List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2016)

This is a list of episodes from 2016 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.

Main article: List of Stuff You Should Know episodes

2016 season

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Length	Original air date
812[1]	1	"The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s"	59 minutes	January 5, 2016 (2016-01-05)
813[2]	2	"Body Language!"	40 minutes	January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07)
814[3]	3	"How Futurology Works"	43 minutes	January 12, 2016 (2016-01-12)
815[4]	4	"The Duality of Caffeine"	49 minutes	January 14, 2016 (2016-01-14)
816[5]	5	"Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time?"	55 minutes	January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19)
817[6]	6	"Timber! How Timber Works"	67 minutes	January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21)
818[7]	7	"How Personalized Medicine Works"	41 minutes	January 26, 2016 (2016-01-26)
819[8]	8	"Does Whole-Body Cryotherapy Work?"	37 minutes	January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28)
820[9]	9	"Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis"	47 minutes	February 2, 2016 (2016-02-02)
821[10]	10	"How Land Diving Works"	40 minutes	February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)
822[11]	11	"How Rabies Works"	43 minutes	February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09)
823[12]	12	"What’s the Deal With Poop?"	50 minutes	February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11)
824[13]	13	"How Jackhammers Work"	34 minutes	February 16, 2016 (2016-02-16)
825[14]	14	"How Nitrous Oxide Works"	57 minutes	February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18)
826[15]	15	"The Future of Renewable Energy, Featuring Bill Gates"	53 minutes	February 23, 2016 (2016-02-23)
827[16]	16	"(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously"	57 minutes	February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25)
828[17]	17	"How El Nino Works"	39 minutes	March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
829[18]	18	"How Freak Shows Worked"	50 minutes	March 3, 2016 (2016-03-03)
830[19]	19	"How The Iditarod Works"	59 minutes	March 8, 2016 (2016-03-08)
831[20]	20	"How Dark Money Works"	51 minutes	March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10)
832[21]	21	"Some Really Interesting Cases of Mass Hysteria"	40 minutes	March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15)
833[22]	22	"How Makeup Works"	54 minutes	March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17)
834[23]	23	"Who Gets to Name Continents?"	43 minutes	March 22, 2016 (2016-03-22)
835[24]	24	"How TED Talks Work: Featuring Roman Mars"	64 minutes	March 24, 2016 (2016-03-24)
836[25]	25	"What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?"	46 minutes	March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29)
837[26]	26	"Nostalgia is not the most toxic impulse"	41 minutes	March 31, 2016 (2016-03-31)
838[27]	27	"Our cats episode – right here, right meow"	58 minutes	April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05)
839[28]	28	"How Labor Strikes Work"	56 minutes	April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07)
840[29]	29	"How the Gender Pay Gap Works"	43 minutes	April 12, 2016 (2016-04-12)
841[30]	30	"How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson"	69 minutes	April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14)
842[31]	31	"What Makes Lead So Poisonous?"	52 minutes	April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19)
843[32]	32	"Does Kin Selection Explain Altruism?"	35 minutes	April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21)
844[33]	33	"Myths and Truths About Tornadoes"	46 minutes	April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)
845[34]	34	"What was Operation Plowshare?"	47 minutes	April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28)
846[35]	35	"How Megalodon Worked"	36 minutes	May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03)
847[36]	36	"How LSD Works"	106 minutes	May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)
848[37]	37	"How Snake Handlers Work"	56 minutes	May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10)
849[38]	38	"True stories of survival cannibalism!"	45 minutes	May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)
850[39]	39	"How Bonsai Works"	58 minutes	May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)
851[40]	40	"The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children"	48 minutes	May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)
852[41]	41	"Chiggers: The Phantom Menace"	36 minutes	May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24)
853[42]	42	"How Crumple Zones Work"	35 minutes	May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26)
854[43]	43	"How SuperBalls Work"	35 minutes	May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31)
855[44]	44	"How Gene Editing Works"	37 minutes	June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)
856[45]	45	"How Motion Sickness Works"	40 minutes	June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07)
857[46]	46	"What’s the deal with controlled burns?"	45 minutes	June 9, 2016 (2016-06-09)
858[47]	47	"Why Are So Many Disembodied Feet Washing Ashore In British Columbia?"	41 minutes	June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14)
859[48]	48	"How Steadicams Work"	38 minutes	June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16)
860[49]	49	"How Space Stations Work"	51 minutes	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
861[50]	50	"What’s the misery index?"	48 minutes	June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23)
862[51]	51	"How Underground Mining Works"	45 minutes	June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28)
863[52]	52	"How Lighthouses Work"	49 minutes	June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30)
864[53]	53	"Research tips from SYSK"	46 minutes	July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
865[54]	54	"What's with this "Internet of Things"?"	64 minutes	July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07)
866[55]	55	"How Radiation Sickness Works"	50 minutes	July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12)
867[56]	56	"The Gettysburg Address: Short and Sweet"	47 minutes	July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14)
868[57]	57	"How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe"	58 minutes	July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)
869[58]	58	"How the Moonwalk Works"	45 minutes	July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21)
870[59]	59	"How Triage Works"	47 minutes	July 26, 2016 (2016-07-26)
871[60]	60	"What is exploding head syndrome?"	39 minutes	July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)
872[61]	61	"How Night Terrors Work"	52 minutes	August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01)
873[62]	62	"Mermaids: Not a real thing"	44 minutes	August 4, 2016 (2016-08-04)
874[63]	63	"Evel Knievel Part I"	41 minutes	August 9, 2016 (2016-08-09)
875[64]	64	"Evel Knievel Part II"	47 minutes	August 11, 2016 (2016-08-11)
876[65]	65	"How Woolly Mammoths Worked"	53 minutes	August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)
877[66]	66	"The Delightful History of Steam Technology"	56 minutes	August 18, 2016 (2016-08-18)
878[67]	67	"Jellyfish: Even Cooler than Octopi?"	54 minutes	August 23, 2016 (2016-08-23)
879[68]	68	"This Custom of Customs"	63 minutes	August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25)
880[69]	69	"How Food Tasters Work"	55 minutes	August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)
881[70]	70	"How the Negro Leagues Worked"	59 minutes	September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)
882[71]	71	"How Animal Testing Works"	51 minutes	September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06)
883[72]	72	"Do Animals Have Natural Rights?"	65 minutes	September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08)
884[73]	73	"Alexander Hamilton: Most Influential American?"	52 minutes	September 13, 2016 (2016-09-13)
885[74]	74	"What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?"	41 minutes	September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15)
886[75]	75	"How Cerebral Palsy Works"	63 minutes	September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)
887[76]	76	"All we know about Zika so far..."	49 minutes	September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22)
888[77]	77	"How Ice Ages Work"	49 minutes	September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)
889[78]	78	"How Polar Bears Work"	48 minutes	September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)
890[79]	79	"The Amazing History of Soda"	47 minutes	October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
891[80]	80	"Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?"	57 minutes	October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)
892[81]	81	"Hibernation: Not a Snooze"	47 minutes	October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11)
893[82]	82	"How the Census Works"	47 minutes	October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)
894[83]	83	"What's the What with Fish Fraud?"	43 minutes	October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)
895[84]	84	"Living Underground in Beijing"	32 minutes	October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20)
896[85]	85	"How Sleep Paralysis Works, or The Worst Thing That Can Happen While You're Sleeping"	43 minutes	October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25)
897[86]	86	"The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders"	48 minutes	October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26)
898[87]	87	"SYSK The Podcast: Special Halloween Bonus Episode 2016, The Sequel – From Hell"	38 minutes	October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31)
899[88]	88	"Ham Radio and the Hams Who Use Them"	48 minutes	November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)
900[89]	89	"A Partial History of Action Figures"	75 minutes	November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03)
901[90]	90	"Do sin taxes work?"	53 minutes	November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
902[91]	91	"How Monty Python Worked: SYSK Live from LA Podfest"	54 minutes	November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10)
903[92]	92	"How Fireplaces Work"	58 minutes	November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15)
904[93]	93	"What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?"	41 minutes	November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17)
905[94]	94	"The Kitty Genovese Story"	40 minutes	November 22, 2016 (2016-11-22)
906[95]	95	"Should Advertising to Kids Be Banned?"	68 minutes	November 24, 2016 (2016-11-24)
907[96]	96	"Frostbite: Yeeeow!"	38 minutes	November 29, 2016 (2016-11-29)
908[97]	97	"How a Flea Circus Works"	48 minutes	December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)
909[98]	98	"Horoscopes: Written in the Stars?"	52 minutes	December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06)
910[99]	99	"Is computer addiction a thing?"	50 minutes	December 8, 2016 (2016-12-08)
911[100]	100	"Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?"	49 minutes	December 13, 2016 (2016-12-13)
912[101]	101	"How Porta-Potties Work"	44 minutes	December 15, 2016 (2016-12-15)
913[102]	102	"The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London"	78 minutes	December 20, 2016 (2016-12-20)
914[103]	103	"The Stuff You Should Know 2016 Christmas Extravaganza in 3-D!"	55 minutes	December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22)
915[104]	104	"Can you live without a bank account?"	53 minutes	December 27, 2016 (2016-12-27)
916[105]	105	"Human Blockheads: A Real Thing"	48 minutes	December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29)

References

1. "The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
2. "Body Language!". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
3. "How Futurology Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
4. "The Duality of Caffeine". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
5. "Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
6. "Timber! How Timber Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-22. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
7. "How Personalized Medicine Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
8. "Does Whole-Body Cryotherapy Work?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
9. "Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
10. "How Land Diving Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
11. "How Rabies Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
12. "What's the Deal With Poop?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
13. "How Jackhammers Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
14. "How Nitrous Oxide Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
15. "The Future of Renewable Energy, Featuring Bill Gates". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
16. "(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously". HowStuffWorks. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
17. "How El Nino Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
18. "How Freak Shows Worked". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
19. "How The Iditarod Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
20. "How Dark Money Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
21. "Some Really Interesting Cases of Mass Hysteria". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
22. "How Makeup Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
23. "Who Gets to Name Continents?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
24. "How TED Talks Work: Featuring Roman Mars". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
25. "What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
26. "Nostalgia is not the most toxic impulse". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
27. "Our cats episode – right here, right meow". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
28. "How Labor Strikes Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
29. "How the Gender Pay Gap Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
30. "How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
31. "What Makes Lead So Poisonous?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
32. "Does Kin Selection Explain Altruism?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
33. "Myths and Truths About Tornadoes". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
34. "What was Operation Plowshare?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
35. "How Megalodon Worked". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
36. "How LSD Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
37. "How Snake Handlers Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
38. "True stories of survival cannibalism!". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
39. "How Bonsai Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
40. "The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children". HowStuffWorks. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
41. "Chiggers: The Phantom Menace". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
42. "How Crumple Zones Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
43. "How SuperBalls Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
44. "How Gene Editing Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
45. "How Motion Sickness Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
46. "What's the deal with controlled burns?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
47. "Why Are So Many Disembodied Feet Washing Ashore In British Columbia?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
48. "How Steadicams Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
49. "How Space Stations Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
50. "What's the misery index?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
51. "How Underground Mining Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
52. "How Lighthouses Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
53. "Research tips from SYSK". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
54. "What's with this "Internet of Things"?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
55. "How Radiation Sickness Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
56. "The Gettysburg Address: Short and Sweet". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
57. "How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
58. "How the Moonwalk Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
59. "How Triage Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
60. "What is exploding head syndrome?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
61. "How Night Terrors Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
62. "Mermaids: Not a real thing". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
63. "Evel Knievel Part I". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
64. "Evel Knievel Part II". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
65. "How Woolly Mammoths Worked". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
66. "The Delightful History of Steam Technology". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
67. "Jellyfish: Even Cooler than Octopi?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
68. "This Custom of Customs". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
69. "How Food Tasters Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
70. "How the Negro Leagues Worked". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
71. "How Animal Testing Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
72. "Do Animals Have Natural Rights?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
73. "Alexander Hamilton: Most Influential American?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
74. "What's the deal with Strativarius violins?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
75. "How Cerebral Palsy Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
76. "All we know about Zika so far..." HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
77. "How Ice Ages Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
78. "How Polar Bears Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
79. "The Amazing History of Soda". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
80. "Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
81. "Hibernation: Not a Snooze". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
82. "How the Census Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
83. "What's the What with Fish Fraud?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
84. "Living Underground in Beijing". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
85. "How Sleep Paralysis Works, or The Worst Thing That Can Happen While You're Sleeping". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
86. "The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
87. "SYSK The Podcast: Special Halloween Bonus Episode 2016, The Sequel – From Hell". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
88. "Ham Radio and the Hams Who Use Them". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
89. "A Partial History of Action Figures". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
90. "Do sin taxes work?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
91. "How Monty Python Worked: SYSK Live from LA Podfest". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
92. "How Fireplaces Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
93. "What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
94. "The Kitty Genovese Story". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
95. "Should Advertising to Kids Be Banned?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
96. "Frostbite: Yeeeow!". HowStuffWorks. 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
97. "How a Flea Circus Works". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
98. "Horoscopes: Written in the Stars?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
99. "Is computer addiction a thing?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
100. "Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
101. "How Porta-Potties Work". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
102. "The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
103. "The Stuff You Should Know 2016 Christmas Extravaganza in 3-D!". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
104. "Can you live without a bank account?". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-27. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
105. "Human Blockheads: A Real Thing". HowStuffWorks. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2019-10-12.

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