Short Stuff: Tulipmania

Short Stuff: Tulipmania

The world experienced its first economic bubble when the Dutch went bonkers for tulips in the 1630s.

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SYSK Selects: Is there treasure on Oak Island?

SYSK Selects: Is there treasure on Oak Island?

Off Nova Scotia, the tiny spit of land called Oak Island has been host to waves of treasure hunters for more than 200 years. Some of them lost their lives in the search for a treasure reputedly buried...

3 Mar 201837min

SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps

SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps

For this special live benefit episode recorded in Atlanta, Josh and Chuck go back to the 70s and look at the decidedly ungroovy course of events that led to Ford recalling its Pinto after people start...

1 Mar 20181h 15min

Knife Throwing: Super Cool

Knife Throwing: Super Cool

Sure knives can cut through a steak or slash through jungle vines, but probably the coolest thing you can do with a knife is throw it. At a person mounted to a wooden wheel. Spinning around. While you...

27 Feb 201842min

SYSK Selects: How the MPAA Works

SYSK Selects: How the MPAA Works

You may be surprised to learn those ubiquitous ratings, from G to NC-17, put on movies in America are actually handed down by anonymous employees of a secretive organization that serves as a lobbying ...

24 Feb 201844min

Rosa Parks: Agent of Change

Rosa Parks: Agent of Change

Rosa Parks finishes out our Black History Month episodes in grand fashion. While most know her from that fateful day on the Montgomery city bus, she actually had a long life as an advocate, protestor ...

22 Feb 201851min

Are Feral Children Real?

Are Feral Children Real?

For millennia people have been amazed by legends of wild children found in the forest or jungle, sometimes raised by animals like wolves or apes. But it turns out these stories may actually be true in...

20 Feb 201842min

SYSK Selects: How the Underground Railroad Worked

SYSK Selects: How the Underground Railroad Worked

As early as 1786, groups assembled to help slaves escape lives of bondage. And, as the 19th century progressed, the emergent Underground Railroad grew more sophisticated in aiding escaped slaves. But ...

17 Feb 201836min

The Harriet Tubman Story

The Harriet Tubman Story

Harriet Tubman is a legendary figure in history, but the details of her life are even more remarkable than what you may have learned in school. Listen in today as Josh and Chuck pay tribute to a true ...

15 Feb 201847min

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