Stuff You Should Know — Analisi annunci del podcast
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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.
PodSkip has analyzed 104 episodes of Stuff You Should Know, averaging 9.8 ads per episode (15% of runtime).
The Fall of the USSR, Pt II
Aug 27, 2026
The break-up of the USSR was a tough one for Russia, being the jilted republic. For the entire decade after, the country plunged into a type of controlled chaos, with a rampantly corrupt kleptocracy…
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Stuff You Should Know: 'The Story of Starvation Heights' Review
Stuff You Should Know tackles one…
Read review →SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?
Aug 26, 2026
Today we dive in to celebrate the international treasure that is Dolly Parton. Why is she nearly universally loved? Listen in to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Cyclospora
Aug 26, 2026
The US has an unusual number of outbreaks of food-borne illness going on in the summer of 2026, and the star of the show is cyclospora. How does this parasite make people sick, where does it come…
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The Fall of the USSR, Pt I
Aug 25, 2026
It’s rare that the downfall of an empire can be chalked up to the decisions of just one person. It’s even rarer, when the empire falls over the course of a year. That’s pretty much what happened with…
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Selects: How Narcolepsy Works
Aug 22, 2026
Narcolepsy is one of those amazing rare disorders that everyone thinks they understand – people just fall asleep at random times, even in the middle of doing something. But there’s a lot more to it…
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Rope, yeah ROPE!
Aug 20, 2026
Rope is one of the unsung heroes of the world of inventions. Think about it. Then let us tell you about it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States?
Aug 19, 2026
Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States? Sort of. Listen in to find out what the heck that means.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think?
Aug 18, 2026
Irony is one of those things that you know when you see it, but it’s almost impossible to define. Well, that’s not quite right – there are a ton of definitions for irony but none of them quite…
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Selects: The Manhattan Grid
Aug 15, 2026
Ever wanted to know more about how the Manhattan grid was made? Well this is your chance. Find out all about it in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Who was Robert Maxwell?
Aug 13, 2026
Robert Maxwell was a lot of things, publisher, mogul, spy, politician, crook. But was he murdered when he fell from his yacht?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle
Aug 12, 2026
Did Nero play his fiddle while Rome burned during the Great Fire of 64 CE? Absolutely not. Find out how we know when Chuck and Josh bust a two thousand year-old myth. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Bonnie and Clyde
Aug 11, 2026
You've probably seen the movie, but what else do you know about this legendary crime couple? Listen in to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2
Aug 08, 2026
As the operation expands it also begins to unravel. Word starts to leak out of the illegal stuff the Reagan administration was up to, Congress and the press investigate and people start to point…
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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1
Aug 08, 2026
When Ronald Reagan was president, America got involved in some deeply shady stuff, not the least of which was the Iran-Contra scandal – a convoluted operation that managed to combine an illegal…
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Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World
Aug 06, 2026
Although it was built atop some musical styles that came before, reggae is mostly its own thing. It evolved as local music in the Trenchtown neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica but after Bob Marley and…
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Short Stuff: Phone Books
Aug 05, 2026
Once upon a time there were these things called phone books. Inside you could find the phone number and address of just about everyone in your town. Can you imagine?See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Beans and Rice Feeds the World
Aug 04, 2026
To call beans and rice a staple is to undersell the importance of beans and rice. Today we break down the ubiquity of this beloved food combo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Selects: How Peanut Butter Works
Aug 01, 2026
No food is more all-American than peanut butter – 80 percent of homes in the country have a jar of it in the pantry right now. And while the rest of the world might find peanut butter peculiar, maybe…
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How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks
Jul 30, 2026
Operation Doppelganger was a Russian propaganda project discovered in 2022, a minor part of the enormous, ongoing disinformation and chaos-sewing campaign Russia spreads across the world through…
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Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders
Jul 29, 2026
Get yer info on one of Australia’s great true crime cases he-re! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Beloved Judy Blume
Jul 28, 2026
Judy Blume is more than an author. She's a legend in teen literature for her frank and honest portrayals of adolescence. Today we pay tribute to her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Selects: Plant Migration
Jul 25, 2026
Climate change is having sweeping effects on our climate and this is changing the world, not just for humans and other animals, but plants too. Will the Earth’s flora manage to find safe refuge in…
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What's the deal with Swiss neutrality?
Jul 23, 2026
We all know Switzerland is neutral. But why? Listen in and you might learn something.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Short Stuff: Sardines!
Jul 22, 2026
Josh implored Chuck to try sardines. Did he? Listen in to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em
Jul 21, 2026
By the 1990s, cigarette makers had been hooking and killing off their customers for about a century. And they’d gotten good at both as well as covering up their harms. In 1994 they were still denying…
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Selects: The Soul Train Episode
Jul 18, 2026
In this classic episode, Chuck and Josh dive into the funky, cool world of the classic TV show, Sooooooooul Train.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
13 ads · 9 min · 0% ads
White Boy Rick
Jul 16, 2026
Would you believe that Detroit’s crack epidemic in the mid-80s was overseen by one 16 year-old white kid who supplied all the coke? No? Well, that’s not quite true, so okay. The actual story is even…
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Short Stuff: The Voice of God
Jul 15, 2026
Today we salute the great Don LaFontaine, aka The Voice of God in movie and TV trailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression
Jul 14, 2026
Most new moms get the baby blues soon after giving birth. Postpartum depression is something much different - the symptoms are similar, but their intensity can have sweeping effects on mom, baby, and…
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Selects: The First Road Trip
Jul 11, 2026
Back when cars were a brand new thing, before people even knew they'd stick around, two men and a dog drove from San Francisco to New York. This classic episode has their story.See…
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