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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.

Stuff You Should Know

In 2005 a woman named Anna Alaya discovered a length of human finger – nail and all – in her Wendy’s chili. Her cries of disgust would set off a media firestorm, a criminal investigation and a prison sentence for her and her husband. Listen to Josh and Chuck go through the whole mess in this classic episode.

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Selects: The Great Finger in the Wendy’s Chili Caper

Have you ever thought much about screaming? Well we have, and today you'll learn everything we learned. 

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THE HUMAN SCREAM

It's seven years' bad luck for you if you break a mirror, buddy, sorry. But have you ever wondered why? People have come up with all sorts of great reasons since time immemorial.

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Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors

Quick, name your favorite geological mystery. You can’t do it! Well, don’t worry. In this episode we’re going to tell you all about what will surely be your favorite (albeit only) one when we get into one weird millennium that happened not that long ago.

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[Insert Your Own Catchy Title About Younger Dryas Here]

Even though almost half of Americans believe in it, ESP usually is treated as a load of bull by skeptics. But some respected researchers have dared to apply the scientific method to investigate ESP and a few have found some surprising results. Find out all about it with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.
 
 

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Selects: How ESP Works (?)

Today we complete our music video duology with a dive into the mellow pool of VH-1.

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VH-1: MTV for Your Parents

If you died away from home but wanted to be buried there, don’t worry – Taoist priests had you covered. They’d just have your animated corpse walk itself back home.

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Short Stuff: China's Corpse Walkers

If you've ever wanted to hear a couple of Gen X'ers wax nostalgic about MTV, then you're in luck. 

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We want our MTV!

Schoolhouse Rock is possibly the best children's program of all time. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they tell the story of SR, featuring an interview with Pavement's Bob Nastanovich, contributor to the '90s Schoolhouse Rock tribute record.

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Selects: How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement

The concept of hospice was created as a way to help people with only a few weeks to live spend their last days comfortable an surrounded by friends and family in the hope they can pass away peacefully. It’s kind of crazy hospice was ever a radical idea.

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Everyone Deserves A Good Death

Before Facebook and MySpace, before even Friendster, there was SixDegrees. Dive in today to learn about the first social media site, that was a few years too early.

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Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story

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