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How Ice Climbing Works

March 12, 2020 1:02:16 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

A few decades ago, some people who liked to climb mountains decided they wanted to make it even harder and ice climbing was born. If you think rock climbing is difficult, put on your base layer and join Josh and Chuck on the glacier. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Teresita Basa

March 11, 2020 0:16:22 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

In the annals of American justice there is a 1977 case where the police were tipped off to the identity of a murderer by a woman who said she was possessed by the victim. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How Coyotes Work

March 10, 2020 0:50:43 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

The coyote truly is wily. Even after a century-long attempt to drive them to extinction, this close relative of domesticated dogs not only hung onto survival, but actually doubled its range and expanded its population. Coyotes are here to stay. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK Selects: How Gold Works

March 07, 2020 0:52:02 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

As of early 2013, only 161,00 metric tons of gold had been mined in the entire history of the world. Considering about 85 percent of it is recycled, there's a decent chance your jewelry may once have been part of an Incan headdress or Mycenaean face mask. Dive in to gold in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Mardi Gras! One month late

March 05, 2020 0:51:57 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

In true SYSK fashion, Josh and Chuck are late to the game. But never fear, they will still detail Mardi Gras in all its colorful glory.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Exclamation Points!

March 04, 2020 0:16:14 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

We all use them! But did we always? NO!! Learn all about everyone's favorite punctuation mark today! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How Morphic Fields Work?

March 03, 2020 0:58:55 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Biologist and science historian Rupert Sheldrake is known as a heretic of science, mostly for his deeply strange ideas about what connects all living things. But his pokes at science help keep the field from growing dogmatic and for that we salute him. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK Selects: Your limb is torn off - now what?

February 29, 2020 0:40:16 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Were you to be the unfortunate victim of a limb removal of any sort, you could take hope. Here in the 21st century, doctors have gotten pretty handy at reattaching arms and legs, replacing thumbs with toes, rebuilding breasts, all to great success thanks to microsurgery techniques. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure

February 27, 2020 1:01:53 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Today Josh and Chuck sit down and detail the complicated life of the late, great Sammy Davis Jr. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Hawaiian Night Marchers

February 26, 2020 0:12:35 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

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February 25, 2020 0:51:07 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

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February 22, 2020 0:43:44 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

The fear of cults in the 1970s drove Americans to look the other way on kidnappings, abuse and torture of cult members by deprogrammers – but did it even work? Find out in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil

February 20, 2020 0:55:29 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

It’s a pretty safe assumption that people have been born with birthmarks since humanity began, and between then and now we’ve come up with some wacky, even dangerous, explanations for them – even a few that survive still today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Mexican Jumping Beans

February 19, 2020 0:14:35 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

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The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances

February 18, 2020 0:46:26 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

In July 1966, three women out for a day at the beach waded into the water of Lake Michigan, got onto a boat and were never heard from again. To this day, not a trace of them has ever turned up and theories of what became of them abound. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com