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Stuff You Should Know
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About Stuff You Should Know
Stuff You Should Know is a podcast with 2,905 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. 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. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Stuff You Should Know and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Stuff You Should Know
Definition of Commercial Jingles History and Origins of Jingles Psychological Effectiveness of Jingles Famous Jingle Writers and Commercial Success Shift to Licensed Pop Songs and Audio Branding Product Placement and Modern Ad Strategies Listener Mail and Nonprofit Shout-out What Paprika Is
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Recent Episodes
Stand-Up Pt II — October 08, 2026Short Stuff: The Style Cycle — October 07, 2026Stand-Up Comedy Pt I — October 06, 2026Selects: How Bras Work — October 03, 2026Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies! — October 01, 2026Short Stuff: The Retirement Curse — September 30, 2026A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf — September 29, 2026Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands! — September 26, 2026Introducing 3 Putt Bogey — September 26, 2026Emily Post: Ettiquette Queen — September 24, 2026Short Stuff: Mabon — September 23, 2026Our Big Fat Dream Episode — September 22, 2026Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out) — September 19, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects? — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment? — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me! — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people? — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing — September 18, 2026SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria? — September 18, 2026The Cancer Episode — September 17, 2026Short Stuff: Leisure Suits — September 16, 2026How Boredom Works — September 15, 2026Selects: Wasps: Not as cute as bees — September 12, 2026The Odyssey Episode — September 10, 2026Short Stuff: Flappers — September 09, 2026Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes — September 08, 2026Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right! — September 05, 2026Social Identity Theory: Your Group Rules, Others Drool — September 03, 2026Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi — September 02, 2026Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero — September 01, 2026Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad — August 29, 2026The Fall of the USSR, Pt II — August 27, 2026SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton? — August 26, 2026Short Stuff: Cyclospora — August 26, 2026The Fall of the USSR, Pt I — August 25, 2026Selects: How Narcolepsy Works — August 22, 2026Rope, yeah ROPE! — August 20, 2026Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States? — August 19, 2026Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think? — August 18, 2026Selects: The Manhattan Grid — August 15, 2026Who was Robert Maxwell? — August 13, 2026Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle — August 12, 2026Bonnie and Clyde — August 11, 2026Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2 — August 08, 2026Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1 — August 08, 2026
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