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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 525 Ratings

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.

    Selects: Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen

    Selects: Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen

    It's pretty obvious something's gone wrong when you get a sunburn, but did you know a tan means you've damaged your DNA? Dive into the three Ss of summer and learn all about how to protect yourself from the sun.
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    • 47 min
    The Ballad of Grit

    The Ballad of Grit

    In the last decade American schools became enrapt by a new psychological concept centered on persevering. Things went south when they started attaching funding to it.
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    • 50 min
    Short Stuff: Amber Alerts

    Short Stuff: Amber Alerts

    Learn all about the saddest phone notification in today's episode. 
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    • 12 min
    Conductors: What the heck is going on there?

    Conductors: What the heck is going on there?

    You've probably been to a symphony performance and wondered, what in the heck are conductors doing up there anyway? Well we're here to explain that as best we can.
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    • 50 min
    Selects: What are think tanks all about?

    Selects: What are think tanks all about?

    Think tanks? More like stink tanks! We're kidding. Think tanks do valuable work, when they operate in a non-partisan way of course. Learn all about the history of these heady institutions in this classic episode.
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    • 45 min
    The Guinness Book of Records

    The Guinness Book of Records

    If you grew up in the 70s and 80s in America, you probably have the image of your tattered Guinness Book of Records. The book was ubiquitous then, but is still thriving today in despite the internet. 
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    • 51 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
525 Ratings

525 Ratings

Jim, Dublin ,

An Excellent, informative podcast

I’ve learned (and continue to learn) so many new things weekly from this podcast. Can’t get enough!

geriTech ,

Warhole

I generally enjoy “Stuff your should know’.

The Warhole one left me pretty uncomfortable.
I felt it glossed over possibly very dark acts and implications on the basis of “it’s art” and “the light of the times”.
Certain behaviours are abhorrent at any time.
I suspect this fellow was America’s Jimmy Saville.

Catherine

Cool1n ,

Too Woke for me

Have listened to this podcast for 10 years and todays the day I leave. Women menstruate. Simple.

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