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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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Today, Chuck and Josh walk you through the history of keeping time, from sticks in the sun to atomic clocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7Borderline Personality Disorder has been described as emotional “third degree burns over ninety percent of your body.” It’s as close to a curse as a personality disorder can be: deep fear of being abandoned creates behaviors that end up driving people off. Learn all about it in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Data centers are the backbone of our digital world. All the sites you visit and social media you post happen there. A boom in huge data centers to support AI is underway, and they’re taking a big toll on the environment and life for the people around them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
During the Cold War, the CIA used the legend of a vampire named Aswang to scare locals into not helping the communists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
West Virginia is home to sensitive radio telescopes that could easily pick up your cell phone’s signal on Mars. And the cell reception on Mars is about as good as it is in the NRQZ, since cell towers are banned in the interest of furthering astronomy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For most of history, forgiveness fell under the domain of religion. But in the 1980s science started investigating it and found that forgiving someone is really, really good for you. Learn how anybody can be the better person in this classic, and really great, episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is much more than the winter blues. It's a serious subset of depression. Learn all about it and what to do if you suffer from it today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Since 1972 neighborhoods have been officially banding together to prevent crime together. Does it work? It seems to. Does it go too far? It often does, yes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today we dive into the interesting story of paranormal power couple the Warrens, inspiration behind The Conjuring movie franchise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We love us some MC Escher. Turns out his story is pretty fascinating too. Tune in to this classic episode and find out all about it with Josh and Chuck.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Whatever you think of TV, you have to admit it has shaped the world (maybe more than the internet, according to Josh). There have been moments here or there in TV history where the world took a new course and we go over some of them in this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What exactly is this durable ceramic anyway?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Home economics seems antiquated – a class that teaches high school kids how to bake a cake and sew doesn’t sound super useful. But would you believe that everything from the obesity epidemic to student debt can be chalked up to home ec disappearing?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Playing miniature golf is a very fun thing to do and, you’re about to find, learning about its origin and history is very fun as well. Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they tee off on the mini golf story!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this special Christmas Day episode, we get cuddly with one of the all-time great holiday gifts, dolls! Where did they come from? Why are the so cute? Why are they sometimes creepy? Why do they tell us to do things we don’t want to with their minds?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Holly is waxy and super sharp, not exactly the kind of thing you'd want all over your house. Yet it happens every holiday season. Today we dig in to discover why.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Deck your tidings and get your halls nice and gladded because it’s time for maybe the best episode of the year, where SYSK loosens our ties, puts on our smoking jackets and Santa hats and create holiday nostalgia in real time. Happy holidays, everybody!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When your life is as outsized as the World’s Greatest Showman PT Barnum it’s pretty easy to - you know - gloss over the grimmer aspects when you turn it into an uplifting musical movie. But the way to understand a person is to look at them, warts and all. Josh and Chuck take a full accounting in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The story of Doggerland is pretty fascinating. The idea is that mainland Europe and the UK were connected not only by a land bridge, but a place where plants, animals and even humans, thrived. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
At the end of WWII in Europe, one of the strangest battles of the war took place between German troops fighting alongside Americans and French to beat back an assault by the Nazi SS.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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It's funny that there is no mention of Bernard Lovell, the pioneer of radio asronomy.
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what kind of comparison is Christopher Hitchens with Philby. So dumb. what about Hitler's transition from Socialist to Facist.
I'll forgive you for making this podcast...
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You said Fanny 🤭😂. And yes ducktales was a good show. 80’s kid here 🙋🏽♀️
You would think a porcelain toilet is indestructible but my sons who at one time rented our other place threw a couple firecrackers down the bowl and it blew out the side. Yep they did. Oye Vay
LOL We knew Josh was a defensive pessimist when we enjoyed his amazing series End of the World. That trait is a locus of control. Defensive pessimism does not equal unhappiness.
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This podcast gives a really deep look into how American Chinese cuisine developed over the years. The way it explains regional flavors, immigration laws, and the creation of dishes like General Tso’s chicken makes the topic much more interesting. If anyone is researching food history or cultural adaptation, https://docudown.com is also a useful site for finding study materials. Great post overall!
Or second woman syndrome lol, only joking thank you boys i love your podcast and the way you manage to deal with sensitive topics without offending, you always cheer me up much aporeciated and informative and now i know what a podcast is i will continue listening to yours for sure
If you are a host of a show, you need to be careful about the fillers you use. There are some practices to get rid of the fillers that you can use. And please do. I have had to stop listening because it was so irritating but won't unsubscribe and will give your podcast another try later. Hope you care about this issue.
The possessed Marlena was in Days of Our Lives.
German accents and word plays made me chuckle every time. Great episode!
I would love point out that adoption in itself has a huge impact on developing BPD. its not always the parents the child grew up with, the trauma often comes from the abandonment from birth parents.
And the whole idea of conversion makes me puke in my mouth a little.