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How do landfills work? How do mosquitos work? Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the Stuff You Should Know about everything from genes to the Galapagos in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

SYSK Selects: How the Sun Works

July 22, 2017

00:30:30

All We Know About Guessing

July 20, 2017

01:00:58

Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen

July 18, 2017

00:51:33

SYSK Selects: Why can't we find Amelia Earhart?

July 15, 2017

00:31:59

How Fever Dreams Work

July 13, 2017

00:39:59

Why is There a Battle Over Net Neutrality?

July 11, 2017

01:04:53

SYSK Selects: How HeLa Cells Work

July 8, 2017

00:30:30

Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre

July 6, 2017

01:03:48

What exactly is stoicism?

July 4, 2017

01:01:02

SYSK Selects: Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system?

July 1, 2017

00:39:54

How Standardized Patients Work

June 29, 2017

00:54:03

Remembering Stonewall

June 27, 2017

00:58:53

SYSK Selects: Scooby Dooby Doo, Where Are You?

June 24, 2017

00:44:19

How Ketchup Works

June 22, 2017

00:56:43

How Seed Banks Work

June 20, 2017

00:54:38

SYSK Selects: Do you stay conscious after being decapitated?

June 17, 2017

00:33:24

What was Camp X?

June 15, 2017

00:53:21

How the Beagle Brigade Works

June 13, 2017

00:53:02

SYSK Selects: How Maps Work

June 10, 2017

00:42:47

Why Are Whale Strandings Still a Mystery?

June 8, 2017

00:47:20

How Coelacanths Work

June 6, 2017

00:43:42

SYSK Selects: What's the deal with Rasputin's death?

June 3, 2017

00:35:03

The Stories Behind A Few Food Fads

June 1, 2017

00:51:21

Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?

May 30, 2017

01:13:13

SYSK Selects: How Beer Works

May 27, 2017

00:51:52

How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement

May 25, 2017

01:05:21

Is a head transplant really a thing?

May 23, 2017

00:47:06

SYSK Selects: How Magic Mushrooms Work

May 20, 2017

00:53:57

How the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis Work

May 18, 2017

00:46:10

How Champagne Works

May 16, 2017

01:03:10

SYSK Selects: Gesundheit! How Allergies Work

May 13, 2017

00:29:45

How Charismatic Megafauna Work

May 11, 2017

00:50:05

How Itching Works

May 9, 2017

00:48:17

SYSK Selects: What's the 10,000 Year Clock?

May 6, 2017

00:50:36

Some Nutso Fan Theories

May 4, 2017

00:56:23

How Poetry Works

May 2, 2017

01:08:11

SYSK Selects: How Revisionist History Works

April 29, 2017

00:47:12

How Multiple Sclerosis Works

April 27, 2017

00:46:14

How the National Security Council Works

April 25, 2017

00:57:12

SYSK Selects: How Breast Implants Work

April 22, 2017

01:00:47

How Swearing Works

April 20, 2017

00:51:55

How Corsets Work

April 18, 2017

00:41:41

SYSK Selects: Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar

April 15, 2017

00:54:41

How Supervolcanoes Work

April 13, 2017

00:33:45

How Supreme Court Nominations Work

April 11, 2017

00:49:24

SYSK Selects: Can you die of a broken heart?

April 8, 2017

00:29:08

How Empathy Works

April 6, 2017

00:56:14

Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process

April 4, 2017

00:55:16

SYSK Selects: How Filibusters Work

April 1, 2017

00:40:06

The Shroud Of Turin: No Ordinary Bed Sheet

March 30, 2017

00:48:19

How Foreign Accent Syndrome Works

March 28, 2017

00:50:58

How the Hyperloop Will Work

March 23, 2017

01:05:21

Solitary Confinement: Cruel and Unusual

March 21, 2017

00:50:34

Southerners Aren’t Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm

March 16, 2017

00:51:35

Pain Scales: Yeeeow!

March 14, 2017

00:46:53

History of the Trail of Tears, Part II

March 9, 2017

00:46:14

History of the Trail of Tears, Part I

March 7, 2017

00:56:03

How Optical Illusions Work

March 2, 2017

00:44:23

How Free Speech Works

Feb. 28, 2017

01:07:42

How Famines Work

Feb. 23, 2017

00:54:03

The ins and outs of the DEATH TAX

Feb. 21, 2017

00:52:41

The Black Panther Party

Feb. 16, 2017

01:07:16

Tardigrades: Nature's Cuddly, Indestructible Microanimal

Feb. 14, 2017

00:37:08

Live from San Francisco: How Malls Work

Feb. 9, 2017

01:08:33

The Quinoa Revolution!

Feb. 7, 2017

00:47:19

What's the future of virtual sex?

Feb. 2, 2017

01:00:25

Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

Jan. 31, 2017

00:54:59

How Pacifism Works (And Could It?)

Jan. 26, 2017

01:16:31

How Dictators Work

Jan. 24, 2017

00:48:53

How Soylent Works

Jan. 19, 2017

00:44:37

Are Artificial Sweeteners Really Bad For You?

Jan. 17, 2017

00:59:41

How Watersheds Work

Jan. 12, 2017

00:32:14

What's the deal with Baby Boomers?

Jan. 10, 2017

00:52:43

How Feeding Babies Works: The Bottle

Jan. 5, 2017

01:13:34

How Feeding Babies Works: The Breast

Jan. 3, 2017

01:12:10

Human Blockheads: A Real Thing

Dec. 29, 2016

00:49:30

Can you live without a bank account?

Dec. 27, 2016

00:53:55

The Stuff You Should Know 2016 Christmas Extravaganza in 3-D!

Dec. 22, 2016

00:57:49

The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London

Dec. 20, 2016

01:19:04

How Porta-Potties Work

Dec. 15, 2016

00:47:05

Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?

Dec. 13, 2016

00:51:58

Is computer addiction a thing?

Dec. 8, 2016

00:53:39

Horoscopes: Written in the Stars?

Dec. 6, 2016

00:55:32

How a Flea Circus Works

Dec. 1, 2016

00:50:53

Frostbite: Yeeeow!

Nov. 29, 2016

00:42:10

Should Advertising to Kids Be Banned?

Nov. 24, 2016

01:11:53

The Kitty Genovese Story

Nov. 22, 2016

00:43:27

What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

Nov. 17, 2016

00:44:06

How Fireplaces Work

Nov. 15, 2016

01:02:17

How Monty Python Worked: SYSK Live from LA Podfest

Nov. 10, 2016

00:58:12

Do sin taxes work?

Nov. 8, 2016

00:57:11

A Partial History of Action Figures

Nov. 3, 2016

01:19:14

Ham Radio and the Hams Who Use Them

Nov. 1, 2016

00:51:52

SYSK The Podcast: Special Halloween Bonus Episode 2016, The Sequel – From Hell

Oct. 31, 2016

00:42:05

The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders

Oct. 27, 2016

00:52:13

How Sleep Paralysis Works, or The Worst Thing That Can Happen While You're Sleeping

Oct. 25, 2016

00:47:07

Living Underground in Beijing

Oct. 20, 2016

00:36:23

What's the What with Fish Fraud?

Oct. 18, 2016

00:46:52

How the Census Works

Oct. 13, 2016

00:50:34

Hibernation: Not a Snooze

Oct. 11, 2016

00:50:36

Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?

Oct. 6, 2016

01:00:52

The Amazing History of Soda

Oct. 3, 2016

00:51:18

How Polar Bears Work

Sept. 29, 2016

00:52:18

How Ice Ages Work

Sept. 27, 2016

00:52:56

All we know about Zika so far...

Sept. 22, 2016

00:53:26

How Cerebral Palsy Works

Sept. 20, 2016

01:06:38

What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?

Sept. 15, 2016

00:45:03

Alexander Hamilton: Most Influential American?

Sept. 13, 2016

00:55:42

Do Animals Have Natural Rights?

Sept. 8, 2016

01:08:39

How Animal Testing Works

Sept. 6, 2016

00:54:40

How the Negro Leagues Worked

Sept. 1, 2016

01:02:39

How Food Tasters Work

Aug. 30, 2016

00:58:47

This Custom of Customs

Aug. 25, 2016

01:07:09

Jellyfish: Even Cooler than Octopi?

Aug. 23, 2016

00:57:54

The Delightful History of Steam Technology

Aug. 18, 2016

00:59:41

How Woolly Mammoths Worked

Aug. 16, 2016

00:56:45

Evel Knievel Part II

Aug. 11, 2016

00:51:00

Evel Knievel Part I

Aug. 9, 2016

00:44:48

Mermaids: Not a real thing

Aug. 4, 2016

00:48:26

How Night Terrors Work

Aug. 1, 2016

00:56:18

What is exploding head syndrome?

July 28, 2016

00:42:35

How Triage Works

July 26, 2016

00:50:53

How the Moonwalk Works

July 21, 2016

00:48:42

How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

July 19, 2016

01:01:52

The Gettysburg Address: Short and Sweet

July 14, 2016

00:51:01

How Radiation Sickness Works

July 12, 2016

00:54:13

What's with this "Internet of Things"?

July 7, 2016

01:08:18

Research tips from SYSK

July 5, 2016

00:50:20

How Lighthouses Work

June 30, 2016

00:52:43

How Underground Mining Works

June 28, 2016

00:48:51

What's the misery index?

June 23, 2016

00:51:50

How Space Stations Work

June 21, 2016

00:55:00

How Steadicams Work

June 16, 2016

00:42:22

Why Are So Many Disembodied Feet Washing Ashore In British Columbia?

June 14, 2016

00:44:40

What's the deal with controlled burns?

June 9, 2016

00:49:22

How Motion Sickness Works

June 7, 2016

00:43:33

How Gene Editing Works

June 2, 2016

00:40:42

How SuperBalls Work

May 31, 2016

00:39:20

How Crumple Zones Work

May 25, 2016

00:38:50

Chiggers: The Phantom Menace

May 23, 2016

00:39:37

The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children

May 18, 2016

00:51:43

How Bonsai Works

May 16, 2016

01:02:23

True stories of survival cannibalism!

May 11, 2016

00:49:20

How Snake Handlers Work

May 9, 2016

01:00:25

May 5, 2016

01:50:13

How Megalodon Worked

May 3, 2016

00:39:50

What was Operation Plowshare?

April 28, 2016

00:51:16

Myths and Truths About Tornadoes

April 25, 2016

00:49:36

Does Kin Selection Explain Altruism?

April 21, 2016

00:39:07

What Makes Lead So Poisonous?

April 19, 2016

00:56:05

How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson

April 14, 2016

01:13:21

How the Gender Pay Gap Works

April 12, 2016

00:46:40

How Labor Strikes Work

April 7, 2016

01:00:06

Our cats episode - right here, right meow

April 5, 2016

01:01:49

Nostalgia is not the most toxic impulse

March 31, 2016

00:45:08

What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?

March 29, 2016

00:49:53

How TED Talks Work: Featuring Roman Mars

March 24, 2016

01:08:26

Who Gets to Name Continents?

March 22, 2016

00:47:26

How Makeup Works

March 17, 2016

00:57:58

Some Really Interesting Cases of Mass Hysteria

March 15, 2016

00:43:38

How Dark Money Works

March 10, 2016

00:54:41

How The Iditarod Works

March 8, 2016

01:03:19

How Freak Shows Worked

March 3, 2016

00:54:02

How El Nino Works

March 1, 2016

00:43:11

(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously

Feb. 25, 2016

01:00:35

The Future of Renewable Energy, Featuring Bill Gates

Feb. 23, 2016

00:57:52

How Nitrous Oxide Works

Feb. 18, 2016

01:00:42

How Jackhammers Work

Feb. 16, 2016

00:37:37

What's the Deal With Poop?

Feb. 11, 2016

00:53:32

How Rabies Works

Feb. 9, 2016

00:46:53

How Land Diving Works

Feb. 4, 2016

00:44:21

Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis

Feb. 2, 2016

00:50:57

Does Whole-Body Cryotherapy Work?

Jan. 28, 2016

00:41:10

How Personalized Medicine Works

Jan. 26, 2016

00:44:43

Timber! How Timber Works

Jan. 21, 2016

01:11:14

Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time?

Jan. 19, 2016

00:58:48

The Duality of Caffeine

Jan. 14, 2016

00:53:23

How Futurology Works

Jan. 12, 2016

00:47:12

Jan. 7, 2016

00:44:23

The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s

Jan. 5, 2016

01:03:29

How Lizzie Borden Worked

Dec. 31, 2015

00:49:07

The Great Wall of China Episode

Dec. 29, 2015

00:47:41

The Stuff You Should Know 2015 Jolly Christmas Extravaganza

Dec. 24, 2015

00:48:19

How Gossip Works

Dec. 22, 2015

00:43:14

The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978

Dec. 17, 2015

01:00:43

How the Antikythera Mechanism Works

Dec. 15, 2015

00:38:39

How Reverse Psychology Works

Dec. 10, 2015

00:38:56

Carl Sagan: American Hero

Dec. 8, 2015

00:44:45

How HIV/AIDS Works, Part II

Dec. 3, 2015

00:47:58

How HIV/AIDS Works, Part I

Dec. 1, 2015

00:59:34

Live in Chicago: How Public Relations Works

Nov. 26, 2015

01:20:51

The Lowdown on Anonymous

Nov. 24, 2015

00:51:36

How Dementia Works

Nov. 19, 2015

00:53:48

How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA

Nov. 18, 2015

01:02:16

What's the Deal With Staring?

Nov. 17, 2015

00:41:02

How The Voynich Manuscript Works

Nov. 12, 2015

00:46:33

Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out

Nov. 10, 2015

00:44:03

How Grimm's Fairy Tales Work

Nov. 5, 2015

00:58:15

The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales

Nov. 3, 2015

00:48:03

Josh N Chuck's Hallowe'en Spooky Scarefest

Oct. 29, 2015

00:56:40

How Passports Work

Oct. 27, 2015

00:43:07

Vocal Fry and Other Speech Trends

Oct. 22, 2015

00:42:29

Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Converters Work

Oct. 20, 2015

00:41:20

How Wine Fraud Works

Oct. 15, 2015

00:53:25

How Vestigial Organs Work

Oct. 13, 2015

00:49:43

What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

Oct. 8, 2015

00:53:57

How Lobbying Works

Oct. 6, 2015

01:00:17

Oct. 1, 2015

00:49:27

Chuck and Josh Make It Through Female Puberty

Sept. 29, 2015

01:01:50

Geothermal Energy: Earth's Gift to Mankind

Sept. 24, 2015

00:41:43

How Cult Deprogramming Worked

Sept. 22, 2015

00:44:20

The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983

Sept. 17, 2015

01:02:10

How Publicists Work

Sept. 15, 2015

00:50:08

How Chili Peppers Work

Sept. 10, 2015

00:59:39

How Police Dogs Work

Sept. 8, 2015

00:43:04

How Alcoholism Works

Sept. 3, 2015

00:56:13

How to Donate Your Body to Science

Sept. 1, 2015

00:49:26

Nirvana: Not The Band

Aug. 27, 2015

00:38:48

How Hot Air Balloons Work

Aug. 25, 2015

00:53:49

How Umami Works!

Aug. 20, 2015

00:42:03

Pigeons: Homing, Passenger, Carrier and Otherwise

Aug. 18, 2015

00:57:28

Hula-Hoops: The Toy That's A Shape

Aug. 13, 2015

00:46:05

How Auto-Tune Works

Aug. 11, 2015

00:59:22

How Droughts Work

Aug. 6, 2015

00:57:10

How Earth-Like Planets Work

Aug. 4, 2015

00:37:26

July 30, 2015

00:50:59

How Profiling Works

July 28, 2015

00:53:40

Road Rage: GRRRR!!!

July 23, 2015

00:58:53

How Citizen's Arrests Work

July 21, 2015

00:42:51

The Time Nazis Invaded Florida

July 16, 2015

01:02:55

How the Terracotta Army Works

July 14, 2015

00:38:26

How Brickfilm Works

July 9, 2015

00:37:54

How Egypt's Pyramids Work

July 7, 2015

00:54:43

How Circus Families Work

July 2, 2015

00:49:42

How Audience Testing Works

June 30, 2015

00:46:11

Mosquitoes: The Worst

June 25, 2015

00:47:41

How Landfills Work

June 23, 2015

00:47:48

Are You My Mother?: How Animal Imprinting Works

June 18, 2015

00:42:03

How BASE Jumping Works

June 16, 2015

00:59:59

Bridges: Nature Abhors Them

June 11, 2015

01:03:44

How the Wow! Signal Works

June 9, 2015

00:39:37

How Ocean Currents Work

June 4, 2015

00:45:06

How Street Gangs Work

June 2, 2015

00:53:07

How Tupperware Works

May 28, 2015

00:43:59

How Junk Food Works

May 26, 2015

00:53:07

How Color Works

May 21, 2015

00:49:08

How Internet Censorship Works

May 19, 2015

00:49:46

How Pinewood Derbies Work

May 14, 2015

00:50:55

Does the FDA Protect Americans?

May 12, 2015

01:04:09

Josh and Chuck Make It Through Male Puberty

May 7, 2015

00:56:41

How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works

May 5, 2015

00:56:20

How Spiders Work

April 30, 2015

01:04:35

How Water Slides Work

April 28, 2015

00:42:56

April 23, 2015

00:55:06

How Clowns Work

April 21, 2015

00:52:47

How Zero Population Growth Works

April 16, 2015

00:55:38

How Slinky Works

April 14, 2015

00:57:13

What's the deal with blood types?

April 9, 2015

01:06:16

Polyamory: When two just won't do

April 7, 2015

00:49:51

Thanks, Easter Bunny! Bock Bock!

April 2, 2015

00:48:02

Does the body replace itself?

March 31, 2015

00:43:31

How Desalination Works

March 26, 2015

00:43:13

10 Bizarre Medical Treatments

March 24, 2015

00:49:49

Earwax: Live With It

March 19, 2015

00:42:01

How Anesthesia Works

March 17, 2015

00:58:22

March 12, 2015

00:58:02

March 10, 2015

00:45:26

How Stonehenge Works

March 5, 2015

00:49:00

How ESP Works(?)

March 3, 2015

01:00:32

Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking

Feb. 26, 2015

01:03:25

Why Do Lefties Exist?

Feb. 24, 2015

00:46:07

How Perfume Works

Feb. 19, 2015

01:03:35

Is there treasure on Oak Island?

Feb. 17, 2015

00:43:29

What is folklore?

Feb. 12, 2015

00:49:20

How Feng Shui Works

Feb. 10, 2015

00:47:47

How Ice Cream Works

Feb. 5, 2015

00:48:56

Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever

Feb. 3, 2015

00:35:49

How Hot Wheels Work

Jan. 29, 2015

00:48:02

How Poison Ivy Works

Jan. 27, 2015

00:41:55

Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much.

Jan. 22, 2015

00:44:09

How the March on Washington Worked

Jan. 20, 2015

00:48:47

Juggling: What the Heck

Jan. 15, 2015

00:54:05

How the Scientific Method Works

Jan. 13, 2015

01:07:16

How Online Gambling Works

Jan. 8, 2015

00:44:12

How Jim Henson Worked

Jan. 6, 2015

00:46:46

SYSK Live: How Bars Work

Jan. 1, 2015

00:54:24

How Sea Monsters Work

Dec. 30, 2014

00:42:53

Josh and Chuck's 2014 Christmas Extravaganza!

Dec. 25, 2014

00:41:57

How the GED Test Works

Dec. 23, 2014

00:36:53

How Cinnamon Works

Dec. 18, 2014

00:43:19

Boomerangs: Magic Sticks of Physics

Dec. 16, 2014

00:35:39

Homeschooling: Not Just For Hippies and Religious People Anymore

Dec. 11, 2014

00:56:09

How The Hum Works

Dec. 9, 2014

00:43:23

How X-Rays Work

Dec. 4, 2014

00:44:56

How Leper Colonies Worked

Dec. 2, 2014

00:33:22

How Terraforming Will Work

Nov. 27, 2014

00:45:57

How Kickstarter Works

Nov. 25, 2014

00:42:38

What is Collective Hysteria?

Nov. 20, 2014

00:47:50

How the Enlightenment Works

Nov. 18, 2014

00:45:35

What's the deal with crop circles?

Nov. 13, 2014

00:44:24

How Patents Work

Nov. 11, 2014

01:06:34

How Limousines Work

Nov. 6, 2014

00:42:01

Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?

Nov. 4, 2014

00:48:38

SYSK's Halloween Scare Fest

Oct. 31, 2014

00:38:18

How Haunted House Attractions Work

Oct. 30, 2014

00:51:57

Is there a disease that kills by preventing sleep?

Oct. 28, 2014

00:39:21

How Animal Camouflage Works

Oct. 23, 2014

00:38:04

How Extinction Works

Oct. 21, 2014

00:53:18

How The Great Train Robbery Worked

Oct. 16, 2014

00:48:47

Virus Talk with Josh and Chuck

Oct. 14, 2014

00:38:30

How Skywriting Works

Oct. 9, 2014

00:40:21

How Karate Works

Oct. 7, 2014

00:48:45

How Panic Attacks Work

Oct. 2, 2014

00:39:45

How Rogue Waves Work

Sept. 30, 2014

00:38:17

How Animal Domestication Works

Sept. 25, 2014

00:56:03

How Police Interrogation Works

Sept. 23, 2014

01:10:43

How Currency Works

Sept. 18, 2014

00:53:15

How Socialism Works

Sept. 16, 2014

00:55:13

How Royalty Works

Sept. 11, 2014

00:53:21

How Stem Cells Work

Sept. 9, 2014

00:41:58

How TV Ratings Work

Sept. 4, 2014

00:47:05

How Pinball Works

Sept. 2, 2014

00:51:17

How Blimps Work

Aug. 28, 2014

00:53:17

What's the deal with headstones?

Aug. 26, 2014

00:54:27

How the Berlin Wall Worked

Aug. 21, 2014

00:51:41

Going Up: Elevators

Aug. 19, 2014

00:49:10

How Ebola Works

Aug. 14, 2014

00:43:57

How the NSA Works

Aug. 12, 2014

00:50:14

What is a Numbers Station?

Aug. 7, 2014

00:43:54

How Play-Doh Works

Aug. 5, 2014

00:47:28

How Morgellons Disease Works

July 31, 2014

00:38:36

Is there a dark side of the moon?

July 29, 2014

00:34:16

The Skinny on Probiotics

July 24, 2014

00:41:46

How Trickle-Down Economics Works

July 22, 2014

00:49:01

How In Vitro Fertlization Works

July 17, 2014

00:42:20

How Sushi Works

July 15, 2014

00:57:47

How Grass Works? Yes, How Grass Works

July 10, 2014

00:55:07

Is brain size related to intelligence?

July 8, 2014

00:37:31

How Monopoly Works

July 3, 2014

01:09:02

How The Louvre Works

July 1, 2014

00:47:27

How the MPAA Works

June 26, 2014

00:47:05

How the La Brea Tar Pits Work

June 24, 2014

00:37:12

How Soccer Works

June 19, 2014

01:04:18

Is your employer spying on you?

June 17, 2014

00:48:01

Sugar: It Powers the Earth

June 12, 2014

00:48:18

How the Placebo Effect Works

June 10, 2014

00:45:08

How the Space Race Worked

June 5, 2014

01:01:52

Why is Venice so wet?

June 3, 2014

00:38:35

Archaeology in a Nutshell

May 29, 2014

00:54:03

How Temper Tantrums Work

May 27, 2014

00:42:23

How Avalanches Work

May 22, 2014

00:46:46

8 Reasons Why Your Body Is So Gross

May 20, 2014

00:52:52

How the Paleo Diet Works

May 15, 2014

00:48:16

How the Human Microbiome Project Works

May 13, 2014

00:41:27

How Bipolar Disorder Works

May 8, 2014

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May 6, 2014

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May 1, 2014

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April 29, 2014

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April 24, 2014

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April 22, 2014

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April 17, 2014

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April 15, 2014

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April 10, 2014

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April 8, 2014

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April 3, 2014

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April 1, 2014

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March 27, 2014

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March 25, 2014

01:03:29

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March 20, 2014

00:48:38

Tattoos: Not Just For Dirtbags Anymore

March 18, 2014

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March 13, 2014

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March 11, 2014

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March 6, 2014

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March 4, 2014

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Feb. 27, 2014

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Termites: They Bore But They Aren't Boring

Feb. 25, 2014

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Feb. 20, 2014

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Feb. 18, 2014

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Feb. 13, 2014

00:42:39

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Feb. 11, 2014

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Feb. 6, 2014

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Feb. 4, 2014

00:41:33

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Jan. 30, 2014

00:37:34

What's the deal with the debt ceiling?

Jan. 28, 2014

00:39:02

How the Deep Web Works

Jan. 23, 2014

00:36:23

Chuck and Josh Bust a Few Everyday Myths

Jan. 21, 2014

00:40:12

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Jan. 16, 2014

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Was there a real King Arthur?

Jan. 14, 2014

00:50:28

Your limb is torn off - now what?

Jan. 7, 2014

00:40:03

Could you live without a refrigerator?

Jan. 2, 2014

00:41:23

Will solar sails take us to the stars?

Dec. 31, 2013

00:29:28

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Dec. 26, 2013

00:36:09

Josh and Chuck's Warm and Cozy Christmas Extravaganza 2013

Dec. 24, 2013

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Is lethal injection humane?

Dec. 19, 2013

00:48:39

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Dec. 17, 2013

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Dec. 12, 2013

00:37:36

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Dec. 5, 2013

00:36:41

How Castration Works

Dec. 3, 2013

00:45:49

How Black Friday Works

Nov. 28, 2013

00:44:19

Is there a scientific formula for funny?

Nov. 26, 2013

00:47:28

Who killed JFK?

Nov. 21, 2013

00:51:08

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Nov. 19, 2013

00:45:23

How Werewolves Work

Nov. 14, 2013

00:39:07

Some Interesting Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking

Nov. 12, 2013

00:36:47

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Nov. 7, 2013

00:58:56

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Nov. 5, 2013

00:53:12

What's with the Winchester Mystery House?

Oct. 31, 2013

00:37:52

The Empty House

Oct. 30, 2013

00:44:00

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Oct. 29, 2013

00:38:11

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Oct. 22, 2013

00:44:22

10 Easy Ways to Save Money

Oct. 17, 2013

00:48:30

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Oct. 15, 2013

00:43:34

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Oct. 10, 2013

00:46:51

Did Archimedes build a death ray?

Oct. 8, 2013

00:40:16

Can NASA predict natural disasters?

Oct. 3, 2013

00:32:12

What's the deal with diplomatic immunity?

Oct. 1, 2013

00:44:46

Does owning a gun change your behavior?

Sept. 26, 2013

00:36:54

How Crack Works

Sept. 24, 2013

00:52:38

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Sept. 19, 2013

01:08:16

Sept. 17, 2013

00:39:16

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Sept. 5, 2013

00:40:24

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Sept. 3, 2013

00:41:44

How did 168 conquistadors take down the Inca empire?

Aug. 29, 2013

00:43:32

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Aug. 27, 2013

00:46:36

History's Greatest Traitors

Aug. 22, 2013

00:48:30

How Ejection Seats Work

Aug. 20, 2013

00:43:14

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Aug. 15, 2013

00:47:50

Why was Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier?

Aug. 13, 2013

00:40:52

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Aug. 8, 2013

00:35:21

The Shark Diaries

Aug. 7, 2013

00:43:33

How Horseshoes Work

Aug. 6, 2013

00:35:27

How Fingerprinting Works

Aug. 1, 2013

00:38:53

July 30, 2013

00:38:36

Why should you never scare a vulture?

July 23, 2013

00:36:08

Who owns an abandoned house?

July 18, 2013

00:34:47

How Building Implosions Work

July 16, 2013

00:40:03

How Hip-hop Works

July 11, 2013

00:55:43

10 Medieval Torture Devices

July 9, 2013

00:39:34

How Miranda Rights Work

July 4, 2013

00:34:05

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July 2, 2013

00:33:14

How Burning Man Works

June 27, 2013

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How Ghosts Work

June 20, 2013

00:47:14

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June 17, 2013

00:41:06

Capgras Syndrome: You Are Not Who You Think You Are

June 11, 2013

00:29:31

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June 11, 2013

00:46:44

How do trees affect the weather?

June 6, 2013

00:32:17

What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?

June 4, 2013

00:38:22

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May 28, 2013

00:45:14

How Police Chases Work

May 28, 2013

00:31:11

May 23, 2013

00:44:20

How Cicadas Work

May 21, 2013

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How Aerosol Cans Work

May 16, 2013

00:28:10

How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works

May 14, 2013

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How Foot Binding Worked

May 9, 2013

00:31:43

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May 7, 2013

00:34:22

How Dungeons and Dragons Works

May 2, 2013

00:51:47

Is there such a thing as a truth serum?

April 30, 2013

00:40:33

What makes us yawn?

April 25, 2013

00:32:36

How Magnets Work

April 23, 2013

00:40:28

Uses of the Insanity Defense

April 18, 2013

00:35:19

How Marriage Works

April 16, 2013

00:44:47

Do men and women have different brains?

April 11, 2013

00:29:37

What's the deal with duckbill platypuses?

April 9, 2013

00:28:45

How Grief Works

April 4, 2013

00:45:38

How the Panama Canal Works

April 2, 2013

00:36:43

How No-fly Zones Work

March 28, 2013

00:30:32

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March 26, 2013

00:31:43

How Apartheid Worked

March 19, 2013

00:40:31

How the U.S. Postal Service Works

March 14, 2013

00:48:46

How Police Sketches Work

March 12, 2013

00:42:43

Can We Build an Elevator to Space?

March 9, 2013

00:33:40

Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?

March 7, 2013

00:25:08

What Makes a One-hit Wonder?

March 5, 2013

00:33:11

How the Papacy Works

Feb. 28, 2013

00:38:03

Feb. 26, 2013

00:33:06

Feb. 23, 2013

00:47:08

What Would Happen If the World Stopped Spinning?

Feb. 21, 2013

00:23:51

How Surfing Works

Feb. 19, 2013

00:52:45

Myths About the Brain

Feb. 14, 2013

00:28:22

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Feb. 12, 2013

00:37:53

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Feb. 9, 2013

00:35:52

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Feb. 7, 2013

00:34:47

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Feb. 5, 2013

00:29:03

Jan. 31, 2013

00:49:24

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Jan. 29, 2013

00:42:47

Jan. 26, 2013

00:46:50

Fecal Transplants: You Gonna Drink That Poop?

Jan. 24, 2013

00:35:48

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Jan. 22, 2013

00:49:00

Does the five-second rule work?

Jan. 17, 2013

00:37:04

How Death Masks Work

Jan. 15, 2013

00:35:01

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Jan. 10, 2013

00:27:19

Can you outrun an alligator in a zig-zag?

Jan. 8, 2013

00:29:12

What was America's first terrorist threat?

Jan. 3, 2013

00:31:00

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Jan. 1, 2013

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Dec. 27, 2012

00:45:24

Josh and Chuck's Christmas Extravaganza 2012

Dec. 21, 2012

00:49:56

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Dec. 20, 2012

01:06:13

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Dec. 18, 2012

00:32:33

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Dec. 13, 2012

01:05:54

Will we reach peak oil?

Dec. 6, 2012

00:41:36

How Vampires Work

Dec. 4, 2012

00:53:28

How Caving Works

Nov. 29, 2012

00:54:04

Why do leaves change colors in the fall?

Nov. 27, 2012

00:27:49

Philanthropy: Humankind and Loving It

Nov. 22, 2012

00:49:56

Should we be designing our children?

Nov. 20, 2012

00:39:28

Nov. 15, 2012

00:51:45

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Nov. 13, 2012

00:27:53

What will happen when we reach the Singularity?

Nov. 8, 2012

00:44:19

Yakuza: From Samurai to Slot Machines

Nov. 6, 2012

00:41:04

Is Stockholm Syndrome real?

Nov. 1, 2012

00:37:41

SYSK's Halloween Horror Fiction Winner!

Oct. 30, 2012

00:27:34

Exoskeletons: How's it coming?

Oct. 25, 2012

00:34:51

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Oct. 23, 2012

00:39:26

How Lion Taming Works

Oct. 18, 2012

00:31:41

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Oct. 16, 2012

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How Pizza Works!

Oct. 11, 2012

00:55:01

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Oct. 9, 2012

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Oct. 4, 2012

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How Whiskey Runners Worked

Oct. 2, 2012

00:34:18

Subways: HUH! What are they good for?

Sept. 27, 2012

00:46:44

Q: Are we in the midst of cyberwar? A: Yes

Sept. 25, 2012

00:31:49

Why does music provoke emotion?

Sept. 20, 2012

01:08:09

Are we all Martians?

Sept. 18, 2012

00:31:43

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Sept. 13, 2012

00:33:50

How Asexuality Works

Sept. 11, 2012

00:37:52

Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish

Sept. 6, 2012

00:40:09

Can you test a nuclear weapon without a fallout?

Sept. 4, 2012

00:33:19

How Flesh-eating Bacteria Work

Aug. 30, 2012

00:30:33

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Aug. 28, 2012

00:44:44

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Aug. 23, 2012

00:30:19

Why You Probably Have a Criminal Record

Aug. 21, 2012

00:34:53

Did Reagan's Star Wars program win the Cold War?

Aug. 16, 2012

00:37:58

The Shark Diaries

Aug. 14, 2012

00:43:43

How Shark Attacks Work

Aug. 9, 2012

00:42:33

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Aug. 7, 2012

00:34:37

Can we build an elevator to space?

Aug. 2, 2012

00:33:50

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July 31, 2012

00:33:20

How Time Travel Works (Live at SD Comic-Con)

July 26, 2012

00:30:36

How White-collar Crime Works

July 24, 2012

00:47:43

Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?

July 19, 2012

00:31:46

How Disco Works

July 17, 2012

00:52:08

How Lightning Works

July 12, 2012

00:43:27

Geysers: Nature's Innuendo

July 10, 2012

00:31:44

How Tabloids Work

July 5, 2012

00:54:28

Is the Dead Sea dead?

July 3, 2012

00:30:14

What's the deal with Executive Orders?

June 28, 2012

00:37:39

10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers

June 21, 2012

00:40:03

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June 19, 2012

00:41:45

Whatever happened to acid rain?

June 14, 2012

00:34:00

Should we have a fat tax?

June 12, 2012

00:41:29

June 7, 2012

00:38:20

June 5, 2012

00:35:52

Can it rain frogs?

May 31, 2012

00:28:32

Do video games produce real-life violence?

May 29, 2012

00:36:17

Are we obsessed with goals?

May 24, 2012

00:44:17

How Labor Unions Work

May 22, 2012

00:52:14

What is the future of Earth?

May 17, 2012

00:37:02

Interpol: World Police

May 15, 2012

00:35:41

What is a shotgun house?

May 10, 2012

00:27:02

Did the Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg?

May 8, 2012

00:38:22

How Bullfighting Works

May 3, 2012

00:48:04

How did language evolve?

May 1, 2012

00:31:27

How Medical Marijuana Works

April 26, 2012

00:37:27

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April 24, 2012

00:42:45

Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You'd Think

April 19, 2012

00:41:36

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April 17, 2012

00:38:43

Body Odor: You Stink

April 11, 2012

00:48:54

Was Atlantis a real place?

April 10, 2012

00:35:35

How Diamonds Work

April 3, 2012

00:43:51

How Music Sampling Works

March 29, 2012

00:47:47

10 Big Cases of Revenge

March 27, 2012

00:48:05

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March 22, 2012

00:53:49

How Comic Books: Live from SXSW

March 20, 2012

00:59:35

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March 15, 2012

00:40:05

Should chimps be used for medical testing?

March 13, 2012

00:35:35

How Noah's Ark Worked

March 8, 2012

00:34:55

Duels: A guide to throwing down the gauntlet

March 6, 2012

00:45:47

March 1, 2012

00:41:58

How Crying Works

Feb. 28, 2012

00:43:26

Fasting: deadly or what?

Feb. 23, 2012

00:37:47

How Autopsies Work

Feb. 16, 2012

00:52:50

Feb. 14, 2012

00:33:47

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Feb. 9, 2012

00:39:30

Pickpockets: Artists or Crooks?

Feb. 7, 2012

00:36:23

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Jan. 26, 2012

00:36:11

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Jan. 24, 2012

00:38:15

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Jan. 19, 2012

00:43:45

Are contrails actually chemtrails?

Jan. 17, 2012

00:35:33

What's the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?

Jan. 12, 2012

00:47:31

Can you vacation in Antarctica?

Jan. 10, 2012

00:39:54

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Jan. 5, 2012

00:41:31

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Jan. 3, 2012

00:34:34

Coffee: The World's Drug of Choice

Dec. 29, 2011

00:54:36

What happens in the brain during an orgasm?

Dec. 27, 2011

00:41:41

Josh and Chuck's Christmas Extravaganza

Dec. 22, 2011

00:45:04

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Dec. 20, 2011

00:38:29

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Dec. 15, 2011

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Dec. 13, 2011

00:44:05

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Dec. 8, 2011

00:49:14

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Dec. 6, 2011

00:36:47

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Dec. 1, 2011

00:37:29

Cash Debit or Credit: Which is best?

Nov. 29, 2011

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Nov. 24, 2011

00:40:06

Crossbows: They Look Cool

Nov. 22, 2011

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Nov. 17, 2011

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Nov. 15, 2011

00:44:14

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Nov. 10, 2011

00:38:38

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Nov. 8, 2011

00:45:06

What Saved the American Bison

Nov. 3, 2011

00:57:42

How the Autobahn Works

Nov. 1, 2011

00:56:39

Oct. 27, 2011

00:48:58

How Anti-matter Spacecraft Will Work

Oct. 25, 2011

00:45:51

Do you lose the right to privacy when you die?

Oct. 20, 2011

00:37:38

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Oct. 18, 2011

00:36:36

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Oct. 13, 2011

00:38:37

A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes

Oct. 11, 2011

00:37:10

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Oct. 6, 2011

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Oct. 4, 2011

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Sept. 29, 2011

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How Sword Swallowing Works

Sept. 27, 2011

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Sept. 22, 2011

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Sept. 20, 2011

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Sept. 15, 2011

00:41:30

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Sept. 13, 2011

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Sept. 8, 2011

00:46:33

10 Scientists Who Were Their Own Guinea Pigs

Sept. 6, 2011

00:44:59

How Lie Detectors Work

Sept. 1, 2011

00:31:13

Cryonics: Hi, Frozen Body!

Aug. 30, 2011

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The Cheesiest SYSK Episode Ever

Aug. 25, 2011

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Aug. 23, 2011

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How to Land on a Government Watch List

Aug. 18, 2011

00:36:20

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Aug. 16, 2011

00:34:15

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Aug. 11, 2011

00:45:55

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Aug. 9, 2011

00:42:41

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Aug. 4, 2011

00:41:35

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Aug. 2, 2011

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July 28, 2011

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July 26, 2011

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July 21, 2011

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Does smiling make you happy?

July 19, 2011

00:31:47

Stuff You Should Know July 4th Extravaganza, Part 2: Baseball and Apple Pie

July 14, 2011

00:55:20

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July 12, 2011

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July 7, 2011

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June 30, 2011

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June 28, 2011

00:33:22

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June 23, 2011

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June 21, 2011

00:30:52

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June 16, 2011

00:37:16

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June 14, 2011

00:40:33

Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?

June 9, 2011

00:27:32

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June 7, 2011

00:38:31

June 2, 2011

00:46:54

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May 31, 2011

00:36:33

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May 26, 2011

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May 24, 2011

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May 19, 2011

00:31:18

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May 17, 2011

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00:52:28

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May 5, 2011

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May 3, 2011

00:31:04

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April 28, 2011

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April 21, 2011

00:41:28

Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me

April 19, 2011

00:38:42

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April 14, 2011

00:52:40

How Molecular Gastronomy Works

April 12, 2011

00:36:32

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April 7, 2011

00:37:16

Sherpas: Warm, Friendly Living

April 5, 2011

00:33:51

SYSK Live from SXSW: How UFOs Work

March 31, 2011

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00:30:58

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March 24, 2011

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March 22, 2011

00:39:15

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March 17, 2011

00:35:32

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March 15, 2011

00:42:36

Is it legal to sterilize addicts?

March 10, 2011

00:41:20

Cults: Who is this "The Leader?"

March 8, 2011

00:57:17

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March 3, 2011

00:39:18

Were U.S. citizens in Japanese internment camps?

March 1, 2011

00:33:56

What is stagflation?

Feb. 24, 2011

00:28:14

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Feb. 22, 2011

00:25:19

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Feb. 17, 2011

00:30:15

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Feb. 15, 2011

00:40:30

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Feb. 10, 2011

00:36:38

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Feb. 8, 2011

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Feb. 1, 2011

00:42:05