This is a list of episodes from 2019 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1125 [1] | 1 | "Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years" | 50 minutes | January 1, 2019 |
| 1126 [2] | 2 | "What was the Tunguska event?" | 47 minutes | January 3, 2019 |
| 1127 [3] | 3 | "How the Spanish Flu Worked" | 63 minutes | January 8, 2019 |
| 1128 [4] | 4 | "The Great Finger in the Wendy’s Chili Caper" | 49 minutes | January 10, 2019 |
| 1129 [5] | 5 | "How Airbags Work" | 45 minutes | January 15, 2019 |
| 1130 [6] | 6 | "The July 20th Plot to Assassinate Hitler" | 52 minutes | January 17, 2019 |
| 1131 [7] | 7 | "SYSK Live: The Kellogg Brothers’ Wacky World of Health" | 76 minutes | January 22, 2019 |
| 1132 [8] | 8 | "The Legend of Betsy Ross" | 47 minutes | January 24, 2019 |
| 1133 [9] | 9 | "How Ping Pong Works" | 62 minutes | January 29, 2019 |
| 1134 [10] | 10 | "How Central Park Works" | 58 minutes | January 31, 2019 |
| 1135 [11] | 11 | "The Insidious Abuse of Stalking" | 62 minutes | February 5, 2019 |
| 1136 [12] | 12 | "The True Story of BlacKkKlansman" | 50 minutes | February 7, 2019 |
| 1137 [13] | 13 | "Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster?" | 67 minutes | February 12, 2019 |
| 1138 [14] | 14 | "Elephants: The Best Animals?" | 66 minutes | February 14, 2019 |
| 1139 [15] | 15 | "Yeti: The Asian Bigfoot" | 50 minutes | February 19, 2019 |
| 1140 [16] | 16 | "How Galaxies Work" | 51 minutes | February 21, 2019 |
| 1141 [17] | 17 | "The Science of Break-Ups" | 65 minutes | February 26, 2019 |
| 1142 [18] | 18 | "Tuskegee Airmen: American Heroes" | 52 minutes | February 28, 2019 |
| 1150 [19] | 19 | "What's the deal with ASMR?" | 51 minutes | March 5, 2019 |
| 1143 [20] | 20 | "How Dyslexia Works" | 48 minutes | March 7, 2019 |
| 1144 [21] | 21 | "The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti" | 60 minutes | March 12, 2019 |
| 1145 [22] | 22 | "The Great Stink: The Stench So Bad They Gave It A Name" | 40 minutes | March 14, 2019 |
| 1146 [23] | 23 | "Desert Survival: Josh and Chuck Save Your Tookus" | 50 minutes | March 19, 2019 |
| 1147 [24] | 24 | "How Disgust Works" | 59 minutes | March 21, 2019 |
| 1148 [25] | 25 | "How Druids Worked" | 59 minutes | March 26, 2019 |
| 1149 [26] | 26 | "Etch A Sketch!" | 44 minutes | March 28, 2019 |
| 1151 [27] | 27 | "How Rape Kits Work" | 55 minutes | April 2, 2019 |
| 1152 [28] | 28 | "Were Nazis Drug-Fueled Crankheads?" | 50 minutes | April 4, 2019 |
| 1153 [29] | 29 | "How Free Range Parenting Works" | 56 minutes | April 9, 2019 |
| 1154 [30] | 30 | "How the Electric Chair Works" | 65 minutes | April 11, 2019 |
| 1155 [31] | 31 | "How the Hoover Dam Works, Part I" | 51 minutes | April 16, 2019 |
| 1156 [32] | 32 | "How the Hoover Dam Works, Part II" | 47 minutes | April 18, 2019 |
| 1157 [33] | 33 | "Is birth order important?" | 56 minutes | April 23, 2019 |
| 1158 [34] | 34 | "What Were Human Zoos?" | 46 minutes | April 25, 2019 |
| 1159 [35] | 35 | "Michael Dillon: Trans Pioneer" | 60 minutes | April 30, 2019 |
| 1160 [36] | 36 | "What Happens When the Government Thinks You're Dead?" | 44 minutes | May 2, 2019 |
| 1161 [37] | 37 | "Remembering Live Aid" | 57 minutes | May 7, 2019 |
| 1162 [38] | 38 | "Do Dietary Supplements Work?" | 60 minutes | May 9, 2019 |
| 1163 [39] | 39 | "How Trampolines Work" | 59 minutes | May 14, 2019 |
| 1164 [40] | 40 | "10ish Cases of Really Bad Luck" | 55 minutes | May 16, 2019 |
| 1165 [41] | 41 | "How Crystals Work" | 54 minutes | May 21, 2019 |
| 1166 [42] | 42 | "What was Tin Pan Alley?" | 46 minutes | May 23, 2019 |
| 1167 [43] | 43 | "The Tylenol Murders, Part I" | 50 minutes | May 28, 2019 |
| 1168 [44] | 44 | "The Tylenol Murders, Part II" | 51 minutes | May 30, 2019 |
| 1169 [45] | 45 | "How Barcodes Work" | 59 minutes | June 4, 2019 |
| 1170 [46] | 46 | "What is perfect pitch?" | 48 minutes | June 6, 2019 |
| 1171 [47] | 47 | "What's the gig economy?" | 48 minutes | June 11, 2019 |
| 1172 [48] | 48 | "How Area 51 Works" | 56 minutes | June 13, 2019 |
| 1173 [49] | 49 | "How the Hygiene Hypothesis Works" | 50 minutes | June 18, 2019 |
| 1174 [50] | 50 | "What happened to the Neanderthals?" | 55 minutes | June 20, 2019 |
| 1175 [51] | 51 | "Planned Obsolescence: Engine of the Consumer Economy" | 62 minutes | June 25, 2019 |
| 1176 [52] | 52 | "What is the Civil Air Patrol?" | 50 minutes | June 27, 2019 |
| 1177 [53] | 53 | "Is photographic memory a real thing?" | 50 minutes | June 2, 2019 |
| 1178 [54] | 54 | "How the Fairness Doctrine Worked" | 58 minutes | June 4, 2019 |
| 1179 [55] | 55 | "Cleopatra: Ms. Understood" | 56 minutes | June 9, 2019 |
| 1180 [56] | 56 | "How Sloths Work" | 60 minutes | June 11, 2019 |
| 1181 [57] | 57 | "How Going to the Moon Works" | 59 minutes | June 16, 2019 |
| 1182 [58] | 58 | "Sand Dunes: They Are What You Think They Are" | 47 minutes | June 18, 2019 |
| 1183 [59] | 59 | "MOVE: Or When the Philly Police Dropped a Bomb on a Residential Neighborhood" | 57 minutes | June 23, 2019 |
| 1184 [60] | 60 | "How Eyewitness Testimony Works(?)" | 61 minutes | June 25, 2019 |
| 1185 [61] | 61 | "Will Deepfakes Ruin the World?" | 49 minutes | April 30, 2019 |
| 1186 [62] | 62 | "What Were the BONE WARS?" | 58 minutes | August 1, 2019 |
| 1187 [63] | 63 | "Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1" | 51 minutes | August 6, 2019 |
| 1188 [64] | 64 | "Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2" | 49 minutes | August 8, 2019 |
| 1189 [65] | 65 | "Solar Power: The Future or What?" | 66 minutes | August 13, 2019 |
| 1190 [66] | 66 | "How Peyote Works" | 46 minutes | August 15, 2019 |
| 1191 [67] | 67 | "Nuclear Semiotics: How to Talk to Future Humans" | 59 minutes | August 20, 2019 |
| 1192 [68] | 68 | "How Ventriloquism Works" | 54 minutes | August 22, 2019 |
| 1193 [69] | 69 | "A Brief Overview of Punk Rock" | 57 minutes | August 27, 2019 |
| 1194 [70] | 70 | "The Rubik's Cube Episode" | 54 minutes | August 29, 2019 |
| 1195 [71] | 71 | "Ed Gein: The Serial Killer's Serial Killer" | 52 minutes | September 3, 2019 |
| 1196 [72] | 72 | "What's the deal with MSG?" | 61 minutes | September 5, 2019 |
| 1197 [73] | 73 | "How Government Shutdowns Work" | 58 minutes | September 10, 2019 |
| 1198 [74] | 74 | "Special Effects: A Short History" | 60 minutes | September 12, 2019 |
| 1199 [75] | 75 | "The Skinny on Lyme Disease" | 53 minutes | September 17, 2019 |
| 1200 [76] | 76 | "How the US Interstate System Works" | 66 minutes | September 19, 2019 |
| 1201 [77] | 77 | "We Are Running Out of Sand and That Actually Matters" | 51 minutes | September 24, 2019 |
| 1202 [78] | 78 | "What are paraphilias?" | 57 minutes | September 26, 2019 |
| 1203 [79] | 79 | "Guardian Angels: Behind the Red Beret" | 105 minutes | October 1, 2019 |
| 1204 [80] | 80 | "What were the Freedom Schools?" | 51 minutes | October 3, 2019 |
| 1205 [81] | 81 | "How Environmental Psychology Works" | 54 minutes | October 8, 2019 |
| 1206 [82] | 82 | "The Ins and Outs of Beekeeping" | 69 minutes | October 10, 2019 |
| 1207 [83] | 83 | "How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt I" | 46 minutes | October 15, 2019 |
| 1208 [84] | 84 | "How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt II" | 49 minutes | October 17, 2019 |
| 1209 [85] | 85 | "What's the deal with subpoenas?" | 56 minutes | October 22, 2019 |
| 1210 [86] | 86 | "How Historic Districts Work" | 50 minutes | October 24, 2019 |
| 1211 [87] | 87 | "Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From?" | 56 minutes | October 29, 2019 |
| 1212 [88] | 88 | "SYSK’s Scare Your Socks Off Halloween Spooktacular 2019" | 40 minutes | October 31, 2019 |
| 1213 [89] | 89 | "How Ironman Triathlons Work" | 61 minutes | November 6, 2019 |
| 1214 [90] | 90 | "Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish" | 48 minutes | November 7, 2019 |
| 1215 [91] | 91 | "Augmented Reality: Coming Soon?" | 63 minutes | November 12, 2019 |
| 1216 [92] | 92 | "NYC Water: An Engineering Marvel" | 53 minutes | November 14, 2019 |
| 1217 [93] | 93 | "The Murder Mystery of Ötzi the Iceman" | 58 minutes | November 19, 2019 |
| 1218 [94] | 94 | "What Makes a Must-Have Christmas Toy?" | 54 minutes | November 21, 2019 |
| 1219 [95] | 95 | "How Carbon-14 Dating Works" | 61 minutes | November 26, 2019 |
| 1220 [96] | 96 | "How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work" | 69 minutes | November 28, 2019 |
| 1221 [97] | 97 | "Did Climate Cause the Collapse of the Maya?" | 49 minutes | December 3, 2019 |
| 1222 [98] | 98 | "What's a gap year anyway?" | 57 minutes | December 5, 2019 |
| 1223 [99] | 99 | "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Gin" | 54 minutes | December 10, 2019 |
| 1224 [100] | 100 | "How Anorexia and Bulimia Work" | 65 minutes | December 12, 2019 |
| 1225 [101] | 101 | "MC Escher and His Trippy Art" | 62 minutes | December 17, 2019 |
| 1226 [102] | 102 | "Cave Diving: Totally Nuts" | 56 minutes | December 19, 2019 |
| 1227 [103] | 103 | "The SYSK Holiday Spectacular" | 44 minutes | December 24, 2019 |
| 1228 [104] | 104 | "SYSK Live: Andre the Giant" | 69 minutes | December 26, 2019 |
| 1229 [105] | 105 | "Are broken arrows a problem?" | 54 minutes | December 31, 2019 |
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 [106] | 1 | "Short Stuff: Khipu" | 17 minutes | January 2, 2019 |
| 15 [107] | 2 | "Short Stuff: How Often Do You Need To Change Your Oil?" | 16 minutes | January 9, 2019 |
| 16 [108] | 3 | "Short Stuff: Olestra" | 13 minutes | January 16, 2019 |
| 17 [109] | 4 | "Short Stuff: Johnny Appleseed" | 14 minutes | January 30, 2019 |
| 18 [110] | 5 | "Short Stuff: Ellen Richards" | 13 minutes | February 6, 2019 |
| 19 [111] | 6 | "Short Stuff: War of Jenkins' Ear" | 14 minutes | February 13, 2019 |
| 20 [112] | 7 | "Short Stuff: Turbulence" | 13 minutes | February 20, 2019 |
| 21 [113] | 8 | "Short Stuff: Black Loyalists" | 14 minutes | February 27, 2019 |
| 22 [114] | 9 | "Short Stuff: Wigs in English Court" | 14 minutes | March 6, 2019 |
| 23 [115] | 10 | "Short Stuff: Bedbugs" | 14 minutes | March 13, 2019 |
| 24 [116] | 11 | "Short Stuff: The Sandman" | 14 minutes | March 20, 2019 |
| 25 [117] | 12 | "Short Stuff: When Elvis Met Nixon" | 16 minutes | March 27, 2019 |
| 26 [118] | 13 | "Short Stuff: Unspent Campaign Money" | 13 minutes | April 3, 2019 |
| 27 [119] | 14 | "Short Stuff: Lake Peigneur" | 15 minutes | April 10, 2019 |
| 28 [120] | 15 | "Short Stuff: Emu Wars" | 14 minutes | April 17, 2019 |
| 29 [121] | 16 | "Short Stuff: Fear of Public Speaking" | 14 minutes | April 24, 2019 |
| 30 [122] | 17 | "Short Stuff: The Number 23" | 15 minutes | May 1, 2019 |
| 31 [123] | 18 | "Short Stuff: Nicknames" | 15 minutes | May 8, 2019 |
| 32 [124] | 19 | "Short Stuff: Honorary Degrees" | 15 minutes | May 15, 2019 |
| 33 [125] | 20 | "Short Stuff: James Polk, Disinterred" | 14 minutes | May 22, 2019 |
| 34 [126] | 21 | "Short Stuff: Look-Alike Old Couples" | 15 minutes | May 29, 2019 |
| 35 [127] | 22 | "Short Stuff: Robert Johnson and the Devil" | 14 minutes | June 5, 2019 |
| 36 [128] | 23 | "Short Stuff: Smoke Signals" | 16 minutes | June 12, 2019 |
| 37 [129] | 24 | "Short Stuff: Emperor Norton" | 16 minutes | June 19, 2019 |
| 38 [130] | 25 | "Short Stuff: Prison Food" | 13 minutes | June 26, 2019 |
| 39 [131] | 26 | "Short Stuff: Mitsuye Endo" | 13 minutes | July 3, 2019 |
| 40 [132] | 27 | "Short Stuff: The Coconut Cult" | 18 minutes | July 10, 2019 |
| 41 [133] | 28 | "Short Stuff: Yellow Rain" | 14 minutes | July 17, 2019 |
| 42 [134] | 29 | "Short Stuff: Aristides de Sousa Mendes" | 14 minutes | July 24, 2019 |
| 43 [135] | 30 | "Short Stuff: The Man Who Didn’t Eat for a Year" | 14 minutes | July 31, 2019 |
| 44 [136] | 31 | "Short Stuff: Time Zones" | 15 minutes | August 7, 2019 |
| 45 [137] | 32 | "Short Stuff: Petrichor" | 14 minutes | August 14, 2019 |
| 46 [138] | 33 | "Short Stuff: Horseshoe Crab Blood" | 15 minutes | August 21, 2019 |
| 47 [139] | 34 | "Short Stuff: Dead Bodies and Airline Codes" | 15 minutes | August 28, 2019 |
| 48 [140] | 35 | "Short Stuff: Barbed Wire" | 15 minutes | September 4, 2019 |
| 49 [141] | 36 | "Short Stuff: Papasan Chairs" | 15 minutes | September 11, 2019 |
| 50 [142] | 37 | "Short Stuff: Scurvy" | 15 minutes | September 18, 2019 |
| 51 [143] | 38 | "Short Stuff: Dare Stones" | 17 minutes | September 25, 2019 |
| 52 [144] | 39 | "Short Stuff: Fish n' Chips" | 15 minutes | October 2, 2019 |
| 53 [145] | 40 | "Short Stuff: The Devil's Den" | 15 minutes | October 9, 2019 |
| 54 [146] | 41 | "Short Stuff: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce" | 14 minutes | October 16, 2019 |
| 55 [147] | 42 | "Short Stuff: The Toxic Death of Gloria Ramirez" | 14 minutes | October 23, 2019 |
| 56 [148] | 43 | "Short Stuff: Our Shortie Halloween Spooktacular" | 14 minutes | October 30, 2019 |
| 57 [149] | 44 | "Short Stuff: The History of Paternity Testing" | 13 minutes | November 6, 2019 |
| 58 [150] | 45 | "Short Stuff: The Conch Republic" | 16 minutes | November 13, 2019 |
| 59 [151] | 46 | "Short Stuff: Backyard Burials" | 15 minutes | November 20, 2019 |
| 60 [152] | 47 | "Short Stuff: Niagara Falls Dewatered" | 17 minutes | November 27, 2019 |
| 61 [153] | 48 | "Short Stuff: Macadamia Nuts" | 14 minutes | December 4, 2019 |
| 62 [154] | 49 | "Short Stuff: Whisky or Bourbon?" | 15 minutes | December 11, 2019 |
| 63 [155] | 50 | "Short Stuff: Obituaries" | 15 minutes | December 18, 2019 |
| 64 [156] | 51 | "Short Stuff: The Santa Claus Association" | 15 minutes | December 25, 2019 |