What Josh Clark has said about Obsessive-compulsive disorder

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 28, 2026

Josh Clark, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Obsessive-compulsive disorder 2 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on May 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Clark said Hughes clearly had some form of OCD, evidenced by his minute instructions such as 12 steps for opening a can of peaches.
“he wrote 12 steps to opening a can of peaches and putting it in the bowl that it would be served in”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 15:41
Clark explained that Hughes likely wore tissue boxes as disposable sterile slippers.
“he was basically using tissue boxes as disposable sterile slippers”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 17:28

Howard Hughes in Las Vegas
Stuff You Should Know · May 28, 2026 · 49 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount Howard Hughes's reclusive, drug-addled years at the Desert Inn and his buying spree that reshaped Las Vegas.