Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcastsIf 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.
Selects: The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
Jul 26 • 52m
AQ Khan: How to Live Dangerously
Jul 24 • 40m
Short Stuff: Paperclips
Jul 23 • 14m
How Boycotts Work (Or Do They?)
Jul 22 • 45m
Selects: What exactly is stoicism?
Jul 19 • 56m
How Alchemy Worked
Jul 17 • 43m
Short Stuff: Bengal Cats
Jul 16 • 12m
The Great Big Yarn of Mel's Hole
Jul 15 • 49m
Selects: Child Labor: Not Funny
Jul 12 • 52m
Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story
Jul 10 • 42m
Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges
Jul 9 • 13m
Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth
Jul 8 • 51m
Selects: How Coelacanths Work
Jul 5 • 40m
What was the purpose of USAID?
Jul 3 • 39m
Short Stuff: BM Radio
Jul 2 • 16m
The Phil Hartman Story
Jul 1 • 54m
Selects: What was Tin Pan Alley?
Jun 28 • 41m
SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How the MPAA Works
Jun 27 • 42m
Sunset Blvd: One Famous Road
Jun 26 • 53m
Short Stuff: Oedipus Complex
Jun 25 • 12m
Shameful History: Project 100,000
Jun 24 • 40m
Selects: The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983
Jun 21 • 54m
Who are the Zizians?
Jun 19 • 42m
Short Stuff: The Shortest War
Jun 18 • 11m
The Fencing Of The Commons
Jun 17 • 43m
Selects: The Kitty Genovese Story
Jun 14 • 36m
Anacondas: Not Like in the Movie
Jun 12 • 42m
Short Stuff: Andrew Jackson's Inauguration
Jun 11 • 10m
How Styrofoam Works
Jun 10 • 46m
Selects: How Dementia Works
Jun 7 • 48m
Impression Management
Jun 5 • 54m
Short Stuff: Can You Not Have A Name?
Jun 4 • 11m
Selects: Yeti: The Asian Bigfoot
May 31 • 45m
The Rosenbergs
May 29 • 49m
Short Stuff: Genetic Mutations
May 28 • 12m
The Group of Seven
May 27 • 47m
Selects: How Publicists Work
May 24 • 43m
Popcorn: Who doesn't love it?
May 22 • 45m
Short Stuff: William A. Mitchell: Food Inventor
May 21 • 14m
Faking Your Own Death: We All Do It, But Why?
May 20 • 49m
The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes
May 15 • 43m
Short Stuff: Figs & Wasps
May 14 • 8m
Plant-Based Diets
May 13 • 52m
Selects: How Ice Cream Works
May 10 • 42m
We Got to Sesame Street
May 8 • 51m
Short Stuff: Drop Bears
May 7 • 11m
Fentanyl: Actually As Dangerous As They Say
May 6 • 49m
Selects: Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness
May 3 • 51m
What we know about MI6
May 1 • 49m
Short Stuff: Trovants
Apr 30 • 11m
Chinese Food: Best Food?
Apr 29 • 50m
Selects: How Jim Henson Worked
Apr 26 • 42m
Give My Regards to the Broadway Episode!
Apr 24 • 47m
Short Stuff: Alternative Libraries
Apr 23 • 12m
Richard III: Good Guy or Evil Putz?
Apr 22 • 44m
Selects: Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry
Apr 19 • 42m
What Makes Disaster Films Great
Apr 17 • 54m
Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock
Apr 16 • 13m
Kim Philby: Greatest Liar of All Time?
Apr 15 • 49m
Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great
Apr 12 • 1h 10m
Behavioral Priming: Buy, Robot Human!
Apr 10 • 49m
Short Stuff: Colorful Noises
Apr 9 • 13m
Editorial Cartoons: Art as Satire
Apr 8 • 52m
The Pinkerton Detective Agency
Apr 3 • 52m
Short Stuff: Tulipmania
Apr 2 • 12m
How Climate Migration Works
Apr 1 • 44m
Selects: The Deal With Doulas
Mar 29 • 38m
Short Stuff: Poutine: Canada's Pride
Mar 26 • 13m
The Highway of Tears (And Maybe Hope)
Mar 20 • 42m
Short Stuff: All About Egg Colors
Mar 19 • 14m
The Chelsea Hotel
Mar 18 • 48m
Selects: How the Flu Works
Mar 15 • 50m
How Antidepressants Work
Mar 13 • 51m
Short Stuff: Morganna the Kissing Bandit
Mar 12 • 13m
The Scribble on Scrabble
Mar 11 • 52m
Selects: How Electricity Works
Mar 8 • 43m
Why is Chinese art being stolen?
Mar 6 • 41m
Short Stuff: Outlawry
Mar 5 • 11m
Selects: Are crickets the future of food?
Mar 1 • 43m
How GPS Works
Feb 27 • 48m
Short Stuff: Fanta - Nazi Favorite?
Feb 26 • 14m
Who Put Bella In the Wych Elm?
Feb 25 • 38m
Selects: How the Negro Leagues Worked
Feb 22 • 55m
Short Stuff: Waffle House Index
Feb 19 • 13m
Harry Belafonte: The Real Deal
Feb 18 • 51m
Selects: The Collar Bomb Heist
Feb 15 • 42m
D'oh! Operation Flagship
Feb 13 • 53m
Short Stuff: Yakhchāls - Ancient Fridges
Feb 12 • 11m
The History of Refrigeration
Feb 11 • 52m
Selects: Robber Barons!
Feb 8 • 1h 3m
The Tragedy of the Commons
Feb 6 • 49m
Short Stuff: The Death of Charles Morgan
Feb 5 • 16m
The Catacombs of Paris
Feb 4 • 46m
Selects: How Itching Works
Feb 1 • 45m
Short Stuff: The Guinness Widget
Jan 29 • 15m
The Gullibility Episode
Jan 28 • 48m
Selects: When Mount St. Helens Blew Its Top
Jan 25 • 48m
How Automats Worked
Jan 23 • 48m
Short Stuff: The Best Episode Since Sliced Bread
Jan 22 • 14m
The Ballad of High Times Magazine
Jan 21 • 51m
Selects: How Foreign Accent Syndrome Works
Jan 18 • 46m
The Barkley Marathons
Jan 16 • 50m
Short Stuff: Bourgeoisie
Jan 15 • 10m
WWII Sabotage Spotlight: Operation Gunnerside
Jan 14 • 49m
Selects: How Mindfulness Works
Jan 11 • 52m
The Mysterious Story of Larry Bader
Jan 9 • 44m
Short Stuff: The Mad Trapper of Rat River
Jan 8 • 15m
GONG: The Chuck Barris Story
Jan 7 • 44m
Selects: The Quinoa Revolution!
Jan 4 • 44m
How Saturn Works
Jan 2 • 49m
Short Stuff: Watch Night
Jan 1 • 8m
The Filthy Magic of Studio 54
Dec 31, 2024 • 52m
Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment
Dec 28, 2024 • 55m
Forensic Dentistry
Dec 26, 2024 • 42m
Short Stuff: Captain Santa
Dec 25, 2024 • 13m
The 2024 SYSK Christmas Extravaganza!
Dec 23, 2024 • 51m
Selects: Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown
Dec 21, 2024 • 44m
The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition
Dec 19, 2024 • 50m
Short Stuff: Feed A Cold, Starve a Fever
Dec 18, 2024 • 11m
Taylorism: Work Faster!
Dec 17, 2024 • 47m
Selects: The Texas City Disaster of 1947
Dec 14, 2024 • 41m
Tugboats: Pushing Their Way Around Since 1803
Dec 12, 2024 • 50m
Short Stuff: Joro Spiders
Dec 11, 2024 • 12m
Ba-Gawk! How Peacocks Work
Dec 10, 2024 • 40m
Selects: How The Pill Changed the World
Dec 7, 2024 • 43m
The Ruby Ridge Standoff
Dec 5, 2024 • 50m
Short Stuff: Franca Viola
Dec 4, 2024 • 12m
Solipsism: This Is All In My Mind?
Dec 3, 2024 • 35m
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
Nov 30, 2024 • 54m
LIVE: Minneapolis - The Madd Gasser of Mattoon
Nov 28, 2024 • 1h 1m
Short Stuff: Erfurt Latrine Disaster
Nov 27, 2024 • 14m
The Wild History of Tetris
Nov 26, 2024 • 50m
Selects: How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked
Nov 23, 2024 • 46m
The Story of Tavern on the Green
Nov 21, 2024 • 44m
Short Stuff: The Gaslighting of Martha Mitchell
Nov 20, 2024 • 13m
The Saga of Silk Road
Nov 19, 2024 • 48m
Selects: The Cleveland Torso Murders
Nov 16, 2024 • 49m
The Fascinating History of Dandelions
Nov 14, 2024 • 42m
Short Stuff: The wAve
Nov 13, 2024 • 15m
Kids' Chemistry Sets: KABOOM!
Nov 12, 2024 • 43m
Selects: What's a quinceañera anyway?
Nov 9, 2024 • 39m
ADHD pt 2
Nov 7, 2024 • 49m
Short Stuff: Tornado Alley
Nov 6, 2024 • 11m
ADHD pt 1
Nov 5, 2024 • 45m
Selects: The Strange Story of Sea Monkeys
Nov 2, 2024 • 52m
15th Annual SYSK Halloween Spooktacular!
Oct 31, 2024 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: Two Scary True Shorties!
Oct 30, 2024 • 18m
The Mystery of the Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
Oct 29, 2024 • 43m
Selects: Why Landmines Are The Deadliest Legacy Of War
Oct 26, 2024 • 51m
Spend Some Time with Fairies
Oct 24, 2024 • 46m
Short Stuff: The Story of Spirit Halloween
Oct 23, 2024 • 14m
Q Anon: When Wild Conspiracy Went (sort of) Mainstream
Oct 22, 2024 • 48m
Selects: Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies
Oct 19, 2024 • 40m
Kudzu: The Vine That Just Won't Stop
Oct 17, 2024 • 39m
Short Stuff: Redacted!
Oct 16, 2024 • 12m
The Anarchist Cookbook: Funny but Dangerous
Oct 15, 2024 • 41m
Selects: How Paramedics Work
Oct 12, 2024 • 48m
Swatches!
Oct 10, 2024 • 44m
Short Stuff: Mystery of the Sarah Jo
Oct 9, 2024 • 10m
Gobekli Tepe
Oct 8, 2024 • 46m
Selects: How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
Oct 5, 2024 • 54m
The Strange Story of Lysol
Oct 3, 2024 • 43m
Short Stuff: Flower Power
Oct 2, 2024 • 11m
The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth?
Oct 1, 2024 • 42m
Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change
Sep 28, 2024 • 50m
The Judas Priest Suicide Trial
Sep 26, 2024 • 48m
Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang
Sep 25, 2024 • 11m
Four Eyes Good: The History of Glasses
Sep 24, 2024 • 50m
Selects: How Government Shutdowns Work
Sep 21, 2024 • 52m
Tom Slick: Not the Cartoon
Sep 19, 2024 • 48m
Short Stuff: The Killing Stone
Sep 18, 2024 • 9m
Would A Love Drug Be Ethical?
Sep 17, 2024 • 39m
Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 2
Sep 14, 2024 • 40m
Celebration Florida: The Story of a Utopia that Never Was
Sep 12, 2024 • 52m
Short Stuff: Uncle Sam Wants YOU!
Sep 11, 2024 • 13m
Henry Ford: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Sep 10, 2024 • 45m
Selects: How Futurology Works
Sep 7, 2024 • 39m
Ludwig II: The Only Real King of the 19th Century
Sep 5, 2024 • 47m
Short Stuff: Rescuing Mistreated Pets
Sep 4, 2024 • 13m
The History of Streaming Music
Sep 3, 2024 • 49m
Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 1
Aug 31, 2024 • 46m
How Bomb Disposal Works
Aug 29, 2024 • 47m
Short Stuff: Skid Row (not the band)
Aug 28, 2024 • 12m
The Strange Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
Aug 27, 2024 • 40m
Selects: Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom
Aug 24, 2024 • 46m
The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes
Aug 22, 2024 • 41m
Short Stuff: Chupacabra
Aug 21, 2024 • 12m
True Mysteries of the Internet
Aug 20, 2024 • 47m
Selects: Body Language!
Aug 17, 2024 • 37m
The Cher Episode
Aug 15, 2024 • 51m
Short Stuff: Tarring and Feathering
Aug 14, 2024 • 12m
Minecraft! Minecraft! Minecraft!
Aug 13, 2024 • 54m
Selects: Genghis Khan: Madman or Genius?
Aug 10, 2024 • 49m
The Call of the Void: Don’t Pick Up!
Aug 8, 2024 • 41m
Short Stuff: Pruney Skin
Aug 7, 2024 • 12m
The Story of Rudolf Diesel
Aug 6, 2024 • 43m
Selects: Timber! How Timber Works
Aug 3, 2024 • 1h 5m
The One About Car Washes
Aug 1, 2024 • 48m
Short Stuff: ZIP Codes!
Jul 31, 2024 • 14m
Who was Dr. Bronner?
Jul 30, 2024 • 40m
Selects: The Tulsa 'Race Riots'
Jul 27, 2024 • 46m
The KILLDOZER Rampage
Jul 25, 2024 • 50m
Short Stuff: The Ritchie Boys
Jul 24, 2024 • 12m
Phone Phreaking: The Advent of Hacking
Jul 23, 2024 • 48m
Selects: The Duality of Caffeine
Jul 20, 2024 • 46m
HPV and You
Jul 18, 2024 • 44m
Short Stuff: Sitzpinklers Unite
Jul 17, 2024 • 15m
The Puritans in America
Jul 16, 2024 • 50m
Selects: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician
Jul 13, 2024 • 49m
Salsa: NOT THE DANCE
Jul 11, 2024 • 45m
Short Stuff: Milk Wars
Jul 10, 2024 • 14m
Jane Goodall: All Good
Jul 9, 2024 • 46m
Selects: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work, Part II
Jul 6, 2024 • 44m
Salute to Women Inventors
Jul 4, 2024 • 41m
Short Stuff: POW Olympics
Jul 3, 2024 • 10m
How Dopamine Works
Jul 2, 2024 • 45m
Selects: How Restaurant Health Inspections Work
Jun 29, 2024 • 51m
EXTRA! EXTRA! The Newsboy Strike Episode!
Jun 27, 2024 • 49m
Short Stuff: James Dean's Car
Jun 26, 2024 • 13m
Whistling!
Jun 25, 2024 • 50m
Selects: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work, Part I
Jun 22, 2024 • 42m
The Big Episode on Wikipedia
Jun 20, 2024 • 46m
Short Stuff: Hostile Architecture
Jun 19, 2024 • 14m
Why Must Widowhood Be So Difficult?
Jun 18, 2024 • 46m
Selects: The Murder Mystery of Ötzi the Iceman
Jun 15, 2024 • 53m
A Brief History of Air Travel
Jun 13, 2024 • 58m
Short Stuff: Peace Sign
Jun 12, 2024 • 11m
Coercive Control, the Invisible Basis of Abuse
Jun 11, 2024 • 54m
Selects: Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen
Jun 8, 2024 • 47m
The Ballad of Grit
Jun 6, 2024 • 50m
Short Stuff: Amber Alerts
Jun 5, 2024 • 12m
Conductors: What the heck is going on there?
Jun 4, 2024 • 50m
Selects: What are think tanks all about?
Jun 1, 2024 • 45m
The Guinness Book of Records
May 30, 2024 • 51m
Short Stuff: What's a mudlarker?
May 29, 2024 • 14m
The shameful and harrowing story of Unit 731
May 28, 2024 • 48m
Selects: How Vomit Phobia Works
May 25, 2024 • 29m
J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 2
May 23, 2024 • 45m
Short Stuff: Hobo Signs
May 22, 2024 • 14m
J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 1
May 21, 2024 • 40m
Selects: The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth
May 18, 2024 • 46m
The Silurian Hypothesis
May 16, 2024 • 49m
Short Stuff: Zambonis!
May 15, 2024 • 13m
NYC Trash: A study in persistence
May 14, 2024 • 50m
Selects: How Stuttering Works
May 11, 2024 • 50m
10 - Yes, 10! - Dumb Criminals
May 9, 2024 • 45m
Short Stuff: Titanic Survivors!
May 8, 2024 • 16m
Misophonia: More Than an Annoyance
May 7, 2024 • 47m
Selects: The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold
May 4, 2024 • 46m
Atomic Clocks, Ahoy!
May 2, 2024 • 51m
Short Stuff: Getting Winded
May 1, 2024 • 11m
The Village People Episode
Apr 30, 2024 • 54m
The Village People Episode
Apr 30, 2024 • 53m
Selects: How the Beagle Brigade Works
Apr 27, 2024 • 48m
The Awful Crimes of Georgia Tann
Apr 25, 2024 • 46m
Short Stuff: The Sad, Strange Tale of Margaret Schilling
Apr 24, 2024 • 13m
The Power of the Wind
Apr 23, 2024 • 51m
Selects: Special Effects: A Short History
Apr 20, 2024 • 55m
Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out!
Apr 18, 2024 • 51m
Short Stuff: The Amazing Tale of Juliane Koepcke
Apr 17, 2024 • 13m
The Dubious Science of Arson Investigation
Apr 16, 2024 • 46m
Selects: How Famines Work
Apr 13, 2024 • 49m
Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones
Apr 11, 2024 • 48m
Short Stuff: Straitjackets
Apr 10, 2024 • 12m
The 1977 Women's Conference That Changed America
Apr 9, 2024 • 49m
Selects: All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh
Apr 6, 2024 • 51m
The Everglades: Wowee
Apr 4, 2024 • 54m
Short Stuff: Knock on Wood
Apr 3, 2024 • 11m
Greedflation Is Real
Apr 2, 2024 • 55m
Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones
Apr 2, 2024 • 49m
Selects: Who is The Man of the Hole?
Mar 30, 2024 • 37m
The Pulitzer Prize: A major award!
Mar 28, 2024 • 48m
Short Stuff: Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre
Mar 27, 2024 • 11m
Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds
Mar 26, 2024 • 46m
Peanuts (the comic) Part II
Mar 21, 2024 • 45m
Short Stuff: Mariko Aoki Phenomenon
Mar 20, 2024 • 11m
Peanuts (the comic) Part I
Mar 19, 2024 • 45m
Selects: How Dyslexia Works
Mar 16, 2024 • 43m
The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century
Mar 14, 2024 • 51m
Short Stuff: Skittles and TIO2
Mar 13, 2024 • 11m
Leave Brutalism Alone!
Mar 12, 2024 • 48m
Selects: The Science of Break-Ups
Mar 9, 2024 • 50m
The Smiley, Stubborn Llama
Mar 7, 2024 • 41m
Short Stuff: Roly Poly...Bugs?
Mar 6, 2024 • 10m
Multitasking: Working slower with worse results
Mar 5, 2024 • 46m
Selects: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
Mar 2, 2024 • 55m
Wireless Electricity: When Can We Unplug Our TVs?
Feb 29, 2024 • 47m
Short Stuff: Smudging: Not just for hippies
Feb 28, 2024 • 14m
Haile Selassie: Statesman, Colonizer, God?
Feb 27, 2024 • 56m
Selects: How Zero Population Growth Works
Feb 24, 2024 • 51m
The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout
Feb 22, 2024 • 40m
Short Stuff: Benin Bronzes
Feb 21, 2024 • 14m
Ray and Charles Eames: More than Chairs
Feb 20, 2024 • 57m
Selects: Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
Feb 17, 2024 • 50m
Like, here's the episode on "like"
Feb 15, 2024 • 38m
Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman
Feb 14, 2024 • 10m
What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws
Feb 13, 2024 • 47m
Selects: The Unabomber: Misguided to say the least
Feb 10, 2024 • 45m
What's the Pygmalion Effect?
Feb 8, 2024 • 46m
Short Stuff: School Bus Yellow
Feb 7, 2024 • 12m
Clue(do): Third Best Board Game Ever
Feb 6, 2024 • 48m
Selects: How Disgust Works
Feb 3, 2024 • 54m
The History of Las Vegas
Feb 1, 2024 • 49m
Short Stuff: Wainscoting: When Half a Wall is Enough
Jan 31, 2024 • 11m
The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout
Jan 30, 2024 • 51m
Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
Jan 27, 2024 • 56m
Esperanto: Tre Mojosa
Jan 25, 2024 • 48m
Short Stuff: Hot Cold Plunge
Jan 24, 2024 • 14m
The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
Jan 23, 2024 • 46m
Selects: Is yogurt a miracle food?
Jan 20, 2024 • 46m
Jonestown
Jan 18, 2024 • 57m
Short Stuff: Frozen Dead Guy
Jan 17, 2024 • 12m
Dry Cleaning: Not Really Dry(!)
Jan 16, 2024 • 52m
Selects: History's Greatest Traitors
Jan 13, 2024 • 44m
How Cranes Work
Jan 11, 2024 • 51m
Short Stuff: NYT Bestseller List
Jan 10, 2024 • 14m
Kenton Grua: Grand Canyon Legend
Jan 9, 2024 • 51m
Selects: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jan 6, 2024 • 52m
The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster
Jan 4, 2024 • 53m
Short Stuff: Blueprints
Jan 3, 2024 • 11m
SYSK Live in Nashville: The Biosphere II Experiment
Jan 2, 2024 • 1h 6m
Selects: Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans
Dec 30, 2023 • 53m
How Primitive Will Our Descendants Find Us?
Dec 28, 2023 • 51m
Short Stuff: Scheele's Green
Dec 27, 2023 • 13m
How Snails Work
Dec 26, 2023 • 53m
Selects: How Fireplaces Work
Dec 23, 2023 • 56m
The 2023 SYSK Ho-Ho-Holiday Spectacular!
Dec 21, 2023 • 52m
Short Stuff: Christmas Lights
Dec 20, 2023 • 13m
Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion
Dec 19, 2023 • 50m
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
Dec 16, 2023 • 54m
Selects: How Dictators Work
Dec 15, 2023 • 45m
What was the Skeleton Army?
Dec 14, 2023 • 48m
Short Stuff: Pickles
Dec 13, 2023 • 15m
The Matewan Massacre
Dec 12, 2023 • 56m
Selects: What were the Freedom Schools?
Dec 9, 2023 • 46m
The Murder of John Lennon
Dec 7, 2023 • 51m
Short Stuff: Boba Tea
Dec 6, 2023 • 11m
The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger
Dec 5, 2023 • 53m
Selects: Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
Dec 2, 2023 • 42m
You Down With OED?
Nov 30, 2023 • 47m
Short Stuff: The Zipper Merge
Nov 29, 2023 • 14m
Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable
Nov 28, 2023 • 48m
Selects: NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel
Nov 25, 2023 • 47m
The Wreck of the Costa Concordia
Nov 23, 2023 • 50m
Short Stuff: Magnetic Pole Switcheroo
Nov 22, 2023 • 12m
Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table)
Nov 21, 2023 • 47m
Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
Nov 18, 2023 • 41m
Diners: The Most American Establishment?
Nov 16, 2023 • 46m
Short Stuff: Liberty Bell
Nov 15, 2023 • 11m
The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood
Nov 14, 2023 • 50m
Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Nov 11, 2023 • 51m
How Scuba Works
Nov 9, 2023 • 1h 2m
Short Stuff: Petrified Wood
Nov 8, 2023 • 10m
Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method
Nov 7, 2023 • 43m
Selects: Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?
Nov 4, 2023 • 1h 9m
The Harlem Globetrotters: American Treasures
Nov 2, 2023 • 53m
Short Stuff: White Dog Poop
Nov 1, 2023 • 14m
The 14th Annual Halloween Spooktacular!
Oct 31, 2023 • 1h 4m
Selects: How Mummies Work
Oct 28, 2023 • 40m
Naked Mole Rats: A Face Only a Mother Could Love
Oct 26, 2023 • 46m
Short Stuff: Bed Sheet Ghosts
Oct 25, 2023 • 13m
The Compton Cafeteria Riot
Oct 24, 2023 • 37m
Selects: Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From?
Oct 21, 2023 • 51m
Kindness: Do It
Oct 19, 2023 • 48m
Short Stuff: Candy Corn
Oct 18, 2023 • 15m
The Criminal Father of Criminology
Oct 17, 2023 • 53m
Selects: Pain Scales: Yeeeow!
Oct 14, 2023 • 43m
How Intellectual Property Works
Oct 12, 2023 • 52m
Short Stuff: Longyou Caves
Oct 11, 2023 • 15m
Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend!
Oct 10, 2023 • 54m
Selects: How Motion Sickness Works
Oct 7, 2023 • 37m
How Andy Warhol Worked
Oct 5, 2023 • 51m
Short Stuff: Rhodium
Oct 4, 2023 • 12m
Night of the Grizzlies
Oct 3, 2023 • 48m
Selects: Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You'd Think
Sep 30, 2023 • 39m
Revenge: Bitter, Not Sweet
Sep 28, 2023 • 45m
Short Stuff: The Dakota
Sep 27, 2023 • 12m
The Amazing Life of Christine Granville
Sep 26, 2023 • 49m
Selects: Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish
Sep 23, 2023 • 42m
Kombucha: Fizzy Goodness
Sep 21, 2023 • 47m
Short Stuff: Origin of Math Signs
Sep 20, 2023 • 11m
10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever
Sep 19, 2023 • 51m
Selects: How Floods Work
Sep 16, 2023 • 33m
The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster
Sep 14, 2023 • 40m
Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky
Sep 13, 2023 • 11m
Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico
Sep 12, 2023 • 48m
Selects: How Space Stations Work
Sep 9, 2023 • 48m
Native American Reservations
Sep 7, 2023 • 52m
Short Stuff: History of OK
Sep 6, 2023 • 14m
The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K
Sep 5, 2023 • 41m
Selects: Body Odor: You Stink
Sep 2, 2023 • 46m
Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music
Aug 31, 2023 • 50m
Short Stuff: Evil Eye
Aug 30, 2023 • 11m
Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan
Aug 29, 2023 • 46m
Selects: How Toy Testing Works
Aug 26, 2023 • 47m
Plant Migration
Aug 24, 2023 • 45m
Short Stuff: Saturn's Rings
Aug 23, 2023 • 11m
Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To
Aug 22, 2023 • 48m
Selects: How Music Sampling Works
Aug 19, 2023 • 44m
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
Aug 17, 2023 • 50m
Short Stuff: Edward Mordake
Aug 16, 2023 • 12m
How We’re Learning to Talk to Animals
Aug 15, 2023 • 53m
Selects: How Magnets Work
Aug 12, 2023 • 36m
Xenobiotics
Aug 10, 2023 • 45m
Short Stuff: History of English
Aug 9, 2023 • 12m
Dear Diary...
Aug 8, 2023 • 47m
Selects: Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever
Aug 5, 2023 • 30m
The Last Meal Ritual
Aug 3, 2023 • 49m
Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet
Aug 2, 2023 • 13m
BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
Aug 1, 2023 • 50m
Selects: What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?
Jul 29, 2023 • 40m
MAD Magazine: A Tribute
Jul 27, 2023 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: Blue Highway Signs
Jul 26, 2023 • 14m
Learning a Foreign Language
Jul 25, 2023 • 47m
Selects: Nirvana: Not The Band
Jul 22, 2023 • 32m
Magic Eye Illusions
Jul 20, 2023 • 47m
Short Stuff: Pie-In-The-Face Gag
Jul 19, 2023 • 12m
Insomnia: Why you can't sleep
Jul 18, 2023 • 50m
Selects: How Police Lineups Work
Jul 15, 2023 • 52m
How PCP Works
Jul 13, 2023 • 49m
Short Stuff: Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Jul 12, 2023 • 12m
Birth Order: So nice, we did it twice
Jul 11, 2023 • 55m
Selects: How Bats Work
Jul 8, 2023 • 45m
James Beard: Food Legend
Jul 6, 2023 • 55m
Short Stuff: Hollywood Sign
Jul 5, 2023 • 13m
How Trucking Works
Jul 4, 2023 • 1h 1m
Selects: What Makes Lead So Poisonous?
Jul 1, 2023 • 49m
Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings!
Jun 29, 2023 • 51m
Short Stuff: Fahrenheit or Celsius
Jun 28, 2023 • 9m
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians
Jun 27, 2023 • 47m
Selects: How Ocean Currents Work
Jun 24, 2023 • 39m
How Afrofuturism Works
Jun 22, 2023 • 53m
Short Stuff: Chia Pet
Jun 21, 2023 • 12m
Large Language Models and You
Jun 20, 2023 • 54m
Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps
Jun 17, 2023 • 1h 9m
How Alumin(i)um Works
Jun 15, 2023 • 51m
Short Stuff: Suicide Forest
Jun 14, 2023 • 11m
The Stinky History of Human Hygiene
Jun 13, 2023 • 57m
Selects: How Audience Testing Works
Jun 10, 2023 • 40m
Is Reality Real?
Jun 8, 2023 • 43m
Short Stuff: DNA Data Storage
Jun 7, 2023 • 11m
Why Manners?
Jun 6, 2023 • 47m
Selects: Pterosaurs: Not Flying Dinosaurs
Jun 3, 2023 • 38m
What's the deal with intermittent fasting?
Jun 1, 2023 • 44m
Short Stuff: Rube Goldberg
May 31, 2023 • 14m
The Saga of Milli Vanilli
May 30, 2023 • 53m
Selects: How Color Works
May 27, 2023 • 41m
The Semi-Recent History of Exercise
May 25, 2023 • 55m
Short Stuff: Pollen Count
May 24, 2023 • 12m
What is the Bechdel Test?
May 23, 2023 • 42m
Selects: How Dog Shows Work
May 20, 2023 • 41m
How Juries Work
May 18, 2023 • 57m
Short Stuff: Mood Rings
May 17, 2023 • 11m
The Inflammation Theory of Disease
May 16, 2023 • 58m
Selects: How Slinky Works
May 13, 2023 • 51m
How TV Weathercasters Work
May 11, 2023 • 49m
Short Stuff: Frances Kelsey: Hero of the FDA
May 10, 2023 • 12m
The Colosseum
May 9, 2023 • 54m
Selects: Does the body replace itself?
May 6, 2023 • 38m
Introducing Smell-O-Vision!
May 4, 2023 • 38m
Short Stuff: Dunbar's Number
May 3, 2023 • 14m
Nerf!
May 2, 2023 • 38m
Selects: How Manhunts Work
Apr 29, 2023 • 34m
Carbon Monoxide: Please Just Listen Anyway
Apr 27, 2023 • 47m
Short Stuff: Botox Brain
Apr 26, 2023 • 13m
Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?
Apr 25, 2023 • 53m
Selects: Was There A Real Robin Hood?
Apr 22, 2023 • 49m
METI: Existential Threat? Probably Yes
Apr 20, 2023 • 43m
Short Stuff: Routines
Apr 19, 2023 • 15m
Should Rich Countries Cancel Poor Countries’ Debt?
Apr 18, 2023 • 53m
Selects: How Coffins Work
Apr 15, 2023 • 41m
John Brinkley: The Quackiest Quack in History?
Apr 13, 2023 • 45m
Short Stuff: Red Snow
Apr 12, 2023 • 11m
How Skydiving Works
Apr 11, 2023 • 51m
Selects: Some Nutso Fan Theories
Apr 8, 2023 • 53m
Playing Cards? You Got That Right!
Apr 6, 2023 • 46m
Short Stuff: Beethoven’s DNA
Apr 5, 2023 • 9m
What Caused the Late Bronze Age Collapse?
Apr 4, 2023 • 47m
Selects: How Jet Lag Works
Apr 1, 2023 • 35m
What's the deal with dowsing?
Mar 30, 2023 • 44m
Short Stuff: Theme Park Cremations
Mar 29, 2023 • 11m
The First Road Trip
Mar 28, 2023 • 49m
Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
Mar 25, 2023 • 1h 7m
An Interesting, Vastly Incomplete Look at Baseball Cards
Mar 23, 2023 • 54m
Short Stuff: Semantic Satiation
Mar 22, 2023 • 12m
The Tragic Tale of Floyd Collins
Mar 21, 2023 • 47m
Selects: Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?
Mar 18, 2023 • 19m
Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds
Mar 16, 2023 • 58m
Short Stuff: John Cage's 639 Year Concert
Mar 15, 2023 • 13m
That's Amaro!
Mar 14, 2023 • 53m
Selects: The Time Nazis Invaded Florida
Mar 11, 2023 • 55m
Woodstock: The Festival for Stardust, Golden Hippies
Mar 9, 2023 • 56m
Short Stuff: Paprika
Mar 8, 2023 • 8m
Noncompete Agreements, Come On
Mar 7, 2023 • 50m
Selects: Live From San Francisco: How Malls Work
Mar 4, 2023 • 1h 6m
Crosswords episode, perhaps?
Mar 2, 2023 • 54m
Short Stuff: La Pascualita
Mar 1, 2023 • 11m
The Awe-Inspiring, Absolutely Crucial Amazon
Feb 28, 2023 • 54m
Selects: Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?
Feb 25, 2023 • 46m
Naps: Chuck's Secret Talent
Feb 23, 2023 • 44m
Short Stuff: Sleeping On It
Feb 22, 2023 • 14m
The Mystery of the Lost Amber Room
Feb 21, 2023 • 47m
Selects: The Max Headroom Affair
Feb 18, 2023 • 47m
The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
Feb 16, 2023 • 52m
Short Stuff: Beulah Mae Donald
Feb 15, 2023 • 12m
The Glorious Flamingo
Feb 14, 2023 • 49m
Selects: Cave Diving: Totally Nuts
Feb 11, 2023 • 50m
How (O)possums Work
Feb 9, 2023 • 49m
Short Stuff: No Shirt, No Shoes, WTF
Feb 8, 2023 • 13m
Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar
Feb 7, 2023 • 53m
Selects: How Easy Bake Ovens Work
Feb 4, 2023 • 36m
The Largely Equine History of Veterinary Medicine
Feb 2, 2023 • 47m
Short Stuff: Bird Migration
Feb 1, 2023 • 11m
Must We Suffer Emotional Pain?
Jan 31, 2023 • 49m
Selects: Elephants: The Best Animals?
Jan 28, 2023 • 1h 1m
How Attachment Theory Works
Jan 26, 2023 • 54m
Short Stuff: Adam's Apples and Throat Lumps
Jan 25, 2023 • 10m
Let's Talk About John DeLorean
Jan 24, 2023 • 56m
Selects: How Game Shows Work
Jan 21, 2023 • 1h 8m
Toast: As in browned bread
Jan 19, 2023 • 53m
Short Stuff: Women Pirates
Jan 18, 2023 • 16m
The Louisiana Purchase: Not a Purchase
Jan 17, 2023 • 46m
Selects: How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works
Jan 14, 2023 • 49m
How Tarot Works?
Jan 12, 2023 • 43m
Short Stuff: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Jan 11, 2023 • 11m
How Enron Fooled the World
Jan 10, 2023 • 59m
Selects: How Perfume Works
Jan 7, 2023 • 57m
When Mount St. Helens Blew Its Top
Jan 5, 2023 • 48m
Short Stuff: Dangers of Nose Picking
Jan 4, 2023 • 16m
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (not the song)
Jan 3, 2023 • 54m
Selects: Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster?
Dec 31, 2022 • 1h 3m
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Podcast Episode
Dec 29, 2022 • 51m
Short Stuff: Mesas: Flat
Dec 28, 2022 • 11m
Juicy: The Fried Chicken Story
Dec 27, 2022 • 52m
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
Dec 24, 2022 • 54m
2022 Holiday Spectacular!
Dec 22, 2022 • 48m
Short Stuff: Snow Globes
Dec 21, 2022 • 12m
Who was Dorothy Parker, really?
Dec 20, 2022 • 47m
Selects: Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much.
Dec 17, 2022 • 38m
Interesting Origins of Everyday Phrases
Dec 15, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: The Atlanta Washer Woman Strike
Dec 14, 2022 • 14m
How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever
Dec 13, 2022 • 57m
Selects: How Polar Bears Work
Dec 10, 2022 • 46m
True Crime: The Phantom of Heilbronn
Dec 8, 2022 • 42m
Short Stuff: Birthday Paradox
Dec 7, 2022 • 11m
How Face Blindness Works
Dec 6, 2022 • 47m
Selects: The Rubik's Cube Episode
Dec 3, 2022 • 48m
How Down Syndrome Works
Dec 1, 2022 • 57m
Short Stuff: Goosebumps
Nov 30, 2022 • 14m
Peripersonal Space: Humans’ Got Talent
Nov 29, 2022 • 54m
Selects: How Umami Works!
Nov 26, 2022 • 36m
Roller Skating: Fun and Cool
Nov 24, 2022 • 47m
Short Stuff: Liquid Paper
Nov 23, 2022 • 12m
Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance
Nov 22, 2022 • 55m
Selects: How Dark Money Works
Nov 19, 2022 • 48m
Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?
Nov 17, 2022 • 55m
Short Stuff: Incomplete Yawns
Nov 16, 2022 • 10m
The Sordid History of Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties
Nov 15, 2022 • 56m
Selects: Finders Keepers: Real Law
Nov 12, 2022 • 38m
How Owls Work
Nov 10, 2022 • 51m
Short Stuff: Dodleston Messages
Nov 9, 2022 • 14m
What's so important about legal precedent?
Nov 8, 2022 • 51m
Selects: What is an invasive species?
Nov 5, 2022 • 50m
Vaudeville: Step Right Up!
Nov 3, 2022 • 51m
Short Stuff: Birth Certificate Access
Nov 2, 2022 • 11m
The Harvey's Casino Bombing of 1980
Nov 1, 2022 • 40m
Selects: How Vampires Work
Oct 29, 2022 • 50m
The 13th Annual Halloween Spooktacular!
Oct 27, 2022 • 50m
Short Stuff: Robert the Doll
Oct 26, 2022 • 14m
The Tale of the Bloody Benders
Oct 25, 2022 • 48m
Selects: 10ish Cases of Really Bad Luck
Oct 22, 2022 • 50m
Fundamentalism: Menace II Society
Oct 20, 2022 • 57m
Short Stuff: Water Towers
Oct 19, 2022 • 11m
The History of Fake Towns.
Oct 18, 2022 • 51m
Selects: How Pompeii Worked
Oct 15, 2022 • 50m
10 Cases of Mistaken Identity
Oct 13, 2022 • 42m
Short Stuff: Blaschko's Lines
Oct 12, 2022 • 12m
Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!
Oct 11, 2022 • 47m
How License Plates Work
Oct 6, 2022 • 55m
Short Stuff: Scratching
Oct 5, 2022 • 13m
Vinyl Records: Black Magic at Work
Oct 4, 2022 • 59m
Selects: How Clowns Work
Oct 1, 2022 • 46m
How The Rosenhan Experiment Worked
Sep 29, 2022 • 52m
Short Stuff: Curse Tablets
Sep 28, 2022 • 10m
Vasectomies: Stop Being A Wimp
Sep 27, 2022 • 44m
Selects: How LSD Works
Sep 24, 2022 • 1h 16m
Sitcoms Part II
Sep 22, 2022 • 36m
Short Stuff: Laugh Tracks
Sep 21, 2022 • 15m
Sitcoms Part I
Sep 20, 2022 • 31m
Selects: Frida Kahlo: Painter, Icon, Genius
Sep 17, 2022 • 47m
Pearls: Second Best Thing About Oysters
Sep 15, 2022 • 50m
Short Stuff: Hangry?
Sep 14, 2022 • 12m
The Georgia Guidestones: The Elite Have a Laugh
Sep 13, 2022 • 53m
Selects: What Happened to the Neanderthals?
Sep 10, 2022 • 50m
Everything We Know About Squids
Sep 8, 2022 • 43m
Short Stuff: RIP Man of the Hole
Sep 7, 2022 • 12m
Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?
Sep 6, 2022 • 52m
Selects: How the Pony Express Worked
Sep 3, 2022 • 45m
Rolling Stone Magazine
Sep 1, 2022 • 51m
Short Stuff: Mason-Dixon Line
Aug 31, 2022 • 12m
We Need More Sustainable Packaging, Like, Yesterday
Aug 30, 2022 • 50m
Selects: Knife Throwing: Super Cool
Aug 27, 2022 • 41m
Kissing Cousins: A History of Marrying Family
Aug 25, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: Marrying Up
Aug 24, 2022 • 13m
Introvert or Extravert: Which are you? (Probably both)
Aug 23, 2022 • 47m
Selects: How Gossip Works
Aug 20, 2022 • 36m
How Enemas Work
Aug 18, 2022 • 40m
Short Stuff: Selling the Brooklyn Bridge
Aug 17, 2022 • 11m
Mariachi: The Rodney Dangerfield of Music
Aug 16, 2022 • 53m
Selects: Desert Survival: Josh and Chuck Save Your Tookus
Aug 13, 2022 • 45m
The Origins of Breakfast Foods
Aug 11, 2022 • 53m
Short Stuff: The Berners Street Hoax
Aug 10, 2022 • 10m
What's the deal with energy drinks?
Aug 9, 2022 • 47m
Selects: How Droughts Work
Aug 6, 2022 • 51m
Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis
Aug 4, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: Divorcing Your Parents
Aug 3, 2022 • 12m
Silly String: Disaster in a Can
Aug 2, 2022 • 39m
Selects: Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking
Jul 30, 2022 • 57m
How Menstruation Works
Jul 28, 2022 • 57m
Short Stuff: The Mars Rock with Signs of Life?
Jul 27, 2022 • 15m
Where Did Human Intelligence Come From?
Jul 26, 2022 • 46m
Selects: What's the misery index?
Jul 23, 2022 • 44m
Googie: The Architecture of the Space Age
Jul 21, 2022 • 55m
Short Stuff: Death from Astral Projection
Jul 20, 2022 • 15m
Supernovae: Best Around, Case Closed
Jul 19, 2022 • 41m
Selects: What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead?
Jul 16, 2022 • 39m
Why Bowling is Awesome
Jul 14, 2022 • 59m
Short Stuff: Catatumbo Lightning
Jul 13, 2022 • 11m
Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree?
Jul 12, 2022 • 44m
Selects: How Ayahuasca Works
Jul 9, 2022 • 45m
The Maya Civilization
Jul 7, 2022 • 53m
Short Stuff: Alligator Gar
Jul 6, 2022 • 11m
How Ultraprocessed Foods Work
Jul 5, 2022 • 57m
Selects: How Freak Shows Worked
Jul 2, 2022 • 48m
A Dispassionate Review of Roe v Wade
Jun 30, 2022 • 59m
Short Stuff: What did we use before infant formula?
Jun 29, 2022 • 12m
How Alien Contact Might Work
Jun 28, 2022 • 50m
Selects: Chiggers: The Phantom Menace
Jun 25, 2022 • 32m
What's up with bariatric surgery?
Jun 23, 2022 • 48m
Short Stuff: Do Fish Get Thirsty?
Jun 22, 2022 • 11m
The Appalachian Trail: A Heckuva Hike
Jun 21, 2022 • 51m
Selects: How Steadicams Work
Jun 18, 2022 • 34m
What were the IRA hunger strikes?
Jun 16, 2022 • 50m
Short Stuff: HR8 Gun Legislation
Jun 15, 2022 • 14m
How Wind Works
Jun 14, 2022 • 42m
Selects: How Drowning Works
Jun 11, 2022 • 51m
The 4-minute Mile: Greatest Sports Story?
Jun 9, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: Cleveland’s Infamous 10-Cent Beer Night
Jun 8, 2022 • 13m
How Freedom of the Press Works
Jun 7, 2022 • 48m
Selects: How Satanism Works
Jun 4, 2022 • 52m
Kidney Donation: You Could Be A Saint!
Jun 2, 2022 • 47m
Short Stuff: Happy Foods!
Jun 1, 2022 • 13m
The Scintillating World of Interest Rates
May 31, 2022 • 44m
Selects: Waterbeds: The Sexiest Bed?
May 28, 2022 • 39m
The Myth of Absinthe
May 26, 2022 • 50m
Short Stuff: Do people move in predictable directions?
May 25, 2022 • 12m
Cats: Invasive Species?
May 24, 2022 • 46m
Selects: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five
May 21, 2022 • 49m
What's in a surname?
May 19, 2022 • 43m
Short Stuff: Artificial Banana Flavor
May 18, 2022 • 12m
Squirrels, Ahoy!
May 17, 2022 • 52m
Selects: How Lizzie Borden Worked
May 14, 2022 • 42m
Rhinoplasty, aka Nose Jobs
May 12, 2022 • 57m
Short Stuff: Fainting At The Sight Of Blood
May 11, 2022 • 12m
What are land acknowledgments?
May 10, 2022 • 44m
Selects: How Champagne Works
May 7, 2022 • 59m
Marcus Garvey: Black Moses
May 5, 2022 • 54m
Short Stuff: Shar Pei
May 4, 2022 • 10m
The Mystery of Coal
May 3, 2022 • 40m
Selects: How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA
Apr 30, 2022 • 56m
Understudies: Hardest Workers on Broadway?
Apr 28, 2022 • 46m
Short Stuff: Smelly Homes
Apr 27, 2022 • 15m
“Postmodernism:”
Apr 26, 2022 • 57m
Selects: The Baffling Case of the Body On Somerton Beach
Apr 23, 2022 • 1h 4m
Just Say No to... Bottled Water
Apr 21, 2022 • 52m
Short Stuff: Salute the Grilled Cheese
Apr 20, 2022 • 15m
The Christine Collins Story
Apr 19, 2022 • 48m
Selects: What happens to abandoned mines?
Apr 16, 2022 • 27m
How Mensa Works
Apr 14, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: Animal Politicians
Apr 13, 2022 • 14m
Introducing: White Eagle
Apr 12, 2022 • 2m
The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Apr 12, 2022 • 43m
Selects: A Partial History of Action Figures
Apr 9, 2022 • 1h 13m
The Delightful History of Pubs
Apr 7, 2022 • 48m
Short Stuff: The Church Choir That Didn't Explode
Apr 6, 2022 • 12m
Watermelons: Nature's Gift to the World
Apr 5, 2022 • 42m
Selects: How No-fly Zones Work
Apr 2, 2022 • 27m
What’s NATO All About?
Mar 31, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: Greenbrier Bunker
Mar 30, 2022 • 12m
How Light Pollution Works
Mar 29, 2022 • 48m
Selects: The Tylenol Murders, Part II
Mar 26, 2022 • 45m
Selects: The Tylenol Murders, Part I
Mar 26, 2022 • 44m
The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range
Mar 25, 2022 • 54m
Short Stuff: Magnet Fishing
Mar 23, 2022 • 13m
Why was Titicut Follies banned?
Mar 22, 2022 • 49m
Selects: How Hate Works
Mar 19, 2022 • 37m
How Rewilding Works
Mar 17, 2022 • 46m
Short Stuff: Nose Breathing
Mar 16, 2022 • 12m
Operation Northwoods: The False Flag Op That Never Was
Mar 15, 2022 • 46m
Selects: A Brief Overview of Punk Rock
Mar 12, 2022 • 52m
Aleister Crowley: Blowhard Narcissist?
Mar 10, 2022 • 52m
Short Stuff: Great Smog of London
Mar 9, 2022 • 12m
Behold, National Parks!
Mar 8, 2022 • 54m
Selects: How Tabloids Work
Mar 5, 2022 • 50m
How Effective Altruism Works
Mar 3, 2022 • 47m
Short Stuff: Friends of Dorothy
Mar 2, 2022 • 13m
What's the deal with phantom pain?
Mar 1, 2022 • 46m
Selects: Is the Pied Piper About a Real Historic Tragedy?
Feb 26, 2022 • 41m
How Mindfulness Works
Feb 24, 2022 • 52m
Short Stuff: Commensalism
Feb 23, 2022 • 13m
The Improbable Story of Martin Guerre
Feb 22, 2022 • 48m
Selects: How Moss Works
Feb 19, 2022 • 33m
The Ins and Outs of Albinism
Feb 17, 2022 • 37m
Short Stuff: Cassowary
Feb 16, 2022 • 12m
Leeches: Oh Hell No!
Feb 15, 2022 • 50m
Selects: The Ins and Outs of Beekeeping
Feb 12, 2022 • 1h 4m
Littering: Not Cool
Feb 10, 2022 • 53m
Short Stuff: Schmidt Stinging Pain Index
Feb 9, 2022 • 12m
The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
Feb 8, 2022 • 55m
Selects: What's the Deal With Staring?
Feb 5, 2022 • 35m
How the Nobel Peace Prize Works
Feb 3, 2022 • 50m
Short Stuff: Firewalking
Feb 2, 2022 • 12m
Introducing: Lethal Lit S2
Feb 2, 2022 • 1m
How Tacos Work
Feb 1, 2022 • 56m
Selects: How Sloths Work
Jan 29, 2022 • 54m
How Forgiveness Works
Jan 27, 2022 • 58m
Short Stuff: Arctic Fox
Jan 26, 2022 • 14m
Tug of War
Jan 25, 2022 • 50m
Selects: How SETI Works
Jan 22, 2022 • 35m
How Classified Information Works
Jan 20, 2022 • 49m
Short Stuff: Jaywalking
Jan 19, 2022 • 14m
Rock Paper Scissors: Decider of Things
Jan 18, 2022 • 48m
What were the black codes?
Jan 13, 2022 • 47m
Short Stuff: Fortune Cookies
Jan 12, 2022 • 14m
The Circleville Poison Pen Letters Mystery
Jan 11, 2022 • 51m
Selects: Carl Sagan: American Hero
Jan 8, 2022 • 38m
Ants! Part 2!
Jan 6, 2022 • 42m
Short Stuff: The Casket Racket
Jan 5, 2022 • 11m
Ants! Part 1!
Jan 4, 2022 • 44m
Selects: Horoscopes: Written in the Stars?
Jan 1, 2022 • 49m
Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!
Dec 30, 2021 • 49m
Short Stuff: Traffic Signals
Dec 29, 2021 • 12m
Unsung Heroes of the Court
Dec 28, 2021 • 46m
Selects: How Tipping Works
Dec 25, 2021 • 51m
SYSK’s 2021 Glad Tidings Bonanza Holiday Special
Dec 23, 2021 • 51m
Short Stuff: Christmas Cards
Dec 22, 2021 • 12m
How Snowmen (And Snowwomen) Work
Dec 21, 2021 • 42m
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
Dec 18, 2021 • 54m
Kidney Stones: No! Please, NO!
Dec 16, 2021 • 47m
Short Stuff: Charity Tips
Dec 15, 2021 • 13m
Palm Trees: Technically, Giant Plants
Dec 14, 2021 • 52m
Selects: How the Terracotta Army Works
Dec 11, 2021 • 32m
What's the deal with blue people?
Dec 9, 2021 • 46m
Short Stuff: Funny Bone
Dec 8, 2021 • 11m
Why Do Great Flood Myths Seem To Be Universal?
Dec 7, 2021 • 44m
Selects: What Is Collective Hysteria?
Dec 4, 2021 • 42m
Your Gut Is Also A Brain
Dec 2, 2021 • 46m
Short Stuff: SINA
Dec 1, 2021 • 12m
The Twisted History of Dentistry
Nov 30, 2021 • 52m
Selects: Why Do Lefties Exist?
Nov 27, 2021 • 40m
Python-a-palooza!
Nov 25, 2021 • 43m
Short Stuff: Mayday!
Nov 24, 2021 • 14m
The Apache Wars
Nov 23, 2021 • 50m
Selects: How Hoarding Works
Nov 20, 2021 • 1h 1m
Why Is DC Not A State?
Nov 18, 2021 • 42m
Short Stuff: The Paper Dress Fad
Nov 17, 2021 • 12m
Hot Dog!(s)
Nov 16, 2021 • 53m
Selects: How Feng Shui Works
Nov 13, 2021 • 40m
The Flannan Isles Mystery
Nov 11, 2021 • 49m
Short Stuff: Your Dirty Bed
Nov 10, 2021 • 11m
What are blue laws?
Nov 9, 2021 • 49m
Selects: The Stories Behind A Few Food Fads
Nov 6, 2021 • 48m
The Rock Ampersand Roll Hall of Fame
Nov 4, 2021 • 49m
Short Stuff: Friendly Floatees
Nov 3, 2021 • 10m
How mRNA Vaccines Work
Nov 2, 2021 • 51m
Selects: What is folklore?
Oct 30, 2021 • 42m
2021 Halloween Spooktacular!
Oct 28, 2021 • 56m
Short Stuff: Most Haunted House in England
Oct 27, 2021 • 12m
Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know
Oct 26, 2021 • 49m
Selects: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?
Oct 23, 2021 • 45m
Harry Houdini: More than Magic
Oct 21, 2021 • 46m
Short Stuff: Bloody Mary
Oct 20, 2021 • 13m
Heat Waves!
Oct 19, 2021 • 52m
Selects: Why is Venice so wet?
Oct 16, 2021 • 34m
Noise Pollution: Arrrgh!
Oct 14, 2021 • 51m
Short Stuff: Jack O'Lanterns and Sleepy Hollow
Oct 13, 2021 • 12m
Venus Flytraps: Plant or Monster?
Oct 12, 2021 • 40m
Selects: How X-Rays Work
Oct 9, 2021 • 39m
The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
Oct 7, 2021 • 52m
Short Stuff: Dingoes!
Oct 6, 2021 • 12m
Research Bias: Sort It Out, Science
Oct 5, 2021 • 53m
Selects: How Empathy Works
Oct 2, 2021 • 52m
All About Alligators
Sep 30, 2021 • 51m
Short Stuff: Exploring Irish Monk
Sep 29, 2021 • 13m
How Numerology Works
Sep 28, 2021 • 43m
Selects: Planned Obsolescence: Engine of the Consumer Economy
Sep 25, 2021 • 55m
The Statue of Liberty
Sep 23, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Lake Erie's Rights
Sep 22, 2021 • 12m
How Mail Order Marriages Work
Sep 21, 2021 • 50m
Selects: How Free Speech Works
Sep 18, 2021 • 1h 5m
What's the deal with crash testing?
Sep 16, 2021 • 46m
Short Stuff: The Javelina
Sep 15, 2021 • 11m
How Embalming Works
Sep 14, 2021 • 52m
Selects: Southerners Aren't Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm
Sep 11, 2021 • 47m
How the Magna Carta Worked
Sep 9, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Chameleons
Sep 8, 2021 • 13m
The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil
Sep 7, 2021 • 48m
Selects: How Temper Tantrums Work
Sep 4, 2021 • 38m
Criminal Records: No Thanks!
Sep 2, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Handwashing vs Dishwashers
Sep 1, 2021 • 15m
How Trepanation Worked
Aug 31, 2021 • 50m
Selects: Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process
Aug 28, 2021 • 51m
Les Paul & Leo Fender Part II
Aug 26, 2021 • 47m
Short Stuff: Jackalope
Aug 25, 2021 • 13m
Les Paul & Leo Fender Part I
Aug 24, 2021 • 43m
Selects: How Pet Psychics Work
Aug 21, 2021 • 36m
Y2K: Much Ado About Something
Aug 19, 2021 • 43m
Short Stuff: 5 Lazarus Species
Aug 18, 2021 • 13m
How MRI Works
Aug 17, 2021 • 41m
Selects: How Animal Domestication Works
Aug 14, 2021 • 49m
How Fireflies and Lightning Bugs Work
Aug 12, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty
Aug 11, 2021 • 11m
Child Labor: Not Funny
Aug 10, 2021 • 52m
Selects: How Landslides Work
Aug 7, 2021 • 33m
How Transcendentalism Works
Aug 5, 2021 • 36m
Short Stuff: Calamity Jane
Aug 4, 2021 • 13m
The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment
Aug 3, 2021 • 55m
Selects: How Police Interrogation Works
Jul 31, 2021 • 1h 5m
How Sarcasm Works
Jul 29, 2021 • 43m
Short Stuff: Space Hurricanes
Jul 28, 2021 • 11m
Conservatorships: #freebritney
Jul 27, 2021 • 47m
Selects: How Mars Works
Jul 24, 2021 • 52m
The Origins of Some Everyday Superstitions
Jul 22, 2021 • 40m
Short Stuff: RICO Act
Jul 21, 2021 • 12m
Stranger Danger!
Jul 20, 2021 • 48m
Selects: How Ketchup Works
Jul 17, 2021 • 52m
How Reverse Osmosis Will Save the World
Jul 15, 2021 • 43m
Short Stuff: Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
Jul 14, 2021 • 13m
The Radium Girls
Jul 13, 2021 • 45m
Selects: How Historic Districts Work
Jul 10, 2021 • 45m
SYSK Live: Koko, the Gorilla Who Talked
Jul 8, 2021 • 1h 10m
Short Stuff: Sulfanilamide Disaster
Jul 7, 2021 • 13m
The Sad Story of William James Sidis
Jul 6, 2021 • 46m
Selects: Are good samaritan laws effective?
Jul 3, 2021 • 46m
The Grand Ole Opry Cast
Jul 1, 2021 • 43m
Short Stuff: Beast of Gevaudan
Jun 30, 2021 • 12m
Poison Control Centers: A Good Thing
Jun 29, 2021 • 51m
Selects: How Royalty Works
Jun 26, 2021 • 46m
How Faraday Cages Work
Jun 24, 2021 • 42m
Short Stuff: Chastity Belts
Jun 23, 2021 • 12m
The Mystery of Damascus Steel
Jun 22, 2021 • 36m
Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
Jun 19, 2021 • 44m
How Venus Works
Jun 17, 2021 • 41m
Short Stuff: Mojave Megaphone
Jun 16, 2021 • 12m
Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art World
Jun 15, 2021 • 46m
Selects: How Sea Monsters Work
Jun 12, 2021 • 37m
POGs: The 90s in a Bottle Cap
Jun 10, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Chinatowns
Jun 9, 2021 • 13m
Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing
Jun 8, 2021 • 48m
Selects: Who was America's first murderer?
Jun 5, 2021 • 29m
John Muir: Outdoor Enthusiast
Jun 3, 2021 • 42m
Short Stuff: Runner's High
Jun 2, 2021 • 12m
What Causes Inflation?
Jun 1, 2021 • 47m
Selects: How Nitrous Oxide Works
May 29, 2021 • 53m
Night Trap: The Video Game Failure that Changed the Industry
May 27, 2021 • 40m
Short Stuff: Parachute Emergency!
May 26, 2021 • 12m
How Cleft Lips and Palates Work
May 25, 2021 • 40m
Selects: How Hot Wheels Work
May 22, 2021 • 41m
Girl Scouts: More than cookie sellers
May 20, 2021 • 50m
Short Stuff: Speed Reading
May 19, 2021 • 13m
The Cleveland Torso Murders
May 18, 2021 • 48m
Selects: How Limousines Work
May 15, 2021 • 36m
How Monster Trucks Work
May 13, 2021 • 46m
Short Stuff: Garter Snakes
May 12, 2021 • 11m
The Ivy League
May 11, 2021 • 49m
Introducing: Ephemeral Season 2
May 10, 2021 • 2m
Selects: How Snake Handlers Work
May 8, 2021 • 54m
How Uranium Mining Works
May 6, 2021 • 49m
Short Stuff: Squarer Than Wombat Poop
May 5, 2021 • 12m
The Appendix: No Respect
May 4, 2021 • 43m
Selects: How Cave Dwellers Work
May 1, 2021 • 38m
How Corporate Taxes Work
Apr 29, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Ivar The Boneless
Apr 28, 2021 • 10m
Truffles: Underground Treasures
Apr 27, 2021 • 40m
Selects: How Profiling Works
Apr 24, 2021 • 49m
How Stamp Collecting Works
Apr 22, 2021 • 54m
Short Stuff: Madam C.J. Walker
Apr 21, 2021 • 13m
Mechanical Bulls!
Apr 20, 2021 • 45m
Selects: How Tupperware Works
Apr 17, 2021 • 37m
Hair Loss: The Pits
Apr 15, 2021 • 57m
Short Stuff: Palindromes
Apr 14, 2021 • 13m
How the Electrical Grid Works
Apr 13, 2021 • 57m
Selects: The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children
Apr 10, 2021 • 44m
Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness
Apr 8, 2021 • 52m
Short Stuff: Venus de Milo
Apr 7, 2021 • 11m
Havana Syndrome: ¿Qué Diablos?
Apr 6, 2021 • 41m
Selects: How Circus Families Work
Apr 3, 2021 • 44m
How the Titanic Worked: Part Two
Apr 1, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: What's the oldest book?
Mar 31, 2021 • 11m
How the Titanic Worked: Part One
Mar 30, 2021 • 47m
Selects: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?
Mar 27, 2021 • 48m
Introducing: Minnie Questions
Mar 26, 2021 • 3m
Space Junk, Ahoy!
Mar 25, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Cellphones on Airplanes
Mar 24, 2021 • 13m
What is biophilic design?
Mar 23, 2021 • 50m
Selects: How Lighthouses Work
Mar 20, 2021 • 45m
The Texas City Disaster of 1947
Mar 18, 2021 • 40m
Short Stuff: Brazilian Jars
Mar 17, 2021 • 15m
The Parrot Episode
Mar 16, 2021 • 51m
Selects: Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Convertors Work
Mar 13, 2021 • 36m
Karaoke: Tuesday Night Fever
Mar 11, 2021 • 53m
Short Stuff: Tooth Fairy: Not Real
Mar 10, 2021 • 12m
Dragons: As Real as Mermaids
Mar 9, 2021 • 39m
Selects: Mermaids: Not a real thing
Mar 6, 2021 • 41m
Why is the Equal Rights Amendment still not ratified?
Mar 4, 2021 • 49m
Short Stuff: Dog Suicide Bridge
Mar 3, 2021 • 12m
Is the Free Radical Theory of Aging Wrong?
Mar 2, 2021 • 50m
Selects: Bridges: Nature Abhors Them
Feb 27, 2021 • 57m
How Bruce Lee Worked
Feb 25, 2021 • 51m
Short Stuff: The Body in the Cylinder
Feb 24, 2021 • 14m
What Will Farming 4.0 Look Like?
Feb 23, 2021 • 48m
Introducing: Black Cowboys
Feb 22, 2021 • 1m
Selects: How Chili Peppers Work
Feb 20, 2021 • 52m
How Blue Holes Work
Feb 18, 2021 • 36m
Short Stuff: Freedom House Ambulance Services
Feb 17, 2021 • 16m
The Disappearance of Lars Mittank
Feb 16, 2021 • 42m
How Housing Discrimination Works
Feb 11, 2021 • 54m
Short Stuff: How California Got Its Name
Feb 10, 2021 • 12m
Sacagawea: Impressive Teen
Feb 9, 2021 • 47m
Selects: Earwax: Live With It
Feb 6, 2021 • 36m
The NAACP
Feb 4, 2021 • 45m
Short Stuff: Balloonfest
Feb 3, 2021 • 13m
How Groundhog Day Works
Feb 2, 2021 • 49m
Selects: Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out
Jan 30, 2021 • 38m
How Hydropower Works
Jan 28, 2021 • 51m
Short Stuff: Vantablack
Jan 27, 2021 • 12m
The KKK: Loathsome Cosplay Rednecks
Jan 26, 2021 • 56m
Selects: How Blimps Work
Jan 23, 2021 • 46m
Finding the Fenn Treasure
Jan 21, 2021 • 48m
Short Stuff: Necco
Jan 20, 2021 • 12m
What does a tire company know about food?
Jan 19, 2021 • 45m
Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?
Jan 16, 2021 • 43m
The Science of Cute
Jan 14, 2021 • 53m
Short Stuff: Silverfish
Jan 13, 2021 • 9m
Hell! Hell! Hell!
Jan 12, 2021 • 56m
Selects: How Skateboarding Works
Jan 9, 2021 • 45m
The Wright Brothers
Jan 7, 2021 • 1h 3m
Short Stuff: Is It Theater or Theatre?
Jan 6, 2021 • 11m
Space Weather - What's That?!
Jan 5, 2021 • 48m
Selects: How Auto-Tune Works
Jan 2, 2021 • 53m
One Of Our Favorite Episodes of 2020 - 'How Peanut Butter Works'
Dec 31, 2020 • 56m
La Dame de Fer (Eiffel Tower)
Dec 31, 2020 • 48m
Short Stuff: Ig-pay Atin-lay (Sorry)
Dec 30, 2020 • 12m
Theremins: World's First Electronic Music
Dec 29, 2020 • 50m
SYSK Selects: Sugar: It Powers the Earth
Dec 26, 2020 • 44m
The SYSK 2020 Holly Jolly Extravaganza!
Dec 24, 2020 • 42m
Short Stuff: Chinese Food on Christmas
Dec 23, 2020 • 12m
How Buffets Work
Dec 22, 2020 • 57m
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978
Dec 19, 2020 • 54m
Aspirin: The Wonder Drug
Dec 17, 2020 • 47m
Short Stuff: Modern Funerals
Dec 16, 2020 • 12m
Joseph Merrick, aka "The Elephant Man"
Dec 15, 2020 • 43m
SYSK Selects: What is a hangover, really?
Dec 12, 2020 • 33m
The Taliesin Massacre
Dec 10, 2020 • 42m
Short Stuff: Cramming
Dec 9, 2020 • 13m
How Class Action Lawsuits Work
Dec 8, 2020 • 49m
SYSK Selects: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe
Dec 5, 2020 • 55m
John Lennon and the FBI
Dec 3, 2020 • 42m
Short Stuff: Pimento Cheese!
Dec 2, 2020 • 14m
Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century
Dec 1, 2020 • 51m
SYSK Selects: How Tea Works
Nov 28, 2020 • 51m
Gobble Gobble: Turkeys!
Nov 26, 2020 • 46m
Short Stuff: How Eyes In a Painting Follow You
Nov 25, 2020 • 11m
Patty Hearst: Brainwashed or Bandit?
Nov 24, 2020 • 55m
SYSK Selects: Whatever happened to acid rain?
Nov 21, 2020 • 29m
The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth
Nov 19, 2020 • 45m
Short Stuff: Squirrel Nuts
Nov 18, 2020 • 11m
How Pain Works
Nov 17, 2020 • 51m
SYSK Selects: Who Gets to Name Continents?
Nov 14, 2020 • 41m
How Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Works
Nov 12, 2020 • 49m
Short Stuff: Plastic Pink Flamingos
Nov 11, 2020 • 12m
The Bay of Pigs Disaster
Nov 10, 2020 • 48m
SYSK Selects: Geysers: Nature's Innuendo
Nov 8, 2020 • 27m
All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh
Nov 5, 2020 • 51m
Short Stuff: Fruit Flies, Why?
Nov 4, 2020 • 11m
The Amazing Roberto Clemente
Nov 3, 2020 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Ghosts Work
Oct 31, 2020 • 43m
SYSK’s Scare Your Pants Off (and Back On) Halloween Spooktacular
Oct 29, 2020 • 41m
Short Stuff: Poe Toaster
Oct 28, 2020 • 14m
A History of Nursing Homes
Oct 27, 2020 • 51m
Chuck Bryant On The Why I’m Voting Podcast
Oct 25, 2020 • 12m
SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works
Oct 24, 2020 • 31m
Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
Oct 22, 2020 • 41m
Short Stuff: Haunted Real Estate
Oct 21, 2020 • 12m
10 Voter Suppression Methods
Oct 20, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How Sushi Works
Oct 17, 2020 • 51m
Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies
Oct 15, 2020 • 39m
Short Stuff: What is Latinx anyway?
Oct 14, 2020 • 12m
Wind Tunnels: More Important Than You Realize
Oct 13, 2020 • 44m
SYSK Selects: How Bigfoot Works
Oct 10, 2020 • 33m
Printing press? Big deal!
Oct 8, 2020 • 53m
Short Stuff: Lying in State
Oct 7, 2020 • 11m
What's the deal with swing states?
Oct 6, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How the Electoral College Works
Oct 3, 2020 • 40m
Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)
Oct 1, 2020 • 47m
Short Stuff: That's A Head Scratcher
Sep 30, 2020 • 10m
Conjugal Visits: Not exactly what you think
Sep 29, 2020 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How Rabies Works
Sep 26, 2020 • 41m
At Long Last: Hawaiian Overthrow Episode
Sep 24, 2020 • 50m
Short Stuff: Petticoat Rulers
Sep 23, 2020 • 11m
How Sweepstakes Work
Sep 22, 2020 • 51m
SYSK Selects: How White-collar Crime Works
Sep 19, 2020 • 45m
How Election Polling Works and Doesn't Work
Sep 17, 2020 • 46m
Short Stuff: Black Cowboys
Sep 16, 2020 • 13m
Origami: Folding Goodness
Sep 15, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How Porta-Potties Work
Sep 12, 2020 • 40m
Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!
Sep 10, 2020 • 45m
Short Stuff: Streisand Effect
Sep 9, 2020 • 14m
Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown
Sep 8, 2020 • 44m
SYSK Selects: How Police Chases Work
Sep 5, 2020 • 27m
The Disturbing Disappearance of Tara Calico
Sep 3, 2020 • 40m
Short Stuff: More Phrase Origins
Sep 2, 2020 • 12m
How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
Sep 1, 2020 • 54m
SYSK Selects: Polyamory: When two just won't do
Aug 29, 2020 • 44m
Blacksmiths? You got that right!
Aug 27, 2020 • 50m
Short Stuff: Carrots and Your Eyes
Aug 26, 2020 • 12m
How Sneezing Works
Aug 25, 2020 • 48m
SYSK Selects: How Panic Attacks Work
Aug 22, 2020 • 34m
1-800-PODCAST
Aug 20, 2020 • 41m
Short Stuff: The Great American Coin Shortage of 2020
Aug 19, 2020 • 12m
How Anti-Dieting Works
Aug 18, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How The Human Microbiome Project Works
Aug 15, 2020 • 35m
Olympic Torches: Remember Those?
Aug 13, 2020 • 44m
Short Stuff: The Return of Bill Gates!
Aug 12, 2020 • 30m
Pirate Radio: Mavericks on the High Seas
Aug 11, 2020 • 49m
SYSK Selects: How The Moonwalk Works
Aug 8, 2020 • 41m
How Miniature Golf Works
Aug 6, 2020 • 48m
Short Stuff: Jigsaw Puzzles
Aug 5, 2020 • 14m
Wasps: Not as cute as bees
Aug 4, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How the Rosetta Stone Works
Aug 1, 2020 • 37m
How Soap Works
Jul 30, 2020 • 49m
Short Stuff: Habsburg Jaw
Jul 29, 2020 • 12m
How Hurricanes Work
Jul 28, 2020 • 53m
SYSK Selects: How Lobbying Works
Jul 25, 2020 • 54m
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mobile Phones
Jul 23, 2020 • 56m
Short Stuff: The Death of Billy the Kid
Jul 22, 2020 • 15m
How We Almost Got Rid of Polio
Jul 21, 2020 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How a Flea Circus Works
Jul 18, 2020 • 44m
Robber Barons!
Jul 16, 2020 • 1h 3m
Short Stuff: Centralia Coal Fire
Jul 15, 2020 • 14m
Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad
Jul 14, 2020 • 50m
SYSK Selects: How Landfills Work
Jul 11, 2020 • 41m
Essential Oils: Nature's Cure?
Jul 9, 2020 • 54m
Short Stuff: The @ Symbol
Jul 8, 2020 • 14m
What was the KGB?
Jul 7, 2020 • 49m
SYSK Selects: All We Know About Guessing
Jul 4, 2020 • 56m
Oh Yes, How Soil Works
Jul 2, 2020 • 55m
Short Stuff: The Science of Funny Words
Jul 1, 2020 • 13m
Bruxism: Grinding Your Teeth Is the Pits
Jun 30, 2020 • 48m
SYSK Selects: Juggling: What the Heck
Jun 27, 2020 • 47m
Matcha: That Ain't Just Tea
Jun 25, 2020 • 45m
Short Stuff: Nouns of assemblage... assemble!
Jun 24, 2020 • 10m
How Ultrasound Works
Jun 23, 2020 • 48m
SYSK Selects: Research tips from SYSK
Jun 20, 2020 • 43m
The Manhattan Grid
Jun 18, 2020 • 45m
Short Stuff: Haint Blue
Jun 17, 2020 • 10m
The War on Fat: The Seven Countries Study
Jun 16, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How Flamethrowers Work
Jun 13, 2020 • 22m
Can You Eat A Tapeworm To Lose Weight?
Jun 11, 2020 • 39m
Short Stuff: Foie Gras
Jun 10, 2020 • 12m
How Project Star Gate Worked
Jun 9, 2020 • 53m
SYSK Selects: How The Black Panther Party Worked
Jun 6, 2020 • 1h 5m
The Massacre at Tiananmen Square
Jun 4, 2020 • 1h 1m
Short Stuff: Disappearing Dirty Dancing Lake
Jun 3, 2020 • 11m
Heroin: The Drug
Jun 2, 2020 • 52m
SYSK Selects: How Jackhammers Work
May 30, 2020 • 30m
How Narcolepsy Works
May 28, 2020 • 52m
Short Stuff: Lawn Darts
May 27, 2020 • 12m
Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom
May 26, 2020 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How The Enlightenment Works
May 23, 2020 • 40m
Josh Clark's Speech from Commencement: Speeches for the Class of 2020
May 22, 2020 • 11m
How Bras Work
May 21, 2020 • 52m
Short Stuff: Mary Had A Little Lamb
May 20, 2020 • 13m
How Spiritualism Works
May 19, 2020 • 1h 0m
SYSK Selects: How Fire Works
May 16, 2020 • 28m
How Peanut Butter Works
May 14, 2020 • 56m
Short Stuff: Charley Horse
May 13, 2020 • 11m
How Herd Immunity Works
May 12, 2020 • 1h 2m
SYSK Selects: How Caving Works
May 9, 2020 • 49m
Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still Good
May 7, 2020 • 54m
Short Stuff: Gibtown: Sideshow Central
May 6, 2020 • 13m
I'm Spartacus!
May 5, 2020 • 52m
SYSK Selects: How do dogs perceive time?
May 2, 2020 • 26m
Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
Apr 30, 2020 • 53m
Short Stuff: Mullets: 'Nuff Said
Apr 29, 2020 • 12m
How Existential Risks Work
Apr 28, 2020 • 55m
SYSK Selects: How the U.S. Postal Service Works
Apr 25, 2020 • 45m
How the Voyager Golden Records Work
Apr 23, 2020 • 1h 3m
Short Stuff: The NY Times Crossword
Apr 22, 2020 • 13m
The Soul Train Episode
Apr 21, 2020 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How Labor Unions Work
Apr 18, 2020 • 49m
How Wastewater Treatment Works
Apr 16, 2020 • 58m
Short Stuff: Turning Down the Radio When You're Lost
Apr 15, 2020 • 13m
Bidets: Now More Than Ever
Apr 14, 2020 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How Dissociative Identity Disorder Works
Apr 11, 2020 • 43m
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician
Apr 9, 2020 • 48m
Short Stuff: AAirpass
Apr 8, 2020 • 14m
The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold
Apr 7, 2020 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How the Deep Web Works
Apr 4, 2020 • 31m
Student Loans: UGH!
Apr 2, 2020 • 56m
Short Stuff: 666
Apr 1, 2020 • 12m
How Dog Training Works
Mar 31, 2020 • 44m
SYSK Selects: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?
Mar 28, 2020 • 44m
How COVID-19 Works
Mar 26, 2020 • 1h 6m
Short Stuff: Dagen H
Mar 25, 2020 • 12m
Could A Robot Tax Win the War on Poverty?
Mar 24, 2020 • 54m
SYSK Selects: Virus Talk with Josh and Chuck
Mar 21, 2020 • 33m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Jim Henson Worked
Mar 20, 2020 • 40m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: SYSK Live: How Bars Work
Mar 20, 2020 • 50m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Grass Works? Yes, How Grass Works
Mar 20, 2020 • 49m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Terraforming Will Work
Mar 20, 2020 • 39m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Rogue Waves Work
Mar 20, 2020 • 32m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: Was there a real King Arthur?
Mar 20, 2020 • 42m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: The Amazing History of Soda
Mar 20, 2020 • 47m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA
Mar 20, 2020 • 57m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Pinball Works
Mar 20, 2020 • 44m
SYSK Distraction Playlist: Sugar: It Powers the Earth
Mar 20, 2020 • 44m
What was the Falkland Islands War all about anyway?
Mar 19, 2020 • 51m
Short Stuff: The Pledge of Allegiance
Mar 18, 2020 • 13m
Chopsticks > Forks
Mar 17, 2020 • 50m
SYSK Selects: How Monopoly Works
Mar 14, 2020 • 1h 3m
How Ice Climbing Works
Mar 12, 2020 • 56m
Short Stuff: Teresita Basa
Mar 11, 2020 • 13m
How Coyotes Work
Mar 10, 2020 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Gold Works
Mar 7, 2020 • 46m
Mardi Gras! One month late
Mar 5, 2020 • 46m
Short Stuff: Exclamation Points!
Mar 4, 2020 • 13m
How Morphic Fields Work?
Mar 3, 2020 • 53m
SYSK Selects: Your limb is torn off - now what?
Feb 29, 2020 • 34m
Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure
Feb 27, 2020 • 56m
Short Stuff: Hawaiian Night Marchers
Feb 26, 2020 • 10m
What's the deal with indigo?
Feb 25, 2020 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Cult Deprogramming Works
Feb 22, 2020 • 38m
Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil
Feb 20, 2020 • 49m
Short Stuff: Mexican Jumping Beans
Feb 19, 2020 • 12m
The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances
Feb 18, 2020 • 40m
SYSK Selects: A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes
Feb 15, 2020 • 34m
911 Is Not a Joke
Feb 13, 2020 • 54m
Short Stuff: Body Under The Bed
Feb 12, 2020 • 11m
Optogenetics: Controlling Your Genes with Light
Feb 11, 2020 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Bonsai Works
Feb 8, 2020 • 56m
Why are Pentecostals growing so rapidly?
Feb 6, 2020 • 41m
Short Stuff: The Iowa Caucus
Feb 5, 2020 • 14m
How AI Facial Recognition Works
Feb 4, 2020 • 54m
SYSK Selects: How Maglev Trains Work
Feb 1, 2020 • 30m
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Jan 30, 2020 • 50m
Short Stuff: The O.K. Corral
Jan 29, 2020 • 12m
Amazing Animal Stories!
Jan 28, 2020 • 37m
SYSK Selects: How the Scientific Method Works
Jan 25, 2020 • 1h 0m
Barefoot Running: The Best Podcast Episode in History
Jan 23, 2020 • 41m
Short Stuff: Byford Dolphin Incident
Jan 22, 2020 • 13m
Why Postal Employees Go Postal
Jan 21, 2020 • 48m
SYSK Selects: How the Placebo Effect Works
Jan 18, 2020 • 39m
The Tulsa 'Race Riots'
Jan 16, 2020 • 46m
Short Stuff: The Mona Lisa
Jan 15, 2020 • 13m
Transdermal Implants: Body Art or Nightmare Fuel?
Jan 14, 2020 • 52m
SYSK Selects: Jellyfish - Even Cooler Than Octopi?
Jan 11, 2020 • 52m
The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II
Jan 9, 2020 • 45m
Short Stuff: Corduroy
Jan 8, 2020 • 13m
The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I
Jan 7, 2020 • 41m
SYSK Selects: Will Computers Replace Doctors?
Jan 4, 2020 • 35m
How Safecracking Works
Jan 2, 2020 • 57m
Short Stuff: Why Does Time Speed Up As You Age?
Jan 1, 2020 • 14m
Are broken arrows a problem?
Dec 31, 2019 • 49m
SYSK Selects: How Wine Fraud Works
Dec 28, 2019 • 48m
SYSK Live: Andre the Giant
Dec 26, 2019 • 1h 4m
Short Stuff: The Santa Claus Association
Dec 25, 2019 • 13m
The SYSK Holiday Spectacular
Dec 24, 2019 • 44m
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978
Dec 21, 2019 • 54m
Cave Diving: Totally Nuts
Dec 19, 2019 • 51m
Short Stuff: Obituaries
Dec 18, 2019 • 13m
MC Escher and His Trippy Art
Dec 17, 2019 • 57m
SYSK Selects: How Currency Works
Dec 14, 2019 • 46m
How Anorexia and Bulimia Work
Dec 12, 2019 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: Whisky or Bourbon?
Dec 11, 2019 • 13m
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gin
Dec 10, 2019 • 48m
SYSK Selects: How Amnesia Works
Dec 7, 2019 • 59m
What's a gap year anyway?
Dec 5, 2019 • 51m
Short Stuff: Macadamia Nuts
Dec 4, 2019 • 12m
Did Climate Cause the Collapse of the Maya?
Dec 3, 2019 • 43m
SYSK Selects: Fractals - Whoa
Nov 30, 2019 • 35m
How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work
Nov 28, 2019 • 1h 3m
Short Stuff: Niagara Falls Dewatered
Nov 27, 2019 • 15m
How Carbon-14 Dating Works
Nov 26, 2019 • 55m
SYSK Selects: Have all the good ideas already been discovered?
Nov 23, 2019 • 34m
What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy?
Nov 21, 2019 • 49m
Short Stuff: Backyard Burials
Nov 20, 2019 • 13m
The Murder Mystery of Ötzi the Iceman
Nov 19, 2019 • 53m
SYSK Selects: How Salt Works
Nov 16, 2019 • 43m
NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel
Nov 14, 2019 • 47m
Short Stuff: The Conch Republic
Nov 13, 2019 • 14m
Augmented Reality: Coming Soon?
Nov 12, 2019 • 58m
SYSK Selects: Can you Treat Mental Illness with Psychedelics?
Nov 9, 2019 • 40m
Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish
Nov 7, 2019 • 42m
How Ironman Triathlons Work
Nov 6, 2019 • 55m
Short Stuff: The History of Paternity Testing
Nov 6, 2019 • 11m
SYSK Selects: Halitosis - Worst Smell Ever?
Nov 2, 2019 • 34m
SYSK’s Scare Your Socks Off Halloween Spooktacular 2019
Oct 31, 2019 • 40m
Short Stuff: Our Shortie Halloween Spooktacular
Oct 30, 2019 • 12m
Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From?
Oct 29, 2019 • 50m
SYSK Selects: How Haunted House Attractions Work
Oct 26, 2019 • 48m
How Historic Districts Work
Oct 24, 2019 • 44m
Short Stuff: The Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez
Oct 23, 2019 • 12m
What's the deal with subpoenas?
Oct 22, 2019 • 51m
SYSK Selects: The 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980s
Oct 19, 2019 • 56m
How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt II
Oct 17, 2019 • 44m
Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce
Oct 16, 2019 • 12m
How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt I
Oct 15, 2019 • 41m
SYSK Selects: How Black Boxes Work
Oct 12, 2019 • 36m
The Ins and Outs of Beekeeping
Oct 10, 2019 • 1h 3m
Short Stuff: The Devil's Den
Oct 9, 2019 • 13m
How Environmental Psychology Works
Oct 8, 2019 • 51m
SYSK Selects: How Pez Works
Oct 5, 2019 • 42m
What were the Freedom Schools?
Oct 3, 2019 • 45m
Short Stuff: Fish n' Chips
Oct 2, 2019 • 13m
Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret
Oct 1, 2019 • 1h 40m
SYSK Selects: What Happened at Kent State?
Sep 28, 2019 • 38m
What are paraphilias?
Sep 26, 2019 • 52m
Short Stuff: Dare Stones
Sep 25, 2019 • 15m
We Are Running Out of Sand and That Actually Matters
Sep 24, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: Could You Live Without a Refrigerator?
Sep 21, 2019 • 37m
How the US Interstate System Works
Sep 19, 2019 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: Scurvy
Sep 18, 2019 • 13m
The Skinny on Lyme Disease
Sep 17, 2019 • 47m
SYSK Selects: How Wills Work
Sep 14, 2019 • 39m
Special Effects: A Short History
Sep 12, 2019 • 55m
Short Stuff: Papasan Chairs
Sep 11, 2019 • 13m
How Government Shutdowns Work
Sep 10, 2019 • 52m
SYSK Selects: How Ouija Boards Work
Sep 7, 2019 • 33m
What's the deal with MSG?
Sep 5, 2019 • 56m
Short Stuff: Barbed Wire
Sep 4, 2019 • 13m
Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer
Sep 3, 2019 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How Icebergs Work
Aug 31, 2019 • 35m
The Rubik's Cube Episode
Aug 29, 2019 • 48m
Short Stuff: Dead Bodies and Airline Codes
Aug 28, 2019 • 13m
A Brief Overview of Punk Rock
Aug 27, 2019 • 52m
SYSK Selects: How Sleepwalking Works
Aug 24, 2019 • 26m
How Ventriloquism Works
Aug 22, 2019 • 48m
Short Stuff: Horseshoe Crab Blood
Aug 21, 2019 • 13m
Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans
Aug 20, 2019 • 53m
SYSK Selects: Are We in a Cyberwar?
Aug 17, 2019 • 29m
How Peyote Works
Aug 15, 2019 • 40m
Short Stuff: Petrichor
Aug 14, 2019 • 12m
Solar Power: The Future or What?
Aug 13, 2019 • 1h 1m
SYSK Selects: What Is a Shotgun House?
Aug 10, 2019 • 24m
Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2
Aug 8, 2019 • 43m
Short Stuff: Time Zones
Aug 7, 2019 • 13m
Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1
Aug 6, 2019 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How the Black Death Worked
Aug 3, 2019 • 32m
What Were the BONE WARS?
Aug 1, 2019 • 53m
Short Stuff: The Man Who Didn’t Eat for a Year
Jul 31, 2019 • 12m
Will Deepfakes Ruin the World?
Jul 30, 2019 • 43m
SYSK Selects: How Human Cannonballs Work
Jul 27, 2019 • 29m
How Eyewitness Testimony Works(?)
Jul 25, 2019 • 55m
Short Stuff: Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Jul 24, 2019 • 12m
SYSK Selects: How Crack Works
Jul 20, 2019 • 47m
Sand Dunes: They Are What You Think They Are
Jul 18, 2019 • 41m
Short Stuff: Yellow Rain
Jul 17, 2019 • 12m
How Going to the Moon Works
Jul 16, 2019 • 54m
SYSK Selects: Duels - A Guide to Throwing Down the Gauntlet
Jul 13, 2019 • 39m
How Sloths Work
Jul 11, 2019 • 54m
Short Stuff: The Coconut Cult
Jul 10, 2019 • 16m
Cleopatra: Ms. Understood
Jul 9, 2019 • 50m
SYSK Selects: What Makes us Yawn?
Jul 6, 2019 • 27m
How the Fairness Doctrine Worked
Jul 4, 2019 • 53m
Short Stuff: Mitsuye Endo
Jul 3, 2019 • 11m
Is photographic memory a real thing?
Jul 2, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: What Makes a One-hit Wonder?
Jun 29, 2019 • 27m
What is the Civil Air Patrol?
Jun 27, 2019 • 44m
Short Stuff: Prison Food
Jun 26, 2019 • 11m
Planned Obsolescence: Engine of the Consumer Economy
Jun 25, 2019 • 56m
SYSK Selects: How the Donner Party Worked
Jun 22, 2019 • 37m
What happened to the Neanderthals?
Jun 20, 2019 • 50m
Short Stuff: Emperor Norton
Jun 19, 2019 • 14m
How the Hygiene Hypothesis Works
Jun 18, 2019 • 44m
SYSK Selects: What's the Deal with Crop Circles?
Jun 15, 2019 • 39m
How Area 51 Works
Jun 13, 2019 • 50m
Short Stuff: Smoke Signals
Jun 12, 2019 • 14m
What's the gig economy?
Jun 11, 2019 • 43m
SYSK Selects: How Capgras Syndrome Works
Jun 8, 2019 • 25m
What is perfect pitch?
Jun 6, 2019 • 42m
Short Stuff: Robert Johnson and the Devil
Jun 5, 2019 • 12m
How Barcodes Work
Jun 4, 2019 • 54m
SYSK Selects: How TV Ratings Work
Jun 1, 2019 • 41m
The Tylenol Murders, Part II
May 30, 2019 • 45m
Short Stuff: Look-Alike Old Couples
May 29, 2019 • 13m
The Tylenol Murders, Part I
May 28, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Acne Works
May 25, 2019 • 42m
What was Tin Pan Alley?
May 23, 2019 • 41m
Short Stuff: James Polk, Disinterred
May 22, 2019 • 12m
How Crystals Work
May 21, 2019 • 48m
SYSK Selects: How Dying Works
May 18, 2019 • 1h 4m
10ish Cases of Really Bad Luck
May 16, 2019 • 49m
Short Stuff: Honorary Degrees
May 15, 2019 • 13m
How Trampolines Work
May 14, 2019 • 54m
SYSK Selects: How Lie Detectors Work
May 11, 2019 • 28m
Do Dietary Supplements Work?
May 9, 2019 • 54m
Short Stuff: Nicknames
May 8, 2019 • 13m
Remembering Live Aid
May 7, 2019 • 51m
SYSK Selects: How Does a Diving Bell Work?
May 4, 2019 • 31m
What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead?
May 2, 2019 • 38m
Short Stuff: The Number 23
May 1, 2019 • 13m
Michael Dillon: Trans Pioneer
Apr 30, 2019 • 54m
SYSK Selects: How Zero Works
Apr 27, 2019 • 29m
What Were Human Zoos?
Apr 25, 2019 • 41m
Short Stuff: Fear of Public Speaking
Apr 24, 2019 • 12m
Is birth order important?
Apr 23, 2019 • 51m
SYSK Selects: How Marijuana Works
Apr 20, 2019 • 1h 2m
How the Hoover Dam Works, Part II
Apr 18, 2019 • 41m
Short Stuff: Emu Wars
Apr 17, 2019 • 12m
How the Hoover Dam Works, Part I
Apr 16, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Yo-Yos Work
Apr 13, 2019 • 31m
How the Electric Chair Works
Apr 11, 2019 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: Lake Peigneur
Apr 10, 2019 • 13m
How Free Range Parenting Works
Apr 9, 2019 • 50m
SYSK Selects: How Pollen Works
Apr 6, 2019 • 29m
Were Nazis Drug-Fueled Crankheads?
Apr 4, 2019 • 44m
Short Stuff: Unspent Campaign Money
Apr 3, 2019 • 11m
How Rape Kits Work
Apr 2, 2019 • 50m
SYSK Selects: How Immigration Works
Mar 30, 2019 • 49m
Etch A Sketch!
Mar 28, 2019 • 39m
Short Stuff: When Elvis Met Nixon
Mar 27, 2019 • 14m
How Druids Worked
Mar 26, 2019 • 40m
SYSK Selects: How Sign Language Works
Mar 23, 2019 • 45m
How Disgust Works
Mar 21, 2019 • 54m
Short Stuff: The Sandman
Mar 20, 2019 • 12m
Desert Survival: Josh and Chuck Save Your Tookus
Mar 19, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: Was Atlantis A Real Place?
Mar 16, 2019 • 33m
The Great Stink: The Stench So Bad They Gave It A Name
Mar 14, 2019 • 35m
Short Stuff: Bedbugs
Mar 13, 2019 • 12m
The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
Mar 12, 2019 • 55m
SYSK Selects: How Wildfires Work
Mar 9, 2019 • 32m
How Dyslexia Works
Mar 7, 2019 • 42m
Short Stuff: Wigs in English Court
Mar 6, 2019 • 12m
What's the deal with ASMR?
Mar 5, 2019 • 46m
SYSK Selects: How the Panama Canal Works
Mar 2, 2019 • 33m
Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes
Feb 28, 2019 • 47m
Short Stuff: Black Loyalists
Feb 27, 2019 • 12m
The Science of Break-Ups
Feb 26, 2019 • 59m
SYSK Selects: How Lewis and Clark Worked
Feb 23, 2019 • 52m
How Galaxies Work
Feb 21, 2019 • 46m
Short Stuff: Turbulence
Feb 20, 2019 • 11m
Yeti: The Asian Bigfoot
Feb 19, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: Interpol: World Police
Feb 16, 2019 • 33m
Elephants: The Best Animals?
Feb 14, 2019 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: War of Jenkins' Ear
Feb 13, 2019 • 12m
Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster?
Feb 12, 2019 • 1h 2m
SYSK Selects: How Coral Reefs Work
Feb 9, 2019 • 35m
The True Story of BlacKkKlansman
Feb 7, 2019 • 45m
Short Stuff: Ellen Richards
Feb 6, 2019 • 11m
The Insidious Abuse of Stalking
Feb 5, 2019 • 56m
SYSK Selects: Saunas: More Interesting Than You Think!
Feb 2, 2019 • 38m
How Central Park Works
Jan 31, 2019 • 53m
Short Stuff: Johnny Appleseed
Jan 30, 2019 • 12m
How Ping Pong Works
Jan 29, 2019 • 56m
SYSK Selects: Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish
Jan 26, 2019 • 37m
The Legend of Betsy Ross
Jan 24, 2019 • 42m
Short Stuff: Thread Count
Jan 23, 2019 • 12m
SYSK Live: The Kellogg Brothers’ Wacky World of Health
Jan 22, 2019 • 1h 11m
SYSK Selects: How Lobotomies Work
Jan 19, 2019 • 33m
The July 20th Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Jan 17, 2019 • 46m
Short Stuff: Olestra
Jan 16, 2019 • 11m
How Airbags Work
Jan 15, 2019 • 39m
SYSK Selects: How Schizophrenia Works
Jan 12, 2019 • 43m
The Great Finger in the Wendy’s Chili Caper
Jan 10, 2019 • 44m
Short Stuff: How Often Do You Need To Change Your Oil?
Jan 9, 2019 • 14m
How the Spanish Flu Worked
Jan 8, 2019 • 57m
SYSK Selects: How Munchausen Syndrome Works
Jan 5, 2019 • 39m
What was the Tunguska event?
Jan 3, 2019 • 42m
Short Stuff: Khipu
Jan 2, 2019 • 15m
Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years
Jan 1, 2019 • 45m
SYSK Selects: How Fossils Work
Dec 29, 2018 • 36m
Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dec 27, 2018 • 51m
Short Stuff: The Brain-Bladder Connection
Dec 26, 2018 • 14m
SYSK Live Christmas Spectacular!
Dec 25, 2018 • 1h 15m
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978
Dec 22, 2018 • 54m
E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
Dec 20, 2018 • 41m
Short Stuff: Unique Snowflakes
Dec 19, 2018 • 12m
Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
Dec 18, 2018 • 49m
SYSK Selects: How Igloos Work
Dec 15, 2018 • 28m
Are good samaritan laws effective?
Dec 13, 2018 • 46m
Short Stuff: Laughing Buddha
Dec 12, 2018 • 12m
How Ayahuasca Works
Dec 11, 2018 • 44m
SYSK Selects: That Dang-old Goat Fell Over
Dec 8, 2018 • 29m
Was the PMRC censorship in disguise?
Dec 6, 2018 • 55m
Short Stuff: Dolphin Detectors
Dec 5, 2018 • 14m
How Search and Rescue Dogs Work
Dec 4, 2018 • 50m
SYSK Selects: Can Your Grandfather's Diet Shorten Your Life?
Dec 1, 2018 • 30m
Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry
Nov 29, 2018 • 41m
Short Stuff: iSmell
Nov 28, 2018 • 13m
How the Navajo Code Talkers Worked
Nov 27, 2018 • 44m
SYSK Selects: How Black Friday Works
Nov 24, 2018 • 40m
Fire twucks! Fire twucks! (sic)
Nov 22, 2018 • 49m
Short Stuff: Safety Pins
Nov 21, 2018 • 11m
Finders Keepers: Real Law
Nov 20, 2018 • 38m
SYSK Selects: How Kleptomania Works
Nov 17, 2018 • 26m
Olive Oil: Mother Nature's Gift
Nov 15, 2018 • 1h 0m
Short Stuff: Lemonade
Nov 14, 2018 • 13m
Pando: Earth’s Oldest, Hugest Organism Is Trees!
Nov 13, 2018 • 42m
SYSK Selects: How Pizza Works
Nov 10, 2018 • 51m
Is yogurt a miracle food?
Nov 8, 2018 • 45m
Short Stuff: Vomitoria
Nov 7, 2018 • 12m
What were war masks?
Nov 6, 2018 • 39m
SYSK Selects: How Grief Works
Nov 3, 2018 • 40m
How Easy Bake Ovens Work
Nov 1, 2018 • 36m
Short Stuff: Labor Day
Oct 31, 2018 • 12m
SYSK’s 2018 Super Spooktacular
Oct 30, 2018 • 51m
SYSK Selects: What's with the Winchester Mystery House?
Oct 27, 2018 • 30m
How the Amityville Horror Worked
Oct 25, 2018 • 52m
Short Stuff: Exploding Manholes
Oct 24, 2018 • 13m
How Epilepsy Works
Oct 23, 2018 • 54m
SYSK Selects: How Aphrodisiacs Work
Oct 20, 2018 • 21m
Waterbeds: The Sexiest Bed?
Oct 18, 2018 • 38m
Short Stuff: Korean Fan Death
Oct 17, 2018 • 13m
Was There A Real Robin Hood?
Oct 16, 2018 • 49m
SYSK Selects: How Homelessness Works
Oct 13, 2018 • 41m
When inventions kill!
Oct 11, 2018 • 44m
Short Stuff: William King
Oct 10, 2018 • 12m
How Marathons Work
Oct 9, 2018 • 1h 5m
SYSK Selects: Is lethal injection humane?
Oct 6, 2018 • 44m
Algae: Food, Fuel, What?
Oct 4, 2018 • 51m
Short Stuff: Grandfather Clocks
Oct 3, 2018 • 12m
How the Concorde Worked
Oct 2, 2018 • 56m
SYSK Selects: Does the five-second rule work?
Sep 29, 2018 • 34m
Seriously, What Is Dark Matter?
Sep 27, 2018 • 43m
What is colorblindness?
Sep 25, 2018 • 35m
SYSK Selects: Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?
Sep 22, 2018 • 24m
How Ranked Choice Voting Works
Sep 20, 2018 • 43m
Roundabouts: The Problem Is You
Sep 18, 2018 • 58m
SYSK Selects: How Commercial Jingles Work
Sep 15, 2018 • 35m
What are think tanks all about?
Sep 13, 2018 • 44m
SYSK Live: How Game Shows Work
Sep 11, 2018 • 1h 8m
SYSK Selects: How Circumcision Works
Sep 8, 2018 • 42m
The Lava Lamp: Goes Great With Acid
Sep 6, 2018 • 46m
How Police Lineups Work
Sep 4, 2018 • 52m
SYSK Selects: How Patents Work
Sep 1, 2018 • 1h 1m
How Elimination Diets Work
Aug 30, 2018 • 43m
Why There Aren't So Many Hotel Fires Anymore
Aug 28, 2018 • 44m
SYSK Selects: What's the deal with Voodoo?
Aug 25, 2018 • 33m
Pterosaurs: Not Flying Dinosaurs
Aug 23, 2018 • 38m
Latest activity