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The Wilmington Massacre
Nov 5, 2026
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Short Stuff: Weather Balloons
Nov 4, 2026
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Ba-Dum-Bum Goes Your Heart!
Nov 3, 2026
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Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know
Oct 31, 2026
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The SYSK Annual Halloween Freaky Spooktacular 2026!
Oct 29, 2026
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Short Stuff: The Enfield Monster
Oct 28, 2026
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(Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper
Oct 27, 2026
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Selects: John Lennon and the FBI
Oct 24, 2026
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The Twilight Zone Episode
Oct 22, 2026
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Short Stuff: Spooky Recommendations
Oct 21, 2026
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Winnie the Pooh: Silly Old Bear
Oct 20, 2026
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Selects: Sacagawea: Impressive Teen
Oct 17, 2026
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The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
Oct 15, 2026
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Short Stuff: Currency Symbols
Oct 14, 2026
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Asteroooooid De-FENSE!
Oct 13, 2026
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Selects: What's the deal with swing states?
Oct 10, 2026
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Stand-Up Pt II
Oct 8, 2026
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Short Stuff: The Style Cycle
Oct 7, 2026
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Stand-Up Comedy Pt I
Oct 6, 2026
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Selects: How Bras Work
Oct 3, 2026
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Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies!
Oct 1, 2026
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Short Stuff: The Retirement Curse
Sep 30, 2026
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A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf
Sep 29, 2026
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Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!
Sep 26, 2026
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Introducing 3 Putt Bogey
Sep 26, 2026
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Emily Post: Ettiquette Queen
Sep 24, 2026
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Short Stuff: Mabon
Sep 23, 2026
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Our Big Fat Dream Episode
Sep 22, 2026
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Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)
Sep 19, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!
Sep 18, 2026
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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout
Sep 18, 2026
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The Cancer Episode
Sep 17, 2026
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Short Stuff: Leisure Suits
Sep 16, 2026
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How Boredom Works
Sep 15, 2026
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Selects: Wasps: Not as cute as bees
Sep 12, 2026
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The Odyssey Episode
Sep 10, 2026
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Short Stuff: Flappers
Sep 9, 2026
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Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes
Sep 8, 2026
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Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right!
Sep 5, 2026
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Social Identity Theory: Your Group Rules, Others Drool
Sep 3, 2026
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Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi
Sep 2, 2026
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Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero
Sep 1, 2026
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Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad
Aug 29, 2026
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The Fall of the USSR, Pt II
Aug 27, 2026
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SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?
Aug 26, 2026
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Short Stuff: Cyclospora
Aug 26, 2026
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The Fall of the USSR, Pt I
Aug 25, 2026
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Selects: How Narcolepsy Works
Aug 22, 2026
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Rope, yeah ROPE!
Aug 20, 2026
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Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States?
Aug 19, 2026
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Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think?
Aug 18, 2026
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Selects: The Manhattan Grid
Aug 15, 2026
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Who was Robert Maxwell?l
Aug 13, 2026
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Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle
Aug 12, 2026
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Bonnie and Clyde
Aug 11, 2026
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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2
Aug 8, 2026
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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1
Aug 8, 2026
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Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World
Aug 6, 2026
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Short Stuff: Phone Books
Aug 5, 2026
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Beans and Rice Feeds the World
Aug 4, 2026
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Selects: How Peanut Butter Works
Aug 1, 2026
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How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks
Jul 30, 2026
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Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders
Jul 29, 2026
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The Beloved Judy Blume
Jul 28, 2026
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Selects: Plant Migration
Jul 25, 2026
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What's the deal with Swiss neutrality?
Jul 23, 2026
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Short Stuff: Sardines!
Jul 22, 2026
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The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em
Jul 21, 2026
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Selects: The Soul Train Episode
Jul 18, 2026
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White Boy Rick
Jul 16, 2026
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Short Stuff: The Voice of God
Jul 15, 2026
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You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression
Jul 14, 2026
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Selects: The First Road Trip
Jul 11, 2026
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First Lady
Jul 9, 2026
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Short Stuff: Great Britain
Jul 8, 2026
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Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole
Jul 7, 2026
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Selects: Chopsticks > Forks
Jul 4, 2026
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Alaska Earthquake of 1964
Jul 2, 2026
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Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot
Jul 1, 2026
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The Hillsborough Disaster
Jun 30, 2026
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Selects: How Enron Fooled the World
Jun 27, 2026
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Freetown Christiania
Jun 25, 2026
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Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?
Jun 24, 2026
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Some Interesting Curses
Jun 23, 2026
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Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil
Jun 20, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Global Warming Works
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How X-Rays Work
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Occam's Razor Works
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Things We Believed Before the Scientific Method
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How the Scientific Method Works
Jun 19, 2026
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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Legs! Legs! Legs! (The Periodic Table)
Jun 19, 2026
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M*A*S*H: The Story of the 4077th
Jun 18, 2026
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Short Stuff: Does singing make you happy?
Jun 17, 2026
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Did 24-Hour Cable News Kill America?
Jun 16, 2026
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Selects: How the Fairness Doctrine Worked
Jun 13, 2026
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The NY Subway Vigilante
Jun 11, 2026
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Short Stuff: Rain Barrels!
Jun 10, 2026
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Smile
Jun 9, 2026
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Selects: 911 Is Not a Joke
Jun 6, 2026
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Three Mile Island
Jun 4, 2026
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Short Stuff: 1955 Le Mans Disaster
Jun 3, 2026
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The Tragic Life of Vincent Van Gogh
Jun 2, 2026
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Selects: Did Shakespeare really write all that stuff?
May 30, 2026
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Howard Hughes in Las Vegas
May 28, 2026
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Short Stuff: Knuckle Cracking
May 27, 2026
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The Story of Starvation Heights
May 26, 2026
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Selects: How Flight Attendants Work
May 23, 2026
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The 1993 Waco Siege
May 21, 2026
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Short Stuff: All about BPAs
May 20, 2026
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Eels Alive!
May 19, 2026
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Did Mallory Make it to the Top of Everest First?
May 16, 2026
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The Hindenburg Disaster
May 14, 2026
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Short Stuff: Did Tippy Hedron start the Vietnamese manicure industry?
May 13, 2026
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Humanists, the Happy Heathens
May 12, 2026
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Selects: Can movies be cursed?
May 9, 2026
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Let's Go to Camp... David!
May 7, 2026
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Short Stuff: Why do kangaroos hop?
May 6, 2026
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Boeing's Nosedive: The 737-MAX
May 5, 2026
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Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis
May 2, 2026
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How to Drink a Tree's Blood
Apr 30, 2026
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Short Stuff: Wisdom Teeth
Apr 29, 2026
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Save the Whales!
Apr 28, 2026
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Selects: How Fever Dreams Work
Apr 25, 2026
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UNESCO World Heritage: Preserving the Best of Humanity
Apr 23, 2026
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Short Stuff: Brown-Headed Cowbird
Apr 22, 2026
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Some Silly Inventions That Became Wildly Popular
Apr 21, 2026
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Selects: Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure
Apr 18, 2026
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The Sewol Ferry Disaster
Apr 16, 2026
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Short Stuff: Cherry Blossoms
Apr 15, 2026
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Are Generations Even a Thing?
Apr 14, 2026
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Selects: What is a Numbers Station?
Apr 11, 2026
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How Worker Co-ops Works
Apr 9, 2026
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Short Stuff: History of Spring Break
Apr 8, 2026
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Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made?
Apr 7, 2026
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Selects: The Skinny on Lyme Disease
Apr 4, 2026
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The Colorado River Compact
Apr 2, 2026
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Short Stuff: Simple Spelling Movement
Apr 1, 2026
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The Middle Class: Canary in the Gold Mine
Mar 31, 2026
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Selects: The Disappearance of Lars Mittank
Mar 28, 2026
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Malcom X
Mar 26, 2026
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Short Stuff: Kentucky Meat Shower
Mar 25, 2026
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The History of Fire
Mar 24, 2026
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Selects: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gin
Mar 21, 2026
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Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians
Mar 20, 2026
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Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings!
Mar 20, 2026
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How Snails Work
Mar 20, 2026
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The Fascinating History of Dandelions
Mar 20, 2026
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What's Permaculture All About?
Mar 20, 2026
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How Sneezing Works
Mar 20, 2026
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Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!
Mar 20, 2026
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Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process
Mar 20, 2026
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Squirrels, Ahoy!
Mar 20, 2026
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Honey: Nature's Wonder Sugar
Mar 20, 2026
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Contortionism: Bend It Like Gumby
Mar 19, 2026
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Short Stuff: Jeddah Tower
Mar 18, 2026
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Ruth Lyons: TV Pioneer
Mar 17, 2026
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Selects: Mangroves: Nature's Best Tree?
Mar 14, 2026
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How the Kowloon Walled City Worked
Mar 12, 2026
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Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment
Mar 11, 2026
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The Fyre Festival Fiasco
Mar 10, 2026
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Selects: How Spiritualism Works
Mar 7, 2026
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Let's All Go to the World's Fair
Mar 5, 2026
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Short Stuff: Johnny Ringo
Mar 4, 2026
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The Gold Standard: When Money Meant Something
Mar 3, 2026
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Selects: How Dopamine Works
Feb 28, 2026
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The Battle of the Sexes
Feb 26, 2026
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Short Stuff: MacGuffins
Feb 25, 2026
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The Murder of Jane Stanford
Feb 24, 2026
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Selects: How Free Range Parenting Works
Feb 21, 2026
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How the Flexner Report Changed Medicine
Feb 19, 2026
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Short Stuff: Safety Coffins
Feb 18, 2026
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How Crowds Work
Feb 17, 2026
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Selects: How Charles Darwin Worked
Feb 14, 2026
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How Lasers Work
Feb 12, 2026
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Short Stuff: Aztec Death Whistle
Feb 11, 2026
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How Cognitive Biases Work
Feb 10, 2026
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Selects: Why Do Great Flood Myths Seem To Be Universal?
Feb 7, 2026
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The Cajun Navy: Heroes or Liability?
Feb 5, 2026
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Short Stuff: Color Psychology
Feb 4, 2026
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Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan: Miracle is Right
Feb 3, 2026
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Selects: Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis
Jan 31, 2026
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The Magnificent Golden Gate Bridge
Jan 29, 2026
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Short Stuff: Magic 8 Ball
Jan 28, 2026
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Jan 27, 2026
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Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range
Jan 24, 2026
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The Ballad of Biggie and Tupac
Jan 22, 2026
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Short Stuff: The S7VEN Deadly Sins
Jan 21, 2026
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Keeping Time
Jan 20, 2026
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Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
Jan 17, 2026
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Data Centers: Can't Live With Em, Can't Live Without Em
Jan 15, 2026
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Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War?
Jan 14, 2026
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Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
Jan 13, 2026
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Selects: How Forgiveness Works
Jan 10, 2026
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The SAD Episode
Jan 8, 2026
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Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch
Jan 7, 2026
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The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple
Jan 6, 2026
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Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art
Jan 3, 2026
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TV Moments That Changed The World
Jan 1, 2026
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Short Stuff: All About Porcelain
Dec 31, 2025
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What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec
Dec 30, 2025
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Selects: How Miniature Golf Works
Dec 27, 2025
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Dolls and Dolls, Guys!
Dec 25, 2025
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Short Stuff: Why is holly a holiday thing?
Dec 24, 2025
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SYSK's 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Special
Dec 23, 2025
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Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard
Dec 20, 2025
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Doggerland: Lost at Sea
Dec 18, 2025
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Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle
Dec 17, 2025
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Battle Royale: Optimists vs Pessimists
Dec 16, 2025
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Selects: Star Wars Holiday Spectacular
Dec 13, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy?
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Play-Doh Works
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: A Partial History of Action Figures
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Hula-Hoops: The Toy That's A Shape
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Monopoly Works
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Beanie Babies: Reigning Toy Craze Champion
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: Etch A Sketch!
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How the Nintendo Entertainment System Changed Gaming Forever
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Hot Wheels Work
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Yo-Yos Work
Dec 12, 2025
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SYSK's 12 Days of Christmas… Toys: How Easy Bake Ovens Work
Dec 12, 2025
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A Quick History of the BBC
Dec 11, 2025
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Short Stuff: Atacama Skeleton
Dec 10, 2025
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Operation Paul Bunyan
Dec 9, 2025
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Selects: What Is A Mold-A-Rama?
Dec 6, 2025
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What's the bar exam like anyway?
Dec 4, 2025
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Short Stuff: Camberley Kate
Dec 3, 2025
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The Brutal History of Prison Labor
Dec 2, 2025
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Selects: How Black Friday Works
Nov 29, 2025
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Julia Child, la Grandes Gourmande
Nov 27, 2025
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Short Stuff: Pies
Nov 26, 2025
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Rice is Nice
Nov 25, 2025
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Selects: Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years
Nov 22, 2025
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Graffiti: So Cool It’s A Pillar of Hip Hop
Nov 20, 2025
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Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language
Nov 19, 2025
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AM Radio: Solid Gold
Nov 18, 2025
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Selects: How Personality Tests Work
Nov 15, 2025
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Pop Tarts: No Fruit Necessary
Nov 13, 2025
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Short Stuff: Third Man Syndrome
Nov 12, 2025
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Eco-Disasters 101: The Salton Sea
Nov 11, 2025
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Selects: How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work
Nov 8, 2025
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The Mystery of the Death Valley Germans
Nov 6, 2025
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Short Stuff: "Peace" Pipes
Nov 5, 2025
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What To Do With All This Nuclear Waste?
Nov 4, 2025
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Selects: How Extinction Works
Nov 1, 2025
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SYSK's 2025 Shocktober Halloween Spooktacular
Oct 30, 2025
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Short Stuff: The Bell Witch
Oct 29, 2025
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Masterpiece
Oct 28, 2025
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Selects: The Great Finger in the Wendy’s Chili Caper
Oct 25, 2025
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THE HUMAN SCREAM
Oct 23, 2025
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Short Stuff: Curse of Broken Mirrors
Oct 22, 2025
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[Insert Your Own Catchy Title About Younger Dryas Here]
Oct 21, 2025
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Selects: How ESP Works (?)
Oct 18, 2025
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VH-1: MTV for Your Parents
Oct 16, 2025
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Short Stuff: China's Corpse Walkers
Oct 15, 2025
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We want our MTV!
Oct 14, 2025
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Selects: How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement
Oct 11, 2025
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Everyone Deserves A Good Death
Oct 9, 2025
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Short Stuff: The Call is Coming... FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
Oct 8, 2025
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The Happy Place of Saturday Morning Cartoons
Oct 7, 2025
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Selects: How Mail Order Marriages Work
Oct 4, 2025
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The Mystery of the Sleepy Sickness
Oct 2, 2025
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Short Stuff: La Lechuza - The Witch Owl
Oct 1, 2025
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Why Would Anyone Want to Appease Hitler?
Sep 30, 2025
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Selects: How Area 51 Works
Sep 27, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders, Part I
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tylenol Murders, Part II
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Tale of the Bloody Benders
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harvey’s Casino Bombing of 1980
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Strange Unsolved Murder of Ken McElroy
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Harrowing Story of the North Hollywood Shootout
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances
Sep 26, 2025
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SYSK’s Fall True Crime Playlist: How The Great Train Robbery Worked
Sep 26, 2025
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A Tribute To The Far Side
Sep 25, 2025
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Short Stuff: Death Cap Mushroom
Sep 24, 2025
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Tdhtdhtdhtdhtdh: Sound Effects!
Sep 23, 2025
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Selects: Slime Mold: 0% Mold, 100% Amazing
Sep 20, 2025
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Sep 18, 2025
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Short Stuff: Killing a Dead Body
Sep 17, 2025
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What was the Four Pests Campaign?
Sep 16, 2025
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Selects: What's the deal with subpoenas?
Sep 13, 2025
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You’re So Good At Conversation!
Sep 11, 2025
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Short Stuff: North Sentinel Island
Sep 10, 2025
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The Man with the Golden Arm
Sep 9, 2025
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Selects: Noise Pollution: Arrrgh!
Sep 6, 2025
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America’s Militarized Police
Sep 4, 2025
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Short Stuff: The Mpemba Effect
Sep 3, 2025
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How Dolphins Work!
Sep 2, 2025
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Selects: What Were the BONE WARS?
Aug 30, 2025
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What are Blue Zones?
Aug 28, 2025
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Short Stuff: 1561 Celestial Event
Aug 27, 2025
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The History of Orthodontics
Aug 26, 2025
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Selects: The Flannen Isles Mystery
Aug 23, 2025
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Private Equity: Your Ears Will Bleed
Aug 21, 2025
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Short Stuff: The Lost (?) Continent of Lemuria
Aug 20, 2025
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The Unsolved Murder of Hall and Mills
Aug 19, 2025
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Selects: How Rape Kits Work
Aug 16, 2025
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Heavy Metal Pt II
Aug 14, 2025
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Short Stuff: Devil Horns
Aug 13, 2025
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Heavy Metal Pt I
Aug 12, 2025
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Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II
Aug 9, 2025
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Selects: The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I
Aug 9, 2025
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Who's Up For A Circular Economy
Aug 7, 2025
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Short Stuff: Marianne Bachmeier: Vigilante Mother
Aug 6, 2025
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The Iconic, Complicated VW Beetle
Aug 5, 2025
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Selects: Is birth order important?
Aug 2, 2025
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Child Prodigies: Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away
Jul 31, 2025
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Short Stuff: Bliss Point
Jul 30, 2025
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The Humble and Deadly Cigarette
Jul 29, 2025
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Selects: The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
Jul 26, 2025
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AQ Khan: How to Live Dangerously
Jul 24, 2025
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Short Stuff: Paperclips
Jul 23, 2025
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How Boycotts Work (Or Do They?)
Jul 22, 2025
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Selects: What exactly is stoicism?
Jul 19, 2025
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How Alchemy Worked
Jul 17, 2025
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Short Stuff: Bengal Cats
Jul 16, 2025
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The Great Big Yarn of Mel's Hole
Jul 15, 2025
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Selects: Child Labor: Not Funny
Jul 12, 2025
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Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story
Jul 10, 2025
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Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges
Jul 9, 2025
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Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth
Jul 8, 2025
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