Stuff You Should Know (2015)
Stuff You Should Know is a free podcast and video series published by the HowStuffWorks website and hosted by Josh Clark and Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant, both writers at HowStuffWorks. The podcast educates listeners on a wide variety of topics, often using popular culture as a reference giving the podcast comedic value. Episodes are normally around 45 minutes in length, although for more in-depth topics the show has run longer than an hour.
The winner of the 2014[1] and the 2016[2] People's Voice Webby Award,[3] the show is downloaded more than 1 million times per week and is consistently on iTunes’ Top 10 podcast rankings.[4] Stuff You Should Know's "beautifully, beautifully done" production has set "the audio standard," according to podcast reviewers Pod on Pod. They added that the audio quality "could not be improved" on the NPR-level production.[5] One reviewer said of it: "It is never not fun to listen to."[5]
2015 season
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Length | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|
706[6] | 1 | "SYSK Live: How Bars Work" | 51 minutes | January 1, 2015 |
707[7] | 2 | "How Jim Henson Worked" | 43 minutes | January 6, 2015 |
708[8] | 3 | "How Online Gambling Works" | 41 minutes | January 8, 2015 |
709[9] | 4 | "How the Scientific Method Works" | 1 hour 3 minutes | January 13, 2015 |
710[10] | 5 | "Juggling: What the Heck" | 51 minutes | January 15, 2015 |
711[11] | 6 | "How the March on Washington Worked" | 45 minutes | January 20, 2015 |
712[12] | 7 | "Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much." | 41 minutes | January 22, 2015 |
713[13] | 8 | "How Poison Ivy Works" | 38 minutes | January 27, 2015 |
714[14] | 9 | "How Hot Wheels Work" | 45 minutes | January 29, 2015 |
715[15] | 10 | "Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever" | 32 minutes | February 3, 2015 |
716[16] | 11 | "How Ice Cream Works" | 45 minutes | February 5, 2015 |
717[17] | 12 | "How Feng Shui Works" | 44 minutes | February 10, 2015 |
718[18] | 13 | "What is folklore?" | 46 minutes | February 12, 2015 |
719[19] | 14 | "Is there treasure on Oak Island?" | 40 minutes | February 17, 2015 |
720[20] | 15 | "How Perfume Works" | 1 hour | February 19, 2015 |
721[21] | 16 | "Why Do Lefties Exist?" | 43 minutes | February 24, 2015 |
722[22] | 17 | "Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking" | 1 hour | February 26, 2015 |
723[23] | 18 | "How ESP Works(?)" | 57 minutes | March 3, 2015 |
724[24] | 19 | "How Stonehenge Works" | 45 minutes | March 5, 2015 |
725[25] | 20 | "How Fleas Work" | 41 minutes | March 10, 2015 |
726[26] | 21 | "How Tea Works" | 54 minutes | March 12, 2015 |
727[27] | 22 | "How Anesthesia Works" | 54 minutes | March 17, 2015 |
728[28] | 23 | "Earwax: Live With It" | 38 minutes | March 19, 2015 |
729[29] | 24 | "10 Bizarre Medical Treatments" | 46 minutes | March 24, 2015 |
730[30] | 25 | "How Desalination Works" | 39 minutes | March 26, 2015 |
731[31] | 26 | "Does the body replace itself?" | 40 minutes | March 31, 2015 |
732[32] | 27 | "Thanks, Easter Bunny! Bock Bock!" | 44 minutes | April 2, 2015 |
733[33] | 28 | "Polyamory: When two just won’t do" | 46 minutes | April 7, 2015 |
734[34] | 29 | "What’s the deal with blood types?" | 1 hour 2 minutes | April 9, 2015 |
735[35] | 30 | "How Slinky Works" | 53 minutes | April 14, 2015 |
736[36] | 31 | "How Zero Population Growth Works" | 52 minutes | April 16, 2015 |
737[37] | 32 | "How Clowns Work" | 49 minutes | April 21, 2015 |
738[38] | 33 | "Oh No, Snakes!" | 51 minutes | April 23, 2015 |
739[39] | 34 | "How Water Slides Work" | 39 minutes | April 28, 2015 |
740[40] | 35 | "How Spiders Work" | 1 hour 1 minute | April 30, 2015 |
741[41] | 36 | "How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works" | 52 minutes | May 5, 2015 |
742[42] | 37 | "Josh and Chuck Make It Through Male Puberty" | 53 minutes | May 7, 2015 |
743[43] | 38 | "Does the FDA Protect Americans?" | 1 hour | May 12, 2015 |
744[44] | 39 | "How Pinewood Derbies Work" | 47 minutes | May 14, 2015 |
745[45] | 40 | "How Internet Censorship Works" | 46 minutes | May 19, 2015 |
746[46] | 41 | "How Color Works" | 45 minutes | May 21, 2015 |
747[47] | 42 | "How Junk Food Works" | 49 minutes | May 26, 2015 |
748[48] | 43 | "How Tupperware Works" | 40 minutes | May 28, 2015 |
749[49] | 44 | "How Street Gangs Work" | 49 minutes | June 2, 2015 |
750[50] | 45 | "How Ocean Currents Work" | 41 minutes | June 4, 2015 |
751[51] | 46 | "How the Wow! Signal Works" | 36 minutes | June 9, 2015 |
752[52] | 47 | "Bridges: Nature Abhors Them" | 1 hour | June 11, 2015 |
753[53] | 48 | "How BASE Jumping Works" | 56 minutes | June 16, 2015 |
754[54] | 49 | "Are You My Mother?: How Animal Imprinting Works" | 39 minutes | June 18, 2015 |
755[55] | 50 | "How Landfills Work" | 43 minutes | June 23, 2015 |
756[56] | 51 | "Mosquitoes: The Worst" | 44 minutes | June 25, 2015 |
757[57] | 52 | "How Audience Testing Works" | 45 minutes | June 30, 2015 |
758[58] | 53 | "How Circus Families Work" | 46 Minutes | July 2, 2015 |
759[59] | 54 | "How Egypt’s Pyramids Work" | 51 Minutes | July 7, 2015 |
760[60] | 55 | "How Brickfilm Works" | 34 Minutes | July 9, 2015 |
761[61] | 56 | "How the Terracotta Army Works" | 34 Minutes | July 14, 2015 |
762[62] | 57 | "The Time Nazis Invaded Florida" | 59 Minutes | July 16, 2015 |
763[63] | 58 | "How Citizen’s Arrests Work" | 39 Minutes | July 21, 2015 |
764[64] | 59 | "Road Rage: GRRRR!!!" | 55 Minutes | July 23, 2015 |
765[65] | 60 | "How Profiling Works" | 50 Minutes | July 28, 2015 |
766[66] | 61 | "How Bats Work" | 47 Minutes | July 30, 2015 |
767[67] | 62 | "How Earth-Like Planets Work" | 33 Minutes | August 4, 2015 |
768[68] | 63 | "How Droughts Work" | 53 Minutes | August 6, 2015 |
769[69] | 64 | "How Auto-Tune Works" | 55 Minutes | August 11, 2015 |
770[70] | 65 | "Hula-Hoops: The Toy That’s A Shape" | 42 Minutes | August 13, 2015 |
771[71] | 66 | "Pigeons: Homing, Passenger, Carrier and Otherwise" | 53 Minutes | August 18, 2015 |
772[72] | 67 | "How Umami Works!" | 38 Minutes | August 20, 2015 |
773[73] | 68 | "How Hot Air Balloons Work" | 50 Minutes | August 25, 2015 |
774[74] | 69 | "Nirvana: Not The Band" | 35 Minutes | August 27, 2015 |
775[75] | 70 | "How to Donate Your Body to Science" | 45 Minutes | September 1, 2015 |
776[76] | 71 | "How Alcoholism Works" | 52 Minutes | September 3, 2015 |
777[77] | 72 | "How Police Dogs Work" | 39 Minutes | September 8, 2015 |
778[78] | 73 | "How Chili Peppers Work" | 56 Minutes | September 10, 2015 |
779[79] | 74 | "How Publicists Work" | 46 Minutes | September 15, 2015 |
780[80] | 75 | "The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983" | 58 Minutes | September 17, 2015 |
781[81] | 76 | "How Cult Deprogramming Worked" | 40 Minutes | September 22, 2015 |
782[82] | 77 | "Geothermal Energy: Earth’s Gift to Mankind" | 38 Minutes | September 24, 2015 |
783[83] | 78 | "Chuck and Josh Make It Through Female Puberty" | 58 Minutes | September 29, 2015 |
784[84] | 79 | "How PEZ Works" | 45 Minutes | October 1, 2015 |
785[85] | 80 | "How Lobbying Works" | 56 Minutes | October 6, 2015 |
786[86] | 81 | "What was the Philadelphia Experiment?" | 50 Minutes | October 8, 2015 |
787[87] | 82 | "How Vestigial Organs Work" | 46 Minutes | October 13, 2015 |
788[88] | 83 | "How Wine Fraud Works" | 49 Minutes | October 15, 2015 |
789[89] | 84 | "Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Converters Work" | 37 Minutes | October 20, 2015 |
790[90] | 85 | "Vocal Fry and Other Speech Trends" | 38 Minutes | October 22, 2015 |
791[91] | 86 | "How Passports Work" | 39 Minutes | October 27, 2015 |
792[92] | 87 | "Josh N Chuck’s Hallowe’en Spooky Scarefest" | 53 Minutes | October 29, 2015 |
793[93] | 88 | "The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales" | 44 Minutes | November 3, 2015 |
794[94] | 89 | "How Dementia Works" | 50 Minutes | November 4, 2015 |
795[95] | 90 | "How Grimm’s Fairy Tales Work" | 54 Minutes | November 5, 2015 |
796[96] | 91 | "Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out" | 40 Minutes | November 10, 2015 |
797[97] | 92 | "How The Voynich Manuscript Works" | 43 Minutes | November 12, 2015 |
798[98] | 93 | "What’s the Deal With Staring?" | 37 Minutes | November 17, 2015 |
799[99] | 94 | "How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA" | 58 Minutes | November 18, 2015 |
800[100] | 95 | "The Lowdown on Anonymous" | 48 Minutes | November 24, 2015 |
801[101] | 96 | "Live in Chicago: How Public Relations Works" | 1 hour 17 Minutes | November 26, 2015 |
802[102] | 97 | "How HIV/AIDS Works, Part I" | 56 Minutes | December 1, 2015 |
803[103] | 98 | "How HIV/AIDS Works, Part II" | 44 Minutes | December 3, 2015 |
804[104] | 99 | "Carl Sagan: American Hero" | 41 Minutes | December 8, 2015 |
805[105] | 100 | "How Reverse Psychology Works" | 36 Minutes | December 10, 2015 |
806[106] | 101 | "How the Antikythera Mechanism Works" | 35 Minutes | December 15, 2015 |
807[107] | 102 | "The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978" | 57 Minutes | December 17, 2015 |
808[108] | 103 | "How Gossip Works" | 39 Minutes | December 22, 2015 |
809[109] | 104 | "The Stuff You Should Know 2015 Jolly Christmas Extravaganza" | 44 Minutes | December 24, 2015 |
810[110] | 105 | "The Great Wall of China Episode" | 44 Minutes | December 29, 2015 |
811[111] | 106 | "How Lizzie Borden Worked" | 45 Minutes | December 31, 2015 |
References
- ↑ "2014 Peoples Voice Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ↑ "2016 Peoples Voice Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ↑ "2014 People's Voice". International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ↑ Kafka, Peter (May 21, 2012). "Discovery Plans Science TV Show for "Stuff You Should Know" Podcast". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
- 1 2 Josh and Joel (September 30, 2014). "Pod on Pod on Stuff You Should Know". ProCreate (Podcast). Retrieved 2014-12-20.
- ↑ SYSK Live: How Bars Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Jim Henson Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Online Gambling Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How the Scientific Method Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Juggling: What the Heck. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How the March on Washington Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Nostradamus: Predictor of the future? Not so much.. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Poison Ivy Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Hot Wheels Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Rainbows: Delighting humanity since forever. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Ice Cream Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Feng Shui Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ What is folklore?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Is there treasure on Oak Island?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How Perfume Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Why Do Lefties Exist?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ Some Movies That Changed Filmmaking. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
- ↑ How ESP Works(?). HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Stonehenge Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Fleas Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Tea Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Anesthesia Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Earwax: Live With It. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ 10 Bizarre Medical Treatments. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Desalination Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Does the body replace itself?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Thanks, Easter Bunny! Bock Bock!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Polyamory: When two just won’t do. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ What’s the deal with blood types?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Slinky Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Zero Population Growth Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Clowns Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Oh No, Snakes!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Water Slides Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Spiders Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Therapeutic Hypothermia Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Josh and Chuck Make It Through Male Puberty. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Does the FDA Protect Americans?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Pinewood Derbies Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Internet Censorship Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Color Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Junk Food Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Tupperware Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Street Gangs Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How Ocean Currents Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How the Wow! Signal Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Bridges: Nature Abhors Them. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ How BASE Jumping Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ Are You My Mother?: How Animal Imprinting Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ How Landfills Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Mosquitoes: The Worst. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ How Audience Testing Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ How Audience Testing Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Egypt’s Pyramids Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Brickfilm Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How the Terracotta Army Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ The Time Nazis Invaded Florida. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Citizen’s Arrests Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Road Rage: GRRRR!!!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Profiling Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Bats Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Earth-Like Planets Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Droughts Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Auto-Tune Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Hula-Hoops: The Toy That’s A Shape. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Pigeons: Homing, Passenger, Carrier and Otherwise. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Umami Works!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Hot Air Balloons Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Nirvana: Not The Band. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How to Donate Your Body to Science. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Alcoholism Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Police Dogs Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Chili Peppers Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Publicists Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ The Great Nuclear Winter Debate of 1983. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Cult Deprogramming Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Geothermal Energy: Earth’s Gift to Mankind. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Chuck and Josh Make It Through Female Puberty. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How PEZ Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Lobbying Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ What was the Philadelphia Experiment?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Vestigial Organs Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Wine Fraud Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Converters Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Vocal Fry and Other Speech Trends. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Passports Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Josh N Chuck’s Hallowe’en Spooky Scarefest. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ The Dark Origins of Fairy Tales. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Dementia Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Grimm’s Fairy Tales Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Maggots: Good For Healing Wounds, Turns Out. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How The Voynich Manuscript Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ What’s the Deal With Staring?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Rodney Dangerfield Worked, Live From LA. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ The Lowdown on Anonymous. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Live in Chicago: How Public Relations Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How HIV/AIDS Works, Part I. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How HIV/AIDS Works, Part II. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ Carl Sagan: American Hero. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How Reverse Psychology Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ↑ How the Antikythera Mechanism Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ How Gossip Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ The Stuff You Should Know 2015 Jolly Christmas Extravaganza. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
- ↑ The Great Wall of China Episode. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ↑ How Lizzie Borden Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2015-01-01.