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

Selects: Can movies be cursed?
First of all, movies can't be cursed because curses aren't real. However, that can't stop Josh and Chuck from taking a look at some movies throughout history that have had a disturbing number of bad things surrounding their production and release. Dive into the world of cursed movies in this very fun classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
52 min
Let's Go to Camp... David!
Camp David is awesome. But not all presidents have liked it. We'll dig into this historic property in today's episiode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
44 min
Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?
Kangaroos are the only marsupial to hop, which is pretty weird. We'll investigate why. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
14 min
Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX
Boeing used to be one of the most respected engineering firms in the world. Then it changed its focus from making great airplanes to increasing its stock value. The result was the 737-MAX, a plane that took the lives of 346 people in two avoidable crashes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
49 min
Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis
Psychologist Julian Jaynes came up with a stunning hypothesis in 1976, that human consciousness only developed in the last 3000 years. And he seemed to have proof in ancient texts. Scholars have been picking it apart ever since and in this classic episode we join the club.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
50 min
How to Drink a Tree's Blood
Of course we're talking all about maple syrup today - the tapping, the processing, the eating.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
49 min
Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth
By all rights there should be three sets of molars in your mouth. But it turns out that our skulls aren’t really set up to accommodate that many anymore. Exactly why depends on who you ask.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
14 min
Save the Whales!
In the 1970s, conservation groups around the world rose up to protect dwindling whale populations, some on the verge of extinction. They all worked under the same banner: Save the Whales! It turned out to be one of the most successful campaigns ever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
44 min
Selects: How Fever Dreams Work
Fever dreams can be unsettling experiences. These ramped up nightmares are vivid, detailed and only happen when the human body experiences a fever. What is it about the combination of fevers and dreams that make these night terrors so hellish? Learn all that and more in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
35 min
UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity
Humanity’s created a lot of neat things over the eons and starting in the 1940s, the UN created an agency focused on preserving those things for the whole world and future people. But that mission is in danger of becoming only about branding and money.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
42 min
Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird
There’s a kind of bird that lots of people think is a real jerk. And it kind of is. But in the brown-headed cowbird’s defense, it’s just evolved that way. Find out why it has such a bad reputation among bird lovers in this Short Stuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12 min
Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular
Once in a while someone comes up with a solution for a problem we didn’t know we had, and maybe even a problem that didn’t even exist. Even more rarely, the stars align just right so that some crackpot invention captures everyone’s imagination.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
43 min
Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure
In this classic episode Josh and Chuck sit down and detail the complicated life of the late, great Sammy Davis Jr.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
56 min
The Sewol Ferry Disaster
In 2014 a ferry carrying hundreds of South Korean high school students on a field trip sunk, killing almost everyone on board. Hauntingly, their deaths were fully avoidable: everyone from the dock inspector to the Coast Guard to the president failed them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
46 min
Short Stuff: Cherry Blossoms
The Japanese Cherry Blossom is a sight to behold. But how did they get to Washington D.C.?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
13 min
Are Generations Even a Thing?
We all love to tour our generation's superiority, but who decides where the split occurs and what to name it? And is this even a thing or just an arbitrary division?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
49 min
Selects: What is a Numbers Station?
If you think secretly coded messages sent via short wave radio is Cold War relic, think again. In this classic episode, Chuck and Josh are here to dispel that myth, along with many others relating to numbers stations, including why they might still be operational.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
38 min
How Worker Co-ops Work
The worker co-op has a rich tradition and can work a variety of ways. Join us as we dig into the nuts and bolts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
45 min
Short Stuff: History of Spring Break
If you think Spring Break started with northern college kids heading to Florida to party, you'd be correct. But there's slightly more to it than that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 min
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made?
Jump in today to hear all about the disaster that was the movie ROAR.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
42 min

Stuff You Should Know

Episodes

Selects: Can movies be cursed?

Let's Go to Camp... David!

Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX

Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis

How to Drink a Tree's Blood

Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth

Save the Whales!

Selects: How Fever Dreams Work

UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity

Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird

Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular

Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure

The Sewol Ferry Disaster

Short Stuff: Cherry Blossoms

Are Generations Even a Thing?

Selects: What is a Numbers Station?

How Worker Co-ops Work

Short Stuff: History of Spring Break

Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made?

Diabolical Lies

THE MORNING SHIFT

The Ezra Klein Show

Saturday Morning

The Sound Of My Father

Humans

Modern Wisdom

The Audio Long Read

Episodes

Selects: Can movies be cursed?

Let's Go to Camp... David!

Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?

Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX

Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis

How to Drink a Tree's Blood

Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth

Save the Whales!

Selects: How Fever Dreams Work

UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity

Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird

Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular

Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure

The Sewol Ferry Disaster

Short Stuff: Cherry Blossoms

Are Generations Even a Thing?

Selects: What is a Numbers Station?

How Worker Co-ops Work

Short Stuff: History of Spring Break

Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made?

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