Stuff You Should Know

Episodes

• Asteroooooid De-FENSE!There’s no question that millions of asteroids are circling the Earth at incredible speed and every one of them is just dying to get a chance to smoosh our planet and wipe out life in the universe once and for all. But Earth has an ace up its sleeve: Us! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2908|43min
• Selects: What's the deal with swing states?Swing states are all the rage once again this election season, but the makeup has changed a bit. In this classic episode, learn all about what makes a swing state a swing state right now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2907|57min
• Stand-Up Pt IIThe SYSK boys continue the episode on stand-up comedy in part two, placing it in the rarefied company of other two-parters like Evel Knievel, the Hoover Dam, and the Trail of Tears. In this ep: should anything be off limits for stand-up? Consensus: no. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2906|59min
• Short Stuff: The Style CycleWhy do clothing styles get stale and then come back into fashion? Listen in to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2905|16min
• Stand-Up Comedy Pt IChuck and Josh do their best to tackle “the craft,” which most normal people call stand-up comedy. Stand-up dates back to the vaudeville days but it really started to take off in the 60s when comics stopped wearing suits and started getting edgy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2904|54min
• Selects: How Bras WorkBras are loved and hated, sometimes at the same time. But as difficult and restrictive as they can be, they rescued women from a much cruel contraption: corsets. The question remains, though, do women need bras at all? Listen to this classic episode to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2903|1H 3min
• Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies!Basically everything you think of when you think of vampires, mummies, werewolves, and Frankenstein all come from a spate of films made in the 1930s, and every one of them by Universal Pictures. Amazingly, they are still among the best films ever made. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2902|45min
• Short Stuff: The Retirement CurseIs retirement bad for your health? Well it certainly can be if you don't take steps to prevent it. Listen in to learn more about the "retirement curse." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2901|16min
• A Good Walk Ruined: The History of GolfThe history of golf is a bit muddled, but once it was truly born in Scotland, it started the beginning of lifelong obsessions for people dumb enough to pick up a club and give it a try. Learn all about the early history of the most frustrating game ever invented. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2900|59min
• Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!It’s time to get jazzed up for some Earth science of the waterlogged variety. Join Chuck and Josh in this classic episode as they tour some of the most interesting ecosystems on the planet and learn why we need to stop destroying them post haste. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2899|57min