Sometimes all it takes is one little fact or one little piece of wisdom to change your life forever. That's the purpose and the hope of "Something You Should Know." In each episode, host Mike Carruthers interviews top experts in their field to bring you fascinating information and advice to help you save time and money, advance in your career, become wealthy, improve your relationships and help you simply get more out of life. In addition, Mike uncovers and shares short, engaging pieces of "intel" you can use to make your life better - today. Right now.
1021 episodes transcribedWi-Fi is great except when the microwave oven is on. At least that is the case in my house. Whenever we turn on the microwave oven in the kitchen – it...
A common ingredient listed on perfumes, colognes, soaps and lotions is “fragrance.” That doesn’t tell you much. This episode begins with an explanatio...
Everyone know that texting and driving is dangerous. But why is it so much more dangerous than driving and drinking coffee or driving and talking to a...
In the last several years, a lot of different kinds of salt have popped up on store shelves. It used to be just salt and kosher salt. Now there is sea...
You have probably noticed that aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. Why? What’s the difference - and why do some recipes call for it to be...
Anyone who travels knows you often don’t sleep well on the first night at your new destination - especially if you have travelled across time zones. T...
When you order something online, do you then track the package to see where it is and when it is coming? This episode begins with the results of a sur...
You’ve washed your hands a million times. Yet there is a pretty good chance you are probably doing it incorrectly. Over the last year and a half we ha...
Are you neat or messy? You most likely have a preference for either a neat or a cluttered work environment. There is a general assumption that neat is...
Moms have been passing down health and beauty advice for generations and some of it is just plain wrong! Listen as we bust some myths about some of th...
Hard to imagine a hot summer day without a can of soda or beer. Before the mid-60s those cans were absolutely useless unless you had a can opener hand...
Do you know what happens to your brain when you are sleeping? In a sense, a cleaning crew gets in there to clean out all the toxins so that your brain...
Have you ever had déjà vu - that feeling that what you are experiencing now, you have experienced before? Most people have. This episode begins with s...
How does music affect your feelings and emotions? This episode begins by looking at some interesting research that shows how just the right music can...
It just happens that sometimes you have to ask a stranger for a favor. Perhaps you need to borrow their phone or help you carry something. And there i...
Dogs are fascinating. The things they do, the ways they behave are so interesting to watch. Plus, the fact that most dogs give their owners unconditio...
Ask people what their favorite number is and you will get a lot of different answers. But if you ask thousands of people, one number emerges as the cl...
If you have brothers or sisters, you probably know that sibling relationships change as we move from childhood to adulthood. Sometimes they change for...
Remember when we all started using reusable grocery bags and there was a big concern about germs and bacteria in those bags? You don’t hear so much ab...
Hold a strand of spaghetti at each end and break it in 2. It cannot be done. And this puzzle has mystified great minds of science including Nobel priz...
