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Short Stuff: Lemonade

November 14, 2018 0:16:00 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Ever wonder where lemonade came from? Let’s up the stakes a little, what about pink lemonade? Well wonder no more! Join Josh and Chuck as they (briefly) cover the history of putting lemons together with sugar and water and coming up with something great.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Pando: Earth’s Oldest, Hugest Organism Is Trees!

November 13, 2018 0:48:19 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

In Utah, lives a 106-acre stand of Quaking Aspen trees that are all genetically identical because they are all growing from the same massive root system. It’s Pando, the most massive, and almost certainly oldest (by far) organism on Earth. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK Selects: How Pizza Works

November 10, 2018 0:56:45 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Sure it's everywhere and there's a more-than-90-percent chance you eat it once a month. But we'll bet you don't know the full history of that pizza (or tomato pie) you're about to chow down on. Join Chuck and Josh as they explain it to you, bite by bite. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Is yogurt a miracle food?

November 08, 2018 0:51:01 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Yogurt has been touted as a health food, but is it? Maybe. If you eat it every day. We get into the rich and creamy history of this supposed miracle food in today's episode. Take a listen! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Vomitoria

November 07, 2018 0:15:19 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

A vomitorium was a place where ancient Romans went to make themselves throw up after gorging themselves at a sumptuous banquet. Everybody knows that. Except that’s not true at all. Learn about what vomitoria were in this episode and impress your friends.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

What were war masks?

November 06, 2018 0:44:49 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

War masks were made for soldiers in WWI who had horrible accidents that left their faces sometimes unrecognizable. Though it may seem rudimentary today, they went a long way in restoring their dignity. Learn all about them today.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK Selects: How Grief Works

November 03, 2018 0:45:57 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

You can probably name the five stages of grief - from denial to acceptance - they've become pretty well known since being proposed in 1969. But later researchers are finding that grief is rarely that cut and dried, and it may not be as widely experienced as we once thought. Join Josh and Chuck as they look at the sad science of grief. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How Easy Bake Ovens Work

November 01, 2018 0:41:32 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Easy Bake Ovens are as iconic as a toy can get, as American as apple pie or baseball. Learn all about these light bulb cooking, working ovens that endanger children to this day.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Labor Day

October 31, 2018 0:15:19 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Labor Day, the day when most people in America paradoxically take off work, is actually rooted in some deeply radical and anarchistic thinking. Learn all about this most subversive of American holidays in this episode of Short Stuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK’s 2018 Super Spooktacular

October 30, 2018 0:51:17 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

It’s Halloween again and Chuck and Josh want to creep you out. Listen to two great classic horror stories, dripping with Jeri’s creeptastic audio stylings. Guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK Selects: What's with the Winchester Mystery House?

October 27, 2018 0:36:17 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

After her daughter and husband died, heiress Sarah Winchester became obsessed with the idea that spirits haunted her and to appease them she had to have a house continuously built for them. So she did - 24 hours a day for 38 years. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How the Amityville Horror Worked

October 25, 2018 0:58:07 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

In early 1975, the world was introduced to George and Kathy Lutz, a couple who had fled their home in Amityville, NY to escape a powerful, evil supernatural presence living there. And this being the 70s, the world went nuts for their story. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Short Stuff: Exploding Manholes

October 24, 2018 0:16:21 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

If you live in a big city in a cold climate, you should keep an eye out for 100-pound cast-iron manhole covers suddenly launching 50 feet into the air. It’s unnervingly common and we’ll tell you why.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

How Epilepsy Works

October 23, 2018 0:59:31 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

A seizure is like an electrical overload in the brain – when it gets overwhelmed, it just shuts down and resets itself. But imagine being susceptible to these overloads, where one could come at any time with little or no warning. That is epilepsy.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

SYSK Selects: How Aphrodisiacs Work

October 20, 2018 0:27:08 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

For thousands of years humankind has pursued the enhancement of sexual pleasure and performance through a plethora of medicines and practices -- but how many aphrodisiacs actually work? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com