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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.

SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works

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  • 1.9K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 39:45

If you want to control the masses, control what they read. After all, books are seeds that germinate new points of view. As a result, the struggle against banning books is contentious and continual. Learn more about banning books in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun

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  • 1.2K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 47:21

Beavers are in fact, very busy. They're builders and solid family members, husbands and wives. Learn all about N America's largest rodent today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Short Stuff: Haunted Real Estate

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  • 1.3K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 13:44

Do you have to disclose the notion that your house may be haunted upon sale? Listen in to find out. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

10 Voter Suppression Methods

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  • 2.2K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 53:27

Voter suppression in the USA is as old as voting itself. Listen in to hear about 10 ways we stifle the vote. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

SYSK Selects: How Sushi Works

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  • 1.5K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 58:19

Sushi grew out of a way to ferment fish a couple thousand years ago and in the late 20th century began to take the world by storm. What began as traditional, rigid food has come to evolve with new delicious innovations being added to the original canon. Learn all about it in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies

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  • 1.4K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 45:44

We love animals. A lot. Especially underrated ones like the darling porcupine. Listen in today to learn all about these stabby little boogers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Short Stuff: What is Latinx anyway?

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  • 1.1K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 14:24

We love to keep up with the current terminology for groups of people. Learn about the origin of Latinx today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Wind Tunnels: More Important Than You Realize

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  • 950 views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 52:17

Without wind tunnels we may not have airplanes right now. Early aviationists built them to puzzle out how to get and stay airborne. But wind tunnels are used for so much more than flight – from microchips to wind turbines. Enjoy this breezy episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

SYSK Selects: How Bigfoot Works

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  • 1.1K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 40:51

For centuries North American tribes have told stories of a hairy wild giant in the wilderness, and once Europeans arrived they claimed to see it, too. Chuck and Josh examine the claims of believers and the rebuttals of skeptics in this evenhanded episode from the SYSK archives. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Printing press? Big deal!

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  • 1.2K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 01:00:16

Was the printing press a big deal? You bet it was. One of the biggest. Learn all about the early history of printing today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

What's the deal with swing states?

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  • 1.1K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 54:50

Swing states are all the rage once again this election season, but the makeup has changed a bit. Learn all about what makes a swing state a swing state right now. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

SYSK Selects: How the Electoral College Works

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  • 1.3K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 47:26

When you vote in an American presidential election, you're not voting for your candidate - you're voting for a group of people you hope will in turn vote for your candidate. Listen in to learn more about the strange process for electing the president, in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)

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  • 1.2K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 32:37

The advent of nuclear weapons and the Cold War kicked off a craze in the US for building rec rooms with foot-thick reinforced walls and outfitted with survival rations and board games. Would they work? Probably not. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Short Stuff: That's A Head Scratcher

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  • 980 views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 12:17

It’s actually really strange that scratching your head is a widely understood sign that you’re puzzling over something. No one’s exactly sure why we do that, so interesting theories abound! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Conjugal Visits: Not exactly what you think

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  • 1K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 53:14

After reaching their peak, conjugal prison visits are all but gone in the U.S. Learn all about these frisky visits in today's episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

SYSK Selects: How Rabies Works

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  • 1.1K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 47:49

Rabies may have gotten a lot of attention in the U.S. in the 70s and 80s, but it's still an issue in developing countries. Learn all about this nasty virus in this classic episode. And stay away from raccoons and bats.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

At Long Last: Hawaiian Overthrow Episode

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  • 1.4K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 58:06

By longstanding listener request, we look at how Hawaii was basically stolen by the United States in the 19th century. Rather than reverse this bit of geopolitical fraud, the US ended up making Hawaii a state instead. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Short Stuff: Petticoat Rulers

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  • 990 views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 14:08

Petticoat rulers were women who ran the show long before anyone thought they could. We’re talking mayors and entire city councils comprised of women in the Old West. What happened since then? Listen to find out. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

How Sweepstakes Work

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  • 970 views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 57:08

Sweepstakes were invented as marketing tools to drum up interest for a product or sales. But winning them can be fun and as they’ve proliferated an entire subculture of people who enter hundreds of them a day. Enter the fascinating world of sweepstakes today! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

SYSK Selects: How White-collar Crime Works

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  • 1K views
  • over 3 years ago
  • 51:56

White-collar crime often involves fraud and other nonviolent acts. For most people, the term "white-collar crime" conjures up images of CEOs conniving their way to fortune. But what is it, really? Listen in as Josh and Chuck break down the facts in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers