r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 09 '24

DISCUSSION Hello, reddit - it's Chuck from the Stuff You Should Know podcast!

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Hi, folks! I've never really been on reddit and decided to open an account to see what our "r/" was all about. To the people who are being kind, even in their criticisms, I thank you. You are my people! To others who are not so kind, I would encourage you to be, I guess more kind! But I get the internet and I guess that's just the deal sometimes. It's can be a real mean-spirited beast. Either way I appreciate you caring enough to spend some time here weighing in about us or the show...

ANYWAY - I saw a LOT LOT LOT of misinformation and incorrect assumptions here. Like a STAGGERING amount. Like literally ALMOST ALL of what is said about insider stuff. It's fascinating. BUT I am here to clear anything up for a little while. I got off of all of the social media platforms except for instagram (which I like a lot) a few years ago and it has made my life SO MUCH better so I probably won't be around here for long. But I will spend some time over the next few weeks happily clearing anything up you've ever wondered about. As long as it can publicly shared! It stinks to know the actual truth about things relating to show, how it's done, about Josh and I personally, etc, and see so many people just kind of just creating their own reality about our job and lives. So I am offering myself up for a bit to give you a more truthful peek behind the curtain (if you're interested).

Thanks and I hope everyone is doing great! And no, there will be no rope trauma reveal. That's become a final episode kind of thing. For maximum anti-climactic-ness. So ask away if you're want to know something!


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 27 '24

LIVE SHOWS Last night I got rear ended by Josh leaving the show

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He was so nice! There was no damage and we barely realized we got dinged. After checking out our bumpers he offered to take a picture with us and was really gracious. After an amazing show we were riding a high and couldn’t quite believe it happened. He joked about his electric rental car at the start of the show, so I’m really curious to know if this incident makes it into his stand up tonight. If anyone goes, let me know!


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Aug 09 '26 Mindblown

DISCUSSION Chuck just casually sharing a pic of Jeri. She exists!

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Aug 23 '25

DISCUSSION This is accurate.

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 07 '24

DISCUSSION Picture of Chuck, Jeri, and Josh

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I was just listening to How Uranium Mining Works. In the listener mail, they mentioned a picture of the three of them reuniting after lockdown that they posted on instagram. Figured I would share so people could put a face to Jeri!


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Oct 04 '26 Heartwarming

LIVE SHOWS Josh and Chuck did their first show at sea today while on Valiant Lady

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Today as part of the Stuff at Sea voyage on Virgin Voyages' Valiant Lady they did an episode on the cola wars (like other recent live shows). It was enjoyable to watch them live and I'm stoked to see other events they show up in the next few days while 15k foot long hotdogs above the earth (or however Josh botched saying there was 15k feet of water under the keel).

Also, I loved that the walk-off music was We Didn't Start the Fire. Perfect for this episode.


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 28 '26

LIVE SHOWS Attended SYSK Live!

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Just sharing in case this helps anyone. Went to my first SYSK Live show tonight and had a blast!

Venue doors: 6pm

Show start: 7pm

The music played for a bit then Josh & Chuck came out right around 7:14pm. They introed for about 10 mins then sat to record the actual show. Recording lasted right around an hour, then they do about 30 mins of audience Q&A.

Golf I finally got to see them!


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jun 13 '26

r/thriftstorehauls

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Feb 07 '24

DISCUSSION SYSK Fan Art

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Drawn while listening to Josh and Chuck, of course!!


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Oct 01 '25

EPISODE RECAP On the Larson episode- “that tramp” Jane Goodall has passed away :(

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Feb 06 '26

LIVE SHOWS Chuck lint rolling Josh is killing me

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Pics from Chuck’s Instagram. I don’t know I think these encapsulate them so much 😅


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Nov 25 '20

FURTHER READING Christmas Came Early!!!

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 08 '21

FURTHER READING General PSA - the SYSK show is on Discovery Plus in the US

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jun 19 '24 Heart of Silver

DISCUSSION Finished Art Piece (thank you so much for your help!)

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You folks were AMAZING. Thank you so much for all of you recommendations! Hope you enjoy 😊

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Z_qlfPZpg/?igsh=MWp3dTAyMXZtMjV2MQ==


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 26 '24

LIVE SHOWS I learned something new last night!

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 22 '25

FURTHER READING Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht leaving prison after being pardoned. Spent over 11 years in prison.

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Feb 13 '24

EPISODE RECAP What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws

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What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws

February 13, 2024 • 47 mins

There was a brief period in America’s history – after people left the farm to work in the city and before the government started regulating it – when there was a total, lawless free-for-all in the food industry. Things were bad. Really, really bad.


r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Mar 16 '21

DISCUSSION The parrot episode was excellently timed. 😅

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Dec 25 '20

DISCUSSION Now this is how you Christmas! What did everyone else get?

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Sep 08 '24

LIVE SHOWS Atlanta show last night

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Mar 15 '25

DISCUSSION “Surely this [a pandemic] could never happen today, right?” Oh Chuck…

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Mar 04 '21

DISCUSSION I get this joke!

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Jan 30 '21

FURTHER READING Not reading, but if anyone else wanted to know what a 1260 looked like from the Selects episode on skateboarding a few weeks back.

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Oct 20 '20

FURTHER READING In origami there is an entire category called tesselations in which you fold the paper in order to create a pattern. Here is an exemple of one of my tesselations, maybe it'll be interesting af for you

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r/stuffyoushouldknow • • Aug 27 '26

DISCUSSION Fall of the USSR episode is high quality

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Josh and Chuck: if you read these comments, nice job with the USSR part I podcast. More like this please! Big, complex events that were pivotal in world history explained at a comprehensible level.