This is a list of episodes from 2013 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|
490 [1] | 1 | "How Bigfoot Works" | 35 minutes | January 1, 2013 |
491 [2] | 2 | "What was America’s first terrorist threat?" | 27 minutes | January 3, 2013 |
492 [3] | 3 | "Can you outrun an alligator in a zig-zag?" | 25 minutes | January 8, 2013 |
493 [4] | 4 | "Why do men have nipples?" | 23 minutes | January 10, 2013 |
494 [5] | 5 | "How Death Masks Work" | 31 minutes | January 15, 2013 |
495 [6] | 6 | "Does the five-second rule work?" | 33 minutes | January 17, 2013 |
496 [7] | 7 | "How Alien Hand Syndrome Works" | 15 minutes | January 19, 2013 |
497 [8] | 8 | "How the Frick Fracking Works" | 45 minutes | January 22, 2013 |
498 [9] | 9 | "Fecal Transplants: You Gonna Drink That Poop?" | 32 minutes | January 24, 2013 |
499 [10] | 10 | "How Bees Work" | 43 minutes | January 27, 2013 |
500 [11] | 11 | "How Stuntmen (and -women) Work" | 39 minutes | January 29, 2013 |
501 [12] | 12 | "How Gold Works" | 45 minutes | February 1, 2013 |
502 [13] | 13 | "How Garbage-powered Cars Could Work" | 25 minutes | February 5, 2013 |
503 [14] | 14 | "How Willpower Works" | 31 minutes | February 8, 2013 |
504 [15] | 15 | "How Weather Modification Works" | 32 minutes | February 9, 2013 |
505 [16] | 16 | "How Jet Lag Works" | 34 minutes | February 12, 2013 |
506 [17] | 17 | "Myths About the Brain" | 24 minutes | February 14, 2013 |
507 [18] | 18 | "How Surfing Works" | 49 minutes | February 19, 2013 |
508 [19] | 19 | "What Would Happen If the World Stopped Spinning?" | 20 minutes | February 21, 2013 |
509 [20] | 20 | "How CPR Works" | 29 minutes | February 26, 2013 |
510 [21] | 21 | "How the Papacy Works" | 34 minutes | March 1, 2013 |
511 [22] | 22 | "What Makes a One-hit Wonder?" | 29 minutes | March 5, 2013 |
512 [23] | 23 | "Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?" | 21 minutes | March 7, 2013 |
513 [24] | 24 | "Can We Build an Elevator to Space?" | 30 minutes | March 9, 2013 |
514 [25] | 25 | "How Police Sketches Work" | 39 minutes | March 12, 2013 |
515 [26] | 26 | "How the U.S. Postal Service Works" | 45 minutes | March 13, 2013 |
516 [27] | 27 | "How Apartheid Worked" | 37 minutes | March 18, 2013 |
517 [28] | 28 | "Gesundheit! How Allergies Work" | 27 minutes | March 21, 2013 |
518 [29] | 29 | "What was the most peaceful time in history?" | 28 minutes | March 26, 2013 |
519 [30] | 30 | "How No-fly Zones Work" | 27 minutes | March 28, 2013 |
520 [31] | 31 | "How the Panama Canal Works" | 33 minutes | April 1, 2013 |
521 [32] | 32 | "How Grief Works" | 42 minutes | April 1, 2013 |
522 [33] | 33 | "What’s the deal with duckbill platypuses?" | 25 minutes | April 9, 2013 |
523 [34] | 34 | "Do men and women have different brains?" | 26 minutes | April 11, 2013 |
524 [35] | 35 | "How Marriage Works" | 41 minutes | April 16, 2013 |
525 [36] | 36 | "Uses of the Insanity Defense" | 31 minutes | April 18, 2013 |
526 [37] | 37 | "How Magnets Work" | 36 minutes | April 23, 2013 |
527 [38] | 38 | "What makes us yawn?" | 29 minutes | April 25, 2013 |
528 [39] | 39 | "Is there such a thing as a truth serum?" | 37 minutes | April 30, 2013 |
529 [40] | 40 | "How Dungeons and Dragons Works" | 48 minutes | May 2, 2013 |
530 [41] | 41 | "How Fair Trade Works" | 30 minutes | May 7, 2013 |
531 [42] | 42 | "How Foot Binding Worked" | 28 minutes | May 9, 2013 |
532 [43] | 43 | "How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works" | 26 minutes | May 14, 2013 |
533 [44] | 44 | "How Aerosol Cans Work" | 24 minutes | May 16, 2013 |
534 [45] | 45 | "How Cicadas Work" | 30 minutes | May 21, 2013 |
535 [46] | 46 | "How PTSD Works" | 40 minutes | May 23, 2013 |
536 [47] | 47 | "How Police Chases Work" | 27 minutes | May 28, 2013 |
537 [48] | 48 | "How Coffins Work" | 41 minutes | May 30, 2013 |
538 [49] | 49 | "What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?" | 34 minutes | June 4, 2013 |
539 [50] | 50 | "How do trees affect the weather?" | 28 minutes | June 6, 2013 |
540 [51] | 51 | "How Drag Queens Work" | 43 minutes | June 11, 2013 |
541 [52] | 52 | "Capgras Syndrome: You Are Not Who You Think You Are" | 26 minutes | June 13, 2013 |
542 [53] | 53 | "How Bitcoin Works" | 37 minutes | June 18, 2013 |
543 [54] | 54 | "How Ghosts Work" | 43 minutes | June 20, 2013 |
544 [55] | 55 | "What’s the deal with Rasputin’s death?" | 32 minutes | June 25, 2013 |
545 [56] | 56 | "How Burning Man Works" | 33 minutes | June 27, 2013 |
546 [57] | 57 | "How Pollen Works" | 29 minutes | July 2, 2013 |
547 [58] | 58 | "How Miranda Rights Work" | 30 minutes | July 5, 2013 |
548 [59] | 59 | "10 Medieval Torture Devices" | 36 minutes | July 9, 2013 |
549 [60] | 60 | "How Hip-hop Works" | 52 minutes | July 11, 2013 |
550 [61] | 61 | "How Building Implosions Work" | 36 minutes | July 16, 2013 |
551 [62] | 62 | "Who owns an abandoned house?" | 31 minutes | July 18, 2013 |
552 [63] | 63 | "Why should you never scare a vulture?" | 32 minutes | July 23, 2013 |
553 [64] | 64 | "How Maps Work" | 41 minutes | July 25, 2013 |
554 [65] | 65 | "How LARP Works" | 35 minutes | July 30, 2013 |
555 [66] | 66 | "How Fingerprinting Works" | 35 minutes | August 1, 2013 |
556 [67] | 67 | "How Horseshoes Work" | 31 minutes | August 6, 2013 |
557 [68] | 68 | "The Shark Diaries" | 40 minutes | August 7, 2013 |
558 [69] | 69 | "How does a diving bell work?" | 31 minutes | August 8, 2013 |
559 [70] | 70 | "Why was Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier?" | 37 minutes | August 13, 2013 |
560 [71] | 71 | "How Cockroaches Work" | 44 minutes | August 15, 2013 |
561 [72] | 72 | "How Ejection Seats Work" | 39 minutes | August 20, 2013 |
562 [73] | 73 | "History’s Greatest Traitors" | 45 minutes | August 22, 2013 |
563 [74] | 74 | "How Broken Bones Work" | 43 minutes | August 27, 2013 |
564 [75] | 75 | "How did 168 conquistadors take down the Inca empire?" | 40 minutes | August 29, 2013 |
565 [76] | 76 | "How the Rosetta Stone Works" | 38 minutes | September 3, 2013 |
566 [77] | 77 | "How much money is in the world?" | 36 minutes | September 5, 2013 |
567 [78] | 78 | "How Breast Implants Work" | 60 minutes | September 10, 2013 |
568 [79] | 79 | "Can you die of a broken heart?" | 29 minutes | September 12, 2013 |
569 [80] | 80 | "How IEDs Work" | 35 minutes | September 17, 2013 |
570 [81] | 81 | "How Dying Works" | 64 minutes | September 19, 2013 |
571 [82] | 82 | "How Crack Works" | 49 minutes | September 24, 2013 |
572 [83] | 83 | "Does owning a gun change your behavior?" | 33 minutes | September 26, 2013 |
573 [84] | 84 | "What’s the deal with diplomatic immunity?" | 41 minutes | September 30, 2013 |
574 [85] | 85 | "Can NASA predict natural disasters?" | 28 minutes | October 3, 2013 |
575 [86] | 86 | "Did Archimedes build a death ray?" | 36 minutes | October 8, 2013 |
576 [87] | 87 | "How Handwriting Analysis Works" | 43 minutes | October 10, 2013 |
577 [88] | 88 | "How the Maori Work" | 40 minutes | October 14, 2013 |
578 [89] | 89 | "10 Easy Ways to Save Money" | 45 minutes | October 17, 2013 |
579 [90] | 90 | "How Guide Dogs Work" | 40 minutes | October 21, 2013 |
580 [91] | 91 | "How Revisionist History Works" | 45 minutes | October 24, 2013 |
581 [92] | 92 | "How Ouija Boards Work" | 34 minutes | October 29, 2013 |
582 [93] | 93 | "The Empty House" | 40 minutes | October 30, 2013 |
583 [94] | 94 | "What’s with the Winchester Mystery House?" | 34 minutes | October 31, 2013 |
584 [95] | 95 | "How Chess Works" | 49 minutes | November 5, 2013 |
585 [96] | 96 | "How Lewis and Clark Worked" | 55 minutes | November 7, 2013 |
586 [97] | 97 | "Some Interesting Things You Didn’t Know About Stephen Hawking" | 33 minutes | November 12, 2013 |
587 [98] | 98 | "How Werewolves Work" | 35 minutes | November 14, 2013 |
588 [99] | 99 | "How Chocolate Works" | 41 minutes | November 19, 2013 |
589 [100] | 100 | "Who killed JFK?" | 47 minutes | November 21, 2013 |
590 [101] | 101 | "Is there a scientific formula for funny?" | 43 minutes | November 25, 2013 |
591 [102] | 102 | "How Black Friday Works" | 40 minutes | November 27, 2013 |
592 [103] | 103 | "How Castration Works" | 42 minutes | December 3, 2013 |
593 [104] | 104 | "How Maglev Trains Work" | 33 minutes | December 5, 2013 |
594 [105] | 105 | "How HeLa Cells Work" | 27 minutes | December 10, 2013 |
595 [106] | 106 | "How Underwater Tunnels Work" | 34 minutes | December 11, 2013 |
596 [107] | 107 | "How Manhunts Work" | 35 minutes | December 16, 2013 |
597 [108] | 108 | "Is lethal injection humane?" | 45 minutes | December 19, 2013 |
598 [109] | 109 | "Josh and Chuck’s Warm and Cozy Christmas Extravaganza 2013" | 45 minutes | December 24, 2013 |
599 [110] | 110 | "How Fire Breathing Works" | 32 minutes | December 26, 2013 |
600 [111] | 111 | "Will solar sails take us to the stars?" | 25 minutes | December 30, 2013 |
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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published seven books: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000); Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005); Outliers: The Story of Success (2008); What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009), a collection of his journalism; David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (2013); Talking To Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know (2019) and The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War (2021). His first five books were on The New York Times Best Seller list. He is also the host of the podcast Revisionist History and co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries.
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