Stuff You Should Know

Dolls and Dolls, Guys!

In this special Christmas Day episode, we get cuddly with one of the all-time great holiday gifts, dolls! Where did they come from? Why are the so cute? Why are they sometimes creepy? Why do they tell us to do things we don’t want to with their minds? See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Short Stuff: Why is holly a holiday thing?

Holly is waxy and super sharp, not exactly the kind of thing you'd want all over your house. Yet it happens every holiday season. Today we dig in to discover why. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

SYSK's 2025 Holiday Extravaganza Christmas Special

Deck your tidings and get your halls nice and gladded because it’s time for maybe the best episode of the year, where SYSK loosens our ties, puts on our smoking jackets and Santa hats and create holiday nostalgia in real time. Happy holidays, everybody! See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard

When your life is as outsized as the World’s Greatest Showman PT Barnum it’s pretty easy to - you know - gloss over the grimmer aspects when you turn it into an uplifting musical movie. But the way to understand a person is to look at them, warts and all. Josh and Chuck take a full accounting in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Doggerland: Lost at Sea

The story of Doggerland is pretty fascinating. The idea is that mainland Europe and the UK were connected not only by a land bridge, but a place where plants, animals and even humans, thrived.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.