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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.

Stuff You Should Know

Something spooky was born on the American frontier in the mid-19th century: the idea that people’s personalities survive death and that some gifted individuals can communicate with them. It developed into a religion that some still practice today.

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Selects: How Spiritualism Works

Before the internet could show you anything in the universe - including stuff it made up - people had few opportunities to have their minds blown. But every few years, somewhere in the world nations would gather and show off the cool stuff they invented.

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Let's All Go to the World's Fair

You might be familiar with the outlaw Johnny Ringo from the movie Tombstone. He was indeed a real-life black hat gunslinger, and a tragic figure at that.

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Short Stuff: Johnny Ringo

There was a time less than 100 years ago when you could exchange your paper currency at the bank for actual gold. Gave folks a sense of stability, it did. Depending on your view, we either ruined or built our economies when money became just paper.

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The Gold Standard: When Money Meant Something

Dopamine is perhaps the most talked-about, most misunderstood biochemical in our bodies. It’s linked to not only addiction and depravity, but also focus, motivation, and living a productive life. How can one molecule be so many things to so many people? Find out all about it in this classic episode.

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Selects: How Dopamine Works

Back in 1973 a male chauvinist played tennis against champion Billie Jean King. This is that story.

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The Battle of the Sexes

What’s a MacGuffin? We don’t know. No one knows. But it has to do with movies and that’s fun to talk about.

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Short Stuff: MacGuffins

Stanford University was co-founded by Jane Stanford. Not long after she was murdered and it was covered up. We'll probably never know what really happened. Listen in today.

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The Murder of Jane Stanford

Free range parenting is all about giving your child the freedom to play and explore life on their own. Are there benefits? Sure. Do some people hate the concept? Yes! Listen to this classic episode and learn right here. 

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Selects: How Free Range Parenting Works

The Flexner Report shook up medicine in the United States when it was released in 1910 and it's never been the same since. For better or worse.

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How the Flexner Report Changed Medicine

California is a pretty cool name. And the story about where it came from is even cooler.

 
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Short Stuff: How California Got Its Name

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