Selects: How Famines Work

Selects: How Famines Work

It's common knowledge that famines are usually caused by major droughts: Rain doesn't fall, crops don't grow, and people go hungry. But recent research suggests that while weather may trigger famines, they may actually be more of a human-made catastrophe. Find out more in this classic episode.

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How Orchids Work

How Orchids Work

Ever since Victorian orchid hunters ravaged the tropics in search of unique specimens to sell for ludicrous amounts of money, the West has been gripped by orchidelirium. Small wonder since orchids are...

2 Tammi 201850min

SYSK Selects: How Willpower Works

SYSK Selects: How Willpower Works

You use it every day to overcome your lower self (which wants you to eat cake until your vision blurs) in pursuit of the goals of your higher self (which wants you to not develop Type-II diabetes). Ye...

30 Joulu 201730min

How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part II

How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part II

We finish our tour of the best sights of the ancient world when we get deep into the history of a lighthouse that stood for 1200 years, an unsettling statue of Zeus, the world’s first mausoleum, and C...

28 Joulu 201745min

How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part I

How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part I

Long before slide rulers and pocket protectors, civilizations across the world used their noggins to build some impressive structures. Almost all have crumbled to ruins over the millennium, but thanks...

26 Joulu 201742min

SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978

SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978

Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best...

23 Joulu 201754min

The 2017 SYSK Christmas Extravaganza!

The 2017 SYSK Christmas Extravaganza!

It's the most wonderful episode of the year! Join Josh and Chuck as they ride their sleigh through the debate over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie, the Rockefeller Center tree, a boozy holiday r...

21 Joulu 201755min

Narcissism: But what about me?

Narcissism: But what about me?

This week Josh and Chuck dive into the world of narcissism, one of the most perplexing and disturbing disorders humans can have. Learn all you ever cared to know about people who largely are centered ...

19 Joulu 20171h

SYSK Selects: How Population Works

SYSK Selects: How Population Works

Population may not seem like the most scintillating topic in the world, but Josh and Chuck beg to differ. Join them as they explore how population works, from demographics to population control, in th...

16 Joulu 201729min

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