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The Strange Story of Lysol
The Lysol we know now is sold as disinfectant only. But at one time it was also marketed as a means of birth control. Listen in today to the twisted …
1 year, 7 months ago
Short Stuff: Flower Power
What we equate with acid, hippies, and garish polyester prints actually began as a theatrical way of protesting bans on free speech and the Vietnam W…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Shadow Biosphere: Is There Other Life on Earth?
As far as we know life evolved once in the universe – here on Earth in the form of life as we know it. Could life have originated in other conditions…
1 year, 7 months ago
Selects: Rosa Parks: Agent of Change
Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from that fateful day on the Montgomery city bus, she …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Judas Priest Suicide Trial
A greatest hit of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s came when the metal band Judas Priest was put on trial for the suicides of two teens. While the case…
1 year, 8 months ago
Short Stuff: The SS Ourang Medang
We love our ghost ships here at SYSK and this is one of the better ones. But did it really even exist? Not likely.
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1 year, 8 months ago
Four Eyes Good: The History of Glasses
Glasses as we know them have only been around for a few hundred years. So what did people do before this? And how did things change once spectacles w…
1 year, 8 months ago
Selects: How Government Shutdowns Work
Every year Congress decides how the federal government will spend money. Simple enough, but in practice politics tend to mess it up. Sometimes it get…
1 year, 8 months ago
Tom Slick: Not the Cartoon
There's a good chance that if you don't live in San Antonio, Texas, you may not know who scientist/adventurer Tom Slick is. Today we tackle the story…
1 year, 8 months ago
Short Stuff: The Killing Stone
The Killing Stone looms large in Japanese folklore, so when it split in half in March 2022, people were worried it would bring devastating effects in…
1 year, 8 months ago