Stuff You Should Know

Hosts

• Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
• Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know

Topics

• Federal Communications Commission
• NATO phonetic alphabet
• The New Pornographers
• Monterey pine
• Invasive species
• Boreal forest
• Sugar maple
• Chimborazo
• Laurentide Ice Sheet
• African humid period
• Assisted migration
• Seed dispersal
• Reid's paradox
• Climate change
• Plant migration

Recently covered

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  Selects: Plant Migration

  Jul 25, 2026 · 46 min

  Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain how plants migrate, why climate change is outpacing them, and the debate over human-assisted migration of trees.

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  Selects: The Soul Train Episode

  Jul 18, 2026 · 47 min

  Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant trace the history of Soul Train and its creator Don Cornelius, from Chicago origins to cultural legacy.

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  Selects: The First Road Trip

  Jul 11, 2026 · 50 min

  Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount Horatio Nelson Jackson's 1903 drive from San Francisco to New York, the first cross-country automobile trip in America.

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  Selects: How Enron Fooled the World

  Jun 27, 2026 · 1 h

  Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount the rise and collapse of Enron, from deregulation and the California energy crisis to accounting fraud, bankruptcy and its aftermath.

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  Selects: Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil

  Jun 20, 2026 · 50 min

  Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain the types, causes, treatments, and folklore of birthmarks, plus a listener's list of band names from past episodes.

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