This is a list of episodes from 2012 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|
386 [1] | 1 | "How Yo-Yos Work" | 31 minutes | January 3, 2012 |
387 [2] | 2 | "Was there a curse on King Tut’s tomb?" | 38 minutes | January 5, 2012 |
388 [3] | 3 | "Can you vacation in Antarctica?" | 36 minutes | January 10, 2012 |
389 [4] | 4 | "What’s the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?" | 44 minutes | January 12, 2012 |
390 [5] | 5 | "Are contrails actually chemtrails?" | 32 minutes | January 17, 2012 |
391 [6] | 6 | "How Mexican Wrestling Works" | 40 minutes | January 19, 2012 |
392 [7] | 7 | "How Human Trafficking Works" | 34 minutes | January 24, 2012 |
393 [8] | 8 | "How Floods Work" | 32 minutes | January 26, 2012 |
394 [9] | 9 | "How Magic Mushrooms Work" | 50 minutes | January 31, 2012 |
395 [10] | 10 | "What’s the 10,000 Year Clock?" | 46 minutes | February 2, 2012 |
396 [11] | 11 | "Pickpockets: Artists or Crooks?" | 32 minutes | February 7, 2012 |
397 [12] | 12 | "How Coral Reefs Work" | 35 minutes | February 9, 2012 |
398 [13] | 13 | "How Zero Works" | 30 minutes | February 14, 2012 |
399 [14] | 14 | "How Autopsies Work" | 49 minutes | February 16, 2012 |
400 [15] | 15 | "How Spies Work" | 43 minutes | February 21, 2012 |
401 [16] | 16 | "Fasting: deadly or what?" | 34 minutes | February 23, 2012 |
402 [17] | 17 | "How Crying Works" | 39 minutes | February 28, 2012 |
403 [18] | 18 | "How SETI Works" | 38 minutes | March 1, 2012 |
404 [19] | 19 | "Duels: A guide to throwing down the gauntlet" | 42 minutes | March 6, 2012 |
405 [20] | 20 | "How Noah’s Ark Worked" | 31 minutes | March 8, 2012 |
406 [21] | 21 | "Should chimps be used for medical testing?" | 32 minutes | March 13, 2012 |
407 [22] | 22 | "How the Donner Party Worked" | 36 minutes | March 15, 2012 |
408 [23] | 23 | "How Comic Books: Live from SXSW" | 56 minutes | March 20, 2012 |
409 [24] | 24 | "How Tipping Works" | 50 minutes | March 22, 2012 |
410 [25] | 25 | "10 Big Cases of Revenge" | 44 minutes | March 27, 2012 |
411 [26] | 26 | "How Music Sampling Works" | 44 minutes | March 29, 2012 |
412 [27] | 27 | "How Diamonds Work" | 40 minutes | April 3, 2012 |
413 [28] | 28 | "How Beer Works" | 48 minutes | April 5, 2012 |
414 [29] | 29 | "Was Atlantis a real place?" | 32 minutes | April 10, 2012 |
415 [30] | 30 | "Body Odor: You Stink" | 45 minutes | April 11, 2012 |
416 [31] | 31 | "How Whaling Works" | 35 minutes | April 17, 2012 |
417 [32] | 32 | "Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You’d Think" | 38 minutes | April 19, 2012 |
418 [33] | 33 | "How Air Traffic Control Works" | 39 minutes | April 24, 2012 |
419 [34] | 34 | "How Medical Marijuana Works" | 33 minutes | April 26, 2012 |
420 [35] | 35 | "How did language evolve?" | 27 minutes | May 1, 2012 |
421 [36] | 36 | "How Bullfighting Works" | 44 minutes | May 3, 2012 |
422 [37] | 37 | "Did the Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg?" | 34 minutes | May 8, 2012 |
423 [38] | 38 | "What is a shotgun house?" | 23 minutes | May 10, 2012 |
424 [39] | 39 | "Interpol: World Police" | 32 minutes | May 15, 2012 |
425 [40] | 40 | "What is the future of Earth?" | 33 minutes | May 17, 2012 |
426 [41] | 41 | "How Labor Unions Work" | 48 minutes | May 22, 2012 |
427 [42] | 42 | "Are we obsessed with goals?" | 40 minutes | May 24, 2012 |
428 [43] | 43 | "Do video games produce real-life violence?" | 32 minutes | May 29, 2012 |
429 [44] | 44 | "Can it rain frogs?" | 25 minutes | May 31, 2012 |
430 [45] | 45 | "How Moss Works" | 32 minutes | June 5, 2012 |
431 [46] | 46 | "Fractals: Whoa" | 34 minutes | June 7, 2012 |
432 [47] | 47 | "Should we have a fat tax?" | 35 minutes | June 12, 2012 |
433 [48] | 48 | "Whatever happened to acid rain?" | 30 minutes | June 14, 2012 |
434 [49] | 49 | "How Icebergs Work (Very Cool)" | 38 minutes | June 19, 2012 |
435 [50] | 50 | "10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers" | 36 minutes | June 21, 2012 |
436 [51] | 51 | "Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar" | 50 minutes | June 26, 2012 |
437 [52] | 52 | "What’s the deal with Executive Orders?" | 34 minutes | June 28, 2012 |
438 [53] | 53 | "Is the Dead Sea dead?" | 26 minutes | July 3, 2012 |
439 [54] | 54 | "How Tabloids Work" | 50 minutes | July 5, 2012 |
440 [55] | 55 | "Geysers: Nature’s Innuendo" | 28 minutes | July 10, 2012 |
441 [56] | 56 | "How Lightning Works" | 39 minutes | July 12, 2012 |
442 [57] | 57 | "How Disco Works" | 48 minutes | July 17, 2012 |
443 [58] | 58 | "Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?" | 28 minutes | July 19, 2012 |
444 [59] | 59 | "How White-collar Crime Works" | 44 minutes | July 24, 2012 |
445 [60] | 60 | "How Time Travel Works (Live at SD Comic-Con)" | 27 minutes | July 26, 2012 |
446 [61] | 61 | "How the Musketeers Worked" | 29 minutes | July 31, 2012 |
447 [62] | 62 | "Can we build an elevator to space?" | 30 minutes | August 2, 2012 |
448 [63] | 63 | "How Ramadan Works" | 31 minutes | August 7, 2012 |
449 [64] | 64 | "How Shark Attacks Work" | 39 minutes | August 9, 2012 |
450 [65] | 65 | "The Shark Diaries" | 40 minutes | August 14, 2012 |
451 [66] | 66 | "Did Reagan’s Star Wars program win the Cold War?" | 34 minutes | August 16, 2012 |
452 [67] | 67 | "Why You Probably Have a Criminal Record" | 31 minutes | August 21, 2012 |
453 [68] | 68 | "What happens to abandoned mines?" | 26 minutes | August 23, 2012 |
454 [69] | 69 | "How the Electoral College Works" | 41 minutes | August 28, 2012 |
455 [70] | 70 | "How Flesh-eating Bacteria Work" | 27 minutes | August 30, 2012 |
456 [71] | 71 | "Can you test a nuclear weapon without a fallout?" | 29 minutes | September 4, 2012 |
457 [72] | 72 | "Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish" | 36 minutes | September 6, 2012 |
458 [73] | 73 | "How Asexuality Works" | 34 minutes | September 11, 2012 |
459 [74] | 74 | "How Book Banning Works" | 30 minutes | September 13, 2012 |
460 [75] | 75 | "Are we all Martians?" | 28 minutes | September 18, 2012 |
461 [76] | 76 | "Why does music provoke emotion?" | 64 minutes | September 20, 2012 |
462 [77] | 77 | "Q: Are we in the midst of cyberwar? A: Yes" | 28 minutes | September 25, 2012 |
463 [78] | 78 | "Subways: HUH! What are they good for?" | 43 minutes | September 27, 2012 |
464 [79] | 79 | "How Whiskey Runners Worked" | 30 minutes | October 2, 2012 |
465 [80] | 80 | "How Fire Works" | 28 minutes | October 4, 2012 |
466 [81] | 81 | "How Rainforests Work" | 40 minutes | October 9, 2012 |
467 [82] | 82 | "How Pizza Works!" | 51 minutes | October 11, 2012 |
468 [83] | 83 | "How Black Holes Work" | 31 minutes | October 16, 2012 |
469 [84] | 84 | "How Lion Taming Works" | 28 minutes | October 18, 2012 |
470 [85] | 85 | "How Commercial Jingles Work" | 35 minutes | October 23, 2012 |
471 [86] | 86 | "Exoskeletons: How’s it coming?" | 31 minutes | October 25, 2012 |
472 [87] | 87 | "SYSK’s Halloween Horror Fiction Winner!" | 24 minutes | October 30, 2012 |
473 [88] | 88 | "Is Stockholm Syndrome real?" | 34 minutes | November 1, 2012 |
474 [89] | 89 | "Yakuza: From Samurai to Slot Machines" | 37 minutes | November 6, 2012 |
475 [90] | 90 | "What will happen when we reach the Singularity?" | 40 minutes | November 8, 2012 |
476 [91] | 91 | "How close are we to holographic environments?" | 24 minutes | November 13, 2012 |
477 [92] | 92 | "How Meth Works" | 48 minutes | November 15, 2012 |
478 [93] | 93 | "Should we be designing our children?" | 35 minutes | November 20, 2012 |
479 [94] | 94 | "Philanthropy: Humankind and Loving It" | 46 minutes | November 22, 2012 |
480 [95] | 95 | "Why do leaves change colors in the fall?" | 24 minutes | November 27, 2012 |
481 [96] | 96 | "How Caving Works" | 50 minutes | November 29, 2012 |
482 [97] | 97 | "How Vampires Work" | 49 minutes | December 4, 2012 |
483 [98] | 98 | "Will we reach peak oil?" | 38 minutes | December 6, 2012 |
484 [99] | 99 | "Why isn’t the U.S. on the metric system?" | 37 minutes | December 11, 2012 |
485 [100] | 100 | "How Condoms Work" | 62 minutes | December 13, 2012 |
486 [101] | 101 | "Lab-grown meat: Order up!" | 29 minutes | December 18, 2012 |
487 [102] | 102 | "How Barbie® Doll Works" | 62 minutes | December 20, 2012 |
488 [103] | 103 | "Josh and Chuck’s Christmas Extravaganza 2012" | 46 minutes | December 21, 2012 |
489 [104] | 104 | "How Dog Shows Work" | 41 minutes | December 27, 2012 |
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