Podcast · 451 episodes
Stuff You Should Know, page 3
by iHeartPodcasts · English
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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Selects: How Peanut Butter WorksThe episode explains how peanut butter works and why it became an American staple, tracing peanut origins, peanut butter invention, industrial processing, and the federal rules that define “peanut…1 Aug 2026 · 57 min · 25 chapters
How Russia Shapes What the World ThinksHow Russia’s disinformation operations shape what the world thinks, especially via social media manipulation, cloned “doppelganger” websites, bot amplification, and pro-Russia messaging around the…30 Jul 2026 · 43 min · 18 chapters
Short Stuff: Shark Arm MurdersThe 1935 “shark arm murders” in Sydney, Australia—how a tiger shark at Coogee Beach swallowed a smaller shark, later vomited a severed human arm on Anzac Day, and investigators linked the find to…29 Jul 2026 · 16 min · 12 chapters
The Beloved Judy BlumeA Stuff You Should Know episode saluting author Judy Blume, focusing on her childhood anxieties, how she became a breakthrough writer for preteens/teens, her major books, and why her work is…28 Jul 2026 · 45 min · 17 chapters
Selects: Plant MigrationPlant migration—how plants (especially ferns and trees) disperse spores/seeds to move north/south or up/down mountains as climate changes, why migration can be “too slow,” and what humans might do…25 Jul 2026 · 46 min · 27 chapters
What's the deal with Swiss neutrality?Swiss neutrality—how Switzerland became “actively neutral,” how it stayed neutral through major European conflicts, and how that neutrality shaped its military, diplomacy, humanitarian role, and…23 Jul 2026 · 48 min · 21 chapters
Short Stuff: Sardines!The hosts try sardines and discuss how to eat them, why they’re considered healthy, and who should limit them.22 Jul 2026 · 12 min · 5 chapters
The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got EmHow the U.S. tobacco industry responded to mounting evidence of smoking harm, and how state and federal lawsuits culminated in the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), plus what it changed…21 Jul 2026 · 47 min · 15 chapters
Selects: The Soul Train EpisodeA “Stuff You Should Know” episode revisiting Soul Train—how it celebrated Black culture on TV, influenced fashion and dance, and became a long-running syndicated hit.18 Jul 2026 · 47 min · 26 chapters
White Boy RickThe Detroit case of Richard “White Boy Rick” Wersh Jr., who became an FBI informant at age 14 during the 1980s crack era, later turned into a major cocaine dealer, was convicted under Michigan’s…16 Jul 2026 · 49 min · 18 chapters
Short Stuff: The Voice of GodTribute to Don LaFontaine (“the voice of God”) and how he shaped modern movie trailers and voiceover work, including the catchphrase style “In a world…”.15 Jul 2026 · 15 min · 8 chapters
You Are Not Alone With Postpartum DepressionThe episode is a “bummer” public-service discussion of postpartum depression and related maternal mental health conditions (including postpartum anxiety, postpartum OCD, postpartum psychosis, and…14 Jul 2026 · 46 min · 25 chapters
Selects: The First Road TripStuff You Should Know “Selects: The First Road Trip” covers Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewell Crocker’s 1903 cross-country drive from San Francisco to New York, framed against earlier sponsored…11 Jul 2026 · 50 min · 25 chapters
Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First LadyEleanor Roosevelt’s life and impact as the longest-serving First Lady, “First Lady of the world,” and a pioneering activist who reshaped the role through politics, media, civil rights work, and…9 Jul 2026 · 47 min · 15 chapters
Short Stuff: Great BritainExplains the difference between Great Britain, the United Kingdom (UK), and related terms, plus how the UK is governed.8 Jul 2026 · 13 min · 6 chapters
Kola: The World’s Deepest HoleThe Kola Superdeep Borehole (Kola borehole), a Soviet deep-drilling project that dug the deepest hole ever, what it was trying to learn, why it stopped, and what it discovered about Earth’s crust and…7 Jul 2026 · 46 min · 16 chapters
Selects: Chopsticks > ForksThe episode “Chopsticks > Forks” (from March 17, 2020) explains the history of chopsticks (about 5,000–7,000 years old; first used for cooking with twigs), why they spread across East Asia…4 Jul 2026 · 51 min · 16 chapters
Alaska Earthquake of 1964The 1964 Good Friday Alaska earthquake (9.2) and its global effects, especially tsunamis, plus how it advanced plate tectonics, seismology, and tsunami science.2 Jul 2026 · 37 min · 13 chapters
Short Stuff: Toronto Clown RiotThe 1855 “Toronto Clown Riot,” sparked when clowns from S.B. Howe’s Star Troop and Menagerie (from New York) went to Marianne Armstrong’s King-and-John brothel and got into a fight with Toronto’s…1 Jul 2026 · 12 min · 8 chapters
The Hillsborough DisasterThe 1989 Hillsborough disaster at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield (FA Cup semifinal Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest), focusing on how a crowd crush in pens 3 and 4 led to 97 deaths, the…30 Jun 2026 · 46 min · 17 chapters
Selects: How Enron Fooled the WorldOverview of the Enron scandal—how Enron used energy deregulation, trading, lobbying, and accounting tricks (special purpose entities and mark-to-market) to inflate profits and hide losses,…27 Jun 2026 · 1 h · 19 chapters
Freetown ChristianiaStuff You Should Know explains Freetown Christiania, a Copenhagen anarchist squatter commune founded in 1971 on a former military base, including its origins, self-governance, culture, drug trade,…25 Jun 2026 · 37 min · 13 chapters
Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?Why people voluntarily seek “fun scary” experiences (haunted houses, scary movies, roller coasters) and feel good afterward, distinguishing fear from anxiety and explaining the biology and social…24 Jun 2026 · 12 min · 7 chapters
Some Interesting Curses“Some Interesting Curses” (Stuff You Should Know) covers several alleged curses, treating them as folklore and “development hell” style legends rather than literal magic.23 Jun 2026 · 48 min · 17 chapters