Stuff You Should Know
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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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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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Episodes
The SAD Episode
1/8/2026
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is much more than the winter blues. It's a serious subset of depression. Learn all about it and what to do if you suffer from it today.
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Duration:00:51:08
Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch
1/7/2026
Since 1972 neighborhoods have been officially banding together to prevent crime together. Does it work? It seems to. Does it go too far? It often does, yes.
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Duration:00:12:40
The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple
1/6/2026
Today we dive into the interesting story of paranormal power couple the Warrens, inspiration behind The Conjuring movie franchise.
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Duration:00:42:45
Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art
1/3/2026
We love us some MC Escher. Turns out his story is pretty fascinating too. Tune in to this classic episode and find out all about it with Josh and Chuck.
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Duration:00:57:46
TV Moments That Changed The World
1/1/2026
Whatever you think of TV, you have to admit it has shaped the world (maybe more than the internet, according to Josh). There have been moments here or there in TV history where the world took a new course and we go over some of them in this episode.
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Duration:00:45:13
Short Stuff: All About Porcelain
12/31/2025
What exactly is this durable ceramic anyway?
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Duration:00:12:56
What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec
12/30/2025
Home economics seems antiquated – a class that teaches high school kids how to bake a cake and sew doesn’t sound super useful. But would you believe that everything from the obesity epidemic to student debt can be chalked up to home ec disappearing?
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Duration:00:40:26
Selects: How Miniature Golf Works
12/27/2025
Playing miniature golf is a very fun thing to do and, you’re about to find, learning about its origin and history is very fun as well. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they tee off on the mini golf story!
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Duration:00:48:04
Dolls and Dolls, Guys!
12/25/2025
In this special Christmas Day episode, we get cuddly with one of the all-time great holiday gifts, dolls! Where did they come from? Why are the so cute? Why are they sometimes creepy? Why do they tell us to do things we don’t want to with their minds?
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Duration:00:49:58
Short Stuff: Why is holly a holiday thing?
12/24/2025
Holly is waxy and super sharp, not exactly the kind of thing you'd want all over your house. Yet it happens every holiday season. Today we dig in to discover why.
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Duration:00:11:26
SYSK's 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Special
12/23/2025
Deck your tidings and get your halls nice and gladded because it’s time for maybe the best episode of the year, where SYSK loosens our ties, puts on our smoking jackets and Santa hats and create holiday nostalgia in real time. Happy holidays, everybody!
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Duration:00:50:41
Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard
12/20/2025
When your life is as outsized as the World’s Greatest Showman PT Barnum it’s pretty easy to - you know - gloss over the grimmer aspects when you turn it into an uplifting musical movie. But the way to understand a person is to look at them, warts and all. Josh and Chuck take a full accounting in this classic episode.
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Duration:00:58:56
Doggerland: Lost at Sea
12/18/2025
The story of Doggerland is pretty fascinating. The idea is that mainland Europe and the UK were connected not only by a land bridge, but a place where plants, animals and even humans, thrived.
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Duration:00:39:00
Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle
12/17/2025
At the end of WWII in Europe, one of the strangest battles of the war took place between German troops fighting alongside Americans and French to beat back an assault by the Nazi SS.
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Duration:00:14:39
Battle Royale: Optimists vs Pessimists
12/16/2025
Everybody’s always bagging on pessimists and telling everybody they should be more optimistic. Well, nuts to that! There are plenty of benefits from being a pessimist. Although being an optimist still wins in basically every category ☹
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Duration:00:55:35
Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
12/13/2025
Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in our annual special edition of SYSK. May the force be with us all.
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Duration:00:54:21
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy?
12/12/2025
Ever since Cabbage Patch Kids came along in 1983, there’s been an annual holiday frenzy around one particular toy – the must-have Christmas toy of the year. But what makes a toy a must-have toy? Josh and Chuck investigate (and kick off the holidays).
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Duration:00:49:17
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Yo-Yos Work
12/12/2025
You may have played with a yo-yo before -- perhaps you've even walked the dog -- but do you know about the physics behind what makes a yo-yo sleep and wake up? Learn all about inertia, angular momentum and the history of the yo-yo in this episode of SYSK.
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Duration:00:31:59
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Hot Wheels Work
12/12/2025
If you're an American who had a childhood, you probably have some nostalgia for Hot Wheels. Get your engines revved for this trip down memory lane as we discuss these fun and iconic toys.
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Duration:00:41:57
SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever
12/12/2025
For the holidays in 1986 (and ’87) (and ’88) the most stupendous, most wanted, most amazing thing any kid could possibly get – outside of a pony, *maybe* – was the NES. That year, video games came back from the dead and changed forever.
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Duration:00:58:02