Podcast Episodes

Anacondas: Not Like in the Movie

Are anacondas big? For sure. Are they able to crush and consume a human? Maybe, but thankfully they don't really do that. Don't believe everything yo…

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Short Stuff: Andrew Jackson's Inauguration

Wild stories about a crazy party after Andrew Jackson's inauguration have been around since the weeks after it went down. But how wild was it really?…

1 year, 4 months ago

How Styrofoam Works

All those to-go cups and food containers aren’t actually Styrofoam but those cups and Styrofoam are both forms of foam polystyrene, one of the rare m…

1 year, 4 months ago

Selects: How Dementia Works

The number of people suffering from dementia is expected to explode in the coming decades and, in a pleasant surprise, countries around the world are…

1 year, 4 months ago

Impression Management

We all in some way care about what other people think of us. At our core we all have a fear of saying something dumb or embarrassing ourselves someho…

1 year, 4 months ago

Short Stuff: Can You Not Have A Name?

Is it legal to live without a name? Is it even possible? Find out today in this episode.

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1 year, 4 months ago

Pagans, Neo-Pagans, Wiccans – Let’s Sort It Out!

Paganism was the set of original ancient religions around the world. They all had plenty of gods, loved nature, sometimes sacrificed things, and so o…

1 year, 4 months ago

Selects: Yeti: The Asian Bigfoot

We've covered Nessie and Bigfoot, so why not tackle the Yeti? Listen to this classic episode and hear Josh and Chuck cover what used to be known as t…

1 year, 4 months ago

The Rosenbergs

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for espionage in 1953. Whether or not they were both guilty remains unclear, though most historians believe …

1 year, 4 months ago

Short Stuff: Genetic Mutations

All sorts of exotic and often terrible stuff runs through our heads when we think of genetic mutations, but the vast majority of them are caught befo…

1 year, 4 months ago