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.


Stuff You Should Know

Since 1972 neighborhoods have been officially banding together to prevent crime together. Does it work? It seems to. Does it go too far? It often does, yes.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch

Today we dive into the interesting story of paranormal power couple the Warrens, inspiration behind The Conjuring movie franchise.&nbsp;See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple

We love us some MC Escher. Turns out his story is pretty fascinating too. Tune in to this classic episode and find out all about it with Josh and Chuck.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art

Whatever you think of TV, you have to admit it has shaped the world (maybe more than the internet, according to Josh). There have been moments here or there in TV history where the world took a new course and we go over some of them in this episode. &nbsp;See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

TV Moments That Changed The World

What exactly is this durable ceramic anyway?See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Short Stuff: All About Porcelain

Home economics seems antiquated &ndash; a class that teaches high school kids how to bake a cake and sew doesn&rsquo;t sound super useful. But would you believe that everything from the obesity epidemic to student debt can be chalked up to home ec disappearing?See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec

Playing miniature golf is a very fun thing to do and, you&rsquo;re about to find, learning about its origin and history is very fun as well. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they tee off on the mini golf story!See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Selects: How Miniature Golf Works

In this special Christmas Day episode, we get cuddly with one of the all-time great holiday gifts, dolls! Where did they come from? Why are the so cute? Why are they sometimes creepy? Why do they tell us to do things we don&rsquo;t want to with their minds?See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Dolls and Dolls, Guys!

Holly is waxy and super sharp, not exactly the kind of thing you'd want all over your house. Yet it happens every holiday season. Today we dig in to discover why.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Short Stuff: Why is holly a holiday thing?

Deck your tidings and get your halls nice and gladded because it&rsquo;s time for maybe the best episode of the year, where SYSK loosens our ties, puts on our smoking jackets and Santa hats and create holiday nostalgia in real time. Happy holidays, everybody!See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

SYSK's 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Special

When your life is as outsized as the World&rsquo;s Greatest Showman PT Barnum it&rsquo;s pretty easy to - you know - gloss over the grimmer aspects when you turn it into an uplifting musical movie. But the way to understand a person is to look at them, warts and all. Josh and Chuck take a full accounting in this classic episode.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard

The story of Doggerland is pretty fascinating. The idea is that mainland Europe and the UK were connected not only by a land bridge, but a place where plants, animals and even humans, thrived.&nbsp;See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Doggerland: Lost at Sea

At the end of WWII in Europe, one of the strangest battles of the war took place between German troops fighting alongside Americans and French to beat back an assault by the Nazi SS.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle

Everybody&rsquo;s always bagging on pessimists and telling everybody they should be more optimistic. Well, nuts to that! There are plenty of benefits from being a pessimist. Although being an optimist still wins in basically every category ☹See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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