If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
2570 episodes transcribedIf you've ever worked in a restaurant, you know the feeling that occurs when the health inspector pays a visit. While nerve wracking, it's the best in...
When paperboys stopped delivering a couple of very big newspapers in 1899 it was a big deal. Big enough that the two biggest publishers in the world g...
The story of what happened to the car that James Dean crashed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Whistling is pretty cool when you think about it because it can mean many things, from simple happy tunes to legit communication. Learn all about this...
Long before slide rulers and pocket protectors, civilizations across the world used their noggins to build some impressive structures. Almost all have...
Wikipedia changed the world. Before it came along, you had to go to the library to get the answers you sought. And you and your friends had to just ag...
Those armrests in the middle of benches aren’t just for your comfort, they’re intended to keep the homeless from laying on them. Cities are filled wit...
In almost every part of the world, in some form or fashion, widows have things harder than they did when their spouses were alive. In some places it m...
About 5,300 years ago a Copper Age shepherd was murdered. He just happened to die in a place where his body was so well preserved that gave researcher...
Today we take to the friendly skies to detail the fascinating history of air travel. From planes with piano bars and lounges to the current no frills...
The peace sign is one of the most globally recognized symbols around today, but it’s only a few decades old. And it wasn’t the hippies who created it,...
When we think of an abused spouse we tend to think of horrific physical or emotional violence. But over the last decade or so, it’s become clear that’...
It's pretty obvious something's gone wrong when you get a sunburn, but did you know a tan means you've damaged your DNA? Dive into the three Ss of sum...
In the last decade American schools became enrapt by a new psychological concept centered on persevering. Things went south when they started attachin...
Learn all about the saddest phone notification in today's episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You've probably been to a symphony performance and wondered, what in the heck are conductors doing up there anyway? Well we're here to explain that as...
Think tanks? More like stink tanks! We're kidding. Think tanks do valuable work, when they operate in a non-partisan way of course. Learn all about th...
If you grew up in the 70s and 80s in America, you probably have the image of your tattered Guinness Book of Records. The book was ubiquitous then, but...
Mudlarking is a uniquely British hobby, though you can dig through river mud anywhere there's a river. But the Thames has the good stuff. See omnystud...
Unit 731 was a secret group within the Japanese Army in WWII that committed unspeakable atrocities against humans in the name of scientific research....
