Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
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Swatches!
Thursday, 10 October 2024
The story of the Swatch is super cool and one of the great retail successes. Listen in today to find out just why a country known for the finest craftsmanship started making plastic watches for the masses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Mystery of the Sarah Jo
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
In another chapter of our continuing mysteries of the sea theme, we deliver a truly baffling mystery involving a ship that was lost and found, which brought more questions than answers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Gobekli Tepe
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Gobekli Tepe is a profoundly ancient spiritual site that shouldn’t exist, according to conventional wisdom. The massive site of columns and pictograms was built thousands of years before humans were thought to have been able to create anything like it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
Saturday, 5 October 2024
In 1962, three ordinary criminals transcended into folk heroes when they crawled out of their cells in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary took to the water in a homemade raft and were never heard from again. Could they have possibly survived? Find out more in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Strange Story of Lysol
Thursday, 3 October 2024
The Lysol we know now is sold as disinfectant only. But at one time it was also marketed as a means of birth control. Listen in today to the twisted history of this common household product. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Flower Power
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
What we equate with acid, hippies, and garish polyester prints actually began as a theatrical way of protesting bans on free speech and the Vietnam War. When the hippies got hold of it, it definitely transformed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth?
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
As far as we know life evolved once in the universe – here on Earth in the form of life as we know it. Could life have originated in other conditions with different raw materials? If so, we may be sharing the planet with lifeforms we don’t recognize yet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change
Saturday, 28 September 2024
Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from that fateful day on the Montgomery city bus, she actually had a long life as an advocate, protestor and agent of change. Join us via this classic episode as we celebrate one of America's great history makers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Judas Priest Suicide Trial
Thursday, 26 September 2024
A greatest hit of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s came when the metal band Judas Priest was put on trial for the suicides of two teens. While the case was preposterous – based on alleged hidden satanic messages in the music – it arose from a real tragedy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
We love our ghost ships here at SYSK and this is one of the better ones. But did it really even exist? Not likely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Four Eyes Good: The History of Glasses
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Glasses as we know them have only been around for a few hundred years. So what did people do before this? And how did things change once spectacles were on the scene? Listen in to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: How Government Shutdowns Work
Saturday, 21 September 2024
Every year Congress decides how the federal government will spend money. Simple enough, but in practice politics tend to mess it up. Sometimes it gets so messy the budget doesn’t get passed and parts of the government shut down. Then the hurting begins. Learn all about it in this classic, always timely episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tom Slick: Not the Cartoon
Thursday, 19 September 2024
There's a good chance that if you don't live in San Antonio, Texas, you may not know who scientist/adventurer Tom Slick is. Today we tackle the story of the most interesting man you've never heard of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: The Killing Stone
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
The Killing Stone looms large in Japanese folklore, so when it split in half in March 2022, people were worried it would bring devastating effects in its wake. Except... they really didn't.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Would A Love Drug Be Ethical?
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
What if science could create a drug that made you connect with people more deeply, let your emotions flow more openly, and sparked love and attachment in you for other people? Would you take it? Better hurry and decide because they might be on their way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 2
Saturday, 14 September 2024
Listen in to this classic episode for the conclusion of the story of the Manson Family Murders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Celebration Florida: The Story of a Utopia that Never Was
Thursday, 12 September 2024
The town of Celebration, Florida was supposed to be a utopia. What it ended up as is a mediocre neighborhood on the outskirts of Disney World. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Uncle Sam Wants YOU!
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Who is Uncle Sam anyway? Was it a real person or just a marketing exercise? And why does he refuse to go away? Listen in to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Henry Ford: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Henry Ford was an odd guy, but one who had a vision for America that centered around a populist, affordable and reliable automobile. He was also a noted antisemite and not a great father. Today, we dive into the life of FMC's founder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: How Futurology Works
Saturday, 7 September 2024
Science fiction writers have made some amazingly accurate predictions over the years, but in 1945 the pace of technological change created a field that spun off of sci-fi forecasting, futurology. Learn all about it with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ludwig II: The Only Real King of the 19th Century
Thursday, 5 September 2024
Outside of Germany, King Ludwig II is relatively unknown. And, yet, he is one of history’s most tragic and romantic kings. He was a gay icon and a ruler who eschewed public appearances for turn inward into a fantasy realm of his own making. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Rescuing Mistreated Pets
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
You – yes, you! – can be a hero to neglected and abused animals. But there’s a right way to do it, and that does not involve sneaking onto a neighbor’s property and stealing their dog or cat. Learn how to do it real legal-like in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The History of Streaming Music
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
When Napster reared its head in 1999, it marked the beginning of the end of the compact disc era. Today, we trace the history of the slowly evolving death of physical music media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 1
Saturday, 31 August 2024
The '60s ended with a lot of turbulence, not the least of which was the Manson Family Murders. What made Charles Manson so alluring to his family? What makes one person kill for another? And what did The Beatles have to do with it all? Learn all this and more in this first part of our two part classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How Bomb Disposal Works
Thursday, 29 August 2024
Out of all the jobs a person can have, few are as overtly dangerous as making sure bombs don’t go off and if they do, making sure they’re away from people. Learn how bomb technicians do it safely, without a 100% turnover rate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Skid Row (not the band)
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
How did a large section of downtown Los Angeles become a permanent fixture of unhoused individuals? Will it always be this way? Listen in to learn all about LA's famous Skid Row.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Strange Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
Tuesday, 27 August 2024
The Olympic marathon of 1904 is an incredible story filled with wacky characters, cheating, heat and humidity, dust and dirt, and oh yeah, a few actual qualified athletes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom
Saturday, 24 August 2024
If you didn’t already know how amazing hummingbirds are, prepare to learn. Not only do they count among their numbers the smallest bird species, they are also lightning fast and have the endurance of a marathoner and a telethoner put together. Get up to speed on these wonderful creatures in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes
Thursday, 22 August 2024
Today we think of Luddites as people who don’t know how to use technology or are maybe even afraid of it. That’s pretty far from what the original Luddites were all about. They were the first workers to fight for fair treatment. They were not successful.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Chupacabra
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
What in the world is a chupacabra? Is it even real or is it the stuff of legend? Listen in to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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