Stuff You Should Know

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.

How Project Star Gate Worked

In yet another testament to how amazingly great the 70s were, in 1975 the US started a program that tried to harness the powers of clairvoyance to remotely spy on the Soviet Union. Since clairvoyance doesn’t seem to exist, it wasn’t super successful. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Jun 9, 2020 • 00:58:49

SYSK Selects: How The Black Panther Party Worked

The Black Panther Party was a complex political movement that was unfairly painted as a militant group who hated white people. Far from it, they were actually men and women trying to affect change in their community. Their history is one of the more interesting American stories, from the early stages of policing the police to their community service efforts to their inevitable fall. Learn all about the Black Panther Party in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Jun 6, 2020 • 01:10:58

The Massacre at Tiananmen Square

Tank Man. An indelible image burned in our brains. But what led to this extraordinary event? Chuck and Josh walk you through the days and weeks leading up to the massacre at Tiananmen Square, which is more of a cautionary tale than we realized. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Jun 4, 2020 • 01:07:09

EpisodeTimeReleased
Short Stuff: Disappearing Dirty Dancing Lake 00:13:57 Jun 3, 2020
Heroin: The Drug 00:57:41 Jun 2, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Jackhammers Work 00:36:11 May 30, 2020
How Narcolepsy Works 00:57:43 May 28, 2020
Short Stuff: Lawn Darts 00:14:08 May 27, 2020
Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom 00:51:52 May 26, 2020
SYSK Selects: How The Enlightenment Works 00:46:05 May 23, 2020
Josh Clark's Speech from Commencement: Speeches for the Class of 2020 00:09:49 May 22, 2020
How Bras Work 00:57:48 May 21, 2020
Short Stuff: Mary Had A Little Lamb 00:15:10 May 20, 2020
How Spiritualism Works 01:06:23 May 19, 2020
Chuck Bryant's Speech from Commencement: Speeches for the Class of 2020 00:06:51 May 18, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Fire Works 00:33:33 May 16, 2020
How Peanut Butter Works 01:01:34 May 14, 2020
Short Stuff: Charley Horse 00:13:59 May 13, 2020
How Herd Immunity Works 01:08:15 May 12, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Caving Works 00:55:10 May 9, 2020
Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still Good 00:59:56 May 7, 2020
Short Stuff: Gibtown: Sideshow Central 00:15:02 May 6, 2020
I'm Spartacus! 00:58:25 May 5, 2020
SYSK Selects: How do dogs perceive time? 00:32:04 May 2, 2020
Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery 00:58:42 Apr 30, 2020
Short Stuff: Mullets: 'Nuff Said 00:14:50 Apr 29, 2020
How Existential Risks Work 01:00:50 Apr 28, 2020
SYSK Selects: How the U.S. Postal Service Works 00:50:44 Apr 25, 2020
How the Voyager Golden Records Work 01:09:08 Apr 23, 2020
Short Stuff: The NY Times Crossword 00:15:42 Apr 22, 2020
The Soul Train Episode 00:51:57 Apr 21, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Labor Unions Work 00:55:15 Apr 18, 2020
How Wastewater Treatment Works 01:03:55 Apr 16, 2020
Short Stuff: Turning Down the Radio When You're Lost 00:15:57 Apr 15, 2020
Bidets: Now More Than Ever 00:52:09 Apr 14, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Dissociative Identity Disorder Works 00:48:59 Apr 11, 2020
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician 00:54:08 Apr 9, 2020
Short Stuff: AAirpass 00:16:34 Apr 8, 2020
The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold 00:51:21 Apr 7, 2020
SYSK Selects: How the Deep Web Works 00:37:24 Apr 4, 2020
Student Loans: UGH! 01:01:49 Apr 2, 2020
Short Stuff: 666 00:14:52 Apr 1, 2020
How Dog Training Works 00:50:06 Mar 31, 2020
SYSK Selects: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World? 00:49:36 Mar 28, 2020
How COVID-19 Works 01:11:59 Mar 26, 2020
Short Stuff: Dagen H 00:14:31 Mar 25, 2020
Could A Robot Tax Win the War on Poverty? 00:59:35 Mar 24, 2020
SYSK Selects: Virus Talk with Josh and Chuck 00:38:33 Mar 21, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Jim Henson Worked 00:46:28 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: SYSK Live: How Bars Work 00:54:24 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Grass Works? Yes, How Grass Works 00:55:05 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Terraforming Will Work 00:45:06 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Rogue Waves Work 00:38:14 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: Was there a real King Arthur? 00:48:00 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: The Amazing History of Soda 00:49:18 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA 01:00:53 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: How Pinball Works 00:50:03 Mar 20, 2020
SYSK Distraction Playlist: Sugar: It Powers the Earth 00:50:07 Mar 20, 2020
What was the Falkland Islands War all about anyway? 00:57:03 Mar 19, 2020
Short Stuff: The Pledge of Allegiance 00:15:47 Mar 18, 2020
Chopsticks > Forks 00:56:22 Mar 17, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Monopoly Works 01:09:27 Mar 14, 2020
How Ice Climbing Works 01:02:16 Mar 12, 2020
Short Stuff: Teresita Basa 00:15:52 Mar 11, 2020
How Coyotes Work 00:50:43 Mar 10, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Gold Works 00:52:02 Mar 7, 2020
Mardi Gras! One month late 00:51:57 Mar 5, 2020
Short Stuff: Exclamation Points! 00:15:44 Mar 4, 2020
How Morphic Fields Work? 00:58:55 Mar 3, 2020
SYSK Selects: Your limb is torn off - now what? 00:40:16 Feb 29, 2020
Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure 01:01:53 Feb 27, 2020
Short Stuff: Hawaiian Night Marchers 00:12:05 Feb 26, 2020
What's the deal with indigo? 00:51:07 Feb 25, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Cult Deprogramming Works 00:43:44 Feb 22, 2020
Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil 00:55:29 Feb 20, 2020
Short Stuff: Mexican Jumping Beans 00:14:05 Feb 19, 2020
The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances 00:46:26 Feb 18, 2020
SYSK Selects: A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes 00:40:10 Feb 15, 2020
911 Is Not a Joke 00:59:41 Feb 13, 2020
Short Stuff: Body Under The Bed 00:13:41 Feb 12, 2020
Optogenetics: Controlling Your Genes with Light 00:51:23 Feb 11, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Bonsai Works 01:01:33 Feb 8, 2020
Why are Pentecostals growing so rapidly? 00:46:41 Feb 6, 2020
Short Stuff: The Iowa Caucus 00:16:42 Feb 5, 2020
How AI Facial Recognition Works 01:00:28 Feb 4, 2020
SYSK Selects: How Maglev Trains Work 00:36:14 Feb 1, 2020
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers? 00:56:03 Jan 30, 2020
Short Stuff: The O.K. Corral 00:14:40 Jan 29, 2020
Amazing Animal Stories! 00:42:35 Jan 28, 2020
SYSK Selects: How the Scientific Method Works 01:05:56 Jan 25, 2020
Barefoot Running: The Best Podcast Episode in History 00:47:02 Jan 23, 2020
Short Stuff: Byford Dolphin Incident 00:15:13 Jan 22, 2020
Why Postal Employees Go Postal 00:53:54 Jan 21, 2020
SYSK Selects: How the Placebo Effect Works 00:44:46 Jan 18, 2020
The Tulsa 'Race Riots' 00:51:41 Jan 16, 2020
Short Stuff: The Mona Lisa 00:15:19 Jan 15, 2020
Transdermal Implants: Body Art or Nightmare Fuel? 00:58:15 Jan 14, 2020
SYSK Selects: Jellyfish - Even Cooler Than Octopi? 00:57:59 Jan 11, 2020
The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II 00:50:55 Jan 9, 2020
Short Stuff: Corduroy 00:15:46 Jan 8, 2020
The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I 00:46:35 Jan 7, 2020
SYSK Selects: Will Computers Replace Doctors? 00:41:10 Jan 4, 2020
How Safecracking Works 01:03:18 Jan 2, 2020
Short Stuff: Why Does Time Speed Up As You Age? 00:16:36 Jan 1, 2020
Are broken arrows a problem? 00:54:44 Dec 31, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Wine Fraud Works 00:53:37 Dec 28, 2019
SYSK Live: Andre the Giant 01:09:37 Dec 26, 2019
Short Stuff: The Santa Claus Association 00:15:10 Dec 25, 2019
The SYSK Holiday Spectacular 00:44:31 Dec 24, 2019
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978 01:00:00 Dec 21, 2019
Cave Diving: Totally Nuts 00:56:33 Dec 19, 2019
Short Stuff: Obituaries 00:15:10 Dec 18, 2019
MC Escher and His Trippy Art 01:02:53 Dec 17, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Currency Works 00:52:12 Dec 14, 2019
How Anorexia and Bulimia Work 01:05:34 Dec 12, 2019
Short Stuff: Whisky or Bourbon? 00:15:30 Dec 11, 2019
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gin 00:54:19 Dec 10, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Amnesia Works 01:04:55 Dec 7, 2019
What's a gap year anyway? 00:57:00 Dec 5, 2019
Short Stuff: Macadamia Nuts 00:14:37 Dec 4, 2019
Did Climate Cause the Collapse of the Maya? 00:49:14 Dec 3, 2019
SYSK Selects: Fractals - Whoa 00:41:22 Nov 30, 2019
Introducing: Finding Fred 00:02:38 Nov 29, 2019
How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work 01:09:00 Nov 28, 2019
Short Stuff: Niagara Falls Dewatered 00:17:04 Nov 27, 2019
How Carbon-14 Dating Works 01:01:00 Nov 26, 2019
SYSK Selects: Have all the good ideas already been discovered? 00:39:35 Nov 23, 2019
What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy? 00:54:47 Nov 21, 2019
Short Stuff: Backyard Burials 00:15:02 Nov 20, 2019
The Murder Mystery of Ötzi the Iceman 00:58:58 Nov 19, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Salt Works 00:48:55 Nov 16, 2019
Listen to BrainStuff 00:02:18 Nov 15, 2019
NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel 00:53:28 Nov 14, 2019
Short Stuff: The Conch Republic 00:16:31 Nov 13, 2019
Augmented Reality: Coming Soon? 01:03:39 Nov 12, 2019
SYSK Selects: Can you Treat Mental Illness with Psychedelics? 00:46:08 Nov 9, 2019
Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish 00:48:17 Nov 7, 2019
How Ironman Triathlons Work 01:01:13 Nov 6, 2019
Short Stuff: The History of Paternity Testing 00:13:57 Nov 6, 2019
SYSK Selects: Halitosis - Worst Smell Ever? 00:40:17 Nov 2, 2019
Introducing The Second Oil Age 00:02:10 Nov 1, 2019
SYSK’s Scare Your Socks Off Halloween Spooktacular 2019 00:40:29 Oct 31, 2019
Short Stuff: Our Shortie Halloween Spooktacular 00:14:02 Oct 30, 2019
Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From? 00:56:20 Oct 29, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Haunted House Attractions Work 00:53:55 Oct 26, 2019
How Historic Districts Work 00:50:15 Oct 24, 2019
Short Stuff: The Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez 00:14:15 Oct 23, 2019
What's the deal with subpoenas? 00:56:58 Oct 22, 2019
SYSK Selects: The 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980s 01:02:14 Oct 19, 2019
How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt II 00:49:46 Oct 17, 2019
Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce 00:14:35 Oct 16, 2019
How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt I 00:46:31 Oct 15, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Black Boxes Work 00:42:16 Oct 12, 2019
The Ins and Outs of Beekeeping 01:09:23 Oct 10, 2019
Short Stuff: The Devil's Den 00:15:32 Oct 9, 2019
How Environmental Psychology Works 00:54:29 Oct 8, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Pez Works 00:47:59 Oct 5, 2019
Introducing Bear and a Banjo 00:03:24 Oct 4, 2019
What were the Freedom Schools? 00:51:19 Oct 3, 2019
Short Stuff: Fish n' Chips 00:15:51 Oct 2, 2019
Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret 01:45:41 Oct 1, 2019
SYSK Selects: What Happened at Kent State? 00:44:14 Sep 28, 2019
What are paraphilias? 00:57:39 Sep 26, 2019
Short Stuff: Dare Stones 00:17:32 Sep 25, 2019
We Are Running Out of Sand and That Actually Matters 00:51:22 Sep 24, 2019
SYSK Selects: Could You Live Without a Refrigerator? 00:42:32 Sep 21, 2019
How the US Interstate System Works 01:06:10 Sep 19, 2019
Short Stuff: Scurvy 00:15:05 Sep 18, 2019
The Skinny on Lyme Disease 00:53:07 Sep 17, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Wills Work 00:44:40 Sep 14, 2019
Special Effects: A Short History 01:00:43 Sep 12, 2019
Short Stuff: Papasan Chairs 00:15:08 Sep 11, 2019
How Government Shutdowns Work 00:58:06 Sep 10, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Ouija Boards Work 00:39:28 Sep 7, 2019
What's the deal with MSG? 01:01:52 Sep 5, 2019
Short Stuff: Barbed Wire 00:15:05 Sep 4, 2019
Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer 00:52:04 Sep 3, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Icebergs Work 00:40:38 Aug 31, 2019
The Rubik's Cube Episode 00:54:04 Aug 29, 2019
Short Stuff: Dead Bodies and Airline Codes 00:15:45 Aug 28, 2019
A Brief Overview of Punk Rock 00:57:31 Aug 27, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Sleepwalking Works 00:32:20 Aug 24, 2019
How Ventriloquism Works 00:54:27 Aug 22, 2019
Short Stuff: Horseshoe Crab Blood 00:15:16 Aug 21, 2019
Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans 00:59:00 Aug 20, 2019
SYSK Selects: Are We in a Cyberwar? 00:34:57 Aug 17, 2019
How Peyote Works 00:46:10 Aug 15, 2019
Short Stuff: Petrichor 00:14:36 Aug 14, 2019
Solar Power: The Future or What? 01:06:56 Aug 13, 2019
SYSK Selects: What Is a Shotgun House? 00:29:49 Aug 10, 2019
Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2 00:49:10 Aug 8, 2019
Short Stuff: Time Zones 00:15:54 Aug 7, 2019
Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1 00:51:48 Aug 6, 2019
SYSK Selects: How the Black Death Worked 00:37:55 Aug 3, 2019
What Were the BONE WARS? 00:58:57 Aug 1, 2019
Short Stuff: The Man Who Didn’t Eat for a Year 00:14:30 Jul 31, 2019
Will Deepfakes Ruin the World? 00:49:21 Jul 30, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Human Cannonballs Work 00:35:19 Jul 27, 2019
How Eyewitness Testimony Works(?) 01:01:18 Jul 25, 2019
Short Stuff: Aristides de Sousa Mendes 00:14:27 Jul 24, 2019
MOVE: Or When the Philly Police Dropped a Bomb on a Residential Neighborhood 00:57:00 Jul 23, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Crack Works 00:52:46 Jul 20, 2019
Sand Dunes: They Are What You Think They Are 00:47:10 Jul 18, 2019
Short Stuff: Yellow Rain 00:14:18 Jul 17, 2019
How Going to the Moon Works 00:59:55 Jul 16, 2019
SYSK Selects: Duels - A Guide to Throwing Down the Gauntlet 00:44:47 Jul 13, 2019
How Sloths Work 01:00:13 Jul 11, 2019
Short Stuff: The Coconut Cult 00:18:31 Jul 10, 2019
Cleopatra: Ms. Understood 00:56:27 Jul 9, 2019
SYSK Selects: What Makes us Yawn? 00:33:23 Jul 6, 2019
How the Fairness Doctrine Worked 00:58:54 Jul 4, 2019
Short Stuff: Mitsuye Endo 00:13:58 Jul 3, 2019
Is photographic memory a real thing? 00:50:51 Jul 2, 2019
SYSK Selects: What Makes a One-hit Wonder? 00:33:26 Jun 29, 2019
What is the Civil Air Patrol? 00:50:03 Jun 27, 2019
Short Stuff: Prison Food 00:13:26 Jun 26, 2019
Planned Obsolescence: Engine of the Consumer Economy 01:02:26 Jun 25, 2019
SYSK Selects: How the Donner Party Worked 00:43:02 Jun 22, 2019
What happened to the Neanderthals? 00:55:58 Jun 20, 2019
Short Stuff: Emperor Norton 00:16:11 Jun 19, 2019
How the Hygiene Hypothesis Works 00:50:21 Jun 18, 2019
SYSK Selects: What's the Deal with Crop Circles? 00:44:41 Jun 15, 2019
How Area 51 Works 00:56:17 Jun 13, 2019
Short Stuff: Smoke Signals 00:16:39 Jun 12, 2019
What's the gig economy? 00:48:30 Jun 11, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Capgras Syndrome Works 00:30:50 Jun 8, 2019
Introducing Unpopular 00:04:04 Jun 7, 2019
What is perfect pitch? 00:48:08 Jun 6, 2019
Short Stuff: Robert Johnson and the Devil 00:14:45 Jun 5, 2019
How Barcodes Work 00:59:43 Jun 4, 2019
SYSK Selects: How TV Ratings Work 00:47:11 Jun 1, 2019
The Tylenol Murders, Part II 00:51:12 May 30, 2019
Short Stuff: Look-Alike Old Couples 00:15:37 May 29, 2019
The Tylenol Murders, Part I 00:50:56 May 28, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Acne Works 00:48:12 May 25, 2019
What was Tin Pan Alley? 00:46:50 May 23, 2019
Short Stuff: James Polk, Disinterred 00:14:11 May 22, 2019
How Crystals Work 00:54:23 May 21, 2019
Introducing Ephemeral 00:08:34 May 20, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Dying Works 01:10:25 May 18, 2019
10ish Cases of Really Bad Luck 00:55:17 May 16, 2019
Short Stuff: Honorary Degrees 00:15:04 May 15, 2019
How Trampolines Work 00:59:37 May 14, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Lie Detectors Work 00:33:54 May 11, 2019
Do Dietary Supplements Work? 01:00:19 May 9, 2019
Short Stuff: Nicknames 00:15:03 May 8, 2019
Remembering Live Aid 00:57:28 May 7, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Does a Diving Bell Work? 00:36:38 May 4, 2019
What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead? 00:44:14 May 2, 2019
Short Stuff: The Number 23 00:15:50 May 1, 2019
Michael Dillon: Trans Pioneer 01:00:29 Apr 30, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Zero Works 00:35:01 Apr 27, 2019
What Were Human Zoos? 00:46:53 Apr 25, 2019
Short Stuff: Fear of Public Speaking 00:14:13 Apr 24, 2019
Is birth order important? 00:56:47 Apr 23, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Marijuana Works 01:07:38 Apr 20, 2019
How the Hoover Dam Works, Part II 00:47:05 Apr 18, 2019
Short Stuff: Emu Wars 00:14:38 Apr 17, 2019
How the Hoover Dam Works, Part I 00:51:06 Apr 16, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Yo-Yos Work 00:37:27 Apr 13, 2019
How the Electric Chair Works 01:05:45 Apr 11, 2019
Short Stuff: Lake Peigneur 00:15:28 Apr 10, 2019
How Free Range Parenting Works 00:56:05 Apr 9, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Pollen Works 00:34:42 Apr 6, 2019
Were Nazis Drug-Fueled Crankheads? 00:50:13 Apr 4, 2019
Short Stuff: Unspent Campaign Money 00:13:05 Apr 3, 2019
How Rape Kits Work 00:55:49 Apr 2, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Immigration Works 00:55:24 Mar 30, 2019
Introducing It Could Happen Here, An iHeartRadio Original Podcast 00:03:51 Mar 29, 2019
Etch A Sketch! 00:44:36 Mar 28, 2019
Short Stuff: When Elvis Met Nixon 00:16:05 Mar 27, 2019
How Druids Worked 00:46:05 Mar 26, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Sign Language Works 00:50:33 Mar 23, 2019
How Disgust Works 00:59:34 Mar 21, 2019
Short Stuff: The Sandman 00:14:09 Mar 20, 2019
Desert Survival: Josh and Chuck Save Your Tookus 00:50:40 Mar 19, 2019
SYSK Selects: Was Atlantis A Real Place? 00:38:34 Mar 16, 2019
The Great Stink: The Stench So Bad They Gave It A Name 00:40:34 Mar 14, 2019
Short Stuff: Bedbugs 00:14:41 Mar 13, 2019
The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti 01:00:47 Mar 12, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Wildfires Work 00:38:20 Mar 9, 2019
How Dyslexia Works 00:48:26 Mar 7, 2019
Short Stuff: Wigs in English Court 00:14:27 Mar 6, 2019
What's the deal with ASMR? 00:51:41 Mar 5, 2019
SYSK Selects: How the Panama Canal Works 00:38:42 Mar 2, 2019
Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes 00:52:45 Feb 28, 2019
Short Stuff: Black Loyalists 00:14:57 Feb 27, 2019
The Science of Break-Ups 01:05:17 Feb 26, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Lewis and Clark Worked 00:58:20 Feb 23, 2019
How Galaxies Work 00:51:57 Feb 21, 2019
Short Stuff: Turbulence 00:13:48 Feb 20, 2019
Yeti: The Asian Bigfoot 00:50:46 Feb 19, 2019
SYSK Selects: Interpol: World Police 00:38:36 Feb 16, 2019
Elephants: The Best Animals? 01:06:13 Feb 14, 2019
Short Stuff: War of Jenkins' Ear 00:14:39 Feb 13, 2019
Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster? 01:07:54 Feb 12, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Coral Reefs Work 00:41:04 Feb 9, 2019
The True Story of BlacKkKlansman 00:50:55 Feb 7, 2019
Short Stuff: Ellen Richards 00:13:57 Feb 6, 2019
The Insidious Abuse of Stalking 01:02:01 Feb 5, 2019
SYSK Selects: Saunas: More Interesting Than You Think! 00:43:42 Feb 2, 2019
How Central Park Works 00:58:41 Jan 31, 2019
Short Stuff: Johnny Appleseed 00:14:22 Jan 30, 2019
How Ping Pong Works 01:02:13 Jan 29, 2019
SYSK Selects: Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish 00:43:16 Jan 26, 2019
The Legend of Betsy Ross 00:47:57 Jan 24, 2019
Short Stuff: Thread Count 00:14:42 Jan 23, 2019
SYSK Live: The Kellogg Brothers’ Wacky World of Health 01:16:56 Jan 22, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Lobotomies Work 00:38:49 Jan 19, 2019
The July 20th Plot to Assassinate Hitler 00:52:03 Jan 17, 2019
Short Stuff: Olestra 00:13:23 Jan 16, 2019
How Airbags Work 00:45:18 Jan 15, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Schizophrenia Works 00:49:15 Jan 12, 2019
The Great Finger in the Wendy’s Chili Caper 00:49:32 Jan 10, 2019
Short Stuff: How Often Do You Need To Change Your Oil? 00:16:15 Jan 9, 2019
How the Spanish Flu Worked 01:03:22 Jan 8, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Munchausen Syndrome Works 00:45:17 Jan 5, 2019
What was the Tunguska event? 00:47:29 Jan 3, 2019
Short Stuff: Khipu 00:17:25 Jan 2, 2019
Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years 00:50:42 Jan 1, 2019
SYSK Selects: How Fossils Work 00:42:13 Dec 29, 2018
Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 00:56:56 Dec 27, 2018
Short Stuff: The Brain-Bladder Connection 00:16:06 Dec 26, 2018
SYSK Live Christmas Spectacular! 01:15:45 Dec 25, 2018
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978 00:59:53 Dec 22, 2018
E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time? 00:47:03 Dec 20, 2018
Short Stuff: Unique Snowflakes 00:14:35 Dec 19, 2018
Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't 00:55:13 Dec 18, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Igloos Work 00:33:58 Dec 15, 2018
Are good samaritan laws effective? 00:51:36 Dec 13, 2018
Short Stuff: Laughing Buddha 00:14:37 Dec 12, 2018
How Ayahuasca Works 00:50:25 Dec 11, 2018
SYSK Selects: That Dang-old Goat Fell Over 00:34:47 Dec 8, 2018
Was the PMRC censorship in disguise? 01:00:48 Dec 6, 2018
Short Stuff: Dolphin Detectors 00:16:51 Dec 5, 2018
How Search and Rescue Dogs Work 00:56:24 Dec 4, 2018
SYSK Selects: Can Your Grandfather's Diet Shorten Your Life? 00:36:03 Dec 1, 2018
Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry 00:46:54 Nov 29, 2018
Short Stuff: iSmell 00:16:30 Nov 28, 2018
How the Navajo Code Talkers Worked 00:50:23 Nov 27, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Black Friday Works 00:46:11 Nov 24, 2018
Fire twucks! Fire twucks! (sic) 00:54:38 Nov 22, 2018
Short Stuff: Safety Pins 00:15:07 Nov 21, 2018
Finders Keepers: Real Law 00:44:00 Nov 20, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Kleptomania Works 00:32:11 Nov 17, 2018
Olive Oil: Mother Nature's Gift 01:06:00 Nov 15, 2018
Short Stuff: Lemonade 00:16:30 Nov 14, 2018
Pando: Earth’s Oldest, Hugest Organism Is Trees! 00:48:19 Nov 13, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Pizza Works 00:56:45 Nov 10, 2018
Is yogurt a miracle food? 00:51:01 Nov 8, 2018
Short Stuff: Vomitoria 00:15:49 Nov 7, 2018
What were war masks? 00:44:49 Nov 6, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Grief Works 00:45:57 Nov 3, 2018
How Easy Bake Ovens Work 00:41:32 Nov 1, 2018
Short Stuff: Labor Day 00:15:49 Oct 31, 2018
SYSK’s 2018 Super Spooktacular 00:51:17 Oct 30, 2018
SYSK Selects: What's with the Winchester Mystery House? 00:36:17 Oct 27, 2018
How the Amityville Horror Worked 00:58:07 Oct 25, 2018
Short Stuff: Exploding Manholes 00:16:51 Oct 24, 2018
How Epilepsy Works 00:59:31 Oct 23, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Aphrodisiacs Work 00:27:08 Oct 20, 2018
Waterbeds: The Sexiest Bed? 00:44:25 Oct 18, 2018
Short Stuff: Korean Fan Death 00:17:00 Oct 17, 2018
Was There A Real Robin Hood? 00:54:34 Oct 16, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Homelessness Works 00:47:21 Oct 13, 2018
When inventions kill! 00:49:55 Oct 11, 2018
Short Stuff: William King 00:15:53 Oct 10, 2018
How Marathons Work 01:10:43 Oct 9, 2018
SYSK Selects: Is lethal injection humane? 00:50:11 Oct 6, 2018
Algae: Food, Fuel, What? 00:57:23 Oct 4, 2018
Short Stuff: Grandfather Clocks 00:15:55 Oct 3, 2018
How the Concorde Worked 01:01:47 Oct 2, 2018
SYSK Selects: Does the five-second rule work? 00:40:07 Sep 29, 2018
Seriously, What Is Dark Matter? 00:48:33 Sep 27, 2018
What is colorblindness? 00:41:17 Sep 25, 2018
SYSK Selects: Was Malthus right about carrying capacity? 00:30:24 Sep 22, 2018
How Ranked Choice Voting Works 00:48:34 Sep 20, 2018
Roundabouts: The Problem Is You 01:03:41 Sep 18, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Commercial Jingles Work 00:41:10 Sep 15, 2018
What are think tanks all about? 00:50:23 Sep 13, 2018
SYSK Live: How Game Shows Work 01:13:34 Sep 11, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Circumcision Works 00:47:45 Sep 8, 2018
The Lava Lamp: Goes Great With Acid 00:51:46 Sep 6, 2018
How Police Lineups Work 00:57:45 Sep 4, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Patents Work 01:07:09 Sep 1, 2018
How Elimination Diets Work 00:49:17 Aug 30, 2018
Why There Aren't So Many Hotel Fires Anymore 00:49:29 Aug 28, 2018
SYSK Selects: What's the deal with Voodoo? 00:39:10 Aug 25, 2018
Pterosaurs: Not Flying Dinosaurs 00:43:30 Aug 23, 2018
Ballpoint pens? Heck yes, ballpoint pens! 00:54:14 Aug 21, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works 00:32:06 Aug 18, 2018
Who is The Man of the Hole? 00:42:50 Aug 16, 2018
How Board Breaking Works 00:50:22 Aug 14, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Traffic Works 00:39:47 Aug 11, 2018
How Attila the Hun Worked 00:48:00 Aug 9, 2018
How Search and Rescue Works 01:05:46 Aug 7, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Miranda Rights Work 00:35:15 Aug 4, 2018
How the U.S. Military Draft Works 01:00:11 Aug 2, 2018
How the Pony Express Worked 00:49:59 Jul 31, 2018
SYSK Selects: How the Cannonball Run Worked 00:37:58 Jul 28, 2018
The Dyatlov Pass Mystery 00:45:04 Jul 26, 2018
Recycling Update: How’s It Going? 01:09:57 Jul 24, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Foot Binding Worked 00:33:46 Jul 21, 2018
How Attorney-Client Privilege Works 00:42:10 Jul 19, 2018
Jobs of Bygone Eras 01:05:35 Jul 17, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Twinkies Work 00:32:33 Jul 14, 2018
Gerrymandering: How to Stifle Democracy 00:42:05 Jul 12, 2018
The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five 00:57:26 Jul 10, 2018
SYSK Selects: Did Reagan's Star Wars program win the Cold War? 00:40:57 Jul 7, 2018
How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked 00:51:33 Jul 5, 2018
How Diabetes Works 01:00:51 Jul 3, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Ponzi Schemes Work 00:33:44 Jun 30, 2018
Narwhals: Unicorns of the Sea 00:41:17 Jun 28, 2018
Can Anarchism Work? 01:06:41 Jun 26, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Condoms Work 01:06:44 Jun 23, 2018
Genghis Khan: Madman or Genius? 00:55:55 Jun 21, 2018
How The Pill Changed the World 00:50:47 Jun 19, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Bullfighting Works 00:51:35 Jun 16, 2018
Skyscrapers: 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky 00:57:39 Jun 14, 2018
How Tsunamis Work 00:52:28 Jun 12, 2018
SYSK Selects: How The Hum Works 00:43:39 Jun 9, 2018
Frida Kahlo: Painter, Icon, Genius 00:52:43 Jun 7, 2018
The Max Headroom Incident 00:54:18 Jun 5, 2018
SYSK Selects: Was there a real King Arthur? 00:49:00 Jun 2, 2018
Is the Pied Piper About a Real Historic Tragedy? 00:46:07 May 31, 2018
How Drug Courts Work 00:57:01 May 29, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Pinball Works 00:50:34 May 26, 2018
How Occam's Razor Works 00:46:50 May 24, 2018
A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer 01:01:28 May 22, 2018
SYSK Selects: Is brain size related to intelligence? 00:40:19 May 19, 2018
The Collar Bomb Heist 00:47:31 May 17, 2018
What's a quinceañera anyway? 00:45:08 May 15, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Cremation Works 00:48:47 May 12, 2018
How Drowning Works 00:56:58 May 10, 2018
PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard 01:03:50 May 8, 2018
SYSK Selects: Are there undiscovered people? 00:31:54 May 5, 2018
North Korea: What's the Deal? 01:12:52 May 3, 2018
Nepotism: When Hiring the Best Just Won't Do 00:47:17 May 1, 2018
SYSK Selects: Who killed JFK? 00:50:53 Apr 28, 2018
Does Pyromania Actually Exist? 00:40:28 Apr 26, 2018
Emojis: A New Language? Nah. 00:53:11 Apr 24, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Mirrors Work 00:33:44 Apr 21, 2018
Two Times In the 70s When People Buried Ferraris 00:51:13 Apr 19, 2018
The Unabomber: Misguided to say the least 00:51:37 Apr 17, 2018
SYSK Selects: What happens in the brain during an orgasm? 00:42:55 Apr 14, 2018
How Paramedics Work 00:53:17 Apr 12, 2018
Why Landmines Are The Deadliest Legacy Of War 00:56:56 Apr 10, 2018
SYSK Selects: Sherpas: Warm, Friendly Living 00:35:47 Apr 7, 2018
Project Azorian: The CIA's Super 70s Mission To Steal A Sunken Soviet Sub 00:56:14 Apr 5, 2018
When Words Take on New Meanings 01:02:51 Apr 3, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Guide Dogs Work 00:46:27 Mar 31, 2018
What are false positives? 00:49:58 Mar 29, 2018
How Meals on Wheels Works 00:53:12 Mar 27, 2018
SYSK Selects: Subways: HUH! What are they good for? 00:50:22 Mar 24, 2018
How the Framingham Heart Study Works 00:56:29 Mar 22, 2018
How the New England Vampire Panics Worked 00:52:45 Mar 20, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Trickle-Down Economics Works 00:48:16 Mar 17, 2018
Is Vaping Really Bad For You? 00:46:32 Mar 15, 2018
The Huggable, Lovable Walrus 00:55:52 Mar 13, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Cockroaches Work 00:49:30 Mar 10, 2018
Why Do People Believe In Faith Healing? 00:58:45 Mar 8, 2018
The Strange Story of Sea Monkeys 00:57:59 Mar 6, 2018
SYSK Selects: Is there treasure on Oak Island? 00:42:35 Mar 3, 2018
SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps 01:20:41 Mar 1, 2018
Knife Throwing: Super Cool 00:47:42 Feb 27, 2018
SYSK Selects: How the MPAA Works 00:49:32 Feb 24, 2018
Rosa Parks: Agent of Change 00:56:29 Feb 22, 2018
Are Feral Children Real? 00:47:30 Feb 20, 2018
SYSK Selects: How the Underground Railroad Worked 00:41:40 Feb 17, 2018
The Harriet Tubman Story 00:52:49 Feb 15, 2018
How Pompeii Worked 00:55:54 Feb 13, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Narco States Work 00:38:01 Feb 10, 2018
The Mystery of The Grand Canyon Newlyweds 00:57:40 Feb 8, 2018
What is a Mold-A-Rama? 00:44:47 Feb 6, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Lion Taming Works 00:33:47 Feb 3, 2018
Marijuana Vs. Alcohol: Which Is Worse For You? 00:57:12 Feb 1, 2018
The Manson Family Murders Part II 00:46:01 Jan 30, 2018
SYSK Selects: Prisons - Not as Fun as You'd Think 00:50:00 Jan 27, 2018
The Manson Family Murders Part I 00:51:43 Jan 25, 2018
How Hoarding Works 01:07:14 Jan 23, 2018
SYSK Selects: Lab-grown meat: Order up! 00:31:46 Jan 20, 2018
How Hang Gliding Works 00:47:02 Jan 18, 2018
How Removing Public Monuments Work 00:52:31 Jan 16, 2018
SYSK Selects: The Wind Cries Typhoid Mary 00:41:54 Jan 12, 2018
What is an invasive species? 00:56:09 Jan 11, 2018
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste 01:07:00 Jan 9, 2018
SYSK Selects: What Makes a One-hit Wonder? 00:33:27 Jan 5, 2018
How Impeachment Works 00:57:04 Jan 4, 2018
How Orchids Work 00:56:09 Jan 2, 2018
SYSK Selects: How Willpower Works 00:36:10 Dec 30, 2017
How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part II 00:51:09 Dec 28, 2017
How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part I 00:48:27 Dec 26, 2017
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978 01:00:23 Dec 23, 2017
The 2017 SYSK Christmas Extravaganza! 00:55:07 Dec 21, 2017
Narcissism: But what about me? 01:05:40 Dec 19, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Population Works 00:34:59 Dec 16, 2017
How the Globe of Death Works 00:48:06 Dec 14, 2017
The Deal With Doulas 00:43:31 Dec 12, 2017
SYSK Selects: How much money is there in the world?​ 00:40:59 Dec 9, 2017
How Flight Attendants Work 00:46:31 Dec 7, 2017
How Vomit Phobia Works 00:35:04 Dec 5, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Crime Scene Cleanup Works 00:38:01 Dec 2, 2017
Cake: So Great. So, So Great 01:15:55 Nov 30, 2017
How Toy Testing Works 00:52:17 Nov 28, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Organ Donation Works 00:42:39 Nov 25, 2017
What is nuclear forensics? 00:53:15 Nov 23, 2017
Bath Salts: Steer Clear 00:46:02 Nov 21, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Daylight Saving Time Works 00:40:22 Nov 18, 2017
Can movies be cursed? 00:57:51 Nov 16, 2017
How the Flu Works 00:55:41 Nov 14, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Silly Putty Works 00:43:16 Nov 11, 2017
What's permaculture all about? 00:57:11 Nov 9, 2017
How Restaurant Health Inspections Work 00:59:45 Nov 7, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Exorcism Works 00:25:52 Nov 4, 2017
Movie Crush: Tig Notaro on Mask 01:12:33 Nov 3, 2017
Movie Crush: Janet Varney on Tron 00:53:51 Nov 3, 2017
How Global Warming Works 01:05:26 Nov 2, 2017
SYSK's 2017 Super Spooktacular! 00:58:09 Oct 31, 2017
SYSK Selects: How SPAM Works 00:45:31 Oct 28, 2017
Episode 1,000: The Simpsons Spectacular Part II 01:06:05 Oct 26, 2017
Episode 999: The Simpsons Spectacular Part I 00:55:45 Oct 24, 2017
SYSK Selects: The Cheesiest SYSK Episode Ever 00:50:43 Oct 21, 2017
How Internships Work 00:44:23 Oct 19, 2017
SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist 01:36:27 Oct 17, 2017
SYSK Selects: Is there such a thing as a truth serum? 00:42:10 Oct 14, 2017
How Buildering Works 00:52:01 Oct 12, 2017
How the Rolling Jubilee Works 00:51:37 Oct 10, 2017
SYSK Selects: Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire? 00:34:15 Oct 7, 2017
How Giraffes Work 00:59:21 Oct 5, 2017
How Police Body Cameras Work 00:50:14 Oct 3, 2017
SYSK Selects: What was the most peaceful time in history? 00:34:03 Sep 30, 2017
How Nude Beaches Work 00:50:35 Sep 28, 2017
How FOIA Works 00:56:04 Sep 26, 2017
SYSK Selects: Fecal Transplants: You Gonna Drink That Poop? 00:39:02 Sep 23, 2017
A Nostalgic Look at Crayons 00:57:31 Sep 21, 2017
How Frogs Work 00:56:07 Sep 19, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Handwriting Analysis Works 00:46:33 Sep 16, 2017
How the Secret Service Works 00:59:13 Sep 14, 2017
How Psychopaths Work 00:53:13 Sep 12, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Hip-hop Works 00:57:22 Sep 9, 2017
Are crickets the future of food? 00:49:18 Sep 7, 2017
The Baffling Case of the Body On Somerton Beach 01:09:58 Sep 5, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Shrunken Heads Work 01:00:42 Sep 2, 2017
How Satanism Works 00:57:55 Aug 31, 2017
A Lip-Smacking Look at Barbecue 00:52:22 Aug 29, 2017
SYSK Selects: Is Stockholm Syndrome real? 00:39:26 Aug 26, 2017
How Personality Tests Work 01:02:28 Aug 24, 2017
Is the Uncanny Valley Real? 01:13:02 Aug 22, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Exploitation Films Work 00:53:54 Aug 19, 2017
What's the deal with accents? 01:01:50 Aug 17, 2017
How Stuttering Works 00:56:07 Aug 15, 2017
SYSK Selects: How McCarthyism Works 00:47:46 Aug 12, 2017
How Bioarchaeology Works 01:00:24 Aug 10, 2017
Do motivational speakers motivate people? 00:55:32 Aug 8, 2017
SYSK Selects: Why do men have nipples? 00:30:47 Aug 5, 2017
Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders? 00:51:23 Aug 3, 2017
How Public Broadcasting Works 01:02:02 Aug 1, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Disco Works 00:55:36 Jul 29, 2017
A Dry Look at Toilet Paper 00:57:44 Jul 27, 2017
What is Ghost Fishing? 00:50:28 Jul 25, 2017
SYSK Selects: How the Sun Works 00:32:30 Jul 22, 2017
All We Know About Guessing 01:02:57 Jul 20, 2017
Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen 00:53:32 Jul 18, 2017
SYSK Selects: Why can't we find Amelia Earhart? 00:33:58 Jul 15, 2017
How Fever Dreams Work 00:41:58 Jul 13, 2017
Why is There a Battle Over Net Neutrality? 01:06:53 Jul 11, 2017
SYSK Selects: How HeLa Cells Work 00:32:29 Jul 8, 2017
Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre 01:05:48 Jul 6, 2017
What exactly is stoicism? 01:03:02 Jul 4, 2017
SYSK Selects: Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system? 00:41:54 Jul 1, 2017
How Standardized Patients Work 00:56:03 Jun 29, 2017
Remembering Stonewall 01:00:53 Jun 27, 2017
SYSK Selects: Scooby Dooby Doo, Where Are You? 00:46:30 Jun 24, 2017
How Ketchup Works 00:58:42 Jun 22, 2017
How Seed Banks Work 00:56:37 Jun 20, 2017
SYSK Selects: Do you stay conscious after being decapitated? 00:35:23 Jun 17, 2017
What was Camp X? 00:55:21 Jun 15, 2017
How the Beagle Brigade Works 00:55:02 Jun 13, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Maps Work 00:44:47 Jun 10, 2017
Why Are Whale Strandings Still a Mystery? 00:49:20 Jun 8, 2017
How Coelacanths Work 00:45:42 Jun 6, 2017
SYSK Selects: What's the deal with Rasputin's death? 00:37:03 Jun 3, 2017
The Stories Behind A Few Food Fads 00:53:20 Jun 1, 2017
Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting? 01:15:13 May 30, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Beer Works 00:51:52 May 27, 2017
How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement 01:07:20 May 25, 2017
Is a head transplant really a thing? 00:49:05 May 23, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Magic Mushrooms Work 00:55:56 May 20, 2017
How the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis Work 00:48:10 May 18, 2017
How Champagne Works 01:05:10 May 16, 2017
SYSK Selects: Gesundheit! How Allergies Work 00:31:45 May 13, 2017
How Charismatic Megafauna Work 00:52:05 May 11, 2017
How Itching Works 00:50:16 May 9, 2017
SYSK Selects: What's the 10,000 Year Clock? 00:52:36 May 6, 2017
Some Nutso Fan Theories 00:58:22 May 4, 2017
How Poetry Works 01:10:11 May 2, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Revisionist History Works 00:49:12 Apr 29, 2017
How Multiple Sclerosis Works 00:48:13 Apr 27, 2017
How the National Security Council Works 00:59:12 Apr 25, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Breast Implants Work 01:02:47 Apr 22, 2017
How Swearing Works 00:53:54 Apr 20, 2017
How Corsets Work 00:43:41 Apr 18, 2017
SYSK Selects: Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar 00:56:41 Apr 15, 2017
How Supervolcanoes Work 00:35:44 Apr 13, 2017
How Supreme Court Nominations Work 00:51:24 Apr 11, 2017
SYSK Selects: Can you die of a broken heart? 00:27:08 Apr 8, 2017
How Empathy Works 00:58:14 Apr 6, 2017
Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process 00:57:16 Apr 4, 2017
SYSK Selects: How Filibusters Work 00:42:05 Apr 1, 2017
The Shroud Of Turin: No Ordinary Bed Sheet 00:50:18 Mar 30, 2017
How Foreign Accent Syndrome Works 00:52:58 Mar 28, 2017
How the Hyperloop Will Work 01:07:21 Mar 23, 2017
Solitary Confinement: Cruel and Unusual 00:52:33 Mar 21, 2017
Southerners Aren’t Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm 00:53:34 Mar 16, 2017
Pain Scales: Yeeeow! 00:48:53 Mar 14, 2017
History of the Trail of Tears, Part II 00:46:13 Mar 9, 2017
History of the Trail of Tears, Part I 00:58:03 Mar 7, 2017
How Optical Illusions Work 00:46:22 Mar 2, 2017
How Free Speech Works 01:09:41 Feb 28, 2017
How Famines Work 00:56:03 Feb 23, 2017
The ins and outs of the DEATH TAX 00:54:41 Feb 21, 2017
The Black Panther Party 01:09:16 Feb 16, 2017
Tardigrades: Nature's Cuddly, Indestructible Microanimal 00:39:08 Feb 14, 2017
Live from San Francisco: How Malls Work 01:10:33 Feb 9, 2017
The Quinoa Revolution! 00:49:19 Feb 7, 2017
What's the future of virtual sex? 01:00:25 Feb 2, 2017
Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch 00:56:58 Jan 31, 2017
How Pacifism Works (And Could It?) 01:18:52 Jan 26, 2017
How Dictators Work 00:50:53 Jan 24, 2017
How Soylent Works 00:46:36 Jan 19, 2017
Are Artificial Sweeteners Really Bad For You? 01:01:40 Jan 17, 2017
How Watersheds Work 00:34:13 Jan 12, 2017
What's the deal with Baby Boomers? 00:54:42 Jan 10, 2017
How Feeding Babies Works: The Bottle 01:15:34 Jan 5, 2017
How Feeding Babies Works: The Breast 01:14:09 Jan 3, 2017
Human Blockheads: A Real Thing 00:51:30 Dec 29, 2016
Can you live without a bank account? 00:55:54 Dec 27, 2016
The Stuff You Should Know 2016 Christmas Extravaganza in 3-D! 00:55:49 Dec 22, 2016
The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London 01:21:04 Dec 20, 2016
How Porta-Potties Work 00:46:33 Dec 15, 2016
Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects? 00:51:41 Dec 13, 2016
Is computer addiction a thing? 00:53:05 Dec 8, 2016
Horoscopes: Written in the Stars? 00:55:18 Dec 6, 2016
How a Flea Circus Works 00:50:50 Dec 1, 2016
Frostbite: Yeeeow! 00:41:33 Nov 29, 2016
Should Advertising to Kids Be Banned? 01:11:08 Nov 24, 2016
The Kitty Genovese Story 00:41:54 Nov 22, 2016
What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy? 00:44:14 Nov 17, 2016
How Fireplaces Work 01:02:18 Nov 15, 2016
How Monty Python Worked: SYSK Live from LA Podfest 00:56:14 Nov 10, 2016
Do sin taxes work? 00:56:55 Nov 8, 2016
A Partial History of Action Figures 01:18:21 Nov 3, 2016
Ham Radio and the Hams Who Use Them 00:51:11 Nov 1, 2016
SYSK The Podcast: Special Halloween Bonus Episode 2016, The Sequel – From Hell 00:44:05 Oct 31, 2016
The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders 00:50:10 Oct 27, 2016
How Sleep Paralysis Works, or The Worst Thing That Can Happen While You're Sleeping 00:46:35 Oct 25, 2016
Living Underground in Beijing 00:34:11 Oct 20, 2016
What's the What with Fish Fraud? 00:46:23 Oct 18, 2016
How the Census Works 00:49:47 Oct 13, 2016
Hibernation: Not a Snooze 00:48:46 Oct 11, 2016
Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse? 00:58:18 Oct 6, 2016
The Amazing History of Soda 00:49:18 Oct 3, 2016
How Polar Bears Work 00:50:25 Sep 29, 2016
How Ice Ages Work 00:51:58 Sep 27, 2016
All we know about Zika so far... 00:51:52 Sep 22, 2016
How Cerebral Palsy Works 01:06:02 Sep 20, 2016
What's the deal with Stradivarius violins? 00:45:31 Sep 15, 2016
Alexander Hamilton: Most Influential American? 00:54:49 Sep 13, 2016
Do Animals Have Natural Rights? 01:06:38 Sep 8, 2016
How Animal Testing Works 00:53:43 Sep 6, 2016
How the Negro Leagues Worked 01:00:08 Sep 1, 2016
How Food Tasters Work 00:57:34 Aug 30, 2016
This Custom of Customs 01:04:42 Aug 25, 2016
Jellyfish: Even Cooler than Octopi? 00:57:38 Aug 23, 2016
The Delightful History of Steam Technology 00:54:28 Aug 18, 2016
How Woolly Mammoths Worked 00:53:50 Aug 16, 2016
Evel Knievel Part II 00:49:07 Aug 11, 2016
Evel Knievel Part I 00:43:36 Aug 9, 2016
Mermaids: Not a real thing 00:46:18 Aug 4, 2016
How Night Terrors Work 00:55:35 Aug 1, 2016
What is exploding head syndrome? 00:39:56 Jul 28, 2016
How Triage Works 00:46:43 Jul 26, 2016
How the Moonwalk Works 00:46:44 Jul 21, 2016
How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe 01:00:33 Jul 19, 2016
The Gettysburg Address: Short and Sweet 00:48:43 Jul 14, 2016
How Radiation Sickness Works 00:52:38 Jul 12, 2016
What's with this "Internet of Things"? 01:07:49 Jul 7, 2016
Research tips from SYSK 00:48:23 Jul 5, 2016
How Lighthouses Work 00:50:12 Jun 30, 2016
How Underground Mining Works 00:47:55 Jun 28, 2016
What's the misery index? 00:49:55 Jun 23, 2016
How Space Stations Work 00:53:48 Jun 21, 2016
How Steadicams Work 00:39:52 Jun 16, 2016
Why Are So Many Disembodied Feet Washing Ashore In British Columbia? 00:42:00 Jun 14, 2016
What's the deal with controlled burns? 00:45:33 Jun 9, 2016
How Motion Sickness Works 00:42:15 Jun 7, 2016
How Gene Editing Works 00:39:43 Jun 2, 2016
How SuperBalls Work 00:29:43 May 31, 2016
How Crumple Zones Work 00:38:58 May 25, 2016
Chiggers: The Phantom Menace 00:38:30 May 23, 2016
The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children 00:50:32 May 18, 2016
How Bonsai Works 01:00:58 May 16, 2016
True stories of survival cannibalism! 00:47:18 May 11, 2016
How Snake Handlers Work 00:59:38 May 9, 2016
How LSD Works 01:48:26 May 5, 2016
How Megalodon Worked 00:37:47 May 3, 2016
What was Operation Plowshare? 00:46:34 Apr 28, 2016
Myths and Truths About Tornadoes 00:49:09 Apr 25, 2016
Does Kin Selection Explain Altruism? 00:38:19 Apr 21, 2016
What Makes Lead So Poisonous? 00:54:47 Apr 19, 2016
How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson 01:12:22 Apr 14, 2016
How the Gender Pay Gap Works 00:46:20 Apr 12, 2016
How Labor Strikes Work 00:59:04 Apr 7, 2016
Our cats episode - right here, right meow 01:01:33 Apr 5, 2016
Nostalgia is not the most toxic impulse 00:41:37 Mar 31, 2016
What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys? 00:48:42 Mar 29, 2016
How TED Talks Work: Featuring Roman Mars 01:08:01 Mar 24, 2016
Who Gets to Name Continents? 00:47:12 Mar 22, 2016
How Makeup Works 00:55:10 Mar 17, 2016
Some Really Interesting Cases of Mass Hysteria 00:44:06 Mar 15, 2016
How Dark Money Works 00:53:15 Mar 10, 2016
How The Iditarod Works 01:03:17 Mar 8, 2016
How Freak Shows Worked 00:53:56 Mar 3, 2016
How El Nino Works 00:38:55 Mar 1, 2016
(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously 00:59:07 Feb 24, 2016
The Future of Renewable Energy, Featuring Bill Gates 00:52:04 Feb 23, 2016
How Nitrous Oxide Works 00:58:43 Feb 18, 2016
How Jackhammers Work 00:35:40 Feb 16, 2016
What's the Deal With Poop? 00:50:41 Feb 11, 2016
How Rabies Works 00:46:31 Feb 9, 2016
How Land Diving Works 00:43:46 Feb 4, 2016
Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis 00:49:51 Feb 2, 2016
Does Whole-Body Cryotherapy Work? 00:40:34 Jan 28, 2016
How Personalized Medicine Works 00:44:18 Jan 26, 2016
Timber! How Timber Works 01:10:43 Jan 21, 2016
Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time? 00:58:29 Jan 19, 2016
The Duality of Caffeine 00:52:34 Jan 14, 2016
How Futurology Works 00:45:33 Jan 12, 2016
Body Language! 00:43:39 Jan 7, 2016
The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s 01:01:47 Jan 5, 2016
How Lizzie Borden Worked 00:45:32 Dec 31, 2015
The Great Wall of China Episode 00:45:52 Dec 29, 2015
The Stuff You Should Know 2015 Jolly Christmas Extravaganza 00:50:19 Dec 24, 2015
How Gossip Works 00:41:46 Dec 22, 2015
The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978 00:57:20 Dec 17, 2015
How the Antikythera Mechanism Works 00:36:29 Dec 15, 2015
How Reverse Psychology Works 00:38:14 Dec 10, 2015
Carl Sagan: American Hero 00:43:49 Dec 8, 2015
How HIV/AIDS Works, Part II 00:43:13 Dec 3, 2015
How HIV/AIDS Works, Part I 00:57:15 Dec 1, 2015
Live in Chicago: How Public Relations Works 01:19:27 Nov 26, 2015
The Lowdown on Anonymous 00:48:52 Nov 24, 2015
How Dementia Works 00:52:59 Nov 19, 2015
How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA 01:00:53 Nov 18, 2015
What's the Deal With Staring? 00:39:37 Nov 17, 2015
How The Voynich Manuscript Works 00:44:42 Nov 12, 2015
Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out 00:43:13 Nov 10, 2015
How Grimm's Fairy Tales Work 00:56:54 Nov 5, 2015
The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales 00:47:01 Nov 3, 2015
Josh N Chuck's Hallowe'en Spooky Scarefest 00:57:52 Oct 29, 2015
How Passports Work 00:42:19 Oct 27, 2015
Vocal Fry and Other Speech Trends 00:39:29 Oct 22, 2015
Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Converters Work 00:41:02 Oct 20, 2015
How Wine Fraud Works 00:53:15 Oct 15, 2015
How Vestigial Organs Work 00:49:36 Oct 13, 2015
What was the Philadelphia Experiment? 00:53:09 Oct 8, 2015
How Lobbying Works 00:59:26 Oct 6, 2015
How PEZ Works 00:47:22 Oct 1, 2015
Chuck and Josh Make It Through Female Puberty 00:59:45 Sep 29, 2015
Geothermal Energy: Earth's Gift to Mankind 00:39:32 Sep 24, 2015
How Cult Deprogramming Worked 00:43:05 Sep 22, 2015
The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983 00:59:36 Sep 17, 2015
How Publicists Work 00:48:10 Sep 15, 2015
How Chili Peppers Work 00:57:21 Sep 10, 2015
How Police Dogs Work 00:41:38 Sep 8, 2015
How Alcoholism Works 00:54:52 Sep 3, 2015
How to Donate Your Body to Science 00:47:45 Sep 1, 2015
Nirvana: Not The Band 00:37:49 Aug 27, 2015
How Hot Air Balloons Work 00:51:30 Aug 25, 2015
How Umami Works! 00:41:11 Aug 20, 2015
Pigeons: Homing, Passenger, Carrier and Otherwise 00:53:50 Aug 18, 2015
Hula-Hoops: The Toy That's A Shape 00:44:53 Aug 13, 2015
How Auto-Tune Works 00:58:32 Aug 11, 2015
How Droughts Work 00:56:27 Aug 6, 2015
How Earth-Like Planets Work 00:35:07 Aug 4, 2015
How Bats Work 00:50:23 Jul 30, 2015
How Profiling Works 00:54:10 Jul 28, 2015
Road Rage: GRRRR!!! 00:57:50 Jul 23, 2015
How Citizen's Arrests Work 00:43:44 Jul 21, 2015
The Time Nazis Invaded Florida 01:02:00 Jul 16, 2015
How the Terracotta Army Works 00:37:23 Jul 14, 2015
How Brickfilm Works 00:37:24 Jul 9, 2015
How Egypt's Pyramids Work 00:53:48 Jul 7, 2015
How Circus Families Work 00:49:09 Jul 2, 2015
How Audience Testing Works 00:45:22 Jun 30, 2015
Mosquitoes: The Worst 00:46:25 Jun 25, 2015
How Landfills Work 00:46:28 Jun 23, 2015
Are You My Mother?: How Animal Imprinting Works 00:41:23 Jun 18, 2015
How BASE Jumping Works 00:58:18 Jun 16, 2015
Bridges: Nature Abhors Them 01:02:12 Jun 11, 2015
How the Wow! Signal Works 00:38:40 Jun 9, 2015
How Ocean Currents Work 00:43:56 Jun 4, 2015
How Street Gangs Work 00:51:29 Jun 2, 2015
How Tupperware Works 00:42:44 May 28, 2015
How Junk Food Works 00:52:16 May 26, 2015
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How Internet Censorship Works 00:47:58 May 19, 2015
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What is biospeleology? 00:30:56 Sep 16, 2010
How Mirrors Work 00:28:18 Sep 14, 2010
How Customs Works 00:30:14 Sep 9, 2010
How Crime-Scene Clean-up Works 00:37:28 Sep 7, 2010
How are college football rankings determined? 00:35:28 Sep 2, 2010
How Cremation Works 00:43:22 Aug 31, 2010
How Freemasons Work 00:46:37 Aug 26, 2010
How Sleepwalking Works 00:27:26 Aug 24, 2010
How the MARS Turbine Works 00:33:15 Aug 19, 2010
Breathalyzers: Really, Really Complicated 00:34:00 Aug 17, 2010
Prisons: Not as Fun as You'd Think 00:49:10 Aug 12, 2010
How Grow Houses Work 00:41:23 Aug 10, 2010
What's so special about Route 66? 00:24:44 Aug 5, 2010
How Quantum Suicide Works 00:33:27 Aug 3, 2010
How Presidential Pardons Work 00:43:24 Jul 29, 2010
Why Ticks Suck 00:40:44 Jul 27, 2010
Saunas: More Interesting Than You Think! 00:43:04 Jul 22, 2010
Taste and How it Works 00:36:50 Jul 20, 2010
What's the deal with Bond, James Bond? 00:45:04 Jul 15, 2010
How Reincarnation Works 00:41:35 Jul 13, 2010
How do butterfly wings get their color? 00:32:12 Jul 8, 2010
What's the deal with Voodoo? 00:34:09 Jul 6, 2010
Did Thomas Jefferson rewrite the Bible? 00:29:23 Jul 1, 2010
How Traffic Works 00:34:12 Jun 29, 2010
Can quicksand kill you? 00:27:25 Jun 24, 2010
How Ghost Prisons Work 00:36:12 Jun 22, 2010
How Samurai Work 00:35:47 Jun 17, 2010
How the Innocence Project Works 00:37:02 Jun 15, 2010
Can your grandfather's diet shorten your life? 00:35:17 Jun 10, 2010
What's the deal with sinkholes? 00:30:52 Jun 8, 2010
How Flamethrowers Work 00:29:40 Jun 3, 2010
How do you clean up an oil spill? 00:26:46 Jun 1, 2010
Can humans start an earthquake? 00:26:14 May 27, 2010
What makes a serial killer? 00:46:21 May 25, 2010
SYSK's Guatemalan Adventure, Part Two 00:48:27 May 20, 2010
SYSK's Guatemalan Adventure, Part One 00:57:23 May 18, 2010
5 Successful Counterfeiters 00:28:07 May 13, 2010
How Twins Work How Twins Work 00:39:44 May 11, 2010
How hard is it to steal a work of art? 00:21:03 May 6, 2010
How LEGOs Work 00:42:30 May 4, 2010
How Cliff Diving Works 00:28:57 Apr 29, 2010
What makes a genius? 00:36:48 Apr 27, 2010
Mirror Neurons: Are there people who feel others' pain? 00:36:36 Apr 22, 2010
Are there people who can't feel pain? 00:32:10 Apr 20, 2010
How Castles Work 00:29:30 Apr 16, 2010
How Tourette Syndrome Works 00:36:16 Apr 13, 2010
Are zoos good or bad for animals? 00:32:13 Apr 8, 2010
How Desertification Works 00:28:13 Apr 6, 2010
How McDonald's Works 00:43:44 Apr 1, 2010
What the heck is a hiccup? 00:27:23 Mar 30, 2010
How Taxidermy Works 00:32:02 Mar 25, 2010
How Urban Planning Works 00:31:02 Mar 23, 2010
Who were the Vikings? 00:33:02 Mar 18, 2010
How Lotteries Work 00:30:51 Mar 16, 2010
What exactly is Fascism? 00:21:36 Mar 11, 2010
What's the deal with carbon trading? 00:34:24 Mar 9, 2010
How Scabies Work 00:22:15 Mar 4, 2010
Was Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization? 00:32:47 Mar 2, 2010
How Bounty Hunters Work 00:24:38 Feb 25, 2010
How Bail Works 00:26:06 Feb 23, 2010
Five Crazy Government Experiments 00:26:17 Feb 18, 2010
Who are the Amish? 00:43:09 Feb 16, 2010
How Braille Works 00:30:43 Feb 11, 2010
How Witchcraft Works 00:44:46 Feb 9, 2010
Why do we believe in urban legends? 00:34:13 Feb 4, 2010
How Swat Teams Work 00:39:14 Feb 2, 2010
Are there undiscovered people? 00:30:14 Jan 28, 2010
What are ninja? 00:34:32 Jan 26, 2010
Will the moon save humanity? 00:24:19 Jan 21, 2010
Why are honeybees disappearing? 00:26:40 Jan 19, 2010
How Organ Donation Works 00:41:52 Jan 12, 2010
How Mercenaries Work 00:30:47 Jan 7, 2010
How Noodling Works 00:29:48 Jan 5, 2010
How Human Experimentation Works 00:29:01 Dec 31, 2009
How Pirates Work 00:34:10 Dec 29, 2009
How Christmas Worked 00:33:09 Dec 24, 2009
Do concussions cause early death? 00:32:26 Dec 22, 2009
How Kleptomania Works 00:27:02 Dec 17, 2009
How Narco States Work 00:37:20 Dec 15, 2009
How the Hells Angels Work 00:36:09 Dec 10, 2009
Will the Large Hadron Collider destroy the Earth? 00:36:20 Dec 8, 2009
How Near-Death Experiences Work 00:27:46 Dec 3, 2009
How Food Cravings Work 00:30:33 Dec 1, 2009
How Hostage Negotiation Works 00:33:36 Nov 26, 2009
What is Mutual Assured Destruction? 00:29:45 Nov 24, 2009
10 Odd Town Festivals 00:28:09 Nov 19, 2009
What's the deal with totem poles? 00:22:16 Nov 17, 2009
How Population Works 00:34:12 Nov 12, 2009
How will the future crime database work? 00:29:41 Nov 10, 2009
How Product Placement Works 00:38:30 Nov 5, 2009
Can you remember being born? 00:25:59 Nov 3, 2009
The Real How Jack the Ripper Worked 00:41:12 Oct 29, 2009
How Witness Protection Works 00:28:21 Oct 27, 2009
How the Cannonball Run Worked 00:32:20 Oct 22, 2009
What is China's one-child policy? 00:30:45 Oct 20, 2009
What is a hangover, really? 00:33:25 Oct 15, 2009
How to Find the History of Your House 00:31:41 Oct 13, 2009
Who were the first Americans? 00:31:28 Oct 8, 2009
Health Care Systems Around the World 00:37:30 Oct 6, 2009
Is Bhutan on to something with Gross National Happiness? 00:34:40 Oct 1, 2009
Rumors, Myths and Truths Behind Obama's Health Care Plan 00:36:19 Sep 29, 2009
Do zombies really exist? 00:37:54 Sep 24, 2009
President Obama's Health Care Plan: Soup to Nuts 00:34:38 Sep 22, 2009
How do dogs perceive time? 00:27:17 Sep 17, 2009
How Health Care in the United States Works Right Now 00:36:32 Sep 15, 2009
Could microlending develop the world? 00:29:03 Sep 10, 2009
What is geocaching? 00:29:15 Sep 8, 2009
What is an Ig Nobel Prize? 00:27:09 Sep 3, 2009
Why is the U.S. so dependent on cars? 00:36:14 Sep 1, 2009
How Muppets Work 00:37:52 Aug 27, 2009
How easy is it to steal a nuclear bomb? 00:31:41 Aug 25, 2009
Is the Necronomicon real? 00:35:36 Aug 20, 2009
What's sarcopenia and what can you do about it? 00:26:19 Aug 18, 2009
Is fluoride making us stupid? 00:32:06 Aug 13, 2009
What are Japanese stragglers? 00:35:30 Aug 11, 2009
What's up with competitive eating? 00:34:27 Aug 6, 2009
How Agent Orange Worked 00:29:04 Aug 4, 2009
How Whale Sharks Work 00:33:22 Jul 30, 2009
What are tinnovators? 00:27:56 Jul 28, 2009
Three Gross Parasites 00:33:40 Jul 23, 2009
Are stupid people happier? 00:22:32 Jul 21, 2009
What is a body farm? 00:30:38 Jul 16, 2009
How has toxoplasma turned the world into zombies? 00:24:22 Jul 14, 2009
How Twinkies Work 00:30:47 Jul 9, 2009
Is it possible to brainwash someone? 00:32:43 Jul 7, 2009
How can hypermiling save you gas? 00:26:23 Jul 2, 2009
How Earthquakes Work 00:30:19 Jun 30, 2009
How Body Dysmorphic Disorder Works 00:29:38 Jun 25, 2009
Can you control your dreams? 00:29:37 Jun 23, 2009
What exactly is the Peter Principle? 00:27:02 Jun 18, 2009
Three Innovations We Need Right Now 00:29:44 Jun 16, 2009
How Carbon Capture and Storage Works 00:35:29 Jun 11, 2009
How did Nikola Tesla change the way we use energy? 00:31:37 Jun 9, 2009
How Biohydrocarbons Work 00:30:06 Jun 4, 2009
What's a brownfield remediation project? 00:21:46 Jun 2, 2009
Is spontaneous human combustion real? 00:25:34 May 28, 2009
How Propaganda Works 00:40:04 May 26, 2009
Do animals have a sixth sense? 00:24:14 May 21, 2009
How Lobotomies Work 00:37:38 May 19, 2009
Is it better to buy local or organic food? 00:33:05 May 14, 2009
What causes rigor mortis? 00:23:24 May 12, 2009
How can a lake explode? 00:27:15 May 7, 2009
Why do humans have body hair? 00:26:51 May 5, 2009
How do credit default swaps work? 00:27:01 Apr 30, 2009
Is high fructose corn syrup bad for you? 00:21:32 Apr 28, 2009
How Face Transplants Work 00:29:15 Apr 23, 2009
How much money do I really need to live? 00:26:16 Apr 21, 2009
Do toads cause warts? 00:28:12 Apr 16, 2009
How Money Laundering Works 00:30:24 Apr 14, 2009
How Ponzi Schemes Work 00:32:08 Apr 9, 2009
How can some centenarians lead unhealthy lives? 00:30:25 Apr 7, 2009
Bizarre Ways to Die 00:25:04 Apr 2, 2009
Is the world going to end in 2012? 00:29:24 Mar 31, 2009
Are there dead bodies on Mount Everest? 00:28:32 Mar 26, 2009
How Déjà Vu Works 00:28:08 Mar 24, 2009
Can anger be a good thing? 00:24:33 Mar 19, 2009
What are microexpressions? 00:22:58 Mar 17, 2009
How Aphrodisiacs Work 00:27:00 Mar 12, 2009
Who owns the oceans? 00:26:34 Mar 10, 2009
How Alien Hand Syndrome Works 00:21:03 Mar 5, 2009
Could a 'thinking cap' make me a genius? 00:25:53 Mar 3, 2009
How Junk Mail Works 00:25:14 Feb 26, 2009
Can people really die of fright? 00:21:14 Feb 24, 2009
How Going Over Niagara Works 00:29:29 Feb 19, 2009
How Squatting Works 00:24:48 Feb 17, 2009
How Friday the 13th Works 00:24:45 Feb 12, 2009
How long can you go without food and water? 00:25:41 Feb 10, 2009
Why is it so hard to say "toy boat" three times fast? 00:22:42 Feb 5, 2009
Why do some people believe the moon landings were a hoax? 00:21:37 Feb 3, 2009
How Hypoallergenic Cats Work 00:18:43 Jan 29, 2009
How Comas Work 00:30:10 Jan 27, 2009
How Moonshine Works 00:28:08 Jan 22, 2009
Recycling and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 00:27:57 Jan 20, 2009
How Redheads Work 00:20:13 Jan 15, 2009
What are urban explorers? 00:20:15 Jan 13, 2009
How Body Armor Works: A Special Request 00:21:16 Jan 8, 2009
How Exorcism Works 00:25:11 Jan 6, 2009
How Midnight Regulations Work 00:28:25 Jan 1, 2009
How Habeas Corpus Works 00:26:27 Dec 30, 2008
How to Survive a Plane Crash 00:25:15 Dec 25, 2008
How Flirting Works 00:23:08 Dec 23, 2008
What can be done with a dead body? 00:18:43 Dec 18, 2008
Where's the best place on your body to get shot? 00:22:49 Dec 16, 2008
Extended Product Warranties: To Buy or Not to Buy? 00:22:00 Dec 11, 2008
How the Five Day Weekend Works 00:26:05 Dec 9, 2008
How Guerrilla Gardening Works 00:21:14 Dec 4, 2008
How OCD Works 00:19:45 Dec 2, 2008
How Thanksgiving Works 00:25:35 Nov 27, 2008
How Albert Einstein's Brain Worked 00:24:02 Nov 25, 2008
How Corporate Personhood Works 00:17:52 Nov 20, 2008
How Eco-anxiety Works 00:19:34 Nov 18, 2008
Why doesn't the FDA regulate herbal supplements? 00:18:55 Nov 13, 2008
Did the CIA test LSD on unsuspecting Americans? 00:31:38 Nov 11, 2008
How Mortgage-backed Securities Work 00:24:21 Nov 6, 2008
Why do grooms carry brides over the threshold? 00:15:53 Nov 4, 2008
How Prayer Healing Works 00:20:22 Oct 30, 2008
Is a free market "free" if it's regulated? 00:20:53 Oct 28, 2008
How do Tibetans avoid altitude sickness? 00:15:55 Oct 23, 2008
How the Bailout Works 00:26:24 Oct 21, 2008
How Living Off the Grid Works 00:19:32 Oct 16, 2008
Will we soon be extinct? 00:16:28 Oct 14, 2008
How Cannibalism Works 00:24:10 Oct 9, 2008
How Entomophagy Works 00:18:39 Oct 7, 2008
How China's Pollution Sniffers Work 00:17:25 Oct 2, 2008
How Delta Force Works 00:25:44 Sep 30, 2008
How Graceland Works 00:21:49 Sep 25, 2008
Is quitting smoking contagious? 00:25:09 Sep 23, 2008
How Can I Erase My Identity and Start Over? 00:16:02 Sep 18, 2008
What's the ultimatum game? 00:16:22 Sep 16, 2008
Why don't we live underground? 00:19:05 Sep 11, 2008
Is sleep that important? 00:18:05 Sep 9, 2008
What's the difference between deodorant and antiperspirant? 00:19:43 Sep 4, 2008
Is there a worst way to die? 00:16:27 Sep 2, 2008
What are smart mobs? 00:15:59 Aug 28, 2008
Will robots get married? 00:16:36 Aug 26, 2008
How Blood Pressure Works 00:15:28 Aug 21, 2008
Are humans wired to survive? 00:14:46 Aug 19, 2008
10 Terribly Bungled Crimes 00:12:50 Aug 14, 2008
How could a cat scuba dive? 00:14:11 Aug 12, 2008
Is there a torture manual? 00:09:03 Aug 8, 2008
Are there real-life fight clubs? 00:08:56 Aug 5, 2008
Exactly what happens if we run out of water? 00:14:22 Jul 31, 2008
Is knife hunting the fairest way to hunt? 00:08:44 Jul 29, 2008
Why do people blush? 00:08:27 Jul 24, 2008
How Carbon Capture Works 00:07:18 Jul 22, 2008
Are Dogs a Shark's Favorite Meal? 00:07:11 Jul 17, 2008
Can I Survive a Shark Attack by Gouging Out Its Eyes? 00:07:19 Jul 15, 2008
How Ripperology Works 00:07:22 Jul 10, 2008
How Personal Rapid Transport Works 00:07:28 Jul 7, 2008
How Abandoned Cities Work 00:07:09 Jul 1, 2008
How Murphy's Law Works 00:07:13 Jul 1, 2008
How Death-Proof Cars Work 00:07:19 Jun 26, 2008
How Oil Shale Works 00:06:58 Jun 24, 2008
How Swearing at Work Works 00:06:47 Jun 20, 2008
How Manufacturing Water Works 00:07:22 Jun 18, 2008
What's the most expensive toilet in the world? 00:06:48 Jun 12, 2008
Could salt water fuel cars? 00:07:06 Jun 10, 2008
How The Eye of a Tornado Works 00:07:27 Jun 5, 2008
How Contagious Yawning Works 00:07:23 Jun 3, 2008
Can People Really Get Hysterical Strength? 00:07:17 May 29, 2008
How Antibacterial Soap Works 00:07:01 May 28, 2008
Does Gum Stay in your Stomach for Seven Years? 00:07:20 May 22, 2008
Are Dogs Really Man's Best Friend? 00:06:41 May 20, 2008
How Evolution in Isolation Works 00:06:34 May 15, 2008
Why Does Toothpaste Make Orange Juice Taste Bad? 00:06:57 May 13, 2008
How Trolley Problems Work 00:07:15 May 6, 2008
Can I feel pregnant when my wife is? 00:07:11 May 6, 2008
Are Nazi War Criminals Still At Large? 00:06:24 Apr 30, 2008
How Altruism Works 00:07:07 Apr 17, 2008
How Lame Ducks Work 00:07:02 Apr 17, 2008
How Grassoline Works 00:06:57 Apr 17, 2008