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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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It's a pretty safe assumption that people have been born with birthmarks since humanity began, and between then and now we've come up with s...
Since the age of Descartes, science has put all of its eggs in the basket of determinism, the idea that with accurate enough measurements an...
It's a confusing part of climate change when it seems winter is as cold as ever, but as global temperatures creep ever so slightly higher, a...
It evolved over centuries to become the gold standard for conducting scientific inquiry. Yet many people - including some scientists - don't...
There are a number of theories for how the universe evolved but none are more widely accepted than the Big Bang theory. Learn about the mind...
It's easy to think of people in the distant past as kinda dumb for believing things like that mice could spontaneously generate from old gra...
You know the rule that says the simplest explanation is probably the correct one? That's called a razor and it's meant to guide logic. But o...
The world's energy consumption is ruining the planet but for decades physicists have been working on what could solve the world's energy and...
You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You'd still be wrong, though. The story of what's holding up your u...
Like many huge discoveries, X-rays were accidentally stumbled upon. That serendipity led to a medical breakthrough still in use today. Learn...
If you've ever wanted to listen to two totally untrained, non-chemists who are fully unqualified to explain how the periodic table works ner...
Chuck loved M*A*S*H. Josh didn't. Listen in as they fight to the death.
Does singing make you happy? Yes, yes it does.
You can make a pretty good case that the rise of opinion "news" and filter bubbles on cable tv created the current cultural and political sc...
Back in the day, broadcasters were bound by law to provide contrasting opinions on political matters. Why? Because of the Fairness Doctrine....
Today we dive into the unremorseful life of NYC Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz.
Harvesting rainwater has tons of upsides and not many downsides – you just need to take a few precautions first. Don't miss this episo...
They say that smiling requires fewer muscles than frowning, so why not smile? That doesn't seem to be true, or at least unproven, and there...
Josh and Chuck delve into the world of 911 in this classic episode.
The disaster at Three Mile Island thankfully did not cost any lives directly, but the notion that it didn't harm people is very much up in t...