Selects: How Peanut Butter Works
No food is more all-American than peanut butter – 80 percent of homes in the country have a jar of it in the pantry right now. And whi...
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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.
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20 of 2,852 episodesHow Russia Shapes What the World Thinks
Operation Doppelganger was a Russian propaganda project discovered in 2022, a minor part of the enormous, ongoing disinformation and chaos-s...
Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders
Get yer info on one of Australia's great true crime cases he-re!
The Beloved Judy Blume
Judy Blume is more than an author. She's a legend in teen literature for her frank and honest portrayals of adolescence. Today we pay tribut...
Selects: Plant Migration
Climate change is having sweeping effects on our climate and this is changing the world, not just for humans and other animals, but plants t...
What's the deal with Swiss neutrality?
We all know Switzerland is neutral. But why? Listen in and you might learn something.
Short Stuff: Sardines!
Josh implored Chuck to try sardines. Did he? Listen in to find out.
The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em
By the 1990s, cigarette makers had been hooking and killing off their customers for about a century. And they'd gotten good at both as well...
Selects: The Soul Train Episode
In this classic episode, Chuck and Josh dive into the funky, cool world of the classic TV show, Sooooooooul Train.
White Boy Rick
Would you believe that Detroit's crack epidemic in the mid-80s was overseen by one 16 year-old white kid who supplied all the coke? No? Well...
Short Stuff: The Voice of God
Today we salute the great Don LaFontaine, aka The Voice of God in movie and TV trailers.
You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression
Most new moms get the baby blues soon after giving birth. Postpartum depression is something much different - the symptoms are similar, but...
Selects: The First Road Trip
Back when cars were a brand new thing, before people even knew they'd stick around, two men and a dog drove from San Francisco to New York....
Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt was something else. We can't get into it here, but just wait until you listen to this episode.
Short Stuff: Great Britain
Now that it's been 250 years since America split from England, we figure enough time has passed that we can finally learn the difference bet...
Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole
During the Cold War all eyes were on the Space Race between the US and USSR. But there was another, overlooked race too and it went in the o...
Selects: Chopsticks > Forks
In this classic episode, Chuck and Josh sit and converse on the simple, elegant chopstick.
Alaska Earthquake of 1964
When a 9.2 quake shoook Alaska in 1964 it was the 2nd largest earthquake ever recorded. This is that story.
Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot
Those are three words you probably never thought you'd see together. And the true story is just as interesting as it sounds.
The Hillsborough Disaster
When a crush of football fans killed 97 people in England in 1989, police and officials engaged in a massive cover-up to blame it on drunken...