Stuff You Should Know podcast

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.

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.

 

#2586

Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story

Before Facebook and MySpace, before even Friendster, there was SixDegrees. Dive in today t... more

10 Jul 2025

42 MINS

42:43

10 Jul 2025


#2585

Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges

8 tracks were during vinyl, but preceded cassettes. Why? So people could listen to their m... more

09 Jul 2025

13 MINS

13:47

09 Jul 2025


#2584

Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth

Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good ... more

08 Jul 2025

51 MINS

51:57

08 Jul 2025


#2583

Selects: How Coelacanths Work

Coelacanths are incredibly interesting as far as fish go. For one, they were thought to ha... more

05 Jul 2025

40 MINS

40:24

05 Jul 2025


#2582

What was the purpose of USAID?

USAID has saved tens of millions of lives across the globe since its inception. But those ... more

03 Jul 2025

39 MINS

39:47

03 Jul 2025


#2581

Short Stuff: BM Radio

There was a time – a glorious time – when you could turn the dial in any city ... more

02 Jul 2025

16 MINS

16:02

02 Jul 2025


#2580

The Phil Hartman Story

Sadly, Phil Hartman may be best remembered for being murdered in his sleep by his wife. Th... more

01 Jul 2025

54 MINS

54:00

01 Jul 2025


#2579

Selects: What was Tin Pan Alley?

Tin Pan Alley was an area of New York around the beginning of the 20th Century that served... more

28 Jun 2025

41 MINS

41:49

28 Jun 2025


#2578

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: What's the deal with Bond, James Bond?

James Bond, the most infamous secret agent ever to grace the silver screen, originated in ... more

28 Jun 2025

39 MINS

39:59

28 Jun 2025


#2577

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How Steadicams Work

There have been many inventions that have advanced filmmaking, but maybe none as important... more

27 Jun 2025

34 MINS

34:49

27 Jun 2025


#2576

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How the MPAA Works

You may be surprised to learn those ubiquitous ratings, from G to NC-17, put on movies in ... more

27 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:56

27 Jun 2025


#2575

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre

Once in a while a movie comes along that's so forward-thinking it changes the way that hor... more

27 Jun 2025

59 MINS

59:28

27 Jun 2025


#2574

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Special Effects: A Short History

Special effects have been around since the first movies. In fact, the techniques the earli... more

27 Jun 2025

55 MINS

55:13

27 Jun 2025


#2573

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking

An estimated 50,000 films were made worldwide in 2009 alone. Many are surely clunkers, but... more

27 Jun 2025

56 MINS

56:57

27 Jun 2025


#2572

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How Stuntmen (and -women) Work

They get blown up, shot, drowned and thrown out of windows on the silver screen - and we d... more

27 Jun 2025

39 MINS

39:26

27 Jun 2025


#2571

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: How Exploitation Films Work

In today's SYSK Select episode, we learn about exploitation films. During the 1930s-80s, t... more

27 Jun 2025

49 MINS

49:39

27 Jun 2025


#2570

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: The True Story of BlacKkKlansman

In 2018, director Spike Lee brought the story of Ron Stallworth to the big screen to great... more

27 Jun 2025

45 MINS

45:53

27 Jun 2025


#2569

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Why was Titicut Follies banned?

Titicut Follies is a documentary made famous by its banning. But why was it banned? And wh... more

27 Jun 2025

50 MINS

50:07

27 Jun 2025


#2568

Sunset Blvd: One Famous Road

Sunset Blvd is a long road, but is most known for the 1.7 mile stretch called The Sunset S... more

26 Jun 2025

53 MINS

53:36

26 Jun 2025


#2567

Short Stuff: Oedipus Complex

The Oedipus complex is probably Sigmund Freud’s most famous theory – that ever... more

25 Jun 2025

12 MINS

12:42

25 Jun 2025


#2566

Shameful History: Project 100,000

During Vietnam, the U.S. lowered the IQ standards for the draft in order to bulk up their ... more

24 Jun 2025

40 MINS

40:21

24 Jun 2025


#2565

Selects: The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983

At the height of the Cold War, a group of concerned scientists promoted their findings on ... more

21 Jun 2025

54 MINS

54:37

21 Jun 2025


#2564

Who are the Zizians?

The story of the Zizians is an unusual one. Are they a cult? Or are they simply a group wh... more

19 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:28

19 Jun 2025


#2563

Short Stuff: The Shortest War

How long was the shortest war in human history? Under an hour. Hard to believe? Not when y... more

18 Jun 2025

11 MINS

11:15

18 Jun 2025


#2562

The Fencing Of The Commons

When England privatized its commons – lands that by custom belonged to all English t... more

17 Jun 2025

43 MINS

43:00

17 Jun 2025


#2561

Selects: The Kitty Genovese Story

Most people have heard of the story of Kitty Genovese. She was murdered near her apartment... more

14 Jun 2025

36 MINS

36:17

14 Jun 2025