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If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.

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• The SYSK Annual Halloween Freaky Spooktacular 2026! 2026-10-29 · 52m
• Short Stuff: The Enfield Monster 2026-10-28 · 14m
• (Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper 2026-10-27 · 49m
• Selects: John Lennon and the FBI 2026-10-24 · 43m
• The Twilight Zone Episode 2026-10-22 · 46m
• Short Stuff: Spooky Recommendations 2026-10-21 · 15m
• Winnie the Pooh: Silly Old Bear 2026-10-20 · 52m
• Selects: Sacagawea: Impressive Teen 2026-10-17 · 49m
• The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold 2026-10-15 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Currency Symbols 2026-10-14 · 13m
• Asteroooooid De-FENSE! 2026-10-13 · 42m
• Selects: What's the deal with swing states? 2026-10-10 · 48m
• Stand-Up Pt II 2026-10-08 · 48m
• Short Stuff: The Style Cycle 2026-10-07 · 13m
• Stand-Up Comedy Pt I 2026-10-06 · 45m
• Selects: How Bras Work 2026-10-03 · 53m
• Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies! 2026-10-01 · 44m
• Short Stuff: The Retirement Curse 2026-09-30 · 12m
• A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf 2026-09-29 · 50m
• Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands! 2026-09-26 · 46m
• Introducing 3 Putt Bogey 2026-09-26 · 2m
• Emily Post: Ettiquette Queen 2026-09-24 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Mabon 2026-09-23 · 12m
• Our Big Fat Dream Episode 2026-09-22 · 50m
• Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out) 2026-09-19 · 48m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria? 2026-09-18 · 42m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment? 2026-09-18 · 48m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing 2026-09-18 · 41m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects? 2026-09-18 · 45m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste 2026-09-18 · 62m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident 2026-09-18 · 48m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids 2026-09-18 · 40m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil 2026-09-18 · 49m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people? 2026-09-18 · 46m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me! 2026-09-18 · 48m
• SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout 2026-09-18 · 41m
• The Cancer Episode 2026-09-17 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Leisure Suits 2026-09-16 · 11m
• How Boredom Works 2026-09-15 · 44m
• Selects: Wasps: Not as cute as bees 2026-09-12 · 47m
• The Odyssey Episode 2026-09-10 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Flappers 2026-09-09 · 11m
• Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes 2026-09-08 · 50m
• Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right! 2026-09-05 · 50m
• Social Identity Theory: Your Group Rules, Others Drool 2026-09-03 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi 2026-09-02 · 12m
• Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero 2026-09-01 · 47m
• Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad 2026-08-29 · 50m
• The Fall of the USSR, Pt II 2026-08-27 · 44m
• SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton? 2026-08-26 · 56m
• Short Stuff: Cyclospora 2026-08-26 · 14m
• The Fall of the USSR, Pt I 2026-08-25 · 41m
• Selects: How Narcolepsy Works 2026-08-22 · 53m
• Rope, yeah ROPE! 2026-08-20 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States? 2026-08-19 · 12m
• Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think? 2026-08-18 · 49m
• Selects: The Manhattan Grid 2026-08-15 · 48m
• Who was Robert Maxwell?l 2026-08-13 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle 2026-08-12 · 12m
• Bonnie and Clyde 2026-08-11 · 54m
• Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2 2026-08-08 · 43m
• Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1 2026-08-08 · 46m
• Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World 2026-08-06 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Phone Books 2026-08-05 · 15m
• Beans and Rice Feeds the World 2026-08-04 · 43m
• Selects: How Peanut Butter Works 2026-08-01 · 57m
• How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks 2026-07-30 · 43m
• Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders 2026-07-29 · 16m
• The Beloved Judy Blume 2026-07-28 · 45m
• Selects: Plant Migration 2026-07-25 · 46m
• What's the deal with Swiss neutrality? 2026-07-23 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Sardines! 2026-07-22 · 12m
• The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em 2026-07-21 · 47m
• Selects: The Soul Train Episode 2026-07-18 · 47m
• White Boy Rick 2026-07-16 · 49m
• Short Stuff: The Voice of God 2026-07-15 · 15m
• You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression 2026-07-14 · 46m
• Selects: The First Road Trip 2026-07-11 · 50m
• Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First Lady 2026-07-09 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Great Britain 2026-07-08 · 13m
• Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole 2026-07-07 · 46m
• Selects: Chopsticks > Forks 2026-07-04 · 51m
• Alaska Earthquake of 1964 2026-07-02 · 37m
• Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot 2026-07-01 · 12m
• The Hillsborough Disaster 2026-06-30 · 46m
• Selects: How Enron Fooled the World 2026-06-27 · 60m
• Freetown Christiania 2026-06-25 · 37m
• Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared? 2026-06-24 · 12m
• Some Interesting Curses 2026-06-23 · 48m
• Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil 2026-06-20 · 50m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe 2026-06-19 · 55m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Global Warming Works 2026-06-19 · 60m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How X-Rays Work 2026-06-19 · 39m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch 2026-06-19 · 52m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World? 2026-06-19 · 44m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Occam's Razor Works 2026-06-19 · 40m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method 2026-06-19 · 60m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson 2026-06-19 · 68m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How the Scientific Method Works 2026-06-19 · 44m
• The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table) 2026-06-19 · 47m
• M*A*S*H: The Story of the 4077th 2026-06-18 · 56m
• Short Stuff: Does singing make you happy? 2026-06-17 · 12m
• Did 24-Hour Cable News Kill America? 2026-06-16 · 54m
• Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked 2026-06-13 · 53m
• The NY Subway Vigilante 2026-06-11 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Rain Barrels! 2026-06-10 · 13m
• Smile 2026-06-09 · 49m
• Selects: 911 Is Not a Joke 2026-06-06 · 54m
• Three Mile Island 2026-06-04 · 46m
• Short Stuff: 1955 Le Mans Disaster 2026-06-03 · 13m
• The Tragic Life of Vincent Van Gogh 2026-06-02 · 52m
• Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? 2026-05-30 · 56m
• Howard Hughes in Las Vegas 2026-05-28 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Knuckle Cracking 2026-05-27 · 11m
• The Story of Starvation Heights 2026-05-26 · 47m
• Selects: How Flight Attendants Work 2026-05-23 · 41m
• The 1993 Waco Siege 2026-05-21 · 50m
• Short Stuff: All about BPAs 2026-05-20 · 13m
• Eels Alive! 2026-05-19 · 43m
• Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First? 2026-05-16 · 53m
• The Hindenburg Disaster 2026-05-14 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Did Tippy Hedron start the Vietnamese manicure industry? 2026-05-13 · 13m
• Humanists, the Happy Heathens 2026-05-12 · 50m
• Selects: Can movies be cursed? 2026-05-09 · 52m
• Let's Go to Camp... David! 2026-05-07 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop? 2026-05-06 · 14m
• Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX 2026-05-05 · 48m
• Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis 2026-05-02 · 50m
• How to Drink a Tree's Blood 2026-04-30 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth 2026-04-29 · 14m
• Save the Whales! 2026-04-28 · 44m
• Selects: How Fever Dreams Work 2026-04-25 · 35m
• UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity 2026-04-23 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird 2026-04-22 · 12m
• Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular 2026-04-21 · 43m
• Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure 2026-04-18 · 56m
• The Sewol Ferry Disaster 2026-04-16 · 46m
• Short Stuff: Cherry Blossoms 2026-04-15 · 13m
• Are Generations Even a Thing? 2026-04-14 · 49m
• Selects: What is a Numbers Station? 2026-04-11 · 38m
• How Worker Co-ops Works 2026-04-09 · 45m
• Short Stuff: History of Spring Break 2026-04-08 · 15m
• Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made? 2026-04-07 · 42m
• Selects: The Skinny on Lyme Disease 2026-04-04 · 48m
• The Colorado River Compact 2026-04-02 · 37m
• Short Stuff: Simple Spelling Movement 2026-04-01 · 13m
• The Middle Class: Canary in the Gold Mine 2026-03-31 · 53m
• Selects: The Disappearance of Lars Mittank 2026-03-28 · 43m
• Malcom X 2026-03-26 · 56m
• Short Stuff: Kentucky Meat Shower 2026-03-25 · 11m
• The History of Fire 2026-03-24 · 37m
• Selects: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gin 2026-03-21 · 49m
• Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians 2026-03-20 · 47m
• Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings! 2026-03-20 · 51m
• How Snails Work 2026-03-20 · 53m
• The Fascinating History of Dandelions 2026-03-20 · 43m
• What's Permaculture All About? 2026-03-20 · 52m
• How Sneezing Works 2026-03-20 · 49m
• Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands! 2026-03-20 · 45m
• Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process 2026-03-20 · 51m
• Squirrels, Ahoy! 2026-03-20 · 53m
• Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar 2026-03-20 · 54m
• Contortionism: Bend It Like Gumby 2026-03-19 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Jeddah Tower 2026-03-18 · 11m
• Ruth Lyons: TV Pioneer 2026-03-17 · 46m
• Selects: Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree? 2026-03-14 · 45m
• How the Kowloon Walled City Worked 2026-03-12 · 41m
• Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment 2026-03-11 · 12m
• The Fyre Festival Fiasco 2026-03-10 · 47m
• Selects: How Spiritualism Works 2026-03-07 · 62m
• Let's All Go to the World's Fair 2026-03-05 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Johnny Ringo 2026-03-04 · 13m
• The Gold Standard: When Money Meant Something 2026-03-03 · 53m
• Selects: How Dopamine Works 2026-02-28 · 46m
• The Battle of the Sexes 2026-02-26 · 50m
• Short Stuff: MacGuffins 2026-02-25 · 14m
• The Murder of Jane Stanford 2026-02-24 · 43m
• Selects: How Free Range Parenting Works 2026-02-21 · 51m
• How the Flexner Report Changed Medicine 2026-02-19 · 38m
• Short Stuff: Safety Coffins 2026-02-18 · 14m
• How Crowds Work 2026-02-17 · 46m
• Selects: How Charles Darwin Worked 2026-02-14 · 50m
• How Lasers Work 2026-02-12 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Aztec Death Whistle 2026-02-11 · 12m
• How Cognitive Biases Work 2026-02-10 · 56m
• Selects: Why Do Great Flood Myths Seem To Be Universal? 2026-02-07 · 44m
• The Cajun Navy: Heroes or Liability? 2026-02-05 · 39m
• Short Stuff: Color Psychology 2026-02-04 · 12m
• Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: Miracle is Right 2026-02-03 · 44m
• Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis 2026-01-31 · 45m
• The Magnificent Golden Gate Bridge 2026-01-29 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Magic 8 Ball 2026-01-28 · 13m
• The Charge of the Light Brigade 2026-01-27 · 43m
• Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range 2026-01-24 · 54m
• The Ballad of Biggie and Tupac 2026-01-22 · 51m
• Short Stuff: The S7VEN Deadly Sins 2026-01-21 · 12m
• Keeping Time 2026-01-20 · 50m
• Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All? 2026-01-17 · 51m
• Data Centers: Can't Live With Em, Can't Live Without Em 2026-01-15 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War? 2026-01-14 · 13m
• Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone 2026-01-13 · 51m
• Selects: How Forgiveness Works 2026-01-10 · 59m
• The SAD Episode 2026-01-08 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch 2026-01-07 · 13m
• The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple 2026-01-06 · 43m
• Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art 2026-01-03 · 58m
• TV Moments That Changed The World 2026-01-01 · 45m
• Short Stuff: All About Porcelain 2025-12-31 · 13m
• What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec 2025-12-30 · 40m
• Selects: How Miniature Golf Works 2025-12-27 · 48m
• Dolls and Dolls, Guys! 2025-12-25 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Why is holly a holiday thing? 2025-12-24 · 11m
• SYSK's 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Special 2025-12-23 · 51m
• Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard 2025-12-20 · 59m
• Doggerland: Lost at Sea 2025-12-18 · 39m
• Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle 2025-12-17 · 15m
• Battle Royale: Optimists vs Pessimists 2025-12-16 · 56m
• Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular 2025-12-13 · 54m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy? 2025-12-12 · 49m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Play-Doh Works 2025-12-12 · 42m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures 2025-12-12 · 73m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century 2025-12-12 · 52m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Hula-Hoops: The Toy That's A Shape 2025-12-12 · 40m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Monopoly Works 2025-12-12 · 57m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion 2025-12-12 · 50m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Etch A Sketch! 2025-12-12 · 40m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever 2025-12-12 · 58m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Hot Wheels Work 2025-12-12 · 42m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Yo-Yos Work 2025-12-12 · 32m
• SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Easy Bake Ovens Work 2025-12-12 · 37m
• A Quick History of the BBC 2025-12-11 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Atacama Skeleton 2025-12-10 · 11m
• Operation Paul Bunyan 2025-12-09 · 44m
• Selects: What Is A Mold-A-Rama? 2025-12-06 · 39m
• What's the bar exam like anyway? 2025-12-04 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Camberley Kate 2025-12-03 · 11m
• The Brutal History of Prison Labor 2025-12-02 · 52m
• Selects: How Black Friday Works 2025-11-29 · 40m
• Julia Child, la Grandes Gourmande 2025-11-27 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Pies 2025-11-26 · 18m
• Rice is Nice 2025-11-25 · 47m
• Selects: Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years 2025-11-22 · 46m
• Graffiti: So Cool It’s A Pillar of Hip Hop 2025-11-20 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language 2025-11-19 · 14m
• AM Radio: Solid Gold 2025-11-18 · 49m
• Selects: How Personality Tests Work 2025-11-15 · 57m
• Pop Tarts: No Fruit Necessary 2025-11-13 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Third Man Syndrome 2025-11-12 · 13m
• Eco-Disasters 101: The Salton Sea 2025-11-11 · 48m
• Selects: How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work 2025-11-08 · 63m
• The Mystery of the Death Valley Germans 2025-11-06 · 45m
• Short Stuff: "Peace" Pipes 2025-11-05 · 11m
• What To Do With All This Nuclear Waste? 2025-11-04 · 46m
• Selects: How Extinction Works 2025-11-01 · 48m
• SYSK's 2025 Shocktober Halloween Spooktacular 2025-10-30 · 98m
• Short Stuff: The Bell Witch 2025-10-29 · 16m
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Masterpiece 2025-10-28 · 65m
• Selects: The Great Finger in the Wendy’s Chili Caper 2025-10-25 · 45m
• THE HUMAN SCREAM 2025-10-23 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors 2025-10-22 · 11m
• [Insert Your Own Catchy Title About Younger Dryas Here] 2025-10-21 · 43m
• Selects: How ESP Works (?) 2025-10-18 · 55m
• VH-1: MTV for Your Parents 2025-10-16 · 51m
• Short Stuff: China's Corpse Walkers 2025-10-15 · 13m
• We want our MTV! 2025-10-14 · 66m
• Selects: How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement 2025-10-11 · 65m
• Everyone Deserves A Good Death 2025-10-09 · 51m
• Short Stuff: The Call is Coming... FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE 2025-10-08 · 15m
• The Happy Place of Saturday Morning Cartoons 2025-10-07 · 53m
• Selects: How Mail Order Marriages Work 2025-10-04 · 51m
• The Mystery of the Sleepy Sickness 2025-10-02 · 48m
• Short Stuff: La Lechuza - The Witch Owl 2025-10-01 · 12m
• Why Would Anyone Want to Appease Hitler? 2025-09-30 · 47m
• Selects: How Area 51 Works 2025-09-27 · 51m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders 2025-09-26 · 47m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist 2025-09-26 · 91m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders? 2025-09-26 · 46m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders, Part I 2025-09-26 · 44m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping 2025-09-26 · 55m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders, Part II 2025-09-26 · 46m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tale of the Bloody Benders 2025-09-26 · 49m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harvey’s Casino Bombing of 1980 2025-09-26 · 41m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy 2025-09-26 · 46m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout 2025-09-26 · 52m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances 2025-09-26 · 41m
• SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: How The Great Train Robbery Worked 2025-09-26 · 44m
• A Tribute To The Far Side 2025-09-25 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Death Cap Mushroom 2025-09-24 · 12m
• Tdhtdhtdhtdhtdh: Sound Effects! 2025-09-23 · 50m
• Selects: Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing 2025-09-20 · 49m
• The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment 2025-09-18 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Killing a Dead Body 2025-09-17 · 14m
• What was the Four Pests Campaign? 2025-09-16 · 39m
• Selects: What's the deal with subpoenas? 2025-09-13 · 52m
• You’re So Good At Conversation! 2025-09-11 · 50m
• Short Stuff: North Sentinel Island 2025-09-10 · 12m
• The Man with the Golden Arm 2025-09-09 · 32m
• Selects: Noise Pollution: Arrrgh! 2025-09-06 · 52m
• America’s Militarized Police 2025-09-04 · 48m
• Short Stuff: The Mpemba Effect 2025-09-03 · 14m
• How Dolphins Work! 2025-09-02 · 53m
• Selects: What Were the BONE WARS? 2025-08-30 · 53m
• What are Blue Zones? 2025-08-28 · 46m
• Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event 2025-08-27 · 11m
• The History of Orthodontics 2025-08-26 · 44m
• Selects: The Flannen Isles Mystery 2025-08-23 · 50m
• Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed 2025-08-21 · 47m
• Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria 2025-08-20 · 11m
• The Unsolved Murder of Hall and Mills 2025-08-19 · 51m
• Selects: How Rape Kits Work 2025-08-16 · 51m
• Heavy Metal Pt II 2025-08-14 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Devil Horns 2025-08-13 · 14m
• Heavy Metal Pt I 2025-08-12 · 56m
• Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II 2025-08-09 · 42m
• Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I 2025-08-09 · 41m
• Who's Up For A Circular Economy 2025-08-07 · 54m
• Short Stuff: Marianne Bachmeier: Vigilante Mother 2025-08-06 · 11m
• The Iconic, Complicated VW Beetle 2025-08-05 · 52m
• Selects: Is birth order important? 2025-08-02 · 52m
• Child Prodigies: Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away 2025-07-31 · 46m
• Short Stuff: Bliss Point 2025-07-30 · 15m
• The Humble and Deadly Cigarette 2025-07-29 · 48m
• Selects: The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius 2025-07-26 · 53m
• AQ Khan: How to Live Dangerously 2025-07-24 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Paperclips 2025-07-23 · 15m
• How Boycotts Work (Or Do They?) 2025-07-22 · 45m
• Selects: What exactly is stoicism? 2025-07-19 · 56m
• How Alchemy Worked 2025-07-17 · 43m
• Short Stuff: Bengal Cats 2025-07-16 · 13m
• The Great Big Yarn of Mel's Hole 2025-07-15 · 49m
• Selects: Child Labor: Not Funny 2025-07-12 · 53m
• Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story 2025-07-10 · 43m
• Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges 2025-07-09 · 14m
• Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth 2025-07-08 · 52m
• Selects: How Coelacanths Work 2025-07-05 · 40m
• What was the purpose of USAID? 2025-07-03 · 40m
• Short Stuff: BM Radio 2025-07-02 · 16m
• The Phil Hartman Story 2025-07-01 · 54m
• Selects: What was Tin Pan Alley? 2025-06-28 · 42m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Why was Titicut Follies banned? 2025-06-27 · 50m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How Steadicams Work 2025-06-27 · 35m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How the MPAA Works 2025-06-27 · 43m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre 2025-06-27 · 59m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Special Effects: A Short History 2025-06-27 · 55m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking 2025-06-27 · 57m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How Stuntmen (and -women) Work 2025-06-27 · 39m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How Exploitation Films Work 2025-06-27 · 50m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: The True Story of BlacKkKlansman 2025-06-27 · 46m
• SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: What's the deal with Bond, James Bond? 2025-06-27 · 40m
• Sunset Blvd: One Famous Road 2025-06-26 · 54m
• Short Stuff: Oedipus Complex 2025-06-25 · 13m
• Shameful History: Project 100,000 2025-06-24 · 40m
• Selects: The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983 2025-06-21 · 55m
• Who are the Zizians? 2025-06-19 · 43m
• Short Stuff: The Shortest War 2025-06-18 · 11m
• The Fencing Of The Commons 2025-06-17 · 43m
• Selects: The Kitty Genovese Story 2025-06-14 · 36m
• Anacondas: Not Like in the Movie 2025-06-12 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Andrew Jackson's Inauguration 2025-06-11 · 11m
• How Styrofoam Works 2025-06-10 · 47m
• Selects: How Dementia Works 2025-06-07 · 48m
• Impression Management 2025-06-05 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Can You Not Have A Name? 2025-06-04 · 11m
• Pagans, Neo-Pagans, Wiccans – Let’s Sort It Out! 2025-06-03 · 49m
• Selects: Yeti: The Asian Bigfoot 2025-05-31 · 46m
• The Rosenbergs 2025-05-29 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Genetic Mutations 2025-05-28 · 13m
• The Group of Seven 2025-05-27 · 48m
• Selects: How Publicists Work 2025-05-24 · 43m
• Popcorn: Who doesn't love it? 2025-05-22 · 46m
• Short Stuff: William A. Mitchell: Food Inventor 2025-05-21 · 15m
• Faking Your Own Death: We All Do It, But Why? 2025-05-20 · 50m
• Selects: Night Trap: The Video Game Failure that Changed the Industry 2025-05-17 · 41m
• The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes 2025-05-15 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Figs & Wasps 2025-05-14 · 9m
• Plant-Based Diets 2025-05-13 · 53m
• Selects: How Ice Cream Works 2025-05-10 · 43m
• We Got to Sesame Street 2025-05-08 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Drop Bears 2025-05-07 · 12m
• Fentanyl: Actually As Dangerous As They Say 2025-05-06 · 50m
• Selects: Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness 2025-05-03 · 51m
• What we know about MI6 2025-05-01 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Trovants 2025-04-30 · 11m
• Chinese Food: Best Food? 2025-04-29 · 51m
• Selects: How Jim Henson Worked 2025-04-26 · 42m
• Give My Regards to the Broadway Episode! 2025-04-24 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Alternative Libraries 2025-04-23 · 12m
• Richard III: Good Guy or Evil Putz? 2025-04-22 · 44m
• Selects: Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry 2025-04-19 · 42m
• What Makes Disaster Films Great 2025-04-17 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock 2025-04-16 · 13m
• Kim Philby: Greatest Liar of All Time? 2025-04-15 · 50m
• Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great 2025-04-12 · 71m
• Behavioral Priming: Buy, Robot Human! 2025-04-10 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Colorful Noises 2025-04-09 · 13m
• Editorial Cartoons: Art as Satire 2025-04-08 · 53m
• Selects: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery 2025-04-05 · 54m
• The Pinkerton Detective Agency 2025-04-03 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Tulipmania 2025-04-02 · 13m
• How Climate Migration Works 2025-04-01 · 44m
• Selects: The Deal With Doulas 2025-03-29 · 38m
• The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Part II 2025-03-27 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Poutine: Canada's Pride 2025-03-26 · 13m
• The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Part I 2025-03-25 · 39m
• Selects: Seven - No, Wait, Five - Mysteries of the Art World 2025-03-22 · 47m
• The Highway of Tears (And Maybe Hope) 2025-03-20 · 43m
• Short Stuff: All About Egg Colors 2025-03-19 · 15m
• The Chelsea Hotel 2025-03-18 · 48m
• Selects: How the Flu Works 2025-03-15 · 50m
• How Antidepressants Work 2025-03-13 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Morganna the Kissing Bandit 2025-03-12 · 13m
• The Scribble on Scrabble 2025-03-11 · 52m
• Selects: How Electricity Works 2025-03-08 · 43m
• Why is Chinese art being stolen? 2025-03-06 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Outlawry 2025-03-05 · 12m
• Switchboards: Please Hold While We Connect You 2025-03-04 · 49m
• Selects: Are crickets the future of food? 2025-03-01 · 44m
• How GPS Works 2025-02-27 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Fanta - Nazi Favorite? 2025-02-26 · 14m
• Who Put Bella In the Wych Elm? 2025-02-25 · 38m
• Selects: How the Negro Leagues Worked 2025-02-22 · 55m
• Inner Dialogues, Monologues and Stone Cold Silence 2025-02-20 · 56m
• Short Stuff: Waffle House Index 2025-02-19 · 14m
• Harry Belafonte: The Real Deal 2025-02-18 · 52m
• Selects: The Collar Bomb Heist 2025-02-15 · 42m
• D'oh! Operation Flagship 2025-02-13 · 54m
• Short Stuff: Yakhchāls - Ancient Fridges 2025-02-12 · 11m
• The History of Refrigeration 2025-02-11 · 53m
• Selects: Robber Barons! 2025-02-08 · 63m
• The Tragedy of the Commons 2025-02-06 · 50m
• Short Stuff: The Death of Charles Morgan 2025-02-05 · 17m
• The Catacombs of Paris 2025-02-04 · 47m
• Selects: How Itching Works 2025-02-01 · 45m
• 10ish Instances of People Doing Things Out Of Spite 2025-01-30 · 43m
• Short Stuff: The Guinness Widget 2025-01-29 · 16m
• The Gullibility Episode 2025-01-28 · 49m
• Selects: When Mount St. Helens Blew Its Top 2025-01-25 · 49m
• How Automats Worked 2025-01-23 · 48m
• Short Stuff: The Best Episode Since Sliced Bread 2025-01-22 · 15m
• The Ballad of High Times Magazine 2025-01-21 · 51m
• Selects: How Foreign Accent Syndrome Works 2025-01-18 · 47m
• The Barkley Marathons 2025-01-16 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Bourgeoisie 2025-01-15 · 11m
• WWII Sabotage Spotlight: Operation Gunnerside 2025-01-14 · 50m
• Selects: How Mindfulness Works 2025-01-11 · 53m
• The Mysterious Story of Larry Bader 2025-01-09 · 44m
• Short Stuff: The Mad Trapper of Rat River 2025-01-08 · 16m
• GONG: The Chuck Barris Story 2025-01-07 · 44m
• Selects: The Quinoa Revolution! 2025-01-04 · 44m
• How Saturn Works 2025-01-02 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Watch Night 2025-01-01 · 9m
• The Filthy Magic of Studio 54 2024-12-31 · 53m
• Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment 2024-12-28 · 56m
• Forensic Dentistry 2024-12-26 · 43m
• Short Stuff: Captain Santa 2024-12-25 · 13m
• The 2024 SYSK Christmas Extravaganza! 2024-12-23 · 52m
• Selects: Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown 2024-12-21 · 44m
• The Trivial Pursuit Trivia Edition 2024-12-19 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Feed A Cold, Starve a Fever 2024-12-18 · 11m
• Taylorism: Work Faster! 2024-12-17 · 48m
• Selects: The Texas City Disaster of 1947 2024-12-14 · 41m
• Tugboats: Pushing Their Way Around Since 1803 2024-12-12 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Joro Spiders 2024-12-11 · 12m
• Ba-Gawk! How Peacocks Work 2024-12-10 · 41m
• Selects: How The Pill Changed the World 2024-12-07 · 44m
• The Ruby Ridge Standoff 2024-12-05 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Franca Viola 2024-12-04 · 13m
• Solipsism: This Is All In My Mind? 2024-12-03 · 36m
• Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular 2024-11-30 · 55m
• LIVE: Minneapolis - The Madd Gasser of Mattoon 2024-11-28 · 61m
• Short Stuff: Erfurt Latrine Disaster 2024-11-27 · 14m
• The Wild History of Tetris 2024-11-26 · 50m
• Selects: How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked 2024-11-23 · 47m
• The Story of Tavern on the Green 2024-11-21 · 45m
• Short Stuff: The Gaslighting of Martha Mitchell 2024-11-20 · 14m
• The Saga of Silk Road 2024-11-19 · 48m
• Selects: The Cleveland Torso Murders 2024-11-16 · 49m
• The Fascinating History of Dandelions 2024-11-14 · 42m
• Short Stuff: The wAve 2024-11-13 · 15m
• Kids' Chemistry Sets: KABOOM! 2024-11-12 · 43m
• Selects: What's a quinceañera anyway? 2024-11-09 · 40m
• ADHD pt 2 2024-11-07 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Tornado Alley 2024-11-06 · 12m
• ADHD pt 1 2024-11-05 · 45m
• Selects: The Strange Story of Sea Monkeys 2024-11-02 · 53m
• 15th Annual SYSK Halloween Spooktacular! 2024-10-31 · 61m
• Short Stuff: Two Scary True Shorties! 2024-10-30 · 18m
• The Mystery of the Skeletons of Roopkund Lake 2024-10-29 · 44m
• Selects: Why Landmines Are The Deadliest Legacy Of War 2024-10-26 · 52m
• Spend Some Time with Fairies 2024-10-24 · 47m
• Short Stuff: The Story of Spirit Halloween 2024-10-23 · 15m
• Q Anon: When Wild Conspiracy Went (sort of) Mainstream 2024-10-22 · 49m
• Selects: Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies 2024-10-19 · 40m
• Kudzu: The Vine That Just Won't Stop 2024-10-17 · 39m
• Short Stuff: Redacted! 2024-10-16 · 12m
• The Anarchist Cookbook: Funny but Dangerous 2024-10-15 · 41m
• Selects: How Paramedics Work 2024-10-12 · 48m
• Swatches! 2024-10-10 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Mystery of the Sarah Jo 2024-10-09 · 10m
• Gobekli Tepe 2024-10-08 · 47m
• Selects: How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked 2024-10-05 · 55m
• The Strange Story of Lysol 2024-10-03 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Flower Power 2024-10-02 · 12m
• The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth? 2024-10-01 · 43m
• Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change 2024-09-28 · 51m
• The Judas Priest Suicide Trial 2024-09-26 · 49m
• Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang 2024-09-25 · 11m
• Four Eyes Good: The History of Glasses 2024-09-24 · 50m
• Selects: How Government Shutdowns Work 2024-09-21 · 52m
• Tom Slick: Not the Cartoon 2024-09-19 · 48m
• Short Stuff: The Killing Stone 2024-09-18 · 9m
• Would A Love Drug Be Ethical? 2024-09-17 · 39m
• Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 2 2024-09-14 · 41m
• Celebration Florida: The Story of a Utopia that Never Was 2024-09-11 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Uncle Sam Wants YOU! 2024-09-11 · 14m
• Henry Ford: The Good, Bad and Ugly 2024-09-10 · 45m
• Selects: How Futurology Works 2024-09-07 · 40m
• Ludwig II: The Only Real King of the 19th Century 2024-09-05 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Rescuing Mistreated Pets 2024-09-04 · 13m
• The History of Streaming Music 2024-09-03 · 50m
• Selects: The Manson Family Murders Part 1 2024-08-31 · 47m
• How Bomb Disposal Works 2024-08-29 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Skid Row (not the band) 2024-08-28 · 13m
• The Strange Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon 2024-08-27 · 40m
• Selects: Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom 2024-08-24 · 47m
• The Luddites: Misunderstood Working Class Heroes 2024-08-22 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Chupacabra 2024-08-21 · 12m
• True Mysteries of the Internet 2024-08-20 · 47m
• Selects: Body Language! 2024-08-17 · 37m
• The Cher Episode 2024-08-15 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Tarring and Feathering 2024-08-14 · 12m
• Minecraft! Minecraft! Minecraft! 2024-08-13 · 54m
• Selects: Genghis Khan: Madman or Genius? 2024-08-10 · 50m
• The Call of the Void: Don’t Pick Up! 2024-08-08 · 42m
• Short Stuff: Pruney Skin 2024-08-07 · 12m
• The Story of Rudolf Diesel 2024-08-06 · 44m
• Selects: Timber! How Timber Works 2024-08-03 · 65m
• The One About Car Washes 2024-08-01 · 49m
• Short Stuff: ZIP Codes! 2024-07-31 · 14m
• Who was Dr. Bronner? 2024-07-30 · 40m
• Selects: The Tulsa 'Race Riots' 2024-07-27 · 47m
• The KILLDOZER Rampage 2024-07-25 · 51m
• Short Stuff: The Ritchie Boys 2024-07-24 · 12m
• Phone Phreaking: The Advent of Hacking 2024-07-23 · 48m
• Selects: The Duality of Caffeine 2024-07-20 · 46m
• HPV and You 2024-07-18 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Sitzpinklers Unite 2024-07-17 · 16m
• The Puritans in America 2024-07-16 · 50m
• Selects: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician 2024-07-13 · 49m
• Salsa: NOT THE DANCE 2024-07-11 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Milk Wars 2024-07-10 · 15m
• Jane Goodall: All Good 2024-07-09 · 47m
• Selects: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work, Part II 2024-07-06 · 45m
• Salute to Women Inventors 2024-07-04 · 42m
• Short Stuff: POW Olympics 2024-07-03 · 11m
• How Dopamine Works 2024-07-02 · 45m
• Selects: How Restaurant Health Inspections Work 2024-06-29 · 51m
• EXTRA! EXTRA! The Newsboy Strike Episode! 2024-06-27 · 49m
• Short Stuff: James Dean's Car 2024-06-26 · 14m
• Whistling! 2024-06-25 · 50m
• Selects: How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work, Part I 2024-06-22 · 42m
• The Big Episode on Wikipedia 2024-06-20 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Hostile Architecture 2024-06-19 · 14m
• Why Must Widowhood Be So Difficult? 2024-06-18 · 47m
• Selects: The Murder Mystery of Ötzi the Iceman 2024-06-15 · 53m
• A Brief History of Air Travel 2024-06-13 · 59m
• Short Stuff: Peace Sign 2024-06-12 · 11m
• Coercive Control, the Invisible Basis of Abuse 2024-06-11 · 54m
• Selects: Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen 2024-06-08 · 47m
• The Ballad of Grit 2024-06-06 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Amber Alerts 2024-06-05 · 13m
• Conductors: What the heck is going on there? 2024-06-04 · 51m
• Selects: What are think tanks all about? 2024-06-01 · 46m
• The Guinness Book of Records 2024-05-30 · 51m
• Short Stuff: What's a mudlarker? 2024-05-29 · 14m
• The shameful and harrowing story Unit 731 2024-05-28 · 48m
• Selects: How Vomit Phobia Works 2024-05-25 · 30m
• J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 2 2024-05-23 · 46m
• Short Stuff: Hobo Signs 2024-05-22 · 15m
• J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 1 2024-05-21 · 40m
• Selects: The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth 2024-05-18 · 47m
• The Silurian Hypothesis 2024-05-16 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Zambonis! 2024-05-15 · 13m
• NYC Trash: A study in persistence 2024-05-14 · 50m
• Selects: How Stuttering Works 2024-05-11 · 51m
• 10 - Yes, 10! - Dumb Criminals 2024-05-09 · 46m
• Short Stuff: Titanic Survivors! 2024-05-08 · 16m
• Misophonia: More Than an Annoyance 2024-05-07 · 48m
• Selects: The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold 2024-05-04 · 47m
• Atomic Clocks, Ahoy! 2024-05-02 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Getting Winded 2024-05-01 · 12m
• The Village People Episode 2024-04-30 · 54m
• The Village People Episode 2024-04-30 · 53m
• Selects: How the Beagle Brigade Works 2024-04-27 · 49m
• The Awful Crimes of Georgia Tann 2024-04-25 · 47m
• Short Stuff: The Sad, Strange Tale of Margaret Schilling 2024-04-24 · 13m
• The Power of the Wind 2024-04-23 · 52m
• Selects: Special Effects: A Short History 2024-04-20 · 55m
• Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out! 2024-04-18 · 51m
• Short Stuff: The Amazing Tale of Juliane Koepcke 2024-04-17 · 13m
• The Dubious Science of Arson Investigation 2024-04-16 · 47m
• Selects: How Famines Work 2024-04-13 · 49m
• Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones 2024-04-11 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Straitjackets 2024-04-10 · 13m
• The 1977 Women's Conference That Changed America 2024-04-09 · 50m
• Selects: All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh 2024-04-06 · 52m
• The Everglades: Wowee 2024-04-04 · 54m
• Short Stuff: Knock on Wood 2024-04-03 · 11m
• Greedflation Is Real 2024-04-02 · 56m
• Testosterone and Estrogen: Wondrous Hormones 2024-04-02 · 50m
• Selects: Who is The Man of the Hole? 2024-03-30 · 38m
• The Pulitzer Prize: A major award! 2024-03-28 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre 2024-03-27 · 11m
• Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds 2024-03-26 · 47m
• Selects: MOVE: Or When the Philly Police Dropped a Bomb on a Residential Neighborhood 2024-03-23 · 52m
• Peanuts (the comic) Part II 2024-03-21 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Mariko Aoki Phenomenon 2024-03-20 · 12m
• Peanuts (the comic) Part I 2024-03-19 · 45m
• Selects: How Dyslexia Works 2024-03-16 · 43m
• The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century 2024-03-14 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Skittles and TIO2 2024-03-13 · 12m
• Leave Brutalism Alone! 2024-03-12 · 49m
• Selects: The Science of Break-Ups 2024-03-09 · 51m
• The Smiley, Stubborn Llama 2024-03-07 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Roly Poly...Bugs? 2024-03-06 · 11m
• Mulititasking: Working slower with worse results 2024-03-05 · 46m
• Selects: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti 2024-03-02 · 56m
• Wireless Electricity: When Can We Unplug Our TVs? 2024-02-29 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Smudging: Not just for hippies 2024-02-28 · 15m
• Haile Selassie: Statesman, Colonizer, God? 2024-02-27 · 57m
• Selects: How Zero Population Growth Works 2024-02-24 · 52m
• The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout 2024-02-22 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Benin Bronzes 2024-02-21 · 15m
• Ray and Charles Eames: More than Chairs 2024-02-20 · 57m
• Selects: Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't 2024-02-17 · 50m
• Like, here's the episode on "like" 2024-02-15 · 39m
• Short Stuff: The Original Snake Oil Salesman 2024-02-14 · 11m
• What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws 2024-02-13 · 47m
• Selects: The Unabomber: Misguided to say the least 2024-02-10 · 45m
• What's the Pygmalion Effect? 2024-02-08 · 47m
• Short Stuff: School Bus Yellow 2024-02-07 · 12m
• Clue(do): Third Best Board Game Ever 2024-02-06 · 49m
• Selects: How Disgust Works 2024-02-03 · 55m
• The History of Las Vegas 2024-02-01 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Wainscoting: When Half a Wall is Enough 2024-01-31 · 12m
• The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout 2024-01-30 · 52m
• Selects: A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer 2024-01-27 · 56m
• Esperanto: Tre Mojosa 2024-01-25 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Hot Cold Plunge 2024-01-24 · 14m
• The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy 2024-01-23 · 46m
• Selects: Is yogurt a miracle food? 2024-01-20 · 46m
• Jonestown 2024-01-18 · 58m
• Short Stuff: Frozen Dead Guy 2024-01-17 · 13m
• Dry Cleaning: Not Really Dry(!) 2024-01-16 · 52m
• Selects: History's Greatest Traitors 2024-01-13 · 44m
• How Cranes Work 2024-01-11 · 51m
• Short Stuff: NYT Bestseller List 2024-01-10 · 14m
• Kenton Grua: Grand Canyon Legend 2024-01-09 · 51m
• Selects: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2024-01-06 · 52m
• The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster 2024-01-04 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Blueprints 2024-01-03 · 12m
• SYSK Live in Nashville: The Biosphere II Experiment 2024-01-02 · 67m
• Selects: Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans 2023-12-30 · 54m
• How Primitive Will Our Descendants Find Us? 2023-12-28 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Scheele's Green 2023-12-27 · 13m
• How Snails Work 2023-12-26 · 54m
• Selects: How Fireplaces Work 2023-12-23 · 57m
• The 2023 SYSK Ho-Ho-Holiday Spectacular! 2023-12-21 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Christmas Lights 2023-12-20 · 13m
• Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion 2023-12-19 · 50m
• Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular 2023-12-16 · 54m
• Selects: How Dictators Work 2023-12-15 · 46m
• What was the Skeleton Army? 2023-12-14 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Pickles 2023-12-13 · 15m
• The Matewan Massacre 2023-12-12 · 56m
• Selects: What were the Freedom Schools? 2023-12-09 · 46m
• The Murder of John Lennon 2023-12-07 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Boba Tea 2023-12-06 · 12m
• The Life and Works of J.D. Salinger 2023-12-05 · 54m
• Selects: Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun 2023-12-02 · 42m
• Short Stuff: The Zipper Merge 2023-11-29 · 15m
• You Down With OED? 2023-11-29 · 48m
• Plate Tectonics Are What Makes Earth Inhabitable 2023-11-28 · 49m
• Selects: NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel 2023-11-25 · 48m
• The Wreck of the Costa Concordia 2023-11-23 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Magnetic Pole Switcheroo 2023-11-22 · 12m
• Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table) 2023-11-21 · 48m
• Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time? 2023-11-18 · 42m
• Diners: The Most American Establishment? 2023-11-16 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Liberty Bell 2023-11-15 · 12m
• The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood 2023-11-14 · 50m
• Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers? 2023-11-11 · 51m
• How Scuba Works 2023-11-09 · 62m
• Short Stuff: Petrified Wood 2023-11-08 · 10m
• Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method 2023-11-07 · 44m
• Selects: Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting? 2023-11-04 · 70m
• The Harlem Globetrotters: American Treasures 2023-11-02 · 54m
• Short Stuff: White Dog Poop 2023-11-01 · 14m
• The 14th Annual Halloween Spooktacular! 2023-10-31 · 65m
• Selects: How Mummies Work 2023-10-28 · 40m
• Naked Mole Rats: A Face Only a Mother Could Love 2023-10-26 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Bed Sheet Ghosts 2023-10-25 · 13m
• The Compton Cafeteria Riot 2023-10-24 · 38m
• Selects: Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From? 2023-10-21 · 52m
• Kindness: Do It 2023-10-19 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Candy Corn 2023-10-18 · 15m
• The Criminal Father of Criminology 2023-10-17 · 54m
• Selects: Pain Scales: Yeeeow! 2023-10-14 · 44m
• How Intellectual Property Works 2023-10-12 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Longyou Caves 2023-10-11 · 16m
• Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend! 2023-10-10 · 54m
• Selects: How Motion Sickness Works 2023-10-07 · 37m
• How Andy Warhol Worked 2023-10-05 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Rhodium 2023-10-04 · 12m
• Night of the Grizzlies 2023-10-03 · 49m
• Selects: How Air Traffic Control Works 2023-09-30 · 41m
• Revenge: Bitter, Not Sweet 2023-09-28 · 46m
• Short Stuff: The Dakota 2023-09-27 · 12m
• The Amazing Life of Christine Granville 2023-09-26 · 50m
• Selects: Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish 2023-09-23 · 43m
• Kombucha: Fizzy Goodness 2023-09-21 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Origin of Math Signs 2023-09-20 · 12m
• 10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever 2023-09-19 · 52m
• Selects: How Floods Work 2023-09-16 · 34m
• The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster 2023-09-14 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky 2023-09-13 · 11m
• Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico 2023-09-12 · 49m
• Selects: How Space Stations Work 2023-09-09 · 48m
• Native American Reservations 2023-09-07 · 52m
• Short Stuff: History of OK 2023-09-06 · 15m
• The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K 2023-09-05 · 41m
• Selects: Body Odor: You Stink 2023-09-02 · 47m
• Laurens Hammond: The Non-Musical Genius Who Changed Popular Music 2023-08-31 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Evil Eye 2023-08-30 · 11m
• Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan 2023-08-29 · 47m
• Selects: How Toy Testing Works 2023-08-26 · 47m
• Plant Migration 2023-08-24 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Saturn's Rings 2023-08-23 · 12m
• Farmer's Almanac: Literature to Poop To 2023-08-22 · 48m
• Selects: How Music Sampling Works 2023-08-19 · 44m
• The Mysterious Disappearance of the Franklin Expedition 2023-08-17 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Edward Mordake 2023-08-16 · 13m
• How We’re Learning to Talk to Animals 2023-08-15 · 54m
• Selects: How Magnets Work 2023-08-12 · 36m
• Xenobiotics 2023-08-10 · 45m
• Short Stuff: History of English 2023-08-09 · 12m
• Dear Diary... 2023-08-08 · 48m
• Selects: Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever 2023-08-05 · 30m
• The Last Meal Ritual 2023-08-03 · 50m
• Short Stuff: NATO Alphabet 2023-08-02 · 13m
• BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All? 2023-08-01 · 51m
• Selects: What's the deal with Stradivarius violins? 2023-07-29 · 41m
• MAD Magazine: A Tribute 2023-07-27 · 60m
• Short Stuff: Blue Highway Signs 2023-07-26 · 14m
• Learning a Foreign Language 2023-07-25 · 47m
• Selects: Nirvana: Not The Band 2023-07-22 · 33m
• Magic Eye Illusions 2023-07-20 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Pie-In-The-Face Gag 2023-07-19 · 13m
• Insomnia: Why you can't sleep 2023-07-18 · 50m
• Selects: How Police Lineups Work 2023-07-15 · 53m
• How PCP Works 2023-07-13 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Père-Lachaise Cemetery 2023-07-12 · 12m
• Birth Order: So nice, we did it twice 2023-07-11 · 55m
• Selects: How Bats Work 2023-07-08 · 45m
• James Beard: Food Legend 2023-07-06 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Hollywood Sign 2023-07-05 · 14m
• How Trucking Works 2023-07-04 · 62m
• Selects: What Makes Lead So Poisonous? 2023-07-01 · 50m
• Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings! 2023-06-29 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Fahrenheit or Celsius 2023-06-28 · 9m
• Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians 2023-06-27 · 47m
• Selects: How Ocean Currents Work 2023-06-24 · 39m
• How Afrofuturism Works 2023-06-22 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Chia Pet 2023-06-21 · 13m
• Large Language Models and You 2023-06-20 · 54m
• Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps 2023-06-17 · 69m
• How Alumin(i)um Works 2023-06-15 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Suicide Forest 2023-06-14 · 11m
• The Stinky History of Human Hygiene 2023-06-13 · 57m
• Selects: How Audience Testing Works 2023-06-10 · 41m
• Is Reality Real? 2023-06-08 · 43m
• Short Stuff: DNA Data Storage 2023-06-07 · 12m
• Why Manners? 2023-06-06 · 47m
• Selects: Pterosaurs: Not Flying Dinosaurs 2023-06-03 · 38m
• What's the deal with intermittent fasting? 2023-06-01 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Rube Goldberg 2023-05-31 · 15m
• The Saga of Milli Vanilli 2023-05-30 · 54m
• Selects: How Color Works 2023-05-27 · 42m
• The Semi-Recent History of Exercise 2023-05-25 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Pollen Count 2023-05-24 · 13m
• What is the Bechdel Test? 2023-05-23 · 42m
• Selects: How Dog Shows Work 2023-05-20 · 42m
• How Juries Work 2023-05-18 · 57m
• Short Stuff: Mood Rings 2023-05-17 · 12m
• The Inflammation Theory of Disease 2023-05-16 · 59m
• Selects: How Slinky Works 2023-05-13 · 51m
• How TV Weathercasters Work 2023-05-11 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Frances Kelsey: Hero of the FDA 2023-05-10 · 12m
• The Colosseum 2023-05-09 · 55m
• Selects: Does the body replace itself? 2023-05-06 · 38m
• Introducing Smell-O-Vision! 2023-05-04 · 39m
• Short Stuff: Dunbar's Number 2023-05-03 · 15m
• Nerf! 2023-05-02 · 38m
• Selects: How Manhunts Work 2023-04-29 · 35m
• Carbon Monoxide: Please Just Listen Anyway 2023-04-27 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Botox Brain 2023-04-26 · 13m
• Why does everyone love Dolly Parton? 2023-04-25 · 54m
• Selects: Was There A Real Robin Hood? 2023-04-22 · 50m
• METI: Existential Threat? Probably Yes 2023-04-20 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Routines 2023-04-18 · 15m
• Should Rich Countries Cancel Poor Countries’ Debt? 2023-04-18 · 54m
• Selects: How Coffins Work 2023-04-15 · 41m
• John Brinkley: The Quackiest Quack in History? 2023-04-13 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Red Snow 2023-04-12 · 11m
• How Skydiving Works 2023-04-11 · 51m
• Selects: Some Nutso Fan Theories 2023-04-08 · 53m
• Playing Cards? You Got That Right! 2023-04-06 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Beethoven’s DNA 2023-04-05 · 10m
• What Caused the Late Bronze Age Collapse? 2023-04-04 · 48m
• Selects: How Jet Lag Works 2023-04-01 · 36m
• What's the deal with dowsing? 2023-03-30 · 45m
• Short Stuff: Theme Park Cremations 2023-03-29 · 12m
• The First Road Trip 2023-03-28 · 49m
• Selects: Is The Uncanny Valley Real? 2023-03-25 · 68m
• An Interesting, Vastly Incomplete Look at Baseball Cards 2023-03-23 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Semantic Satiation 2023-03-22 · 12m
• The Tragic Tale of Floyd Collins 2023-03-21 · 48m
• Selects: Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion? 2023-03-18 · 19m
• Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds 2023-03-16 · 59m
• Short Stuff: John Cage's 639 Year Concert 2023-03-15 · 13m
• That's Amaro! 2023-03-14 · 54m
• Selects: The Time Nazis Invaded Florida 2023-03-11 · 56m
• Woodstock: The Festival for Stardust, Golden Hippies 2023-03-09 · 57m
• Short Stuff: Paprika 2023-03-08 · 9m
• Noncompete Agreements, Come On 2023-03-07 · 50m
• Selects: Live From San Francisco: How Malls Work 2023-03-04 · 66m
• Crosswords episode, perhaps? 2023-03-02 · 54m
• Short Stuff: La Pascualita 2023-03-01 · 11m
• The Awe-Inspiring, Absolutely Crucial Amazon 2023-02-28 · 54m
• Selects: Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders? 2023-02-25 · 46m
• Naps: Chuck's Secret Talent 2023-02-23 · 44m
• Short Stuff: Sleeping On It 2023-02-22 · 14m
• The Mystery of the Lost Amber Room 2023-02-21 · 47m
• Selects: The Max Headroom Affair 2023-02-18 · 48m
• The Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire 2023-02-16 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Beulah Mae Donald 2023-02-15 · 12m
• The Glorious Flamingo 2023-02-14 · 49m
• Selects: Cave Diving: Totally Nuts 2023-02-11 · 51m
• How (O)possums Work 2023-02-09 · 50m
• Short Stuff: No Shirt, No Shoes, WTF 2023-02-08 · 13m
• Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar 2023-02-07 · 54m
• Selects: How Easy Bake Ovens Work 2023-02-04 · 36m
• The Largely Equine History of Veterinary Medicine 2023-02-02 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Bird Migration 2023-02-01 · 11m
• Must We Suffer Emotional Pain? 2023-01-31 · 49m
• Selects: Elephants: The Best Animals? 2023-01-28 · 61m
• How Attachment Theory Works 2023-01-26 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Adam's Apples and Throat Lumps 2023-01-25 · 10m
• Let's Talk About John DeLorean 2023-01-24 · 57m
• Selects: How Game Shows Work 2023-01-21 · 69m
• Toast: As in browned bread 2023-01-19 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Women Pirates 2023-01-18 · 16m
• The Louisiana Purchase: Not a Purchase 2023-01-17 · 47m
• Selects: How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works 2023-01-14 · 49m
• How Tarot Works? 2023-01-12 · 43m
• Short Stuff: Forest Lawn Memorial Park 2023-01-11 · 12m
• How Enron Fooled the World 2023-01-10 · 59m
• Selects: How Perfume Works 2023-01-07 · 58m
• When Mount St. Helens Blew Its Top 2023-01-05 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Dangers of Nose Picking 2023-01-04 · 16m
• The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (not the song) 2023-01-03 · 55m
• Selects: Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster? 2022-12-31 · 63m
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show Podcast Episode 2022-12-29 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Mesas: Flat 2022-12-28 · 12m
• Juicy: The Fried Chicken Story 2022-12-27 · 53m
• Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular 2022-12-24 · 54m
• 2022 Holiday Spectacular! 2022-12-22 · 49m
• Short Stuff: Snow Globes 2022-12-21 · 12m
• Who was Dorothy Parker, really? 2022-12-20 · 48m
• Selects: Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much. 2022-12-17 · 39m
• Interesting Origins of Everyday Phrases 2022-12-15 · 49m
• Short Stuff: The Atlanta Washer Woman Strike 2022-12-14 · 14m
• How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever 2022-12-13 · 58m
• Selects: How Polar Bears Work 2022-12-10 · 46m
• True Crime: The Phantom of Heilbronn 2022-12-08 · 43m
• Short Stuff: Birthday Paradox 2022-12-07 · 12m
• How Face Blindness Works 2022-12-06 · 48m
• Selects: The Rubik's Cube Episode 2022-12-03 · 48m
• How Down Syndrome Works 2022-12-01 · 57m
• Short Stuff: Goosebumps 2022-11-30 · 15m
• Peripersonal Space: Humans’ Got Talent 2022-11-29 · 54m
• Selects: How Umami Works! 2022-11-26 · 36m
• Roller Skating: Fun and Cool 2022-11-24 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Liquid Paper 2022-11-23 · 13m
• Typewriters: Mechanical Brilliance 2022-11-22 · 56m
• Selects: How Dark Money Works 2022-11-19 · 48m
• Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff? 2022-11-17 · 55m
• Short Stuff: Incomplete Yawns 2022-11-16 · 10m
• The Sordid History of Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties 2022-11-15 · 57m
• Selects: Finders Keepers: Real Law 2022-11-12 · 39m
• How Owls Work 2022-11-10 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Dodleston Messages 2022-11-09 · 14m
• What's so important about legal precedent? 2022-11-08 · 51m
• Selects: What is an invasive species? 2022-11-05 · 51m
• Vaudeville: Step Right Up! 2022-11-03 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Birth Certificate Access 2022-11-02 · 11m
• The Harvey's Casino Bombing of 1980 2022-11-01 · 40m
• Selects: How Vampires Work 2022-10-29 · 51m
• The 13th Annual Halloween Spooktacular! 2022-10-27 · 51m
• Short Stuff: Robert the Doll 2022-10-26 · 14m
• The Tale of the Bloody Benders 2022-10-25 · 48m
• Selects: 10ish Cases of Really Bad Luck 2022-10-22 · 50m
• Fundamentalism: Menace II Society 2022-10-20 · 58m
• Short Stuff: Water Towers 2022-10-19 · 11m
• The History of Fake Towns. 2022-10-18 · 51m
• Selects: How Pompeii Worked 2022-10-15 · 50m
• 10 Cases of Mistaken Identity 2022-10-13 · 43m
• Short Stuff: Blaschko's Lines 2022-10-12 · 13m
• Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me! 2022-10-11 · 48m
• Selects: Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre 2022-10-08 · 59m
• How License Plates Work 2022-10-06 · 56m
• Short Stuff: Scratching 2022-10-05 · 14m
• Vinyl Records: Black Magic at Work 2022-10-04 · 59m
• Selects: How Clowns Work 2022-10-01 · 47m
• How The Rosenhan Experiment Worked 2022-09-29 · 53m
• Short Stuff: Curse Tablets 2022-09-28 · 10m
• Vasectomies: Stop Being A Wimp 2022-09-27 · 44m
• Selects: How LSD Works 2022-09-24 · 77m
• Sitcoms Part II 2022-09-22 · 37m
• Short Stuff: Laugh Tracks 2022-09-21 · 16m
• Sitcoms Part I 2022-09-20 · 31m
• Selects: Frida Kahlo: Painter, Icon, Genius 2022-09-17 · 48m
• Pearls: Second Best Thing About Oysters 2022-09-15 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Hangry? 2022-09-14 · 12m
• The Georgia Guidestones: The Elite Have a Laugh 2022-09-13 · 54m
• Selects: What Happened to the Neanderthals? 2022-09-10 · 51m
• Everything We Know About Squids 2022-09-08 · 43m
• Short Stuff: RIP Man of the Hole 2022-09-07 · 12m
• Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First? 2022-09-06 · 52m
• Selects: How the Pony Express Worked 2022-09-03 · 45m
• Rolling Stone Magazine 2022-09-01 · 52m
• Short Stuff: Mason-Dixon Line 2022-08-31 · 13m
• We Need More Sustainable Packaging, Like, Yesterday 2022-08-30 · 51m
• Selects: Knife Throwing: Super Cool 2022-08-27 · 42m
• Kissing Cousins: A History of Marrying Family 2022-08-25 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Marrying Up 2022-08-24 · 13m
• Introvert or Extravert: Which are you? (Probably both) 2022-08-23 · 48m
• Selects: How Gossip Works 2022-08-20 · 37m
• How Enemas Work 2022-08-18 · 41m
• Short Stuff: Selling the Brooklyn Bridge 2022-08-17 · 11m
• Mariachi: The Rodney Dangerfield of Music 2022-08-16 · 54m
• Selects: Desert Survival: Josh and Chuck Save Your Tookus 2022-08-13 · 46m
• The Origins of Breakfast Foods 2022-08-11 · 53m
• Short Stuff: The Berners Street Hoax 2022-08-10 · 11m
• What's the deal with energy drinks? 2022-08-09 · 48m
• Selects: How Droughts Work 2022-08-06 · 52m
• Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis 2022-08-04 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Divorcing Your Parents 2022-08-03 · 12m
• Silly String: Disaster in a Can 2022-08-02 · 39m
• Selects: Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking 2022-07-30 · 57m
• How Menstruation Works 2022-07-28 · 58m
• Short Stuff: The Mars Rock with Signs of Life? 2022-07-27 · 15m
• Where Did Human Intelligence Come From? 2022-07-26 · 46m
• Selects: What's the misery index? 2022-07-23 · 45m
• Googie: The Architecture of the Space Age 2022-07-21 · 56m
• Short Stuff: Death from Astral Projection 2022-07-20 · 16m
• Supernovae: Best Around, Case Closed 2022-07-19 · 42m
• Selects: What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead? 2022-07-16 · 39m
• Why Bowling is Awesome 2022-07-14 · 60m
• Short Stuff: Catatumbo Lightning 2022-07-13 · 11m
• Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree? 2022-07-12 · 44m
• Selects: How Ayahuasca Works 2022-07-09 · 45m
• The Maya Civilization 2022-07-07 · 54m
• Short Stuff: Alligator Gar 2022-07-06 · 11m
• How Ultraprocessed Foods Work 2022-07-05 · 57m
• Selects: How Freak Shows Worked 2022-07-02 · 49m
• A Dispassionate Review of Roe v Wade 2022-06-30 · 60m
• Short Stuff: What did we use before infant formula? 2022-06-29 · 13m
• How Alien Contact Might Work 2022-06-28 · 50m
• Selects: Chiggers: The Phantom Menace 2022-06-25 · 33m
• What's up with bariatric surgery? 2022-06-23 · 48m
• Short Stuff: Do Fish Get Thirsty? 2022-06-22 · 12m
• The Appalachian Trail: A Heckuva Hike 2022-06-21 · 51m
• Selects: How Steadicams Work 2022-06-18 · 35m
• What were the IRA hunger strikes? 2022-06-16 · 50m
• Short Stuff: HR8 Gun Legislation 2022-06-15 · 15m
• How Wind Works 2022-06-14 · 43m
• Selects: How Drowning Works 2022-06-11 · 52m
• The 4-minute Mile: Greatest Sports Story? 2022-06-09 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Cleveland’s Infamous 10-Cent Beer Night 2022-06-08 · 14m
• How Freedom of the Press Works 2022-06-07 · 49m
• Selects: How Satanism Works 2022-06-04 · 53m
• Kidney Donation: You Could Be A Saint! 2022-06-02 · 47m
• Short Stuff: Happy Foods! 2022-06-01 · 14m
• The Scintillating World of Interest Rates 2022-05-31 · 45m
• Selects: Waterbeds: The Sexiest Bed? 2022-05-28 · 39m
• The Myth of Absinthe 2022-05-26 · 50m
• Short Stuff: Do people move in predictable directions? 2022-05-25 · 13m
• Cats: Invasive Species? 2022-05-24 · 46m
• Selects: The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five 2022-05-21 · 50m