Stuff You Should Know

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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.

  1. 13 HR. AGO

    Selects: How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked

    In 1962, three ordinary criminals transcended into folk heroes when they crawled out of their cells in Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary took to the water in a homemade raft and were never heard from again. Could they have possibly survived? Find out more in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    55 min

  2. 2 DAYS AGO

    The Strange Story of Lysol

    The Lysol we know now is sold as disinfectant only. But at one time it was also marketed as a means of birth control. Listen in today to the twisted history of this common household product.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    44 min
  3. Short Stuff: Flower Power

    3 DAYS AGO

    Short Stuff: Flower Power

    What we equate with acid, hippies, and garish polyester prints actually began as a theatrical way of protesting bans on free speech and the Vietnam War. When the hippies got hold of it, it definitely transformed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    12 min

  4. 4 DAYS AGO

    The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth?

    As far as we know life evolved once in the universe – here on Earth in the form of life as we know it. Could life have originated in other conditions with different raw materials? If so, we may be sharing the planet with lifeforms we don’t recognize yet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    43 min

  5. SEP 28

    Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change

    Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from that fateful day on the Montgomery city bus, she actually had a long life as an advocate, protestor and agent of change. Join us via this classic episode as we celebrate one of America's great history makers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min

  6. SEP 26

    The Judas Priest Suicide Trial

    A greatest hit of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s came when the metal band Judas Priest was put on trial for the suicides of two teens. While the case was preposterous – based on alleged hidden satanic messages in the music – it arose from a real tragedy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    49 min
  7. Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang

    SEP 25

    Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang

    We love our ghost ships here at SYSK and this is one of the better ones. But did it really even exist? Not likely.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    11 min

  8. SEP 24

    Four Eyes Good: The History of Glasses

    Glasses as we know them have only been around for a few hundred years. So what did people do before this? And how did things change once spectacles were on the scene? Listen in to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    50 min
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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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