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Stuff You Should Know

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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.

Episodes

The Hillsborough Disaster

When a crush of football fans killed 97 people in England in 1989, police and officials engaged in a massive cover-up to blame it on drunken fans. Today we tell that story.

4 days ago46:20

Selects: How Enron Fooled the World

Until 2007, the largest single corporate bankruptcy was Enron, a $67 billion energy trading company. Its decline was breathtaking, and while it’s a fascinating story of…

7 days ago1:00:00

Freetown Christiania

The sort of commune of Freetown Christiania in Denmark may not be what it used to be, but it's still true to many of its original values. Learn all about this unique neighborhood…

9 days ago37:15

Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?

Fear is different than being scared, most notably because fear is generally a negative thing and being scared can cause an enjoyable thrill. We'll get into the difference in…

10 days ago12:21

Some Interesting Curses

Even though curses aren’t real – and we go to great pains to make that clear – they are pretty interesting, especially ones you haven’t heard of before. So…

11 days ago48:19

Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil

It’s a pretty safe assumption that people have been born with birthmarks since humanity began, and between then and now we’ve come up with some wacky, even dangerous,…

14 days ago49:55

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

Since the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements any aspect of the universe could be…

14 days ago55:00

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Global Warming Works

It's a confusing part of climate change when it seems winter is as cold as ever, but as global temperatures creep ever so slightly higher, a cascade of catastrophic events will…

14 days ago1:00:11

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How X-Rays Work

Like many huge discoveries, X-rays were accidentally stumbled upon. That serendipity led to a medical breakthrough still in use today. Learn about how X-rays are created and why…

15 days ago38:44

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You’d still be wrong, though. The story of what’s holding up your underwear is a global drama,…

15 days ago52:05

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?

The world's energy consumption is ruining the planet but for decades physicists have been working on what could solve the world's energy and climate change woes for centuries to…

15 days ago44:18

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Occam's Razor Works

You know the rule that says the simplest explanation is probably the correct one? That’s called a razor and it’s meant to guide logic. But over time it’s become…

15 days ago40:03

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