Stuff You Should Know

What To Do With All This Nuclear Waste?

You can make a case that it’s a little off-putting to learn the world doesn’t really have any idea what to do with the nuclear waste we’ve been generating for several decades. The best we’ve come up with so far is bury it real deep and forget about it. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Selects: How Extinction Works

Scientists believe that 99% of the estimated 50 billion species that have ever lived on Earth have disappeared through extinction. This is a natural process typically, but it can also be cataclysmic and it's becoming clear we are amid a massive one. Find out more with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

SYSK's 2025 Shocktober Halloween Spooktacular

Co-producer Ben knocked it out of the park again, taking the two classic horror stories we read for our annual Spooktacular - Caterpillars and The Deep Drowse – and creating a moody Halloween masterpiece for your spooky listening enjoyment. So enjoy it! See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Short Stuff: The Bell Witch

A legend in Tennessee tells of the real-life Bell family, who were haunted back in 1817 by a ghost witch - arguably the worst kind of either of those things. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Masterpiece

There aren’t too many independent horror movies that make the British Film Institute’s 250 Best Films Ever Made list – AND – make an appearance in the teen comedy Summer School. That makes sense because there’s no other movie quite like The TCSM. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.