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A recent Stuff You Should Know episode covers the Hindenburg disaster, for those interested.
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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.
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Stuff You Should Know usually researches well; their whaling episode shows the claim is literally true but more complex.
@linsomniac
Save the Whales!
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I suggest one of the last episodes of Stuff You Should Know on it - they did a lot of legwork researching the event.
@papito
SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harvey’s Casino Bombing of 1980
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Great episode on Afrofuturism, which mentions Samuel R. Delany as revolutionizing sci-fi.
@linsomniac
How Afrofuturism Works
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The Stuff You Should Know episode on the history of playing cards was interesting.
@totetsu
The Semi-Recent History of Exercise
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A very intriguing Stuff You Should Know episode on the Edmund Fitzgerald; well worth a listen for anyone interested in the wreck's story.
@chronicom
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (not the song)
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The Stuff You Should Know podcast just did an episode on this last week, linked as "Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind."
@totetsu
Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis
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Stuff You Should Know did a really good episode on voter suppression in the US that I'd recommend.
@murph-almighty
10 Voter Suppression Methods
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Stuff You Should Know did a podcast about coyotes recently
@celias
How Coyotes Work
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A very entertaining episode on the history of barcodes.
@spdustin
How Barcodes Work
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Fun listen: the commenter recalls this Stuff You Should Know episode on Project Azorian, the CIA's 1970s mission to steal a sunken Soviet sub.
@janee
Project Azorian: The CIA's Super 70s Mission To Steal A Sunken Soviet Sub
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Stuff You Should Know recently put out a podcast on vaping that provided some insight on the subject.
@senoroink
Is Vaping Really Bad For You?
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Listened to a Stuff You Should Know episode, "Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps," on the history of car safety regulation.
@papito
SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps
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If you prefer listening over reading, I can recommend the SYSK Live episode on the DB Cooper heist.
@davidpronk
SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist
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Fecal transplants were covered this week on the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Worth subscribing to.
@aembleton
SYSK Selects: Fecal Transplants: You Gonna Drink That Poop?
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A relevant recent episode that goes into exactly this point and explains that a gender gap still exists, though not as extreme.
@mehta
How the Gender Pay Gap Works
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Also very good on that topic by the always glorious Stuff You Should Know
@stigi
Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
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A really interesting and comical podcast about how Edward Bernays effectively invented modern public relations and advertising.
@leesec
Live in Chicago: How Public Relations Works
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Timely episode on how lobbying works in the USA, worth listening to.
@randomsearch
How Lobbying Works
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A good SYSK episode summarizing the history of umami.
@manaskarekar
How Umami Works!
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Stuff You Should Know covered this in an episode on how the hum works, with a full transcript linked.
@manaskarekar
How The Hum Works
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The Stuff You Should Know podcast did an episode about this with some pretty great info.
@ryanmcbride
How Morgellons Disease Works
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I recommend Josh & Chuck's Stuff You Should Know episode about the placebo effect.
@ToastyMallows
How the Placebo Effect Works
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Stuff You Should Know did a great podcast on this a while back. Pretty interesting stuff.
@niix
Will computers replace doctors?
Why Hacker News recommends it
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Well researched yet light enough to listen to without paying attention to every sentence; the hosts are entertaining.
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Addicted to Stuff You Should Know: great if your interests are varied, publishes frequently, and has a huge backlog of good topics.
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The two hosts are very engaging, and they're short enough to finish one on a commute.
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The Stuff You Should Know crack episode talks a lot about Freeway Ricky, so it's worth a listen.
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Stuff You Should Know is a great Podcast
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my favorites are: Stuff You Should Know, among a list of shows they love
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Most of those for me plus Stuff you Should Know
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The Stuff You Should Know podcast is a great way to get introduced to all sorts of topics.
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An excellent episode on drowning, covering it alongside several other interesting facts.
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SYSK and TIHP are awesome, +1.
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Two super easy-to-listen-to geeks, geeking out about various topics from ancient history to dyslexia to how things work.
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The 'Stuff You Should Know' guys have a great podcast episode about this
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Recommends Stuff You Should Know as a podcast worth listening to, alongside Radiolab for more substantial content.
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A great Stuff You Should Know episode on Interpol, explaining it as an org connecting police forces.
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Stuff You Should Know did a podcast episode about the ballpoint pen history once, and it was a decent listen.
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Stuff You Should Know has been a gem for learning broadly about industrial and material topics.
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Stuff You Should Know is my favorite, and its cousin Stuff They Don't Want You To Know is also entertaining.
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Stuff You Should Know has a nice episode on the unwarranted belittling of Neanderthals, including their cave art in Spain.
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I suggest listening to Stuff You Should Know on this matter. Apparently dying in your sleep isn't really a thing.
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A go-to for listening while doing chores or driving this year.
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Not educational at all, but "My dad wrote a Porno" had them laughing on the work commute.
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Here's a list of shows for anything well done and engaging, including Stuff You Should Know.
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