Stuff You Should Know

Reggae: Kingston’s Gift to the World

Although it was built atop some musical styles that came before, reggae is mostly its own thing. It evolved as local music in the Trenchtown neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica but after Bob Marley and the Wailers came along, it became a global phenomenon. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Short Stuff: Phone Books

Once upon a time there were these things called phone books. Inside you could find the phone number and address of just about everyone in your town. Can you imagine? See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Beans and Rice Feeds the World

To call beans and rice a staple is to undersell the importance of beans and rice. Today we break down the ubiquity of this beloved food combo. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Selects: How Peanut Butter Works

No food is more all-American than peanut butter – 80 percent of homes in the country have a jar of it in the pantry right now. And while the rest of the world might find peanut butter peculiar, maybe even gross, the rest of the world is wrong. Enjoy a smooth ride through one of our top condiments in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

How Russia Shapes What the World Thinks

Operation Doppelganger was a Russian propaganda project discovered in 2022, a minor part of the enormous, ongoing disinformation and chaos-sewing campaign Russia spreads across the world through social media. And some of your views may have come from it. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.