This is a list of episodes from 2009 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
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74 [1] | 1 | "How Midnight Regulations Work" | 24 minutes | January 1, 2009 |
75 [2] | 2 | "How Exorcism Works" | 18 minutes | January 6, 2009 |
76 [3] | 3 | "How Body Armor Works: A Special Request" | 17 minutes | January 8, 2009 |
77 [4] | 4 | "What are urban explorers?" | 16 minutes | January 13, 2009 |
78 [5] | 5 | "How Redheads Work" | 16 minutes | January 15, 2009 |
79 [6] | 6 | "Recycling and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch" | 24 minutes | January 20, 2009 |
80 [7] | 7 | "How Moonshine Works" | 24 minutes | January 22, 2009 |
81 [8] | 8 | "How Comas Work" | 24 minutes | January 27, 2009 |
82 [9] | 9 | "How Hypoallergenic Cats Work" | 15 minutes | January 29, 2009 |
83 [10] | 10 | "Why do some people believe the moon landings were a hoax?" | 18 minutes | February 3, 2009 |
84 [11] | 11 | "Why is it so hard to say “toy boat” three times fast?" | 17 minutes | February 5, 2009 |
85 [12] | 12 | "How long can you go without food and water?" | 22 minutes | February 10, 2009 |
86 [13] | 13 | "How Friday the 13th Works" | 21 minutes | February 12, 2009 |
87 [14] | 14 | "How Squatting Works" | 21 minutes | February 17, 2009 |
88 [15] | 15 | "How Going Over Niagara Works" | 26 minutes | February 19, 2009 |
89 [16] | 16 | "Can people really die of fright?" | 17 minutes | February 24, 2009 |
90 [17] | 17 | "How Junk Mail Works" | 19 minutes | February 26, 2009 |
91 [18] | 18 | "Could a ‘thinking cap’ make me a genius?" | 20 minutes | March 3, 2009 |
92 [19] | 19 | "Who owns the oceans?" | 23 minutes | March 10, 2009 |
93 [20] | 20 | "How Aphrodisiacs Work" | 21 minutes | March 12, 2009 |
94 [21] | 21 | "What are microexpressions?" | 17 minutes | March 17, 2009 |
95 [22] | 22 | "Can anger be a good thing?" | 19 minutes | March 19, 2009 |
96 [23] | 23 | "How Déjà Vu Works" | 24 minutes | March 24, 2009 |
97 [24] | 24 | "Are there dead bodies on Mount Everest?" | 25 minutes | March 26, 2009 |
98 [25] | 25 | "Is the world going to end in 2012?" | 24 minutes | March 31, 2009 |
99 [26] | 26 | "Bizarre Ways to Die" | 21 minutes | April 2, 2009 |
100 [27] | 27 | "How can some centenarians lead unhealthy lives?" | 25 minutes | April 7, 2009 |
101 [28] | 28 | "How Ponzi Schemes Work" | 26 minutes | April 9, 2009 |
102 [29] | 29 | "How Money Laundering Works" | 26 minutes | April 14, 2009 |
103 [30] | 30 | "Do toads cause warts?" | 22 minutes | April 16, 2009 |
104 [31] | 31 | "How much money do I really need to live?" | 22 minutes | April 21, 2009 |
105 [32] | 32 | "How Face Transplants Work" | 24 minutes | April 23, 2009 |
106 [33] | 33 | "Is high fructose corn syrup bad for you?" | 18 minutes | April 28, 2009 |
107 [34] | 34 | "How do credit default swaps work?" | 21 minutes | April 30, 2009 |
108 [35] | 35 | "Why do humans have body hair?" | 21 minutes | May 5, 2009 |
109 [36] | 36 | "How can a lake explode?" | 24 minutes | May 7, 2009 |
110 [37] | 37 | "What causes rigor mortis?" | 19 minutes | May 12, 2009 |
111 [38] | 38 | "Is it better to buy local or organic food?" | 29 minutes | May 14, 2009 |
112 [39] | 39 | "How Lobotomies Work" | 32 minutes | May 19, 2009 |
113 [40] | 40 | "Do animals have a sixth sense?" | 20 minutes | May 21, 2009 |
114 [41] | 41 | "How Propaganda Works" | 34 minutes | May 26, 2009 |
115 [42] | 42 | "Is spontaneous human combustion real?" | 20 minutes | May 28, 2009 |
116 [43] | 43 | "What’s a brownfield remediation project?" | 18 minutes | June 2, 2009 |
117 [44] | 44 | "How Biohydrocarbons Work" | 24 minutes | June 4, 2009 |
118 [45] | 45 | "How did Nikola Tesla change the way we use energy?" | 26 minutes | June 9, 2009 |
119 [46] | 46 | "How Carbon Capture and Storage Works" | 29 minutes | June 11, 2009 |
120 [47] | 47 | "Three Innovations We Need Right Now" | 26 minutes | June 16, 2009 |
121 [48] | 48 | "What exactly is the Peter Principle?" | 23 minutes | June 18, 2009 |
122 [49] | 49 | "Can you control your dreams?" | 26 minutes | June 23, 2009 |
123 [50] | 50 | "How Body Dysmorphic Disorder Works" | 24 minutes | June 25, 2009 |
124 [51] | 51 | "How Earthquakes Work" | 26 minutes | June 30, 2009 |
125 [52] | 52 | "How can hypermiling save you gas?" | 22 minutes | July 2, 2009 |
126 [53] | 53 | "Is it possible to brainwash someone?" | 27 minutes | July 7, 2009 |
127 [54] | 54 | "How Twinkies Work" | 25 minutes | July 9, 2009 |
128 [55] | 55 | "How has toxoplasma turned the world into zombies?" | 20 minutes | July 14, 2009 |
129 [56] | 56 | "What is a body farm?" | 25 minutes | July 16, 2009 |
130 [57] | 57 | "Are stupid people happier?" | 21 minutes | July 21, 2009 |
131 [58] | 58 | "Three Gross Parasites" | 28 minutes | July 23, 2009 |
132 [59] | 59 | "What are tinnovators?" | 24 minutes | July 28, 2009 |
133 [60] | 60 | "How Whale Sharks Work" | 27 minutes | July 30, 2009 |
134 [61] | 61 | "How Agent Orange Worked" | 25 minutes | August 4, 2009 |
135 [62] | 62 | "What’s up with competitive eating?" | 28 minutes | August 6, 2009 |
136 [63] | 63 | "What are Japanese stragglers?" | 29 minutes | August 11, 2009 |
137 [64] | 64 | "Is fluoride making us stupid?" | 26 minutes | August 13, 2009 |
138 [65] | 65 | "What’s sarcopenia and what can you do about it?" | 22 minutes | August 18, 2009 |
139 [66] | 66 | "Is the Necronomicon real?" | 30 minutes | August 20, 2009 |
140 [67] | 67 | "How easy is it to steal a nuclear bomb?" | 26 minutes | August 25, 2009 |
141 [68] | 68 | "How Muppets Work" | 32 minutes | August 27, 2009 |
142 [69] | 69 | "Why is the U.S. so dependent on cars?" | 30 minutes | September 1, 2009 |
143 [70] | 70 | "What is an Ig Nobel Prize?" | 23 minutes | September 3, 2009 |
144 [71] | 71 | "What is geocaching?" | 27 minutes | September 8, 2009 |
145 [72] | 72 | "Could microlending develop the world?" | 27 minutes | September 10, 2009 |
146 [73] | 73 | "How Health Care in the United States Works Right Now" | 31 minutes | September 15, 2009 |
147 [74] | 74 | "How do dogs perceive time?" | 25 minutes | September 17, 2009 |
148 [75] | 75 | "President Obama’s Health Care Plan: Soup to Nuts" | 29 minutes | September 22, 2009 |
149 [76] | 76 | "Do zombies really exist?" | 36 minutes | September 24, 2009 |
150 [77] | 77 | "Rumors, Myths and Truths Behind Obama’s Health Care Plan" | 34 minutes | September 29, 2009 |
151 [78] | 78 | "Is Bhutan on to something with Gross National Happiness?" | 33 minutes | October 1, 2009 |
152 [79] | 79 | "Health Care Systems Around the World" | 32 minutes | October 6, 2009 |
153 [80] | 80 | "Who were the first Americans?" | 29 minutes | October 8, 2009 |
154 [81] | 81 | "How to Find the History of Your House" | 26 minutes | October 13, 2009 |
155 [82] | 82 | "What is a hangover, really?" | 31 minutes | October 15, 2009 |
156 [83] | 83 | "What is China’s one-child policy?" | 25 minutes | October 20, 2009 |
157 [84] | 84 | "How the Cannonball Run Worked" | 30 minutes | October 22, 2009 |
158 [85] | 85 | "How Witness Protection Works" | 26 minutes | October 27, 2009 |
159 [86] | 86 | "The Real How Jack the Ripper Worked" | 39 minutes | October 29, 2009 |
160 [87] | 87 | "Can you remember being born?" | 26 minutes | November 3, 2009 |
161 [88] | 88 | "How Product Placement Works" | 33 minutes | November 5, 2009 |
162 [89] | 89 | "How will the future crime database work?" | 28 minutes | November 10, 2009 |
163 [90] | 90 | "How Population Works" | 28 minutes | November 12, 2009 |
164 [91] | 91 | "What’s the deal with totem poles?" | 20 minutes | November 17, 2009 |
165 [92] | 92 | "10 Odd Town Festivals" | 26 minutes | November 19, 2009 |
166 [93] | 93 | "What is Mutual Assured Destruction?" | 24 minutes | November 24, 2009 |
167 [94] | 94 | "How Hostage Negotiation Works" | 28 minutes | November 26, 2009 |
168 [95] | 95 | "How Food Cravings Work" | 29 minutes | December 1, 2009 |
169 [96] | 96 | "How Near-Death Experiences Work" | 26 minutes | December 3, 2009 |
170 [97] | 97 | "Will the Large Hadron Collider destroy the Earth?" | 34 minutes | December 8, 2009 |
171 [98] | 98 | "How the Hells Angels Work" | 34 minutes | December 10, 2009 |
172 [99] | 99 | "How Narco States Work" | 31 minutes | December 15, 2009 |
173 [100] | 100 | "How Kleptomania Works" | 25 minutes | December 17, 2009 |
174 [101] | 101 | "Do concussions cause early death?" | 26 minutes | December 22, 2009 |
175 [102] | 102 | "How Christmas Worked" | 27 minutes | December 24, 2009 |
176 [103] | 103 | "How Pirates Work" | 32 minutes | December 29, 2009 |
177 [104] | 104 | "How Human Experimentation Works" | 27 minutes | December 31, 2009 |
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