23 episodes
The Stuff of Life iHeartRadio
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- Society & Culture
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4.0 • 136 Ratings
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Eavesdrop on experts and researchers as they ponder what makes our world so maddening, so strange and so achingly beautiful. Not to mention ridiculous. Join Julie Douglas for this week’s episode of The Stuff of Life, a podcast by HowStuffWorks.com.
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Wired: As Above, So Below
America, the home of rugged individualist. Or not. Each of us is connected to each other, relies on one another, gives and takes, consciously or unconsciously weaving the web of support that it takes to make a society. Let’s face it: we need each other.
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Haunted
In this episode we look at how we manufacture fear in the mind with a trip back in history to a psyops mission, a visit to to a haunted attraction, and a peek into the political house of horror, “Doomocracy.”
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Studies in Desperation
1963 was a year of chaos and social upheaval. Sound familiar? Time, it would seem, is circular, something the American Survey of Fears proves out.
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The Nostalgia Factory
Ah, the “good ol days.” If America had its own brochure it would depict rocking chairs on front porches, pristine farms and tidy downtowns. But did this America ever exist? And is thinking it did doing us some serious psychological harm?
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Teen Dream
Adolescence: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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Special Announcement: It's All Odin's Fault
The Stuff of Life is packing up its bags and moving to Fridays. Find out why.
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Customer Reviews
A Legacy
The Stuff of Life was HowStuffWorks's first attempt at an edited, produced, and non-continuous podcast, and it was great. The subjects discussed felt important, and Julie did very well presenting them. The miscarriage one really stood out to us. Ultimately, this show's legacy is filled by all of the content that came after it. If you like The Control Group, The End of the World, or TransGenesis, listen to The Stuff of Life to see where those originated here.
Overproduced
Probably great content. Too many competing sounds.
Great!
Love it! I’m not usually one to review but I feel as though I need to counteract the voters (in two senses of the word) who cannot take the reality of their decisions.