SYSK Selects: How Blimps Work
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- 1.7K views
- over 3 years ago
- 51:39
After newsreels captured the Hindenburg erupting in fire in 1937, the promising development of airship aviation was cut short. Today companies and militaries are taking another look at blimps and the unique qualities that may revive them. Learn all about it in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Finding the Fenn Treasure
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- 2K views
- over 3 years ago
- 54:14
In 2010 an eccentric art dealer hid a treasure chest with $2 million in valuables somewhere in the Rocky Mountains and published a poem with clues on where to find it. Hence began the most famous treasure hunt in modern times. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Short Stuff: Necco
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- 1.5K views
- over 3 years ago
- 13:32
If you think Necco Wafers are the most disgusting candy on the planet, you are not alone. But it turns out there’s a rich history behind those chalky discs that make them fascinating, if horrible. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
What does a tire company know about food?
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 51:56
The Michelin Guide is an institution. But why does the famous tire manufacturer even put this restaurant guide out? Listen in to find out. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 47:58
It was America's most famous family feud, but the history of the Hatfields vs the McCoys is fraught with bias and inaccuracies. Dig into a disagreement in 19th-century Appalachia that became a very big deal around the world, in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The Science of Cute
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- over 3 years ago
- 59:03
If you took our advice and looked up baby beavers a few episodes back, you probably found them sooooo cute you couldn’t stand it. Or you just wanted to eat them up, which is weird if you think about it. Friend, prepare for the science on that! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Silverfish
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- 1.7K views
- over 3 years ago
- 10:54
Should you be afraid of these creepy little creatures you find in your basement? Only one way to find out. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Hell! Hell! Hell!
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- 1.7K views
- over 3 years ago
- 01:02:32
What is Hell? It's complicated and depends on which religion you're talking about. We dive into this fiery mess and do our best to explain it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How Skateboarding Works
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- 1.5K views
- over 3 years ago
- 50:25
Skateboarding started out as something bored surfers did when the waves weren't breaking, but after a few improvements to the design, it took off like a rocket to become its own cultural phenomenon. Come gleam the cube with Josh and Chuck as you ollie over this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Is It Theater or Theatre?
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- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 11:45
Have you ever noticed sometimes theaters – we mean, theatres – oh, forget it – places where you see movies or plays – are sometimes spelled two different ways? You can thank Noah Webster, author of the first American dictionary, for that. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Space Weather - What's That?!
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- 1.5K views
- over 3 years ago
- 55:02
Did you know space has weather? It’s true! In our solar system, tons – literal tons – of highly charged gas and magnetized particles spew from the surface constantly, causing all sorts of weird stuff here on Earth. So far, nothing too bad has happened. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: How Auto-Tune Works
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 59:21
What began as a challenge to an oil engineer to make a terrible singer into a pitch-perfect one, Auto-Tune has become a ubiquitous (and, to many, obnoxious) part of the musical soundscape. Learn more in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
La Dame de Fer (Eiffel Tower)
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- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 53:33
The Eiffel Tower is one of the top destinations on Planet Earth. It turns out to be a pretty cool feat of engineering as well. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Ig-pay Atin-lay (Sorry)
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- 1.4K views
- over 3 years ago
- 13:57
Turns out we have little kids from the 19th century, the Three Stooges, and an odd musical composer named Arthur Fields to thank for pig latin. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Theremins: World's First Electronic Music
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- 1.5K views
- over 3 years ago
- 57:15
In 1919 a brilliant Russian scientist accidentally stumbled onto the first electronic musical instrument in history – the theremin – which you play not by strings, keys, or even percussion, but by moving your hand in the air around it. Prepare to science! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: Sugar: It Powers the Earth
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 50:57
Since sugar spread from Polynesia a few thousand years ago, the world has been crazy for it. Insanely high prices, wars and even slavery couldn't undo world's need for a sugar fix. Today that fix is responsible for the obesity epidemic facing the West. Learn all about it in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
The SYSK 2020 Holly Jolly Extravaganza!
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- 1.3K views
- over 3 years ago
- 42:32
It's here again! Our annual ad-free holiday spectacular. So pour up a hot toddy, throw a log on the fire and listen with the whole family! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Short Stuff: Chinese Food on Christmas
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 13:40
What started out as a tradition among Jewish people on the Lower East Side at the turn of the last century has become a full-blown American holiday custom. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
How Buffets Work
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- 1.6K views
- over 3 years ago
- 01:01:29
Buffets are every kid’s dream – until they grow up enough to realize how gross communal spreads of food shared with strangers actually are. Then the dream is dashed, for most of us at least. Learn about the golden age of buffets and more right here! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
SYSK Selects: The Star Wars Holiday Special of 1978
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- 1.6K views
- almost 4 years ago
- 59:41
Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, George Lucas allowed the Star Wars Holiday Special to be made. What happened on the night of November 17, 1978 can never be fully explained, but we make our best effort in our annual special edition of SYSK. May the force be with us all. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers