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.

 

#2619

America’s Militarized Police

In the 1960s, America took stock of itself when scores of low-income cities broke out in r... more

Yesterday

47 MINS

47:46

Yesterday


#2618

Short Stuff: The Mpemba Effect

Why does water seem to freeze faster when it starts out warmer? See [omnystudio.com/listen... more

03 Sep 2025

13 MINS

13:47

03 Sep 2025


#2617

How Dolphins Work!

E-e-e-eek! E-e-e-eek, we say! Adding to the tradition of our wonderful animal episodes we ... more

02 Sep 2025

53 MINS

53:04

02 Sep 2025


#2616

Selects: What Were the BONE WARS?

A pair of old timey fossil hunters had a rootin’ tootin’ rivalry that spilled ... more

30 Aug 2025

53 MINS

53:04

30 Aug 2025


#2615

What are Blue Zones?

Blue zones are areas where people supposedly have more 100+ year-olds than average. But is... more

28 Aug 2025

46 MINS

46:04

28 Aug 2025


#2614

Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event

An amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 156... more

27 Aug 2025

10 MINS

10:39

27 Aug 2025


#2613

The History of Orthodontics

Crooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about i... more

26 Aug 2025

43 MINS

43:36

26 Aug 2025


#2612

Selects: The Flannen Isles Mystery

In December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island ... more

23 Aug 2025

50 MINS

50:07

23 Aug 2025


#2611

Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed

Private equity is a business operation where companies are bought and run at their leanest... more

21 Aug 2025

46 MINS

46:42

21 Aug 2025


#2610

Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria

Why aren't there lemurs in Africa? That question created a whole theory about a lost conti... more

20 Aug 2025

11 MINS

11:05

20 Aug 2025


#2609

The Unsolved Murder of Hall and Mills

In 1922, a pastor and his mistress were murdered in New Jersey. Nobody was ever convicted ... more

19 Aug 2025

51 MINS

51:01

19 Aug 2025


#2608

Selects: How Rape Kits Work

Rape kits are simple forensic evidence collection kits used when someone is sexually assau... more

16 Aug 2025

50 MINS

50:44

16 Aug 2025


#2607

Heavy Metal Pt II

In part two of Heavy Metal Week Josh and Chuck break down how specialized heavy metal musi... more

14 Aug 2025

52 MINS

52:03

14 Aug 2025


#2606

Short Stuff: Devil Horns

Metal fans have many ways to express themselves, but none are as metal as throwing the dev... more

13 Aug 2025

13 MINS

13:35

13 Aug 2025


#2605

Heavy Metal Pt I

Some of the most talented musicians in the world play heavy metal, some of the hardest-hit... more

12 Aug 2025

55 MINS

55:42

12 Aug 2025


#2604

Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II

In the absence of an official explanation of why flight MH 370 disappeared in 2014, conjec... more

09 Aug 2025

42 MINS

42:15

09 Aug 2025


#2603

Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I

In 2014, a Boeing 777 airliner disappeared. Despite two full years of searching an area of... more

09 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:10

09 Aug 2025


#2602

Who's Up For A Circular Economy

What if we could take all the trash and waste we generate every year – gigatons wort... more

07 Aug 2025

54 MINS

54:01

07 Aug 2025


#2601

Short Stuff: Marianne Bachmeier: Vigilante Mother

Marianne Bachmeier committed a shocking act of violence in court in Germany in 1981 to ave... more

06 Aug 2025

10 MINS

10:30

06 Aug 2025