Stuff You Should Know (2010)

Stuff You Should Know is a free podcast and video series published by the HowStuffWorks website and hosted by Josh Clark and Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant, both writers at HowStuffWorks. The podcast educates listeners on a wide variety of topics, often using popular culture as a reference giving the podcast comedic value. Episodes are normally around 45 minutes in length, although for more in-depth topics the show has run longer than an hour.

The winner of the 2014^[1] and the 2016^[2] People's Voice Webby Award,^[3] the show is downloaded more than 1 million times per week and is consistently on iTunes’ Top 10 podcast rankings.^[4] Stuff You Should Know's "beautifully, beautifully done" production has set "the audio standard," according to podcast reviewers Pod on Pod. They added that the audio quality "could not be improved" on the NPR-level production.^[5] One reviewer said of it: "It is never not fun to listen to."^[5]

2010 season

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Length	Original air date
178[6]	1	"How Noodling Works"	28 minutes	January 5, 2010
179[7]	2	"How Mercenaries Work"	29 minutes	January 7, 2010
180[8]	3	"How Organ Donation Works"	35 minutes	January 12, 2010
181[9]	4	"How the Sun Works"	24 minutes	January 14, 2010
182[10]	5	"Why are honeybees disappearing?"	25 minutes	January 19, 2010
183[11]	6	"Will the moon save humanity?"	22 minutes	January 21, 2010
184[12]	7	"What are ninja?"	33 minutes	January 26, 2010
185[13]	8	"Are there undiscovered people?"	24 minutes	January 28, 2010
186[14]	9	"How Swat Teams Work"	37 minutes	February 2, 2010
187[15]	10	"Why do we believe in urban legends?"	32 minutes	February 4, 2010
188[16]	11	"How Witchcraft Works"	43 minutes	February 9, 2010
189[17]	12	"How Braille Works"	29 minutes	February 11, 2010
190[18]	13	"Who are the Amish?"	41 minutes	February 16, 2010
191[19]	14	"Five Crazy Government Experiments"	24 minutes	February 18, 2010
192[20]	15	"How Bail Works"	24 minutes	February 23, 2010
193[21]	16	"How Bounty Hunters Work"	23 minutes	February 25, 2010
194[22]	17	"Was Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization?"	27 minutes	March 2, 2010
195[23]	18	"How Scabies Work"	20 minutes	March 4, 2010
196[24]	19	"What’s the deal with carbon trading?"	32 minutes	March 9, 2010
197[25]	20	"What exactly is Fascism?"	20 minutes	March 11, 2010
198[26]	21	"How Lotteries Work"	25 minutes	March 16, 2010
199[27]	22	"Who were the Vikings?"	31 minutes	March 18, 2010
200[28]	23	"How Urban Planning Works"	29 minutes	March 23, 2010
201[29]	24	"How Taxidermy Works"	30 minutes	March 25, 2010
202[30]	25	"What the heck is a hiccup?"	23 minutes	March 30, 2010
203[31]	26	"How McDonald’s Works"	42 minutes	April 1, 2010
204[32]	27	"How Desertification Works"	22 minutes	April 6, 2010
205[33]	28	"Are zoos good or bad for animals?"	26 minutes	April 8, 2010
206[34]	29	"How Tourette Syndrome Works"	30 minutes	April 13, 2010
207[35]	30	"How Castles Work"	28 minutes	April 16, 2010
208[36]	31	"Are there people who can’t feel pain?"	30 minutes	April 20, 2010
209[37]	32	"Mirror Neurons: Are there people who feel others’ pain?"	35 minutes	April 22, 2010
210[38]	33	"What makes a genius?"	35 minutes	April 27, 2010
211[39]	34	"How Cliff Diving Works"	27 minutes	April 29, 2010
212[40]	35	"How LEGOs Work"	36 minutes	May 4, 2010
213[41]	36	"How hard is it to steal a work of art?"	30 minutes	May 6, 2010
214[42]	37	"How Twins Work How Twins Work"	38 minutes	May 11, 2010
215[43]	38	"5 Successful Counterfeiters"	26 minutes	May 13, 2010
216[44]	39	"SYSK’s Guatemalan Adventure, Part One"	55 minutes	May 18, 2010
217[45]	40	"SYSK’s Guatemalan Adventure, Part Two"	46 minutes	May 20, 2010
218[46]	41	"What makes a serial killer?"	44 minutes	May 25, 2010
219[47]	42	"Can humans start an earthquake?"	24 minutes	May 27, 2010
220[48]	43	"How do you clean up an oil spill?"	25 minutes	June 1, 2010
221[49]	44	"How Flamethrowers Work"	24 minutes	June 3, 2010
222[50]	45	"What’s the deal with sinkholes?"	29 minutes	June 8, 2010
223[51]	46	"Can your grandfather’s diet shorten your life?"	30 minutes	June 10, 2010
224[52]	47	"How the Innocence Project Works"	35 minutes	June 15, 2010
225[53]	48	"How Samurai Work"	34 minutes	June 17, 2010
226[54]	49	"How Ghost Prisons Work"	34 minutes	June 22, 2010
227[55]	50	"Can quicksand kill you?"	25 minutes	June 24, 2010
228[56]	51	"How Traffic Works"	32 minutes	June 29, 2010
229[57]	52	"Did Thomas Jefferson rewrite the Bible?"	23 minutes	July 1, 2010
230[58]	53	"What’s the deal with Voodoo?"	32 minutes	July 6, 2010
231[59]	54	"How do butterfly wings get their color?"	26 minutes	July 8, 2010
232[60]	55	"How Reincarnation Works"	36 minutes	July 13, 2010
233[61]	56	"What’s the deal with Bond, James Bond?"	39 minutes	July 15, 2010
234[62]	57	"Taste and How it Works"	35 minutes	July 20, 2010
235[63]	58	"Saunas: More Interesting Than You Think!"	37 minutes	July 22, 2010
236[64]	59	"Why Ticks Suck"	39 minutes	July 27, 2010
237[65]	60	"How Presidential Pardons Work"	41 minutes	July 29, 2010
238[66]	61	"How Quantum Suicide Works"	31 minutes	August 3, 2010
239[67]	62	"What’s so special about Route 66?"	23 minutes	August 5, 2010
240[68]	63	"How Grow Houses Work"	36 minutes	August 10, 2010
241[69]	64	"Prisons: Not as Fun as You’d Think"	44 minutes	August 12, 2010
242[70]	65	"Breathalyzers: Really, Really Complicated"	32 minutes	August 17, 2010
243[71]	66	"How the MARS Turbine Works"	27 minutes	August 19, 2010
244[72]	67	"How Sleepwalking Works"	25 minutes	August 24, 2010
245[73]	68	"How Freemasons Work"	45 minutes	August 26, 2010
246[74]	69	"How Cremation Works"	41 minutes	August 31, 2010
247[75]	70	"How are college football rankings determined?"	33 minutes	September 2, 2010
248[76]	71	"How Crime-Scene Clean-up Works"	32 minutes	September 7, 2010
249[77]	72	"How Customs Works"	28 minutes	September 9, 2010
250[78]	73	"How Mirrors Work"	26 minutes	September 14, 2010
251[79]	74	"What is biospeleology?"	29 minutes	September 16, 2010
252[80]	75	"Octopus, Octopi, Octopod, Octopuses"	36 minutes	September 21, 2010
253[81]	76	"Hypnosis: You’re Getting Sleepy"	31 minutes	September 23, 2010
254[82]	77	"How Roller Derby Works"	38 minutes	September 28, 2010
255[83]	78	"Is tone deafness hereditary?"	21 minutes	September 30, 2010
256[84]	79	"Why would anyone want multiple spouses?"	34 minutes	October 5, 2010
257[85]	80	"How Knights Work"	48 minutes	October 7, 2010
258[86]	81	"Is science phasing out sleep?"	36 minutes	October 12, 2010
259[87]	82	"How House Swapping Works"	31 minutes	October 14, 2010
260[88]	83	"How Gender Reassignment Works"	50 minutes	October 19, 2010
261[89]	84	"Can you treat mental illness with psychedelics?"	42 minutes	October 21, 2010
262[90]	85	"Jealous much?"	46 minutes	October 26, 2010
263[91]	86	"The Tomb"	30 minutes	October 28, 2010
264[92]	87	"Animal Migration: Where’s that gnu gnoing?"	27 minutes	November 2, 2010
265[93]	88	"Addiction: Why you can’t kick SYSK"	43 minutes	November 4, 2010
266[94]	89	"Prohibition: Turns Out That America Loves to Drink"	39 minutes	November 9, 2010
267[95]	90	"How Rehab Works"	45 minutes	November 11, 2010
268[96]	91	"Have all the good ideas already been discovered?"	32 minutes	November 16, 2010
269[97]	92	"Can Lifestraw save the world?"	33 minutes	November 18, 2010
270[98]	93	"A Rigid, Sterile Look at Kissing"	32 minutes	November 23, 2010
271[99]	94	"How Dreadlocks Work"	31 minutes	November 25, 2010
272[100]	95	"How Circumcision Works"	41 minutes	November 30, 2010
273[101]	96	"How the Rules of War Work"	34 minutes	December 2, 2010
274[102]	97	"Green Renovation and Construction"	30 minutes	December 7, 2010
275[103]	98	"How Hanukkah Works"	21 minutes	December 9, 2010
276[104]	99	"How Agritourism Works"	33 minutes	December 14, 2010
277[105]	100	"How Migraines Work"	29 minutes	December 16, 2010
278[106]	101	"Why can’t we find Amelia Earhart?"	27 minutes	December 21, 2010
279[107]	102	"How Homelessness Works"	40 minutes	December 23, 2010
280[108]	103	"How Immigration Works"	49 minutes	December 28, 2010
281[109]	104	"How Volcanoes Work"	30 minutes	December 30, 2010

References

1. "2014 Peoples Voice Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
2. "2016 Peoples Voice Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
3. "2014 People's Voice". International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
4. Kafka, Peter (May 21, 2012). "Discovery Plans Science TV Show for "Stuff You Should Know" Podcast". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
5. Josh and Joel (September 30, 2014). "Pod on Pod on Stuff You Should Know". ProCreate (Podcast). Retrieved 2014-12-20.
6. How Noodling Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
7. How Mercenaries Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
8. How Organ Donation Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
9. How the Sun Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
10. Why are honeybees disappearing?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
11. Will the moon save humanity?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
12. What are ninja?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
13. Are there undiscovered people?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
14. How Swat Teams Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
15. Why do we believe in urban legends?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
16. How Witchcraft Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
17. How Braille Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
18. Who are the Amish?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
19. Five Crazy Government Experiments. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
20. How Bail Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
21. How Bounty Hunters Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
22. Was Mesopotamia the Cradle of Civilization?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
23. How Scabies Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
24. What’s the deal with carbon trading?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
25. What exactly is Fascism?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
26. How Lotteries Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
27. Who were the Vikings?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
28. How Urban Planning Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
29. How Taxidermy Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
30. What the heck is a hiccup?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
31. How McDonald’s Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
32. How Desertification Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
33. Are zoos good or bad for animals?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
34. How Tourette Syndrome Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
35. How Castles Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
36. Are there people who can’t feel pain?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
37. Mirror Neurons: Are there people who feel others’ pain?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
38. What makes a genius?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
39. How Cliff Diving Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
40. How LEGOs Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
41. How hard is it to steal a work of art?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
42. How Twins Work How Twins Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
43. 5 Successful Counterfeiters. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
44. SYSK’s Guatemalan Adventure, Part One. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
45. SYSK’s Guatemalan Adventure, Part Two. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
46. What makes a serial killer?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
47. Can humans start an earthquake?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
48. How do you clean up an oil spill?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
49. How Flamethrowers Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
50. What’s the deal with sinkholes?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
51. Can your grandfather’s diet shorten your life?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
52. How the Innocence Project Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
53. How Samurai Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
54. How Ghost Prisons Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
55. Can quicksand kill you?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
56. How Traffic Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
57. Did Thomas Jefferson rewrite the Bible?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
58. What’s the deal with Voodoo?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
59. How do butterfly wings get their color?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
60. How Reincarnation Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
61. What’s the deal with Bond, James Bond?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
62. Taste and How it Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
63. Saunas: More Interesting Than You Think!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
64. Why Ticks Suck. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
65. How Presidential Pardons Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
66. How Quantum Suicide Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
67. What’s so special about Route 66?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
68. How Grow Houses Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
69. Prisons: Not as Fun as You’d Think. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
70. Breathalyzers: Really, Really Complicated. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
71. How the MARS Turbine Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
72. How Sleepwalking Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
73. How Freemasons Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
74. How Cremation Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
75. How are college football rankings determined?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
76. How Crime-Scene Clean-up Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
77. How Customs Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
78. How Mirrors Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
79. What is biospeleology?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
80. Octopus, Octopi, Octopod, Octopuses. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
81. Hypnosis: You’re Getting Sleepy. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
82. How Roller Derby Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
83. Is tone deafness hereditary?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
84. Why would anyone want multiple spouses?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
85. How Knights Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
86. Is science phasing out sleep?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
87. How House Swapping Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
88. How Gender Reassignment Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
89. Can you treat mental illness with psychedelics?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
90. Jealous much?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
91. The Tomb. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
92. Animal Migration: Where’s that gnu gnoing?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
93. Addiction: Why you can’t kick SYSK. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
94. Prohibition: Turns Out That America Loves to Drink. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
95. How Rehab Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
96. Have all the good ideas already been discovered?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
97. Can Lifestraw save the world?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
98. A Rigid, Sterile Look at Kissing. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
99. How Dreadlocks Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
100. How Circumcision Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
101. How the Rules of War Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
102. Green Renovation and Construction. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
103. How Hanukkah Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
104. How Agritourism Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
105. How Migraines Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
106. Why can’t we find Amelia Earhart?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
107. How Homelessness Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
108. How Immigration Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
109. How Volcanoes Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-01-28.

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