SYSK Selects: How the Donner Party Worked
Did they or didn't they? There is plenty of written evidence that the ill-fated Donner Party resorted to cannibalism - except there are no bones. Learn the details of one of the worst disasters of the...
22 Jun 201937min
What happened to the Neanderthals?
As recently as 40,000 years ago we lived among humans from an entirely different species – Neanderthals. About the same time our species showed up, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Just what happened t...
20 Jun 201950min
Short Stuff: Emperor Norton
After a San Francisco real estate mogul went bankrupt, he reinvented himself as the Emperor of the United States – and became the city’s most celebrated resident. Learn more about your ad-choices at...
19 Jun 201914min
How the Hygiene Hypothesis Works
In the early 90s, a new study that found that kids who are exposed to more germs early in life are less likely to develop allergies later. With the West in the grip of a full-blown immunity crisis (st...
18 Jun 201944min
SYSK Selects: What's the Deal with Crop Circles?
For a while in the 1980s, people were fascinated and confused about what exactly crop circles were. Now we know that they aren't signs left from aliens, but art made by humans. Learn all about these s...
15 Jun 201939min
How Area 51 Works
The secret military base Area 51 is inextricably linked to every secret, shady project the US government is rumored to be involved in – from reverse-engineering alien technology to coordinating a one-...
13 Jun 201950min
Short Stuff: Smoke Signals
Were smoke signals real or a Hollywood invention? Turns out, they were indeed a thing and invented by the Chinese, even. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee o...
12 Jun 201914min
What's the gig economy?
The gig economy is not new, but it's bigger than ever. Is that a good thing? We'll discuss that today! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/liste...
11 Jun 201943min
