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MamaBearWills11
Oct 13, 2024
Josh and Chuck always keep me entertained while learning about things I never thought I would care about. I love SYSK!
M
Aug 16, 2024
Scott
Jul 5, 2024
My all time favorite podcast. Josh and Chuck are wonderful and do a perfect job balancing podcast talk and jokes.
Zach
May 28, 2024
10 years of their 16 I've been listening. amazing show, great guys, great work.
ckolenda36
May 12, 2024
Do i 100% agree with Mike's comments sometimes, no, but i appreciate his perspective always. Sword and Scale is incredible. only podcast that will make me cry on. many episodes. Best true crime podcast imo
Episode | Date |
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ADHD pt 1
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Nov 05, 2024 |
Selects: The Strange Story of Sea Monkeys
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Nov 02, 2024 |
15th Annual SYSK Halloween Spooktacular!
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Oct 31, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Two Scary True Shorties!
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Oct 30, 2024 |
The Mystery of the Skeletons of Roopkund Lake
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Oct 29, 2024 |
Selects: Why Landmines Are The Deadliest Legacy Of War
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Oct 26, 2024 |
Spend Some Time with Fairies
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Oct 24, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The Story of Spirit Halloween
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Oct 23, 2024 |
Q Anon: When Wild Conspiracy Went (sort of) Mainstream
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Oct 22, 2024 |
Selects: Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies
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Oct 19, 2024 |
Kudzu: The Vine That Just Won't Stop
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Oct 17, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Redacted!
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Oct 16, 2024 |
The Anarchist Cookbook: Funny but Dangerous
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Oct 15, 2024 |
Selects: How Paramedics Work
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Oct 12, 2024 |
Swatches!
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Oct 10, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Mystery of the Sarah Jo
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Oct 09, 2024 |
Gobekli Tepe
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Oct 08, 2024 |
Selects: How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
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Oct 05, 2024 |
The Strange Story of Lysol
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Oct 03, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Flower Power
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Oct 02, 2024 |
The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth?
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Oct 01, 2024 |
Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change
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Sep 28, 2024 |
The Judas Priest Suicide Trial
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Sep 26, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang
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Sep 25, 2024 |
Four Eyes Good: The History of Glasses
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Sep 24, 2024 |
Selects: How Government Shutdowns Work
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Sep 21, 2024 |
Tom Slick: Not the Cartoon
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Sep 19, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The Killing Stone
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Sep 18, 2024 |
Would A Love Drug Be Ethical?
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Sep 17, 2024 |
Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 2
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Sep 14, 2024 |
Celebration Florida: The Story of a Utopia that Never Was
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Sep 12, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Uncle Sam Wants YOU!
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Sep 11, 2024 |
Henry Ford: The Good, Bad and Ugly
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Sep 10, 2024 |
Selects: How Futurology Works
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Sep 07, 2024 |
Ludwig II: The Only Real King of the 19th Century
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Sep 05, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Rescuing Mistreated Pets
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Sep 04, 2024 |
The History of Streaming Music
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Sep 03, 2024 |
Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 1
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Aug 31, 2024 |
How Bomb Disposal Works
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Aug 29, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Skid Row (not the band)
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Aug 28, 2024 |
The Strange Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
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Aug 27, 2024 |
Selects: Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom
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Aug 24, 2024 |
The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes
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Aug 22, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Chupacabra
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Aug 21, 2024 |
True Mysteries of the Internet
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Aug 20, 2024 |
Selects: Body Language!
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Aug 17, 2024 |
The Cher Episode
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Aug 15, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Tarring and Feathering
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Aug 14, 2024 |
Minecraft! Minecraft! Minecraft!
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Aug 13, 2024 |
Selects: Genghis Khan: Madman or Genius?
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Aug 10, 2024 |
The Call of the Void: Don’t Pick Up!
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Aug 08, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Pruney Skin
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Aug 07, 2024 |
The Story of Rudolf Diesel
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Aug 06, 2024 |
Selects: Timber! How Timber Works
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Aug 03, 2024 |
The One About Car Washes
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Aug 01, 2024 |
Short Stuff: ZIP Codes!
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Jul 31, 2024 |
Who was Dr. Bronner?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
Selects: The Tulsa 'Race Riots'
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Jul 27, 2024 |
The KILLDOZER Rampage
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Jul 25, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The Ritchie Boys
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Jul 24, 2024 |
Phone Phreaking: The Advent of Hacking
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Jul 23, 2024 |
Selects: The Duality of Caffeine
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Jul 20, 2024 |
HPV and You
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Jul 18, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Sitzpinklers Unite
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Jul 17, 2024 |
The Puritans in America
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Jul 16, 2024 |
Selects: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician
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Jul 13, 2024 |
Salsa: NOT THE DANCE
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Jul 11, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Milk Wars
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Jul 10, 2024 |
Jane Goodall: All Good
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Jul 09, 2024 |
Selects: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work, Part II
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Jul 06, 2024 |
Salute to Women Inventors
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Jul 04, 2024 |
Short Stuff: POW Olympics
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Jul 03, 2024 |
How Dopamine Works
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Jul 02, 2024 |
Selects: How Restaurant Health Inspections Work
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Jun 29, 2024 |
EXTRA! EXTRA! The Newsboy Strike Episode!
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Jun 27, 2024 |
Short Stuff: James Dean's Car
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Jun 26, 2024 |
Whistling!
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Jun 25, 2024 |
Selects: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work, Part I
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Jun 22, 2024 |
The Big Episode on Wikipedia
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Jun 20, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Hostile Architecture
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Jun 19, 2024 |
Why Must Widowhood Be So Difficult?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
Selects: The Murder Mystery of Ă–tzi the Iceman
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Jun 15, 2024 |
A Brief History of Air Travel
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Jun 13, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Peace Sign
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Jun 12, 2024 |
Coercive Control, the Invisible Basis of Abuse
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Jun 11, 2024 |
Selects: Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen
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Jun 08, 2024 |
The Ballad of Grit
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Jun 06, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Amber Alerts
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Jun 05, 2024 |
Conductors: What the heck is going on there?
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Jun 04, 2024 |
Selects: What are think tanks all about?
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Jun 01, 2024 |
The Guinness Book of Records
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May 30, 2024 |
Short Stuff: What's a mudlarker?
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May 29, 2024 |
The shameful and harrowing story Unit 731
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May 28, 2024 |
Selects: How Vomit Phobia Works
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May 25, 2024 |
J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 2
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May 23, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Hobo Signs
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May 22, 2024 |
J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 1
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May 21, 2024 |
Selects: The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth
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May 18, 2024 |
The Silurian Hypothesis
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May 16, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Zambonis!
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May 15, 2024 |
NYC Trash: A study in persistence
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May 14, 2024 |
Selects: How Stuttering Works
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May 11, 2024 |
10 - Yes, 10! - Dumb Criminals
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May 09, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Titanic Survivors!
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May 08, 2024 |
Misophonia: More Than an Annoyance
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May 07, 2024 |
Selects: The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold
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May 04, 2024 |
Atomic Clocks, Ahoy!
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May 02, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Getting Winded
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May 01, 2024 |
The Village People Episode
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Apr 30, 2024 |
Selects: How the Beagle Brigade Works
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Apr 27, 2024 |
The Awful Crimes of Georgia Tann
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Apr 25, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The Sad, Strange Tale of Margaret Schilling
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Apr 24, 2024 |
The Power of the Wind
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Apr 23, 2024 |
Selects: Special Effects: A Short History
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Apr 20, 2024 |
Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out!
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Apr 18, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The Amazing Tale of Juliane Koepcke
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Apr 17, 2024 |
The Dubious Science of Arson Investigation
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Apr 16, 2024 |
Selects: How Famines Work
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Apr 13, 2024 |
Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones
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Apr 11, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Straitjackets
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Apr 10, 2024 |
The 1977 Women's Conference That Changed America
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Apr 09, 2024 |
Selects: All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh
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Apr 06, 2024 |
The Everglades: Wowee
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Apr 04, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Knock on Wood
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Apr 03, 2024 |
Greedflation Is Real
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Apr 02, 2024 |
Selects: Who is The Man of the Hole?
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Mar 30, 2024 |
The Pulitzer Prize: A major award!
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Mar 28, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre
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Mar 27, 2024 |
Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds
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Mar 26, 2024 |
Selects: MOVE: Or When the Philly Police Dropped a Bomb on a Residential Neighborhood
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Mar 23, 2024 |
Peanuts (the comic) Part II
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Mar 21, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Mariko Aoki Phenomenon
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Peanuts (the comic) Part I
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Mar 19, 2024 |
Selects: How Dyslexia Works
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Mar 16, 2024 |
The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century
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Mar 14, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Skittles and TIO2
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Mar 13, 2024 |
Leave Brutalism Alone!
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Mar 12, 2024 |
Selects: The Science of Break-Ups
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Mar 09, 2024 |
The Smiley, Stubborn Llama
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Mar 07, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Roly Poly...Bugs?
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Multitasking: Working slower with worse results
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Mar 05, 2024 |
Selects: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
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Mar 02, 2024 |
Wireless Electricity: When Can We Unplug Our TVs?
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Feb 29, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Smudging: Not just for hippies
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Feb 28, 2024 |
Haile Selassie: Statesman, Colonizer, God?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
Selects: How Zero Population Growth Works
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Feb 24, 2024 |
The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Benin Bronzes
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Feb 21, 2024 |
Ray and Charles Eames: More than Chairs
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Feb 20, 2024 |
Selects: Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
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Feb 17, 2024 |
Like, here's the episode on "like"
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Feb 15, 2024 |
Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman
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Feb 14, 2024 |
What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws
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Feb 13, 2024 |
Selects: The Unabomber: Misguided to say the least
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Feb 10, 2024 |
What's the Pygmalion Effect?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
Short Stuff: School Bus Yellow
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Clue(do): Third Best Board Game Ever
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Feb 06, 2024 |
Selects: How Disgust Works
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Feb 03, 2024 |
The History of Las Vegas
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Feb 01, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Wainscoting: When Half a Wall is Enough
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Jan 31, 2024 |
The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout
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Jan 30, 2024 |
Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer
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Jan 27, 2024 |
Esperanto: Tre Mojosa
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Jan 25, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Hot Cold Plunge
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Jan 24, 2024 |
The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
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Jan 23, 2024 |
Selects: Is yogurt a miracle food?
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Jan 20, 2024 |
Jonestown
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Jan 18, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Frozen Dead Guy
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Dry Cleaning: Not Really Dry(!)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
Selects: History's Greatest Traitors
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Jan 13, 2024 |
How Cranes Work
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Jan 11, 2024 |
Short Stuff: NYT Bestseller List
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Kenton Grua: Grand Canyon Legend
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Jan 09, 2024 |
Selects: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Jan 06, 2024 |
The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster
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Jan 04, 2024 |
Short Stuff: Blueprints
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Jan 03, 2024 |
SYSK Live in Nashville: The Biosphere II Experiment
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Jan 02, 2024 |
Selects: Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans
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Dec 30, 2023 |
How Primitive Will Our Descendants Find Us?
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Dec 28, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Scheele's Green
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Dec 27, 2023 |
How Snails Work
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Dec 26, 2023 |
Selects: How Fireplaces Work
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Dec 23, 2023 |
The 2023 SYSK Ho-Ho-Holiday Spectacular!
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Dec 21, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Christmas Lights
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion
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Dec 19, 2023 |
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
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Dec 16, 2023 |
Selects: How Dictators Work
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Dec 15, 2023 |
What was the Skeleton Army?
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Dec 14, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Pickles
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Dec 13, 2023 |
The Matewan Massacre
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Dec 12, 2023 |
Selects: What were the Freedom Schools?
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Dec 09, 2023 |
The Murder of John Lennon
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Dec 07, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Boba Tea
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Dec 06, 2023 |
The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger
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Dec 05, 2023 |
Selects: Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
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Dec 02, 2023 |
You Down With OED?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
Short Stuff: The Zipper Merge
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Nov 29, 2023 |
Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable
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Nov 28, 2023 |
Selects: NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel
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Nov 25, 2023 |
The Wreck of the Costa Concordia
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Nov 23, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Magnetic Pole Switcheroo
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Nov 22, 2023 |
Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
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Nov 18, 2023 |
Diners: The Most American Establishment?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Liberty Bell
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Nov 15, 2023 |
The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood
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Nov 14, 2023 |
Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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Nov 11, 2023 |
How Scuba Works
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Nov 09, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Petrified Wood
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Nov 08, 2023 |
Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method
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Nov 07, 2023 |
Selects: Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?
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Nov 04, 2023 |
The Harlem Globetrotters: American Treasures
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Nov 02, 2023 |
Short Stuff: White Dog Poop
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Nov 01, 2023 |
The 14th Annual Halloween Spooktacular!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
Selects: How Mummies Work
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Oct 28, 2023 |
Naked Mole Rats: A Face Only a Mother Could Love
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Oct 26, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Bed Sheet Ghosts
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Oct 25, 2023 |
The Compton Cafeteria Riot
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Oct 24, 2023 |
Selects: Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From?
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Oct 21, 2023 |
Kindness: Do It
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Oct 19, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Candy Corn
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Oct 18, 2023 |
The Criminal Father of Criminology
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Selects: Pain Scales: Yeeeow!
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Oct 14, 2023 |
How Intellectual Property Works
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Oct 12, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Longyou Caves
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Oct 11, 2023 |
Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend!
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Oct 10, 2023 |
Selects: How Motion Sickness Works
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Oct 07, 2023 |
How Andy Warhol Worked
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Oct 05, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Rhodium
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Oct 04, 2023 |
Night of the Grizzlies
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Oct 03, 2023 |
Selects: Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You'd Think
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Sep 30, 2023 |
Revenge: Bitter, Not Sweet
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Sep 28, 2023 |
Short Stuff: The Dakota
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Sep 27, 2023 |
The Amazing Life of Christine Granville
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Sep 26, 2023 |
Selects: Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish
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Sep 23, 2023 |
Kombucha: Fizzy Goodness
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Sep 21, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Origin of Math Signs
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Sep 20, 2023 |
10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever
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Sep 19, 2023 |
Selects: How Floods Work
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Sep 16, 2023 |
The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster
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Sep 14, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky
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Sep 13, 2023 |
Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico
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Sep 12, 2023 |
Selects: How Space Stations Work
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Sep 09, 2023 |
Native American Reservations
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Sep 07, 2023 |
Short Stuff: History of OK
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Sep 06, 2023 |
The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K
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Sep 05, 2023 |
Selects: Body Odor: You Stink
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Sep 02, 2023 |
Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music
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Aug 31, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Evil Eye
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Aug 30, 2023 |
Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan
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Aug 29, 2023 |
Selects: How Toy Testing Works
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Aug 26, 2023 |
Plant Migration
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Aug 24, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Saturn's Rings
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Aug 23, 2023 |
Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To
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Aug 22, 2023 |
Selects: How Music Sampling Works
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Aug 19, 2023 |
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition
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Aug 17, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Edward Mordake
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Aug 16, 2023 |
How We’re Learning to Talk to Animals
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Aug 15, 2023 |
Selects: How Magnets Work
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Aug 12, 2023 |
Xenobiotics
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Aug 10, 2023 |
Short Stuff: History of English
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Aug 09, 2023 |
Dear Diary...
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Aug 08, 2023 |
Selects: Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever
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Aug 05, 2023 |
The Last Meal Ritual
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Aug 03, 2023 |
Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet
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Aug 02, 2023 |
BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
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Aug 01, 2023 |
Selects: What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?
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Jul 29, 2023 |
MAD Magazine: A Tribute
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Jul 27, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Blue Highway Signs
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Jul 26, 2023 |
Learning a Foreign Language
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Jul 25, 2023 |
Selects: Nirvana: Not The Band
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Jul 22, 2023 |
Magic Eye Illusions
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Jul 20, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Pie-In-The-Face Gag
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Jul 19, 2023 |
Insomnia: Why you can't sleep
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Jul 18, 2023 |
Selects: How Police Lineups Work
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Jul 15, 2023 |
How PCP Works
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Jul 13, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Père-Lachaise Cemetery
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Jul 12, 2023 |
Birth Order: So nice, we did it twice
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Jul 11, 2023 |
Selects: How Bats Work
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Jul 08, 2023 |
James Beard: Food Legend
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Jul 06, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Hollywood Sign
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Jul 05, 2023 |
How Trucking Works
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Jul 04, 2023 |
Selects: What Makes Lead So Poisonous?
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Jul 01, 2023 |
Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings!
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Jun 29, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Fahrenheit or Celsius
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Jun 28, 2023 |
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians
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Jun 27, 2023 |
Selects: How Ocean Currents Work
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Jun 24, 2023 |
How Afrofuturism Works
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Chia Pet
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Jun 21, 2023 |
Large Language Models and You
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Jun 20, 2023 |
Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps
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Jun 17, 2023 |
How Alumin(i)um Works
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Jun 15, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Suicide Forest
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Jun 14, 2023 |
The Stinky History of Human Hygiene
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Jun 13, 2023 |
Selects: How Audience Testing Works
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Jun 10, 2023 |
Is Reality Real?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
Short Stuff: DNA Data Storage
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Jun 07, 2023 |
Why Manners?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
Selects: Pterosaurs: Not Flying Dinosaurs
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Jun 03, 2023 |
What's the deal with intermittent fasting?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Rube Goldberg
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May 31, 2023 |
The Saga of Milli Vanilli
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May 30, 2023 |
Selects: How Color Works
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May 27, 2023 |
The Semi-Recent History of Exercise
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May 25, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Pollen Count
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May 24, 2023 |
What is the Bechdel Test?
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May 23, 2023 |
Selects: How Dog Shows Work
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May 20, 2023 |
How Juries Work
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May 18, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Mood Rings
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May 17, 2023 |
The Inflammation Theory of Disease
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May 16, 2023 |
Selects: How Slinky Works
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May 13, 2023 |
How TV Weathercasters Work
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May 11, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Frances Kelsey: Hero of the FDA
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May 10, 2023 |
The Colosseum
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May 09, 2023 |
Selects: Does the body replace itself?
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May 06, 2023 |
Introducing Smell-O-Vision!
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May 04, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Dunbar's Number
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May 03, 2023 |
Nerf!
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May 02, 2023 |
Selects: How Manhunts Work
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Apr 29, 2023 |
Carbon Monoxide: Please Just Listen Anyway
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Apr 27, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Botox Brain
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Apr 26, 2023 |
Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?
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Apr 25, 2023 |
Selects: Was There A Real Robin Hood?
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Apr 22, 2023 |
METI: Existential Threat? Probably Yes
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Apr 20, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Routines
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Apr 19, 2023 |
Should Rich Countries Cancel Poor Countries’ Debt?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Selects: How Coffins Work
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Apr 15, 2023 |
John Brinkley: The Quackiest Quack in History?
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Apr 13, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Red Snow
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Apr 12, 2023 |
How Skydiving Works
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Apr 11, 2023 |
Selects: Some Nutso Fan Theories
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Apr 08, 2023 |
Playing Cards? You Got That Right!
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Apr 06, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Beethoven’s DNA
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Apr 05, 2023 |
What Caused the Late Bronze Age Collapse?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
Selects: How Jet Lag Works
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Apr 01, 2023 |
What's the deal with dowsing?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Theme Park Cremations
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Mar 29, 2023 |
The First Road Trip
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Mar 28, 2023 |
Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real?
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Mar 25, 2023 |
An Interesting, Vastly Incomplete Look at Baseball Cards
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Mar 23, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Semantic Satiation
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Mar 22, 2023 |
The Tragic Tale of Floyd Collins
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Selects: Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?
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Mar 18, 2023 |
Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Short Stuff: John Cage's 639 Year Concert
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Mar 15, 2023 |
That's Amaro!
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Mar 14, 2023 |
Selects: The Time Nazis Invaded Florida
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Mar 11, 2023 |
Woodstock: The Festival for Stardust, Golden Hippies
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Mar 09, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Paprika
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Mar 08, 2023 |
Noncompete Agreements, Come On
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Mar 07, 2023 |
Selects: Live From San Francisco: How Malls Work
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Mar 04, 2023 |
Crosswords episode, perhaps?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
Short Stuff: La Pascualita
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Mar 01, 2023 |
The Awe-Inspiring, Absolutely Crucial Amazon
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Selects: Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?
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Feb 25, 2023 |
Naps: Chuck's Secret Talent
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Feb 23, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Sleeping On It
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Feb 22, 2023 |
The Mystery of the Lost Amber Room
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Selects: The Max Headroom Affair
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Feb 18, 2023 |
The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
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Feb 16, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Beulah Mae Donald
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Feb 15, 2023 |
The Glorious Flamingo
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Selects: Cave Diving: Totally Nuts
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Feb 11, 2023 |
How (O)possums Work
|
Feb 09, 2023 |
Short Stuff: No Shirt, No Shoes, WTF
|
Feb 08, 2023 |
Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
Selects: How Easy Bake Ovens Work
|
Feb 04, 2023 |
The Largely Equine History of Veterinary Medicine
|
Feb 02, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Bird Migration
|
Feb 01, 2023 |
Must We Suffer Emotional Pain?
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Jan 31, 2023 |
Selects: Elephants: The Best Animals?
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Jan 28, 2023 |
How Attachment Theory Works
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Jan 26, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Adam's Apples and Throat Lumps
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Let's Talk About John DeLorean
|
Jan 24, 2023 |
Selects: How Game Shows Work
|
Jan 21, 2023 |
Toast: As in browned bread
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Jan 19, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Women Pirates
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Jan 18, 2023 |
The Louisiana Purchase: Not a Purchase
|
Jan 17, 2023 |
Selects: How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works
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Jan 14, 2023 |
How Tarot Works?
|
Jan 12, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
|
Jan 11, 2023 |
How Enron Fooled the World
|
Jan 10, 2023 |
Selects: How Perfume Works
|
Jan 07, 2023 |
When Mount St. Helens Blew Its Top
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Jan 05, 2023 |
Short Stuff: Dangers of Nose Picking
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Jan 04, 2023 |
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (not the song)
|
Jan 03, 2023 |
Selects: Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster?
|
Dec 31, 2022 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Podcast Episode
|
Dec 29, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Mesas: Flat
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Dec 28, 2022 |
Juicy: The Fried Chicken Story
|
Dec 27, 2022 |
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
|
Dec 24, 2022 |
2022 Holiday Spectacular!
|
Dec 22, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Snow Globes
|
Dec 21, 2022 |
Who was Dorothy Parker, really?
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
Selects: Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much.
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Dec 17, 2022 |
Interesting Origins of Everyday Phrases
|
Dec 15, 2022 |
Short Stuff: The Atlanta Washer Woman Strike
|
Dec 14, 2022 |
How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
Selects: How Polar Bears Work
|
Dec 10, 2022 |
True Crime: The Phantom of Heilbronn
|
Dec 08, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Birthday Paradox
|
Dec 07, 2022 |
How Face Blindness Works
|
Dec 06, 2022 |
Selects: The Rubik's Cube Episode
|
Dec 03, 2022 |
How Down Syndrome Works
|
Dec 01, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Goosebumps
|
Nov 30, 2022 |
Peripersonal Space: Humans’ Got Talent
|
Nov 29, 2022 |
Selects: How Umami Works!
|
Nov 26, 2022 |
Roller Skating: Fun and Cool
|
Nov 24, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Liquid Paper
|
Nov 23, 2022 |
Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance
|
Nov 22, 2022 |
Selects: How Dark Money Works
|
Nov 19, 2022 |
Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?
|
Nov 17, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Incomplete Yawns
|
Nov 16, 2022 |
The Sordid History of Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties
|
Nov 15, 2022 |
Selects: Finders Keepers: Real Law
|
Nov 12, 2022 |
How Owls Work
|
Nov 10, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Dodleston Messages
|
Nov 09, 2022 |
What's so important about legal precedent?
|
Nov 08, 2022 |
Selects: What is an invasive species?
|
Nov 05, 2022 |
Vaudeville: Step Right Up!
|
Nov 03, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Birth Certificate Access
|
Nov 02, 2022 |
The Harvey's Casino Bombing of 1980
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
Selects: How Vampires Work
|
Oct 29, 2022 |
The 13th Annual Halloween Spooktacular!
|
Oct 27, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Robert the Doll
|
Oct 26, 2022 |
The Tale of the Bloody Benders
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
Selects: 10ish Cases of Really Bad Luck
|
Oct 22, 2022 |
Fundamentalism: Menace II Society
|
Oct 20, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Water Towers
|
Oct 19, 2022 |
The History of Fake Towns.
|
Oct 18, 2022 |
Selects: How Pompeii Worked
|
Oct 15, 2022 |
10 Cases of Mistaken Identity
|
Oct 13, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Blaschko's Lines
|
Oct 12, 2022 |
Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!
|
Oct 11, 2022 |
Selects: Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre
|
Oct 08, 2022 |
How License Plates Work
|
Oct 06, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Scratching
|
Oct 05, 2022 |
Vinyl Records: Black Magic at Work
|
Oct 04, 2022 |
Selects: How Clowns Work
|
Oct 01, 2022 |
How The Rosenhan Experiment Worked
|
Sep 29, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Curse Tablets
|
Sep 28, 2022 |
Vasectomies: Stop Being A Wimp
|
Sep 27, 2022 |
Selects: How LSD Works
|
Sep 24, 2022 |
Sitcoms Part II
|
Sep 22, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Laugh Tracks
|
Sep 21, 2022 |
Sitcoms Part I
|
Sep 20, 2022 |
Selects: Frida Kahlo: Painter, Icon, Genius
|
Sep 17, 2022 |
Pearls: Second Best Thing About Oysters
|
Sep 15, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Hangry?
|
Sep 14, 2022 |
The Georgia Guidestones: The Elite Have a Laugh
|
Sep 13, 2022 |
Selects: What Happened to the Neanderthals?
|
Sep 10, 2022 |
Everything We Know About Squids
|
Sep 08, 2022 |
Short Stuff: RIP Man of the Hole
|
Sep 07, 2022 |
Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?
|
Sep 06, 2022 |
Selects: How the Pony Express Worked
|
Sep 03, 2022 |
Rolling Stone Magazine
|
Sep 01, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Mason-Dixon Line
|
Aug 31, 2022 |
We Need More Sustainable Packaging, Like, Yesterday
|
Aug 30, 2022 |
Selects: Knife Throwing: Super Cool
|
Aug 27, 2022 |
Kissing Cousins: A History of Marrying Family
|
Aug 25, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Marrying Up
|
Aug 24, 2022 |
Introvert or Extravert: Which are you? (Probably both)
|
Aug 23, 2022 |
Selects: How Gossip Works
|
Aug 20, 2022 |
How Enemas Work
|
Aug 18, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Selling the Brooklyn Bridge
|
Aug 17, 2022 |
Mariachi: The Rodney Dangerfield of Music
|
Aug 16, 2022 |
Selects: Desert Survival: Josh and Chuck Save Your Tookus
|
Aug 13, 2022 |
The Origins of Breakfast Foods
|
Aug 11, 2022 |
Short Stuff: The Berners Street Hoax
|
Aug 10, 2022 |
What's the deal with energy drinks?
|
Aug 09, 2022 |
Selects: How Droughts Work
|
Aug 06, 2022 |
Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis
|
Aug 04, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Divorcing Your Parents
|
Aug 03, 2022 |
Silly String: Disaster in a Can
|
Aug 02, 2022 |
Selects: Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking
|
Jul 30, 2022 |
How Menstruation Works
|
Jul 28, 2022 |
Short Stuff: The Mars Rock with Signs of Life?
|
Jul 27, 2022 |
Where Did Human Intelligence Come From?
|
Jul 26, 2022 |
Selects: What's the misery index?
|
Jul 23, 2022 |
Googie: The Architecture of the Space Age
|
Jul 21, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Death from Astral Projection
|
Jul 20, 2022 |
Supernovae: Best Around, Case Closed
|
Jul 19, 2022 |
Selects: What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead?
|
Jul 16, 2022 |
Why Bowling is Awesome
|
Jul 14, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Catatumbo Lightning
|
Jul 13, 2022 |
Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree?
|
Jul 12, 2022 |
Selects: How Ayahuasca Works
|
Jul 09, 2022 |
The Maya Civilization
|
Jul 07, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Alligator Gar
|
Jul 06, 2022 |
How Ultraprocessed Foods Work
|
Jul 05, 2022 |
Selects: How Freak Shows Worked
|
Jul 02, 2022 |
A Dispassionate Review of Roe v Wade
|
Jun 30, 2022 |
Short Stuff: What did we use before infant formula?
|
Jun 29, 2022 |
How Alien Contact Might Work
|
Jun 28, 2022 |
Selects: Chiggers: The Phantom Menace
|
Jun 25, 2022 |
What's up with bariatric surgery?
|
Jun 23, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Do Fish Get Thirsty?
|
Jun 22, 2022 |
The Appalachian Trail: A Heckuva Hike
|
Jun 21, 2022 |
Selects: How Steadicams Work
|
Jun 18, 2022 |
What were the IRA hunger strikes?
|
Jun 16, 2022 |
Short Stuff: HR8 Gun Legislation
|
Jun 15, 2022 |
How Wind Works
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
Selects: How Drowning Works
|
Jun 11, 2022 |
The 4-minute Mile: Greatest Sports Story?
|
Jun 09, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Cleveland’s Infamous 10-Cent Beer Night
|
Jun 08, 2022 |
How Freedom of the Press Works
|
Jun 07, 2022 |
Selects: How Satanism Works
|
Jun 04, 2022 |
Kidney Donation: You Could Be A Saint!
|
Jun 02, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Happy Foods!
|
Jun 01, 2022 |
The Scintillating World of Interest Rates
|
May 31, 2022 |
Selects: Waterbeds: The Sexiest Bed?
|
May 28, 2022 |
The Myth of Absinthe
|
May 26, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Do people move in predictable directions?
|
May 25, 2022 |
Cats: Invasive Species?
|
May 24, 2022 |
Selects: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five
|
May 21, 2022 |
What's in a surname?
|
May 19, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Artificial Banana Flavor
|
May 18, 2022 |
Squirrels, Ahoy!
|
May 17, 2022 |
Selects: How Lizzie Borden Worked
|
May 14, 2022 |
Rhinoplasty, aka Nose Jobs
|
May 12, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Fainting At The Sight Of Blood
|
May 11, 2022 |
What are land acknowledgments?
|
May 10, 2022 |
Selects: How Champagne Works
|
May 07, 2022 |
Marcus Garvey: Black Moses
|
May 05, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Shar Pei
|
May 04, 2022 |
The Mystery of Coal
|
May 03, 2022 |
Selects: How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA
|
Apr 30, 2022 |
Understudies: Hardest Workers on Broadway?
|
Apr 28, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Smelly Homes
|
Apr 27, 2022 |
“Postmodernism:”
|
Apr 26, 2022 |
Selects: The Baffling Case of the Body On Somerton Beach
|
Apr 23, 2022 |
Just Say No to... Bottled Water
|
Apr 21, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Salute the Grilled Cheese
|
Apr 20, 2022 |
The Christine Collins Story
|
Apr 19, 2022 |
Selects: What happens to abandoned mines?
|
Apr 16, 2022 |
How Mensa Works
|
Apr 14, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Animal Politicians
|
Apr 13, 2022 |
The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
|
Apr 12, 2022 |
Selects: A Partial History of Action Figures
|
Apr 09, 2022 |
The Delightful History of Pubs
|
Apr 07, 2022 |
Short Stuff: The Church Choir That Didn't Explode
|
Apr 06, 2022 |
Watermelons: Nature's Gift to the World
|
Apr 05, 2022 |
Selects: How No-fly Zones Work
|
Apr 02, 2022 |
What’s NATO All About?
|
Mar 31, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Greenbrier Bunker
|
Mar 30, 2022 |
How Light Pollution Works
|
Mar 29, 2022 |
Selects: The Tylenol Murders, Part II
|
Mar 26, 2022 |
Selects: The Tylenol Murders, Part I
|
Mar 26, 2022 |
The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range
|
Mar 25, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Magnet Fishing
|
Mar 23, 2022 |
Why was Titicut Follies banned?
|
Mar 22, 2022 |
Selects: How Hate Works
|
Mar 19, 2022 |
How Rewilding Works
|
Mar 17, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Nose Breathing
|
Mar 16, 2022 |
Operation Northwoods: The False Flag Op That Never Was
|
Mar 15, 2022 |
Selects: A Brief Overview of Punk Rock
|
Mar 12, 2022 |
Aleister Crowley: Blowhard Narcissist?
|
Mar 10, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Great Smog of London
|
Mar 09, 2022 |
Behold, National Parks!
|
Mar 08, 2022 |
Selects: How Tabloids Work
|
Mar 05, 2022 |
How Effective Altruism Works
|
Mar 03, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Friends of Dorothy
|
Mar 02, 2022 |
What's the deal with phantom pain?
|
Mar 01, 2022 |
Selects: Is the Pied Piper About a Real Historic Tragedy?
|
Feb 26, 2022 |
How Mindfulness Works
|
Feb 24, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Commensalism
|
Feb 23, 2022 |
The Improbable Story of Martin Guerre
|
Feb 22, 2022 |
Selects: How Moss Works
|
Feb 19, 2022 |
The Ins and Outs of Albinism
|
Feb 17, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Cassowary
|
Feb 16, 2022 |
Leeches: Oh Hell No!
|
Feb 15, 2022 |
Selects: The Ins and Outs of Beekeeping
|
Feb 12, 2022 |
Littering: Not Cool
|
Feb 10, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Schmidt Stinging Pain Index
|
Feb 09, 2022 |
The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
|
Feb 08, 2022 |
Selects: What's the Deal With Staring?
|
Feb 05, 2022 |
How the Nobel Peace Prize Works
|
Feb 03, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Firewalking
|
Feb 02, 2022 |
How Tacos Work
|
Feb 01, 2022 |
Selects: How Sloths Work
|
Jan 29, 2022 |
How Forgiveness Works
|
Jan 27, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Arctic Fox
|
Jan 26, 2022 |
Tug of War
|
Jan 25, 2022 |
Selects: How SETI Works
|
Jan 22, 2022 |
How Classified Information Works
|
Jan 20, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Jaywalking
|
Jan 19, 2022 |
Rock Paper Scissors: Decider of Things
|
Jan 18, 2022 |
Selects: Project Azorian: The CIA's Super 70s Mission To Steal A Sunken Soviet Sub
|
Jan 15, 2022 |
What were the black codes?
|
Jan 13, 2022 |
Short Stuff: Fortune Cookies
|
Jan 12, 2022 |
The Circleville Poison Pen Letters Mystery
|
Jan 11, 2022 |
Selects: Carl Sagan: American Hero
|
Jan 08, 2022 |
Ants! Part 2!
|
Jan 06, 2022 |
Short Stuff: The Casket Racket
|
Jan 05, 2022 |
Ants! Part 1!
|
Jan 04, 2022 |
Selects: Horoscopes: Written in the Stars?
|
Jan 01, 2022 |
Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!
|
Dec 30, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Traffic Signals
|
Dec 29, 2021 |
Unsung Heroes of the Court
|
Dec 28, 2021 |
Selects: How Tipping Works
|
Dec 25, 2021 |
SYSK’s 2021 Glad Tidings Bonanza Holiday Special
|
Dec 23, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Christmas Cards
|
Dec 22, 2021 |
How Snowmen (And Snowwomen) Work
|
Dec 21, 2021 |
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
|
Dec 18, 2021 |
Kidney Stones: No! Please, NO!
|
Dec 16, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Charity Tips
|
Dec 15, 2021 |
Palm Trees: Technically, Giant Plants
|
Dec 14, 2021 |
Selects: How the Terracotta Army Works
|
Dec 11, 2021 |
What's the deal with blue people?
|
Dec 09, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Funny Bone
|
Dec 08, 2021 |
Why Do Great Flood Myths Seem To Be Universal?
|
Dec 07, 2021 |
Selects: What Is Collective Hysteria?
|
Dec 04, 2021 |
Your Gut Is Also A Brain
|
Dec 02, 2021 |
Short Stuff: SINA
|
Dec 01, 2021 |
The Twisted History of Dentistry
|
Nov 30, 2021 |
Selects: Why Do Lefties Exist?
|
Nov 27, 2021 |
Python-a-palooza!
|
Nov 25, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Mayday!
|
Nov 24, 2021 |
The Apache Wars
|
Nov 23, 2021 |
Selects: How Hoarding Works
|
Nov 20, 2021 |
Why Is DC Not A State?
|
Nov 18, 2021 |
Short Stuff: The Paper Dress Fad
|
Nov 17, 2021 |
Hot Dog!(s)
|
Nov 16, 2021 |
Selects: How Feng Shui Works
|
Nov 13, 2021 |
The Flannan Isles Mystery
|
Nov 11, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Your Dirty Bed
|
Nov 10, 2021 |
What are blue laws?
|
Nov 09, 2021 |
Selects: The Stories Behind A Few Food Fads
|
Nov 06, 2021 |
The Rock Ampersand Roll Hall of Fame
|
Nov 04, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Friendly Floatees
|
Nov 03, 2021 |
How mRNA Vaccines Work
|
Nov 02, 2021 |
Selects: What is folklore?
|
Oct 30, 2021 |
2021 Halloween Spooktacular!
|
Oct 28, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Most Haunted House in England
|
Oct 27, 2021 |
Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know
|
Oct 26, 2021 |
Selects: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?
|
Oct 23, 2021 |
Harry Houdini: More than Magic
|
Oct 21, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Bloody Mary
|
Oct 20, 2021 |
Heat Waves!
|
Oct 19, 2021 |
Selects: Why is Venice so wet?
|
Oct 16, 2021 |
Noise Pollution: Arrrgh!
|
Oct 14, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Jack O'Lanterns and Sleepy Hollow
|
Oct 13, 2021 |
Venus Flytraps: Plant or Monster?
|
Oct 12, 2021 |
Selects: How X-Rays Work
|
Oct 09, 2021 |
The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
|
Oct 07, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Dingoes!
|
Oct 06, 2021 |
Research Bias: Sort It Out, Science
|
Oct 05, 2021 |
Selects: How Empathy Works
|
Oct 02, 2021 |
All About Alligators
|
Sep 30, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Exploring Irish Monk
|
Sep 29, 2021 |
How Numerology Works
|
Sep 28, 2021 |
Selects: Planned Obsolescence: Engine of the Consumer Economy
|
Sep 25, 2021 |
The Statue of Liberty
|
Sep 23, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Lake Erie's Rights
|
Sep 22, 2021 |
How Mail Order Marriages Work
|
Sep 21, 2021 |
Selects: How Free Speech Works
|
Sep 18, 2021 |
What's the deal with crash testing?
|
Sep 16, 2021 |
Short Stuff: The Javelina
|
Sep 15, 2021 |
How Embalming Works
|
Sep 14, 2021 |
Selects: Southerners Aren't Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm
|
Sep 11, 2021 |
How the Magna Carta Worked
|
Sep 09, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Chameleons
|
Sep 08, 2021 |
The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil
|
Sep 07, 2021 |
Selects: How Temper Tantrums Work
|
Sep 04, 2021 |
Criminal Records: No Thanks!
|
Sep 02, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Handwashing vs Dishwashers
|
Sep 01, 2021 |
How Trepanation Worked
|
Aug 31, 2021 |
Selects: Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process
|
Aug 28, 2021 |
Les Paul & Leo Fender Part II
|
Aug 26, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Jackalope
|
Aug 25, 2021 |
Les Paul & Leo Fender Part I
|
Aug 24, 2021 |
Selects: How Pet Psychics Work
|
Aug 21, 2021 |
Y2K: Much Ado About Something
|
Aug 19, 2021 |
Short Stuff: 5 Lazarus Species
|
Aug 18, 2021 |
How MRI Works
|
Aug 17, 2021 |
Selects: How Animal Domestication Works
|
Aug 14, 2021 |
How Fireflies and Lightning Bugs Work
|
Aug 12, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Humpty Dumpty
|
Aug 11, 2021 |
Child Labor: Not Funny
|
Aug 10, 2021 |
Selects: How Landslides Work
|
Aug 07, 2021 |
How Transcendentalism Works
|
Aug 05, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Calamity Jane
|
Aug 04, 2021 |
The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment
|
Aug 03, 2021 |
Selects: How Police Interrogation Works
|
Jul 31, 2021 |
How Sarcasm Works
|
Jul 29, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Space Hurricanes
|
Jul 28, 2021 |
Conservatorships: #freebritney
|
Jul 27, 2021 |
Selects: How Mars Works
|
Jul 24, 2021 |
The Origins of Some Everyday Superstitions
|
Jul 22, 2021 |
Short Stuff: RICO Act
|
Jul 21, 2021 |
Stranger Danger!
|
Jul 20, 2021 |
Selects: How Ketchup Works
|
Jul 17, 2021 |
How Reverse Osmosis Will Save the World
|
Jul 15, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
|
Jul 14, 2021 |
The Radium Girls
|
Jul 13, 2021 |
Selects: How Historic Districts Work
|
Jul 10, 2021 |
SYSK Live: Koko, the Gorilla Who Talked
|
Jul 08, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Sulfanilamide Disaster
|
Jul 07, 2021 |
The Sad Story of William James Sidis
|
Jul 06, 2021 |
Selects: Are good samaritan laws effective?
|
Jul 03, 2021 |
The Grand Ole Opry Cast
|
Jul 01, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Beast of Gevaudan
|
Jun 30, 2021 |
Poison Control Centers: A Good Thing
|
Jun 29, 2021 |
Selects: How Royalty Works
|
Jun 26, 2021 |
How Faraday Cages Work
|
Jun 24, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Chastity Belts
|
Jun 23, 2021 |
The Mystery of Damascus Steel
|
Jun 22, 2021 |
Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
|
Jun 19, 2021 |
How Venus Works
|
Jun 17, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Mojave Megaphone
|
Jun 16, 2021 |
Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art World
|
Jun 15, 2021 |
Selects: How Sea Monsters Work
|
Jun 12, 2021 |
POGs: The 90s in a Bottle Cap
|
Jun 10, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Chinatowns
|
Jun 09, 2021 |
Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing
|
Jun 08, 2021 |
Selects: Who was America's first murderer?
|
Jun 05, 2021 |
John Muir: Outdoor Enthusiast
|
Jun 03, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Runner's High
|
Jun 02, 2021 |
What Causes Inflation?
|
Jun 01, 2021 |
Selects: How Nitrous Oxide Works
|
May 29, 2021 |
Night Trap: The Video Game Failure that Changed the Industry
|
May 27, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Parachute Emergency!
|
May 26, 2021 |
How Cleft Lips and Palates Work
|
May 25, 2021 |
Selects: How Hot Wheels Work
|
May 22, 2021 |
Girl Scouts: More than cookie sellers
|
May 20, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Speed Reading
|
May 19, 2021 |
The Cleveland Torso Murders
|
May 18, 2021 |
Selects: How Limousines Work
|
May 15, 2021 |
How Monster Trucks Work
|
May 13, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Garter Snakes
|
May 12, 2021 |
The Ivy League
|
May 11, 2021 |
Selects: How Snake Handlers Work
|
May 08, 2021 |
How Uranium Mining Works
|
May 06, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Squarer Than Wombat Poop
|
May 05, 2021 |
The Appendix: No Respect
|
May 04, 2021 |
Selects: How Cave Dwellers Work
|
May 01, 2021 |
How Corporate Taxes Work
|
Apr 29, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Ivar The Boneless
|
Apr 28, 2021 |
Truffles: Underground Treasures
|
Apr 27, 2021 |
Selects: How Profiling Works
|
Apr 24, 2021 |
How Stamp Collecting Works
|
Apr 22, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Madam C.J. Walker
|
Apr 21, 2021 |
Mechanical Bulls!
|
Apr 20, 2021 |
Selects: How Tupperware Works
|
Apr 17, 2021 |
Hair Loss: The Pits
|
Apr 15, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Palindromes
|
Apr 14, 2021 |
How the Electrical Grid Works
|
Apr 13, 2021 |
Selects: The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children
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Apr 10, 2021 |
Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness
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Apr 08, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Venus de Milo
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Apr 07, 2021 |
Havana Syndrome: ¿Qué Diablos?
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Apr 06, 2021 |
Selects: How Circus Families Work
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Apr 03, 2021 |
How the Titanic Worked: Part Two
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Apr 01, 2021 |
Short Stuff: What's the oldest book?
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Mar 31, 2021 |
How the Titanic Worked: Part One
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Mar 30, 2021 |
Selects: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?
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Mar 27, 2021 |
Space Junk, Ahoy!
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Mar 25, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Cellphones on Airplanes
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Mar 24, 2021 |
What is biophilic design?
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Mar 23, 2021 |
Selects: How Lighthouses Work
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Mar 20, 2021 |
The Texas City Disaster of 1947
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Mar 18, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Brazilian Jars
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Mar 17, 2021 |
The Parrot Episode
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Mar 16, 2021 |
Selects: Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Convertors Work
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Mar 13, 2021 |
Karaoke: Tuesday Night Fever
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Mar 11, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Tooth Fairy: Not Real
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Mar 10, 2021 |
Dragons: As Real as Mermaids
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Mar 09, 2021 |
Selects: Mermaids: Not a real thing
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Mar 06, 2021 |
Why is the Equal Rights Amendment still not ratified?
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Mar 04, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Dog Suicide Bridge
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Mar 03, 2021 |
Is the Free Radical Theory of Aging Wrong?
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Mar 02, 2021 |
Selects: Bridges: Nature Abhors Them
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Feb 27, 2021 |
How Bruce Lee Worked
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Feb 25, 2021 |
Short Stuff: The Body in the Cylinder
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Feb 24, 2021 |
What Will Farming 4.0 Look Like?
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Feb 23, 2021 |
Selects: How Chili Peppers Work
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Feb 20, 2021 |
How Blue Holes Work
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Feb 18, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Freedom House Ambulance Services
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Feb 17, 2021 |
The Disappearance of Lars Mittank
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Feb 16, 2021 |
Selects: Why Are So Many Disembodied Feet Washing Ashore In British Columbia?
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Feb 13, 2021 |
How Housing Discrimination Works
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Feb 11, 2021 |
Short Stuff: How California Got Its Name
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Feb 10, 2021 |
Sacagawea: Impressive Teen
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Feb 09, 2021 |
Selects: Earwax: Live With It
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Feb 06, 2021 |
The NAACP
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Feb 04, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Balloonfest
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Feb 03, 2021 |
How Groundhog Day Works
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Feb 02, 2021 |
Selects: Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out
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Jan 30, 2021 |
How Hydropower Works
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Jan 28, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Vantablack
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Jan 27, 2021 |
The KKK: Loathsome Cosplay Rednecks
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Jan 26, 2021 |
Selects: How Blimps Work
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Jan 23, 2021 |
Finding the Fenn Treasure
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Jan 21, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Necco
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Jan 20, 2021 |
What does a tire company know about food?
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Jan 19, 2021 |
Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?
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Jan 16, 2021 |
The Science of Cute
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Jan 14, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Silverfish
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Jan 13, 2021 |
Hell! Hell! Hell!
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Jan 12, 2021 |
Selects: How Skateboarding Works
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Jan 09, 2021 |
The Wright Brothers
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Jan 07, 2021 |
Short Stuff: Is It Theater or Theatre?
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Jan 06, 2021 |
Space Weather - What's That?!
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Jan 05, 2021 |
Selects: How Auto-Tune Works
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Jan 02, 2021 |
La Dame de Fer (Eiffel Tower)
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Dec 31, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Ig-pay Atin-lay (Sorry)
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Dec 30, 2020 |
Theremins: World's First Electronic Music
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Dec 29, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Sugar: It Powers the Earth
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Dec 26, 2020 |
The SYSK 2020 Holly Jolly Extravaganza!
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Dec 24, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Chinese Food on Christmas
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Dec 23, 2020 |
How Buffets Work
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Dec 22, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978
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Dec 19, 2020 |
Aspirin: The Wonder Drug
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Dec 17, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Modern Funerals
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Dec 16, 2020 |
Joseph Merrick, aka "The Elephant Man"
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Dec 15, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: What is a hangover, really?
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Dec 12, 2020 |
The Taliesin Massacre
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Dec 10, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Cramming
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Dec 09, 2020 |
How Class Action Lawsuits Work
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Dec 08, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe
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Dec 05, 2020 |
John Lennon and the FBI
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Pimento Cheese!
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Dec 02, 2020 |
Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century
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Dec 01, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Tea Works
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Nov 28, 2020 |
Gobble Gobble: Turkeys!
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Nov 26, 2020 |
Short Stuff: How Eyes In a Painting Follow You
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Nov 25, 2020 |
Patty Hearst: Brainwashed or Bandit?
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Nov 24, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Whatever happened to acid rain?
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Nov 21, 2020 |
The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth
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Nov 19, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Squirrel Nuts
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Nov 18, 2020 |
How Pain Works
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Nov 17, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Who Gets to Name Continents?
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Nov 14, 2020 |
How Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Works
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Nov 12, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Plastic Pink Flamingos
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Nov 11, 2020 |
The Bay of Pigs Disaster
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Nov 10, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Geysers: Nature's Innuendo
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Nov 08, 2020 |
All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh
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Nov 05, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Fruit Flies, Why?
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Nov 04, 2020 |
The Amazing Roberto Clemente
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Nov 03, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Ghosts Work
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Oct 31, 2020 |
SYSK’s Scare Your Pants Off (and Back On) Halloween Spooktacular
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Oct 29, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Poe Toaster
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Oct 28, 2020 |
A History of Nursing Homes
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Oct 27, 2020 |
Chuck Bryant On The Why I’m Voting Podcast
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Oct 25, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Book Banning Works
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Oct 24, 2020 |
Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun
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Oct 22, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Haunted Real Estate
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Oct 21, 2020 |
10 Voter Suppression Methods
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Oct 20, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Sushi Works
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Oct 17, 2020 |
Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies
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Oct 15, 2020 |
Short Stuff: What is Latinx anyway?
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Oct 14, 2020 |
Wind Tunnels: More Important Than You Realize
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Oct 13, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Bigfoot Works
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Oct 10, 2020 |
Printing press? Big deal!
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Oct 08, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Lying in State
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Oct 07, 2020 |
What's the deal with swing states?
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Oct 06, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How the Electoral College Works
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Oct 03, 2020 |
Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
Short Stuff: That's A Head Scratcher
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Sep 30, 2020 |
Conjugal Visits: Not exactly what you think
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Sep 29, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Rabies Works
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Sep 26, 2020 |
At Long Last: Hawaiian Overthrow Episode
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Sep 24, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Petticoat Rulers
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Sep 23, 2020 |
How Sweepstakes Work
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Sep 22, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How White-collar Crime Works
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Sep 19, 2020 |
How Election Polling Works and Doesn't Work
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Sep 17, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Black Cowboys
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Sep 16, 2020 |
Origami: Folding Goodness
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Sep 15, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Porta-Potties Work
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Sep 12, 2020 |
Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!
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Sep 10, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Streisand Effect
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Sep 09, 2020 |
Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown
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Sep 08, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Police Chases Work
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Sep 05, 2020 |
The Disturbing Disappearance of Tara Calico
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Sep 03, 2020 |
Short Stuff: More Phrase Origins
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Sep 02, 2020 |
How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked
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Sep 01, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Polyamory: When two just won't do
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Aug 29, 2020 |
Blacksmiths? You got that right!
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Aug 27, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Carrots and Your Eyes
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Aug 26, 2020 |
How Sneezing Works
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Aug 25, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Panic Attacks Work
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Aug 22, 2020 |
1-800-PODCAST
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Aug 20, 2020 |
Short Stuff: The Great American Coin Shortage of 2020
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Aug 19, 2020 |
How Anti-Dieting Works
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Aug 18, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How The Human Microbiome Project Works
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Aug 15, 2020 |
Olympic Torches: Remember Those?
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Aug 13, 2020 |
Short Stuff: The Return of Bill Gates!
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Aug 12, 2020 |
Pirate Radio: Mavericks on the High Seas
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Aug 11, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How The Moonwalk Works
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Aug 08, 2020 |
How Miniature Golf Works
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Aug 06, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Jigsaw Puzzles
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Aug 05, 2020 |
Wasps: Not as cute as bees
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Aug 04, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How the Rosetta Stone Works
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Aug 01, 2020 |
How Soap Works
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Jul 30, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Habsburg Jaw
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Jul 29, 2020 |
How Hurricanes Work
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Jul 28, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Lobbying Works
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Jul 25, 2020 |
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mobile Phones
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Jul 23, 2020 |
Short Stuff: The Death of Billy the Kid
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Jul 22, 2020 |
How We Almost Got Rid of Polio
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Jul 21, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How a Flea Circus Works
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Jul 18, 2020 |
Robber Barons!
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Jul 16, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Centralia Coal Fire
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Jul 15, 2020 |
Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad
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Jul 14, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Landfills Work
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Jul 11, 2020 |
Essential Oils: Nature's Cure?
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Jul 09, 2020 |
Short Stuff: The @ Symbol
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Jul 08, 2020 |
What was the KGB?
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Jul 07, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: All We Know About Guessing
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Jul 04, 2020 |
Oh Yes, How Soil Works
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Jul 02, 2020 |
Short Stuff: The Science of Funny Words
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Jul 01, 2020 |
Bruxism: Grinding Your Teeth Is the Pits
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Jun 30, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Juggling: What the Heck
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Jun 27, 2020 |
Matcha: That Ain't Just Tea
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Jun 25, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Nouns of assemblage... assemble!
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Jun 24, 2020 |
How Ultrasound Works
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Jun 23, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Research tips from SYSK
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Jun 20, 2020 |
The Manhattan Grid
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Jun 18, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Haint Blue
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Jun 17, 2020 |
The War on Fat: The Seven Countries Study
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Jun 16, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Flamethrowers Work
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Jun 13, 2020 |
Can You Eat A Tapeworm To Lose Weight?
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Jun 11, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Foie Gras
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Jun 10, 2020 |
How Project Star Gate Worked
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Jun 09, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How The Black Panther Party Worked
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Jun 06, 2020 |
The Massacre at Tiananmen Square
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Jun 04, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Disappearing Dirty Dancing Lake
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Jun 03, 2020 |
Heroin: The Drug
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Jun 02, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Jackhammers Work
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May 30, 2020 |
How Narcolepsy Works
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May 28, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Lawn Darts
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May 27, 2020 |
Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom
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May 26, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How The Enlightenment Works
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May 23, 2020 |
Josh Clark's Speech from Commencement: Speeches for the Class of 2020
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May 22, 2020 |
How Bras Work
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May 21, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Mary Had A Little Lamb
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May 20, 2020 |
How Spiritualism Works
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May 19, 2020 |
Chuck Bryant's Speech from Commencement: Speeches for the Class of 2020
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May 18, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Fire Works
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May 16, 2020 |
How Peanut Butter Works
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May 14, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Charley Horse
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May 13, 2020 |
How Herd Immunity Works
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May 12, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Caving Works
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May 09, 2020 |
Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still Good
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May 07, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Gibtown: Sideshow Central
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May 06, 2020 |
I'm Spartacus!
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May 05, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How do dogs perceive time?
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May 02, 2020 |
Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
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Apr 30, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Mullets: 'Nuff Said
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Apr 29, 2020 |
How Existential Risks Work
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Apr 28, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How the U.S. Postal Service Works
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Apr 25, 2020 |
How the Voyager Golden Records Work
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Apr 23, 2020 |
Short Stuff: The NY Times Crossword
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Apr 22, 2020 |
The Soul Train Episode
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Apr 21, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Labor Unions Work
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Apr 18, 2020 |
How Wastewater Treatment Works
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Apr 16, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Turning Down the Radio When You're Lost
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Apr 15, 2020 |
Bidets: Now More Than Ever
|
Apr 14, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How Dissociative Identity Disorder Works
|
Apr 11, 2020 |
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician
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Apr 09, 2020 |
Short Stuff: AAirpass
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Apr 08, 2020 |
The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold
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Apr 07, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: How the Deep Web Works
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Apr 04, 2020 |
Student Loans: UGH!
|
Apr 02, 2020 |
Short Stuff: 666
|
Apr 01, 2020 |
How Dog Training Works
|
Mar 31, 2020 |
SYSK Selects: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?
|
Mar 28, 2020 |
How COVID-19 Works
|
Mar 26, 2020 |
Short Stuff: Dagen H
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Mar 25, 2020 |
Could A Robot Tax Win the War on Poverty?
|
Mar 24, 2020 |