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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

During the Cold War, the CIA used the legend of a vampire named Aswang to scare locals into not helping the communists. 

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Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War?

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.

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Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

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.

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Selects: How Forgiveness Works

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. 

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The SAD Episode

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.

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Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch

Today we dive into the interesting story of paranormal power couple the Warrens, inspiration behind The Conjuring movie franchise. 

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The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple

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.

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Selects: MC Escher and His Trippy Art

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. 

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TV Moments That Changed The World

What exactly is this durable ceramic anyway?

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Short Stuff: All About Porcelain

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?

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What We Lost When We Lost Home Ec

You probably know wind energy projects have been around since the 90s, but did you know they now provide 10% of America’s energy, and more than that in other countries? Learn about what’s ahead for wind and what it’ll need to become a real star like coal.

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The Power of the Wind

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