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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
Selects: Muzak: Easy Listening Goodness
5/3/2025
Muzak got a bad reputation as bland garbage music. In this classic episode, we aim to set the record straight.
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Duration:00:51:28
What we know about MI6
5/1/2025
MI6 is The UK's version of the CIA. Except they came first and provided the model. But there's still a lot we don't know about this notoriously tight-lipped organization.
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Duration:00:49:31
Short Stuff: Trovants
4/30/2025
Rocks that grow baby rocks – wut?!
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Duration:00:11:22
Chinese Food: Best Food?
4/29/2025
Today on SYSK, the fellas get down to business with plenty of mouth-watering information on what Chuck dubs "the best food."
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Duration:00:50:42
Selects: How Jim Henson Worked
4/26/2025
We've already recorded an episode on The Muppets, but Jim Henson was such a neat guy we delved into him even further. Learn all about the man behind the Muppets who was so much more than just a master puppeteer in this classic episode.
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Duration:00:42:03
Give My Regards to the Broadway Episode!
4/24/2025
Broadway is a street in NYC, but more than that it's a term for the NY theater district. They say the neon lights are bright there. Who knows?
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Duration:00:47:22
Short Stuff: Alternative Libraries
4/23/2025
Today we highlight and celebrate a couple of alternative libraries.
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Duration:00:12:08
Richard III: Good Guy or Evil Putz?
4/22/2025
Ever since Shakespeare wrote his tragedy on Richard III the world has thought of him as an evil king with a shriveled soul. But is that actually unjust?
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Duration:00:44:21
Selects: Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry
4/19/2025
Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they go down the sport shoe rabbit hole, detailing the strange tail of the brothers who brought Puma and Adidas to the world. Sibling rivalry, Nazis, shoes - there's a lot to unpack here.
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Duration:00:42:02
What Makes Disaster Films Great
4/17/2025
Disaster films are surprisingly tough to define. What makes them different from an action movie or a monster movie? Who cares? They’re great! Escape with us as we cover the the ins and outs and the history of disaster films and recommend some good ones.
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Duration:00:54:44
Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock
4/16/2025
The Doomsday Clock is closer too midnight than it's ever been, which is not awesome. But what does this metaphorical clock even indicate?
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Duration:00:13:23
Kim Philby: Greatest Liar of All Time?
4/15/2025
British MI6 agent Kim Philby was a spy for the Soviet Union and one of the great liars in human history, right up until his retirement in Moscow where he lived out his days as a national hero.
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Duration:00:49:32
Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great
4/12/2025
Cake has been around for a long time, but mostly less than great forms. It took the Industrial Revolution, the advent of plentiful sugar, and some good old American know-how to come together to make the cake we know and love today. Find out all about it in this classic episode.
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Duration:01:10:57
Behavioral Priming: Buy, Robot Human!
4/10/2025
In the late 90s, a large chunk of the field of social psychology started dedicating itself to figuring out ways to subtly persuade and influence people’s everyday decisions without their awareness. If you’re into freedom of choice, this was a close call.
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Duration:00:49:09
Short Stuff: Colorful Noises
4/9/2025
We’ve all heard of white noise, that static sound the TV makes when poltergeists arrive. There are other colored noise too that mimic natural sounds like rainfall and ocean waves. What they do for us is just now being studied.
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Duration:00:13:15
Editorial Cartoons: Art as Satire
4/8/2025
Editorial, or political cartoons, have a rich history in the United States and abroad. And though the Golden Age may have passed, the use of images to create satire and sway public opinion is still alive and well.
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Duration:00:52:54
Selects: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery
4/5/2025
Agatha Christie was a great writer of murder mystery novels and is probably the best selling author of all time. Listen in this classic episode to learn her story.
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Duration:00:53:43
The Pinkerton Detective Agency
4/3/2025
The Pinkertons became the most famous detective company in the U.S. But were they noble or notorious? We get to the bottom of it all in today's episode.
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Duration:00:52:22
Short Stuff: Tulipmania
4/2/2025
The world experienced its first economic bubble when the Dutch went bonkers for tulips in the 1630s.
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Duration:00:12:47
How Climate Migration Works
4/1/2025
We move for all sorts of reasons – new job, new grandkid – but moving because it’s just too darn hot? That’s a new one. But it’s going to pick up in the next few decades as more people around the world are forced to migrate because of climate change.
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Duration:00:44:24