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.
2402 episodes transcribedCaffeine is a heck of a drug - at the same time it's both good and bad for you. Learn the good, bad and ugly about this everyday stimulant in this cla...
Human papilloma virus, HPV, is an unusually common bug among humans. Most of the time it’s benign and your body manages to overcome the infection. Som...
Sitzpinklers - men who sit down to pee - is a big thing in Germany, and a handful of other places. And if Josh and Chuck have any say it’ll catch on l...
The founding of New England by the Puritans is quite a story. Today, we dive into who those people were.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...
Becoming the first licensed woman physician in America was tough, convincing male surgeons to wash their hands between patients was even tougher. In t...
Salsa is one of the great inventions of the culinary world. Here in the USA it's mainly a vehicle for tortilla chips. In Mexico, it's more like a sauc...
If you’re a mobster and you can’t make money off of booze any longer what should you move to next? How about milk?See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...
There aren’t too many people walking around today who get a pass from the entire world for anything remotely negative they do or say. That’s just how...
In this classic episode, we finish revisiting our 2017 tour of the best sights of the ancient world when we get deep into the history of a lighthouse...
Women inventors have always had a tough time, for obvious reasons. So we're here today to pay tribute to those who persevered in the face of the laws...
While it sounds like something out of a movie, some POWs in WWII really held an Olympics. And it happened more than once. See omnystudio.com/listener...
Dopamine is perhaps the most talked-about, most misunderstood biochemical in our bodies. It’s linked to not only addiction and depravity, but also foc...
If you've ever worked in a restaurant, you know the feeling that occurs when the health inspector pays a visit. While nerve wracking, it's the best in...
When paperboys stopped delivering a couple of very big newspapers in 1899 it was a big deal. Big enough that the two biggest publishers in the world g...
The story of what happened to the car that James Dean crashed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Whistling is pretty cool when you think about it because it can mean many things, from simple happy tunes to legit communication. Learn all about this...
Long before slide rulers and pocket protectors, civilizations across the world used their noggins to build some impressive structures. Almost all have...
Wikipedia changed the world. Before it came along, you had to go to the library to get the answers you sought. And you and your friends had to just ag...
Those armrests in the middle of benches aren’t just for your comfort, they’re intended to keep the homeless from laying on them. Cities are filled wit...
In almost every part of the world, in some form or fashion, widows have things harder than they did when their spouses were alive. In some places it m...
