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The Wilmington Massacre

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Short Stuff: Weather Balloons

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Ba-Dum-Bum Goes Your Heart!

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Selects: Salem Witchcraft Trials: More Bonkers Than You Know

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The SYSK Annual Halloween Freaky Spooktacular 2026!

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Short Stuff: The Enfield Monster

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(Don't Fear) The (Grim) Reaper

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Selects: John Lennon and the FBI

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The Twilight Zone Episode

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Short Stuff: Spooky Recommendations

11

Winnie the Pooh: Silly Old Bear

12

Selects: Sacagawea: Impressive Teen

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The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold

14

Short Stuff: Currency Symbols

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Asteroooooid De-FENSE!

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Selects: What's the deal with swing states?

17

Stand-Up Pt II

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Short Stuff: The Style Cycle

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Stand-Up Comedy Pt I

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Selects: How Bras Work

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Let's Thank Universal Pictures for Monster Movies!

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Short Stuff: The Retirement Curse

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A Good Walk Ruined: The History of Golf

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Selects: Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!

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Introducing 3 Putt Bogey

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Emily Post: Ettiquette Queen

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Short Stuff: Mabon

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Our Big Fat Dream Episode

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Selects: Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What is Collective Hysteria?

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Mermaids: Not a real thing

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Max Headroom Incident

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Dragons: As Real as Mermaids

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Creepy Legacy of the Hotel Cecil

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: What's the deal with blue people?

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!

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SYSK Gets Weird Playlist: The Story of the Nuclear Boy Scout

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The Cancer Episode

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Short Stuff: Leisure Suits

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How Boredom Works

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Selects: Wasps: Not as cute as bees

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The Odyssey Episode

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Short Stuff: Flappers

47

Nickelodeon:The Best of Slimes

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Selects: Blacksmiths? You got that right!

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Social Identity Theory: Your Group Rules, Others Drool

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Short Stuff: Hisashi Ouchi

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Terry Fox: Greatest Canadian Hero

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Selects: Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad

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The Fall of the USSR, Pt II

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SYSK Tribute: Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?

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Short Stuff: Cyclospora

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The Fall of the USSR, Pt I

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Selects: How Narcolepsy Works

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Rope, yeah ROPE!

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Short Stuff: Did a shipwreck double the size of the United States?

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Isn't It Ironic, Dontcha Think?

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Selects: The Manhattan Grid

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Who was Robert Maxwell?

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Short Stuff: Nero and His Fiddle

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Bonnie and Clyde

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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 2

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Selects: Iran-Contra Affair: Shady in the 80s, Part 1

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Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World

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Short Stuff: Phone Books

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Beans and Rice Feeds the World

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Selects: How Peanut Butter Works

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How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks

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Short Stuff: Shark Arm Murders

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The Beloved Judy Blume

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Selects: Plant Migration

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What's the deal with Swiss neutrality?

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Short Stuff: Sardines!

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The Tobacco Master Settlement: That Time We Got Em

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Selects: The Soul Train Episode

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White Boy Rick

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Short Stuff: The Voice of God

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You Are Not Alone With Postpartum Depression

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Selects: The First Road Trip

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Eleanor Roosevelt: Best First Lady

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Short Stuff: Great Britain

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Kola: The World’s Deepest Hole

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Selects: Chopsticks > Forks

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Alaska Earthquake of 1964

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Short Stuff: Toronto Clown Riot

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The Hillsborough Disaster

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Selects: How Enron Fooled the World

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Freetown Christiania

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Short Stuff: Why does it feel good to be scared?

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Some Interesting Curses

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Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Global Warming Works

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How X-Rays Work

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Can Nuclear Fusion Reactors Save The World?

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The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: How Occam's Razor Works