Origami: Folding Goodness
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- 1.1K views
- over 3 years ago
- 54:40
Origami is an amazing art that consists of making folds in paper to create something beautiful. Learn all about it today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How Porta-Potties Work
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- over 3 years ago
- 47:28
Despite our lengthy history of evacuating our bowels and bladders, it wasn’t until the relatively recent 1940s that we began to construct portable, self-contained toilets to accept our waste. Dive into the world of porta-potties in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!
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- 1K views
- over 3 years ago
- 52:08
It’s time to get jazzed up for some Earth science of the waterlogged variety. Join Chuck and Josh as they tour some of the most interesting ecosystems on the planet and learn why we need to stop destroying them post haste. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Streisand Effect
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- 980 views
- over 3 years ago
- 17:01
What does Barbra Streisand have to do with the internet? Listen and learn! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown
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- over 3 years ago
- 47:16
Frances Perkins was an incredibly influential American yet is virtually unknown. What did she do? A lot! For instance, Social Security was her brainchild. And that's just the tip of the old iceberg. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How Police Chases Work
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- 900 views
- over 3 years ago
- 34:27
Entire TV shows are dedicated to them and Americans love to watch a live one, but police chases aren't as routine as they seem. While police assert chases are important tools, critics say cops engage in chases too often and too easily. Learn all about the what, how, and why in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Disturbing Disappearance of Tara Calico
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- over 3 years ago
- 46:39
When Tara Calico mysteriously vanished in 1988, suspected to be the victim of foul play, her case may have gotten lost with the countless other missing person cases in the US, were it not for the discovery of an alarming Polaroid photo in a parking lot 1500 miles away. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: More Phrase Origins
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- over 3 years ago
- 13:38
We're back with another handful of phrase origins. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
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- over 3 years ago
- 01:00:27
In 1962, three ordinary criminals transcended into folk heroes when they crawled out of their cells in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary took to the water in a homemade raft and were never heard from again. Could they have possibly survived? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: Polyamory: When two just won't do
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- over 3 years ago
- 51:19
In this classic episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh and Chuck dive into the world of polyamory. Turns out polyamorists aren't aren't weirdos and deviants, they're just regular folks looking for love from more than one person. Learn all you ever needed to know about this unique, but not so modern arrangement. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Blacksmiths? You got that right!
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- over 3 years ago
- 55:43
Blacksmiths? You got that right. Learn all about this age old occupation in today's episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Carrots and Your Eyes
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- over 3 years ago
- 14:35
Join Chuck and Josh as they learn that one of the great childhood truths – that carrots help you see better in the dark was totally made up! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
How Sneezing Works
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- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 54:43
Unless you have an arcane disorder from a lesion on a very specific spot on our medulla, the chances are you sneeze. Turns out most animals do it, even lizards! Learn the whys and hows of this most interesting involuntary reflex. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How Panic Attacks Work
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 42:16
Almost three percent of Americans suffer from a debilitating disorder that causes them to suffer intense fear seemingly without reason and science hasn’t yet figured out what causes it. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they get to the bottom of panic attacks. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
1-800-PODCAST
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- 1.1K views
- over 3 years ago
- 49:07
Chuck and Josh dive into the wacky world of 800 and 900 phone numbers. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: The Great American Coin Shortage of 2020
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- 1.3K views
- over 3 years ago
- 15:10
In addition to all the lousy things that’s come out of the Coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. is also experiencing a coin shortage thanks to a stalled-out economic system that normally circulates coins. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
How Anti-Dieting Works
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 02:32
There’s a movement afoot that says we should all stop thinking about our weight and just enjoy food. No, it doesn’t help you lose weight…No, it’s not a diet…No, - just listen to the episode, okay? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How The Human Microbiome Project Works
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- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 42:04
If it was possible to take a full scan of all of the DNA of every cell in and on your body the results would be startling: Only 1 percent would be human. The other 99 percent comprises all of the bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes you literally cannot live without. Learn more in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Olympic Torches: Remember Those?
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- 1.1K views
- over 3 years ago
- 50:03
Back in the pre-pandemic days we had a sporting event called The Olympic Games. And at those games there was an opening ceremony that featured the lighting of a cauldron from a torch. Let's chat about that, eh? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: The Return of Bill Gates!
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- 1.5K views
- over 3 years ago
- 32:30
Our old pal Bill Gates is back for a very special short stuff where we talk all about Covid vaccines and therapeutics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers