Stuff You Should Know

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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.

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Short Stuff: Alternative Libraries

Today we highlight and celebrate a couple of alternative libraries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 min
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Richard III: Good Guy or Evil Putz?

Ever since Shakespeare wrote his tragedy on Richard III the world has thought of him as an evil king with a shriveled soul. But is that actually unjust? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

44 min
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Selects: Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry

Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they go down the sport shoe rabbit hole, detailing the strange tail of the brothers who brought Puma and Adidas to the world. Sibling rivalry, Nazis, shoes - there's a lot to unpack here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

42 min
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What Makes Disaster Films Great

Disaster films are surprisingly tough to define. What makes them different from an action movie or a monster movie? Who cares? They’re great! Escape with us as we cover the the ins and outs and the history of disaster films and recommend some good ones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

55 min
16 APR.

Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock is closer too midnight than it's ever been, which is not awesome. But what does this metaphorical clock even indicate? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 min
15 APR.

Kim Philby: Greatest Liar of All Time?

British MI6 agent Kim Philby was a spy for the Soviet Union and one of the great liars in human history, right up until his retirement in Moscow where he lived out his days as a national hero. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

50 min
12 APR.

Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

Cake has been around for a long time, but mostly less than great forms. It took the Industrial Revolution, the advent of plentiful sugar, and some good old American know-how to come together to make the cake we know and love today. Find out all about it in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1 tim 11 min
10 APR.

Behavioral Priming: Buy, Robot Human!

In the late 90s, a large chunk of the field of social psychology started dedicating itself to figuring out ways to subtly persuade and influence people’s everyday decisions without their awareness. If you’re into freedom of choice, this was a close call. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

49 min

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2024-06-18

manlio3

Great show, but way too many and extremely annoying ads
Makes learning fun!

2022-09-21

Lil Kavanagh

They’re so easy going, which makes listening to the episode fun, even if I thought the subject would be something I would have hated!
SO. MANY. ADS.

2023-01-08

MWSWE1983

Interesting content, and I totally understand the economic of the ad model, but inserting several minutes of ads several times in such short episodes was a bit much…

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.

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