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.
1072 episodes transcribedMoms 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...
Have you heard the advice that couples should have a date night. That’s common advice to help keep the romance alive in long term relationships. But i...
Has it ever happened that your cellphone rang or buzzed but when you checked it had not? It was a phantom ring. This episode begins with an explanatio...
A kiss is so much more than just a kiss. It turns out kissing sends messages to the person you are kissing. This episode begins with some interesting...
Ever notice those people who shop at the grocery store and sometimes changes their mind and take items out of the shopping cart and stash them somewhe...
Skill, practice and hard work are often considered the cornerstones of success. Maybe. However, one often overlooked strategy to being great at someth...
Taking your cellphone or tablet to the beach or the pool is a risky proposition. If it drops into the water or gets sand in it -that could spell disas...
Have you ever had that experience of driving and all of a sudden seeing a motorcycle that “came out of nowhere.” How does that happen? There is actual...
At our house, we take our shoes off when we come in from outside and it turns out to be a good idea. This episode begins with an explanation of what i...
What could possibly be the difference between all the zillions of shampoos on the market? If you want clean hair, isn’t shampoo all the same? This epi...
