression 46:24
79. Selects: The First Road Trip 49:52
80. Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First Lady 47:29
81. Short Stuff: Great Britain 12:33
82. Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole 46:25
83. Selects: Chopsticks > Forks 50:58
84. Alaska Earthquake of 1964 36:59
85. Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot 12:22
86. The Hillsborough Disaster 46:20
87. Selects: How Enron Fooled the World 1:00:00
88. Freetown Christiania 37:15
89. Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared? 12:21
90. Some Interesting Curses 48:19
91. Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil 49:55
92. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe 55:00
93. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Global Warming Works 1:00:11
94. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How X-Rays Work 38:44
95. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch 52:05
96. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World? 44:18
97. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Occam's Razor Works 40:03
98. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method 1:00:01
99. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson 1:07:38
100. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How the Scientific Method Works 43:56
101. The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table) 47:27
102. M*A*S*H: The Story of the 4077th 56:07
103. Short Stuff: Does singing make you happy? 11:33
104. Did 24-Hour Cable News Kill America? 54:25
105. Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked 52:55
106. The NY Subway Vigilante 47:36
107. Short Stuff: Rain Barrels! 12:54
108. Smile 48:34
109. Selects: 911 Is Not a Joke 54:07
110. Three Mile Island 45:42
111. Short Stuff: 1955 Le Mans Disaster 12:33
112. The Tragic Life of Vincent Van Gogh 51:49
113. Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? 55:42
114. Howard Hughes in Las Vegas 49:00
115. Short Stuff: Knuckle Cracking 10:53
116. The Story of Starvation Heights 46:52
117. Selects: How Flight Attendants Work 41:28
118. The 1993 Waco Siege 49:49
119. Short Stuff: All about BPAs 12:54
120. Eels Alive! 43:27
121. Selects: Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First? 52:49
122. The Hindenburg Disaster 50:03
123. Short Stuff: Did Tippi Hedron start the Vietnamese manicure industry? 12:58
124. Humanists, the Happy Heathens 50:02
125. Selects: Can movies be cursed? 52:09
126. Let's Go to Camp... David! 43:43
127. Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop? 13:56
128. Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX 48:49
129. Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis 50:20
130. How to Drink a Tree's Blood 49:07
131. Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth 13:36
132. Save the Whales! 44:18
133. Selects: How Fever Dreams Work 35:17
134. UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity 41:48
135. Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird 11:50
136. Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular 42:54
137. Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure 56:24
138. The Sewol Ferry Disaster 45:30
139. Short Stuff: Cherry Blossoms 12:57
140. Are Generations Even a Thing? 49:02
141. Selects: What is a Numbers Station? 38:19
142. How Worker Co-ops Work 44:33
143. Short Stuff: History of Spring Break 14:58
144. Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made? 41:38
145. Selects: The Skinny on Lyme Disease 48:02
146. The Colorado River Compact 36:41
147. Short Stuff: Simple Spelling Movement 12:51
148. The Middle Class: Canary in the Gold Mine 52:54
149. Selects: The Disappearance of Lars Mittank 43:13
150. Malcom X 55:34
151. Short Stuff: Kentucky Meat Shower 11:12
152. The History of Fire 37:22
153. Selects: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gin 49:20
154. Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians 47:20
155. Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings! 51:03
156. How Snails Work 53:28
157. The Fascinating History of Dandelions 42:45
158. What's Permaculture All About? 52:13
159. How Sneezing Works 48:49
160. Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands! 45:12
161. Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process 51:27
162. Squirrels, Ahoy! 52:45
163. Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar 54:12
164. Contortionism: Bend It Like Gumby 43:47
165. Short Stuff: Jeddah Tower 11:17
166. Ruth Lyons: TV Pioneer 45:46
167. Selects: Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree? 44:32
168. How the Kowloon Walled City Worked 41:28
169. Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment 12:23
170. The Fyre Festival Fiasco 46:42
171. Selects: How Spiritualism Works 1:01:44
172. Let's All Go to the World's Fair 52:35
173. Short Stuff: Johnny Ringo 13:05
174. The Gold Standard: When Money Meant Something 52:51
175. Selects: How Dopamine Works 45:33
176. The Battle of the Sexes 49:32
177. Short Stuff: MacGuffins 13:59
178. The Murder of Jane Stanford 42:49
179. Selects: How Free Range Parenting Works 51:16
180. How the Flexner Report Changed Medicine 37:50
181. Short Stuff: Safety Coffins 14:00
182. How Crowds Work 46:01
183. Selects: How Charles Darwin Worked 50:14
184. How Lasers Work 46:50
185. Short Stuff: Aztec Death Whistle 11:31
186. How Cognitive Biases Work 56:19
187. Selects: Why Do Great Flood Myths Seem To Be Universal? 44:04
188. The Cajun Navy: Heroes or Liability? 38:37
189. Short Stuff: Color Psychology 12:07
190. Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: Miracle is Right 43:34
191. Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis 45:19
192. The Magnificent Golden Gate Bridge 50:54
193. Short Stuff: Magic 8 Ball 12:43
194. The Charge of the Light Brigade 43:21
195. Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range 54:29
196. The Ballad of Biggie and Tupac 51:04
197. Short Stuff: The S7VEN Deadly Sins 11:35
198. Keeping Time 51:08
199. Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All? 50:55
200. Data Centers: Can't Live With Em, Can't Live Without Em 48:14
201. Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War? 12:55
202. Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone 50:48
203. Selects: How Forgiveness Works 59:18
204. The SAD Episode 51:08
205. Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch 12:40
206. The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple 42:45
207. Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art 57:46
208. TV Moments That Changed The World 45:13
209. Short Stuff: All About Porcelain 12:56
210. What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec 40:26
211. Selects: How Miniature Golf Works 48:04
212. Dolls and Dolls, Guys! 49:58
213. Short Stuff: Why is holly a holiday thing? 11:26
214. SYSK's 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Special 50:41
215. Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard 58:56
216. Doggerland: Lost at Sea 39:00
217. Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle 14:39
218. Battle Royale: Optimists vs Pessimists 55:35
219. Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular 54:21
220. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy? 49:17
221. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Play-Doh Works 42:25
222. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Yo-Yos Work 31:59
223. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures 1:13:28
224. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century 51:50
225. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Hula-Hoops: The Toy That's A Shape 39:54
226. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Monopoly Works 57:22
227. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion 49:46
228. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Etch A Sketch! 39:36
229. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever 58:02
230. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Hot Wheels Work 41:57
231. SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Easy Bake Ovens Work 36:45
232. A Quick History of the BBC 53:11
233. Short Stuff: Atacama Skeleton 10:50
234. Operation Paul Bunyan 43:42
235. Selects: What Is A Mold-A-Rama? 39:03
236. What's the bar exam like anyway? 52:50
237. Short Stuff: Camberley Kate 11:26
238. The Brutal History of Prison Labor 52:00
239. Selects: How Black Friday Works 40:20
240. Julia Child, la Grandes Gourmande 52:18
241. Short Stuff: Pies 17:30
242. Rice is Nice 47:13
243. Selects: Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years 45:40
244. Graffiti: So Cool It’s A Pillar of Hip Hop 48:15
245. Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language 14:24
246. AM Radio: Solid Gold 48:34
247. Selects: How Personality Tests Work 57:23
248. Pop Tarts: No Fruit Necessary 49:43
249. Short Stuff: Third Man Syndrome 12:59
250. Eco-Disasters 101: The Salton Sea 48:09