Sinopsis
How do landfills work? How do mosquitos work? Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the Stuff You Should Know about everything from genes to the Galapagos in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
Episodios
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What are Blue Zones?
28/08/2025 Duración: 46minBlue zones are areas where people supposedly have more 100+ year-olds than average. But is it all based on faulty records?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event
27/08/2025 Duración: 10minAn amazing case of an early modern mass sighting of UFOs came in Nuremberg, Germany in 1561. Except it wasn’t that at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The History of Orthodontics
26/08/2025 Duración: 43minCrooked teeth have always been a thing, but it took us a long time to do something about it. Learn about the twisted history of orthodontics today!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: The Flannen Isles Mystery
23/08/2025 Duración: 50minIn December 1900 three lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace from a deserted island in Scotland. To this day no one knows exactly what happened to them. Find out all about this strange situation in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed
21/08/2025 Duración: 46minPrivate equity is a business operation where companies are bought and run at their leanest to maximize returns for a handful of investors. It can be a lifeline for a flailing company or run it into the ground. Either way, PE firms make out like bandits.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria
20/08/2025 Duración: 11minWhy aren't there lemurs in Africa? That question created a whole theory about a lost continent. Turns out it's not true.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Unsolved Murder of Hall and Mills
19/08/2025 Duración: 51minIn 1922, a pastor and his mistress were murdered in New Jersey. Nobody was ever convicted of the crime even though it seems clear who did it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: How Rape Kits Work
16/08/2025 Duración: 50minRape kits are simple forensic evidence collection kits used when someone is sexually assaulted. But the story is deeper than this. Learn all about rape kits, the sad backlog problem, and what you can do to help, in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Heavy Metal Pt II
14/08/2025 Duración: 52minIn part two of Heavy Metal Week Josh and Chuck break down how specialized heavy metal music has become, talk about some of the great album covers, look at how metal hits the brain, and explain the sad death of guitar great Randy Rhoads.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Devil Horns
13/08/2025 Duración: 13minMetal fans have many ways to express themselves, but none are as metal as throwing the devil horns. But who did it first?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Heavy Metal Pt I
12/08/2025 Duración: 55minSome of the most talented musicians in the world play heavy metal, some of the hardest-hitting music ever made. In this episode Chuck and Josh wade into the history of the genre, and try to get to the bottom of where the name came from.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II
09/08/2025 Duración: 42minIn the absence of an official explanation of why flight MH 370 disappeared in 2014, conjecture and conspiracy theories have filled the vacuum. Find out the current state of things in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I
09/08/2025 Duración: 41minIn 2014, a Boeing 777 airliner disappeared. Despite two full years of searching an area of ocean covering more than 120,000 square kilometers, it has never been found. It is the only unexplained missing vessel in modern aviation history. Listen to this classic episode and find out more about what exactly happened.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Who's Up For A Circular Economy
07/08/2025 Duración: 54minWhat if we could take all the trash and waste we generate every year – gigatons worth – and used it again as raw materials. What we would have is a closed circle, one where we have everything we need without taking anything else from nature. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Marianne Bachmeier: Vigilante Mother
06/08/2025 Duración: 10minMarianne Bachmeier committed a shocking act of violence in court in Germany in 1981 to avenge the murder of her young daughter. Many people understood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Iconic, Complicated VW Beetle
05/08/2025 Duración: 52minThe VW Beetle is the best selling car of all time. The story behind its creation is a bit complicated though. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: Is birth order important?
02/08/2025 Duración: 51minSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Child Prodigies: Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away
31/07/2025 Duración: 46minChild prodigies are unique in that they achieve adult levels of achievement, but do not typically excel in adulthood. Why? Who knows. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Bliss Point
30/07/2025 Duración: 14minThe food we eat – especially the junk food – is a highly engineered technical marvel that’s designed to make you want nothing other than more! more! more! Learn about how food scientists make that possible by hijacking our brains.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Humble and Deadly Cigarette
29/07/2025 Duración: 48minThis is not about smoking or lawsuits or lung cancer. This is about the cigarette itself, a truly unique and destructive invention.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.