Stuff You Should Know

How Cranes Work

You’ve probably seen cranes moving elegantly in the sky, but did you know what an important role...

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Short Stuff: NYT Bestseller List

What kind of black magic goes into deciding who makes the NYT Bestseller List? Well you probably...

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Kenton Grua: Grand Canyon Legend

Tune in today to listen to the amazing story of Colorado River guide Kenton Grua's wild 277 mile...

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Selects: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Seuss is loose in this episode about legendary children's book author Ted Geisel. The funny...

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The 2000 Presidential Election: A Real Cluster

When George W Bush and Al Gore ran against one another, most pundits predicted a tight race....

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Short Stuff: Blueprints

The story of why blueprints were blue is more involved than you think. It involves a chemical...

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SYSK Live in Nashville: The Biosphere II Experiment

Hello, friends! Join us today for our annual live show release, recorded in beautiful Nashville....

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Selects: Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans

The nuclear waste we produce will be dangerous for a very long time. We’ve figured out how to...

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How Primitive Will Our Descendants Find Us?

It’s all fun and games to think about how backwards and misguided some things people did in the...

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Short Stuff: Scheele's Green

Can you imagine a color so alluring that even though you know it’s toxic you’d still use it to...

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How Snails Work

They seem gross and bothersome at first, but once you get down to ground level and get to know...

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Selects: How Fireplaces Work

They are dirty, harmful to your health, bad for the environment and utterly charming....

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The 2023 SYSK Ho-Ho-Holiday Spectacular!

Happy Holidays, friends! Tune in today to listen to our annual ad-free holiday extravaganza....

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Short Stuff: Christmas Lights

Just three years after the lightbulb was invented a compadre of Thomas Edison thought to use them...

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Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion

The world has seen a lot of weird investment bubbles in its time, but few of them rival the fever...

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Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular

Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be...

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Selects: How Dictators Work

There are many types of dictators, from so called "benevolent" ones to the kind who rule with an...

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What was the Skeleton Army?

The Skeleton Army was a rowdy group of folks in England who battled, sometimes violently, with...

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Short Stuff: Pickles

Josh loves pickles but hates cucumbers. Chuck loves cucumbers but hates pickles. WHO WILL WIN?...

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The Matewan Massacre

The Matewan Massacre was a pivotal moment for the US mining industry and the labor movement as a...

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