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Stuff You Should Know

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

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46:25

Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole

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2026/07/07

During the Cold War all eyes were on the Space Race between the US and USSR. But there was another, overlooked race too and it went in the opposite direction.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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50:58

Selects: Chopsticks > Forks

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2026/07/04

In this classic episode, Chuck and Josh sit and converse on the simple, elegant chopstick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:59

Alaska Earthquake of 1964

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2026/07/02

When a 9.2 quake shoook Alaska in 1964 it was the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded. This is that story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:22

Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot

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2026/07/01

Those are three words you probably never thought you’d see together. And the true story is just as interesting as it sounds.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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46:20

The Hillsborough Disaster

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2026/06/30

When a crush of football fans killed 97 people in England in 1989, police and officials engaged in a massive cover-up to blame it on drunken fans. Today we tell that story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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60:00

Selects: How Enron Fooled the World

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2026/06/27

Until 2007, the largest single corporate bankruptcy was Enron, a $67 billion energy trading company. Its decline was breathtaking, and while it’s a fascinating story of corporate malfeasance and greed, it’s also about the lives of ruined workers. Learn all about it in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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37:15

Freetown Christiania

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2026/06/25

The sort of commune of Freetown Christiania in Denmark may not be what it used to be, but it's still true to many of its original values. Learn all about this unique neighborhood today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:21

Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?

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2026/06/24

Fear is different than being scared, most notably because fear is generally a negative thing and being scared can cause an enjoyable thrill. We'll get into the difference in today's episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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48:19

Some Interesting Curses

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2026/06/23

Even though curses aren’t real – and we go to great pains to make that clear – they are pretty interesting, especially ones you haven’t heard of before. So we dug deep and found some of the curses that don’t always hog the spotlight for this fun episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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49:55

Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil

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2026/06/20

It’s a pretty safe assumption that people have been born with birthmarks since humanity began, and between then and now we’ve come up with some wacky, even dangerous, explanations for them – even a few that survive still today. Learn all about them in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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55:00

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How...

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2026/06/19

Since the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements any aspect of the universe could be predicted. But the universe, it turns out, is not so tidy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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60:11

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How...

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2026/06/19

It's a confusing part of climate change when it seems winter is as cold as ever, but as global temperatures creep ever so slightly higher, a cascade of catastrophic events will almost surely follow. The ball is in humanity's court.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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44:18

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can...

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2026/06/19

The world's energy consumption is ruining the planet but for decades physicists have been working on what could solve the world's energy and climate change woes for centuries to come - nuclear fusion. Learn about building stars on Earth in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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38:44

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How...

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2026/06/19

Like many huge discoveries, X-rays were accidentally stumbled upon. That serendipity led to a medical breakthrough still in use today. Learn about how X-rays are created and why they make such delightful images of our bones.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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43:56

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How...

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2026/06/19

It evolved over centuries to become the gold standard for conducting scientific inquiry. Yet many people - including some scientists - don't fully understand it. Learn about the basis of how we explore our world in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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40:03

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How...

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2026/06/19

You know the rule that says the simplest explanation is probably the correct one? That’s called a razor and it’s meant to guide logic. But over time it’s become a broadsword used to disprove opposing arguments. Learn how to spot a faux skeptic in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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52:05

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist:...

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2026/06/19

You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You’d still be wrong, though. The story of what’s holding up your underwear is a global drama, replete with war, industrial espionage, colonialism, destitute inventors – everything!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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60:01

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist:...

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2026/06/19

It’s easy to think of people in the distant past as kinda dumb for believing things like that mice could spontaneously generate from old grain. But if you look a little deeper, you’ll find there was a sensibility to the odd beliefs that came before science.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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67:38

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How...

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2026/06/19

There are a number of theories for how the universe evolved but none are more widely accepted than the Big Bang theory. Learn about the mind-boggling details of the early universe and hear Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about what it will take for us to know its origins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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47:27

The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist:...

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2026/06/19

If you’ve ever wanted to listen to two totally untrained, non-chemists who are fully unqualified to explain how the periodic table works nervously explain how the periodic table works, then this episode is for you. Chemistry majors, be warned.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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