Stuff You Should Know (2012)

Stuff You Should Know is a free podcast and video series published by the HowStuffWorks website and hosted by Josh Clark and Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant, both writers at HowStuffWorks. The podcast educates listeners on a wide variety of topics, often using popular culture as a reference giving the podcast comedic value. Episodes are normally around 45 minutes in length, although for more in-depth topics the show has run longer than an hour.

The winner of the 2014[1] and the 2016[2] People's Voice Webby Award,[3] the show is downloaded more than 1 million times per week and is consistently on iTunes’ Top 10 podcast rankings.[4] Stuff You Should Know's "beautifully, beautifully done" production has set "the audio standard," according to podcast reviewers Pod on Pod. They added that the audio quality "could not be improved" on the NPR-level production.[5] One reviewer said of it: "It is never not fun to listen to."[5]

2012 season

No. in
series		 No. in
season		 Title Length Original air date
386[6]1"How Yo-Yos Work"31 minutesJanuary 3, 2012 (2012-01-03)
387[7]2"Was there a curse on King Tut’s tomb?"38 minutesJanuary 5, 2012 (2012-01-05)
388[8]3"Can you vacation in Antarctica?"36 minutesJanuary 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)
389[9]4"What’s the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?"44 minutesJanuary 12, 2012 (2012-01-12)
390[10]5"Are contrails actually chemtrails?"32 minutesJanuary 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)
391[11]6"How Mexican Wrestling Works"40 minutesJanuary 19, 2012 (2012-01-19)
392[12]7"How Human Trafficking Works"34 minutesJanuary 24, 2012 (2012-01-24)
393[13]8"How Floods Work"32 minutesJanuary 26, 2012 (2012-01-26)
394[14]9"How Magic Mushrooms Work"50 minutesJanuary 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)
395[15]10"What’s the 10,000 Year Clock?"46 minutesFebruary 2, 2012 (2012-02-02)
396[16]11"Pickpockets: Artists or Crooks?"32 minutesFebruary 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)
397[17]12"How Coral Reefs Work"35 minutesFebruary 9, 2012 (2012-02-09)
398[18]13"How Zero Works"30 minutesFebruary 14, 2012 (2012-02-14)
399[19]14"How Autopsies Work"49 minutesFebruary 16, 2012 (2012-02-16)
400[20]15"How Spies Work"43 minutesFebruary 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)
401[21]16"Fasting: deadly or what?"34 minutesFebruary 23, 2012 (2012-02-23)
402[22]17"How Crying Works"39 minutesFebruary 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
403[23]18"How SETI Works"38 minutesMarch 1, 2012 (2012-03-01)
404[24]19"Duels: A guide to throwing down the gauntlet"42 minutesMarch 6, 2012 (2012-03-06)
405[25]20"How Noah’s Ark Worked"31 minutesMarch 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
406[26]21"Should chimps be used for medical testing?"32 minutesMarch 13, 2012 (2012-03-13)
407[27]22"How the Donner Party Worked"36 minutesMarch 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)
408[28]23"How Comic Books: Live from SXSW"56 minutesMarch 20, 2012 (2012-03-20)
409[29]24"How Tipping Works"50 minutesMarch 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)
410[30]25"10 Big Cases of Revenge"44 minutesMarch 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)
411[31]26"How Music Sampling Works"44 minutesMarch 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)
412[32]27"How Diamonds Work"40 minutesApril 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)
413[33]28"How Beer Works"48 minutesApril 5, 2012 (2012-04-05)
414[34]29"Was Atlantis a real place?"32 minutesApril 10, 2012 (2012-04-10)
415[35]30"Body Odor: You Stink"45 minutesApril 11, 2012 (2012-04-11)
416[36]31"How Whaling Works"35 minutesApril 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)
417[37]32"Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You’d Think"38 minutesApril 19, 2012 (2012-04-19)
418[38]33"How Air Traffic Control Works"39 minutesApril 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)
419[39]34"How Medical Marijuana Works"33 minutesApril 26, 2012 (2012-04-26)
420[40]35"How did language evolve?"27 minutesMay 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)
421[41]36"How Bullfighting Works"44 minutesMay 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)
422[42]37"Did the Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg?"34 minutesMay 8, 2012 (2012-05-08)
423[43]38"What is a shotgun house?"23 minutesMay 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)
424[44]39"Interpol: World Police"32 minutesMay 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)
425[45]40"What is the future of Earth?"33 minutesMay 17, 2012 (2012-05-17)
426[46]41"How Labor Unions Work"48 minutesMay 22, 2012 (2012-05-22)
427[47]42"Are we obsessed with goals?"40 minutesMay 24, 2012 (2012-05-24)
428[48]43"Do video games produce real-life violence?"32 minutesMay 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
429[49]44"Can it rain frogs?"25 minutesMay 31, 2012 (2012-05-31)
430[50]45"How Moss Works"32 minutesJune 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)
431[51]46"Fractals: Whoa"34 minutesJune 7, 2012 (2012-06-07)
432[52]47"Should we have a fat tax?"35 minutesJune 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)
433[53]48"Whatever happened to acid rain?"30 minutesJune 14, 2012 (2012-06-14)
434[54]49"How Icebergs Work (Very Cool)"38 minutesJune 19, 2012 (2012-06-19)
435[55]50"10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers"36 minutesJune 21, 2012 (2012-06-21)
436[56]51"Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar"50 minutesJune 26, 2012 (2012-06-26)
437[57]52"What’s the deal with Executive Orders?"34 minutesJune 28, 2012 (2012-06-28)
438[58]53"Is the Dead Sea dead?"26 minutesJuly 3, 2012 (2012-07-03)
439[59]54"How Tabloids Work"50 minutesJuly 5, 2012 (2012-07-05)
440[60]55"Geysers: Nature’s Innuendo"28 minutesJuly 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)
441[61]56"How Lightning Works"39 minutesJuly 12, 2012 (2012-07-12)
442[62]57"How Disco Works"48 minutesJuly 17, 2012 (2012-07-17)
443[63]58"Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?"28 minutesJuly 19, 2012 (2012-07-19)
444[64]59"How White-collar Crime Works"44 minutesJuly 24, 2012 (2012-07-24)
445[65]60"How Time Travel Works (Live at SD Comic-Con)"27 minutesJuly 26, 2012 (2012-07-26)
446[66]61"How the Musketeers Worked"29 minutesJuly 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)
447[67]62"Can we build an elevator to space?"30 minutesAugust 2, 2012 (2012-08-02)
448[68]63"How Ramadan Works"31 minutesAugust 7, 2012 (2012-08-07)
449[69]64"How Shark Attacks Work"39 minutesAugust 9, 2012 (2012-08-09)
450[70]65"The Shark Diaries"40 minutesAugust 14, 2012 (2012-08-14)
451[71]66"Did Reagan’s Star Wars program win the Cold War?"34 minutesAugust 16, 2012 (2012-08-16)
452[72]67"Why You Probably Have a Criminal Record"31 minutesAugust 21, 2012 (2012-08-21)
453[73]68"What happens to abandoned mines?"26 minutesAugust 23, 2012 (2012-08-23)
454[74]69"How the Electoral College Works"41 minutesAugust 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)
455[75]70"How Flesh-eating Bacteria Work"27 minutesAugust 30, 2012 (2012-08-30)
456[76]71"Can you test a nuclear weapon without a fallout?"29 minutesSeptember 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)
457[77]72"Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish"36 minutesSeptember 6, 2012 (2012-09-06)
458[78]73"How Asexuality Works"34 minutesSeptember 11, 2012 (2012-09-11)
459[79]74"How Book Banning Works"30 minutesSeptember 13, 2012 (2012-09-13)
460[80]75"Are we all Martians?"28 minutesSeptember 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
461[81]76"Why does music provoke emotion?"1 hour 4 minutesSeptember 20, 2012 (2012-09-20)
462[82]77"Q: Are we in the midst of cyberwar? A: Yes"28 minutesSeptember 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)
463[83]78"Subways: HUH! What are they good for?"43 minutesSeptember 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)
464[84]79"How Whiskey Runners Worked"30 minutesOctober 2, 2012 (2012-10-02)
465[85]80"How Fire Works"28 minutesOctober 4, 2012 (2012-10-04)
466[86]81"How Rainforests Work"40 minutesOctober 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)
467[87]82"How Pizza Works!"51 minutesOctober 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)
468[88]83"How Black Holes Work"31 minutesOctober 16, 2012 (2012-10-16)
469[89]84"How Lion Taming Works"28 minutesOctober 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)
470[90]85"How Commercial Jingles Work"35 minutesOctober 23, 2012 (2012-10-23)
471[91]86"Exoskeletons: How’s it coming?"31 minutesOctober 25, 2012 (2012-10-25)
472[92]87"SYSK’s Halloween Horror Fiction Winner!"24 minutesOctober 30, 2012 (2012-10-30)
473[93]88"Is Stockholm Syndrome real?"34 minutesNovember 1, 2012 (2012-11-01)
474[94]89"Yakuza: From Samurai to Slot Machines"37 minutesNovember 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
475[95]90"What will happen when we reach the Singularity?"40 minutesNovember 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)
476[96]91"How close are we to holographic environments?"24 minutesNovember 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
477[97]92"How Meth Works"48 minutesNovember 15, 2012 (2012-11-15)
478[98]93"Should we be designing our children?"35 minutesNovember 20, 2012 (2012-11-20)
479[99]94"Philanthropy: Humankind and Loving It"46 minutesNovember 22, 2012 (2012-11-22)
480[100]95"Why do leaves change colors in the fall?"24 minutesNovember 27, 2012 (2012-11-27)
481[101]96"How Caving Works"50 minutesNovember 29, 2012 (2012-11-29)
482[102]97"How Vampires Work"49 minutesDecember 4, 2012 (2012-12-04)
483[103]98"Will we reach peak oil?"38 minutesDecember 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)
484[104]99"Why isn’t the U.S. on the metric system?"37 minutesDecember 11, 2012 (2012-12-11)
485[105]100"How Condoms Work"1 hour 2 minutesDecember 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)
486[106]101"Lab-grown meat: Order up!"29 minutesDecember 18, 2012 (2012-12-18)
487[107]102"How Barbie® Doll Works"1 hour 2 minutesDecember 20, 2012 (2012-12-20)
488[108]103"Josh and Chuck’s Christmas Extravaganza 2012"46 minutesDecember 21, 2012 (2012-12-21)
489[109]104"How Dog Shows Work"41 minutesDecember 27, 2012 (2012-12-27)

References

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  2. ↑ "2016 Peoples Voice Awards". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  3. ↑ "2014 People's Voice". International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
  4. ↑ Kafka, Peter (May 21, 2012). "Discovery Plans Science TV Show for "Stuff You Should Know" Podcast". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2014-11-15.
  5. 1 2 Josh and Joel (September 30, 2014). "Pod on Pod on Stuff You Should Know". ProCreate (Podcast). Retrieved 2014-12-20.
  6. ↑ How Yo-Yos Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  7. ↑ Was there a curse on King Tut’s tomb?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  8. ↑ Can you vacation in Antarctica?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  9. ↑ What’s the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  10. ↑ Are contrails actually chemtrails?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  11. ↑ How Mexican Wrestling Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  12. ↑ How Human Trafficking Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  13. ↑ How Floods Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  14. ↑ How Magic Mushrooms Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  15. ↑ What’s the 10,000 Year Clock?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  16. ↑ Pickpockets: Artists or Crooks?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  17. ↑ How Coral Reefs Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  18. ↑ How Zero Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  19. ↑ How Autopsies Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  20. ↑ How Spies Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  21. ↑ Fasting: deadly or what?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  22. ↑ How Crying Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  23. ↑ How SETI Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  24. ↑ Duels: A guide to throwing down the gauntlet. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  25. ↑ How Noah’s Ark Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  26. ↑ Should chimps be used for medical testing?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  27. ↑ How the Donner Party Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  28. ↑ How Comic Books: Live from SXSW. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  29. ↑ How Tipping Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  30. ↑ 10 Big Cases of Revenge. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  31. ↑ How Music Sampling Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  32. ↑ How Diamonds Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  33. ↑ How Beer Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  34. ↑ Was Atlantis a real place?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  35. ↑ Body Odor: You Stink. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  36. ↑ How Whaling Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  37. ↑ Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You’d Think. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  38. ↑ How Air Traffic Control Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  39. ↑ How Medical Marijuana Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  40. ↑ How did language evolve?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  41. ↑ How Bullfighting Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  42. ↑ Did the Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  43. ↑ What is a shotgun house?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  44. ↑ Interpol: World Police. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  45. ↑ What is the future of Earth?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  46. ↑ How Labor Unions Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  47. ↑ Are we obsessed with goals?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  48. ↑ Do video games produce real-life violence?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  49. ↑ Can it rain frogs?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  50. ↑ How Moss Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  51. ↑ Fractals: Whoa. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  52. ↑ Should we have a fat tax?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  53. ↑ Whatever happened to acid rain?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  54. ↑ How Icebergs Work (Very Cool). HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  55. ↑ 10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  56. ↑ Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  57. ↑ What’s the deal with Executive Orders?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  58. ↑ Is the Dead Sea dead?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  59. ↑ How Tabloids Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  60. ↑ Geysers: Nature’s Innuendo. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  61. ↑ How Lightning Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  62. ↑ How Disco Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  63. ↑ Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  64. ↑ How White-collar Crime Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  65. ↑ How Time Travel Works (Live at SD Comic-Con). HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  66. ↑ How the Musketeers Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  67. ↑ Can we build an elevator to space?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  68. ↑ How Ramadan Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  69. ↑ How Shark Attacks Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  70. ↑ The Shark Diaries. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  71. ↑ Did Reagan’s Star Wars program win the Cold War?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  72. ↑ Why You Probably Have a Criminal Record. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  73. ↑ What happens to abandoned mines?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  74. ↑ How the Electoral College Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  75. ↑ How Flesh-eating Bacteria Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  76. ↑ Can you test a nuclear weapon without a fallout?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  77. ↑ Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  78. ↑ How Asexuality Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  79. ↑ How Book Banning Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  80. ↑ Are we all Martians?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  81. ↑ Why does music provoke emotion?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  82. ↑ Q: Are we in the midst of cyberwar? A: Yes. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  83. ↑ Subways: HUH! What are they good for?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  84. ↑ How Whiskey Runners Worked. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  85. ↑ How Fire Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  86. ↑ How Rainforests Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  87. ↑ How Pizza Works!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  88. ↑ How Black Holes Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  89. ↑ How Lion Taming Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  90. ↑ How Commercial Jingles Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  91. ↑ Exoskeletons: How’s it coming?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  92. ↑ SYSK’s Halloween Horror Fiction Winner!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  93. ↑ Is Stockholm Syndrome real?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  94. ↑ Yakuza: From Samurai to Slot Machines. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  95. ↑ What will happen when we reach the Singularity?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  96. ↑ How close are we to holographic environments?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  97. ↑ How Meth Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  98. ↑ Should we be designing our children?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  99. ↑ Philanthropy: Humankind and Loving It. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  100. ↑ Why do leaves change colors in the fall?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  101. ↑ How Caving Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  102. ↑ How Vampires Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  103. ↑ Will we reach peak oil?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  104. ↑ Why isn’t the U.S. on the metric system?. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  105. ↑ How Condoms Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  106. ↑ Lab-grown meat: Order up!. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  107. ↑ How Barbie® Doll Works. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  108. ↑ Josh and Chuck’s Christmas Extravaganza 2012. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  109. ↑ How Dog Shows Work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
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