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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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44:33

THE HUMAN SCREAM

Stuff You Should Know ·

2025/10/23

Have you ever thought much about screaming? Well we have, and today you'll learn everything we learned.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

11:23

Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

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2025/10/22

It's seven years' bad luck for you if you break a mirror, buddy, sorry. But have you ever wondered why? People have come up with all sorts of great reasons since time immemorial.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

42:49

[Insert Your Own Catchy Title About Younger Dryas Here]

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2025/10/21

Quick, name your favorite geological mystery. You can’t do it! Well, don’t worry. In this episode we’re going to tell you all about what will surely be your favorite (albeit only) one when we get into one weird millennium that happened not that long ago.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

55:11

Selects: How ESP Works (?)

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2025/10/18

Even though almost half of Americans believe in it, ESP usually is treated as a load of bull by skeptics. But some respected researchers have dared to apply the scientific method to investigate ESP and a few have found some surprising results. Find out all about it with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

51:29

VH-1: MTV for Your Parents

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2025/10/16

Today we complete our music video duology with a dive into the mellow pool of VH-1.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

12:49

Short Stuff: China's Corpse Walkers

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2025/10/15

If you died away from home but wanted to be buried there, don’t worry – Taoist priests had you covered. They’d just have your animated corpse walk itself back home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

66:08

We want our MTV!

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2025/10/14

If you've ever wanted to hear a couple of Gen X'ers wax nostalgic about MTV, then you're in luck.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

65:04

Selects: How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob...

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2025/10/11

Schoolhouse Rock is possibly the best children's program of all time. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they tell the story of SR, featuring an interview with Pavement's Bob Nastanovich, contributor to the '90s Schoolhouse Rock tribute record.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

51:29

Everyone Deserves A Good Death

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2025/10/09

The concept of hospice was created as a way to help people with only a few weeks to live spend their last days comfortable an surrounded by friends and family in the hope they can pass away peacefully. It’s kind of crazy hospice was ever a radical idea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

15:14

Short Stuff: The Call is Coming... FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE

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2025/10/08

Did you know that the "the call is coming from inside the house" urban legend may be based on a very grisly murder case from the 1950s?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

52:37

The Happy Place of Saturday Morning Cartoons

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2025/10/07

The greatest period in the history of humankind took place in the short era between 1970 and 1995. During that time kids could tune in every Saturday morning between 8 and noon and find the most amazing cartoons ever created, plus tons and tons of ads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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50:37

Selects: How Mail Order Marriages Work

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2025/10/04

Everybody knows mail order marriages are at best a last resort for jerks looking to boss a foreign spouse around or, at worst, a front for human trafficking. Or are they? Yes and no. Mail order marriage comes with nuance and a surprisingly long history. Learn all about it in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

47:46

The Mystery of the Sleepy Sickness

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2025/10/02

Back in the early 1900s, a new pandemic happened out of nowhere with odd symptoms, that was never solved or cured. It just went away. Which means it's right up our alley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

11:59

Short Stuff: La Lechuza - The Witch Owl

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2025/10/01

Today we kick off the scariest month with the legend of La Lechuza - The Witch Owl.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

46:48

Why Would Anyone Want to Appease Hitler?

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2025/09/30

It seems ridiculously irresponsible with the benefit of hindsight, but the concept of giving Hitler everything he wanted was the policy among the UK and France as a way to keep the world from sliding into a second world war. Turns out it didn’t work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

50:50

Selects: How Area 51 Works

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2025/09/27

The secret military base Area 51 is inextricably linked to every secret, shady project the US government is rumored to be involved in – from reverse-engineering alien technology to coordinating a one-world government. The truth is much more mundane. Listen to this classic episode as Josh and Chuck break it down.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

46:52

SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck...

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2025/09/26

In 1922, a little farm in the woods of Bavaria became the site of what would become Germany’s most famous unsolved murder, when six people were brutally killed with a pick axe. What led up to it and followed is nothing short of bizarre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

90:32

SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: SYSK Live: The DB...

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2025/09/26

Join Josh and Chuck live from Seattle as they (sky)dive into one of the most brazen robberies in the annals of crime and the only unsolved airline hijacking in American history.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

46:25

SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: Who Committed the...

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2025/09/26

In a small town in Iowa in 1912 eight people were murdered in the grisliest of ways while they slept. Local reputations were ruined when accusations flew, but could a drifting serial killer working across the Midwest have been behind it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

en-US

44:19

SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders,...

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2025/09/26

On one terrible day in Chicago in 1982, seven people died suddenly and mysteriously. In just a matter of hours, it becomes clear, someone has poisoned bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol, one of the most trusted and widely-used products in America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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