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10ish Worst Business Decisions Ever Sep 19, 2023

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It’s easy (and kind of fun) to laugh at the misfortune of CEOs and other high up business types when they bring it on themselves – so let’s do that now. Herein lies some of the worst business decisions ever made, hindsight being 20/20, of course.

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Selects: How Floods Work Sep 16, 2023

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Floods happen when more water is introduced to an area than can be quickly removed. That's about it, but there's more to floods, what causes them and the havoc they can wreak. Join Josh and Chuck in this super-saturated classic episode of Stuff You Should Know.

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The Hyatt Regency Skywalk Disaster Sep 14, 2023

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In 1981 America suffered the worst accidental structural collapse in its history. Listen in today to the tragic story of the fast-tracked building disaster that stills haunts Kansas City.

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Short Stuff: Why Spilling Salt is Unlucky Sep 13, 2023

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Face it, when you spill salt your life goes totally off the rails, maybe even forever. Fortunately, we humans stumbled upon the one reliable way to counteract that bad luck by tossing some over our left shoulder.

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Axolotls: The Smiling Salamander from Mexico Sep 12, 2023

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It’s a listener request! Axolotls are one of the more amazing animals roaming the planet right now – they can regenerate parts of their brains, can fight off tumors, are found in the wild only in one single lake? And did we mention they smile all the time?

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Selects: How Space Stations Work Sep 09, 2023

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It seems like we largely take it for granted these days, but the fact that we have humans living in space is the realization of a scientific dream a century old. Visit the space stations orbiting Earth past, present and future in this classic episode.

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Native American Reservations Sep 07, 2023

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Today we dive into the history and current state of Native American reservations. This serves as a nice follow-up to the Trail of Tears double-ep from 2017.

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Short Stuff: History of OK Sep 06, 2023

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Is OK the best word? It's certainly one of the most versatile. Check the interesting history of this weird contraction.

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The Made-up Disease of Syndrome K Sep 05, 2023

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In WWII, Italy went through its own Jewish Holocaust, terrible at first then horrific as the Nazis took over the country. In Rome, a group of doctors hid Jewish refugees in plain sight in their hospital by giving them a highly contagious, highly fictitious disease.

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Selects: Body Odor: You Stink Sep 02, 2023

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Chuck and Josh end up making reduxes of past episodes on things like sweating and deodorant in this all-new episode on the science beneath what makes people smell. Learn all about your odor in this classic episode.

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