# List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2013)

This is a list of episodes from 2013 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast

## 2013 season

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 490 | 1 | "How Bigfoot Works" | 35 minutes | January 1, 2013 (2013-01-01) |
| 491 | 2 | "What was America’s first terrorist threat?" | 27 minutes | January 3, 2013 (2013-01-03) |
| 492 | 3 | "Can you outrun an alligator in a zig-zag?" | 25 minutes | January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08) |
| 493 | 4 | "Why do men have nipples?" | 23 minutes | January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10) |
| 494 | 5 | "How Death Masks Work" | 31 minutes | January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15) |
| 495 | 6 | "Does the five-second rule work?" | 33 minutes | January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) |
| 496 | 7 | "How Alien Hand Syndrome Works" | 15 minutes | January 19, 2013 (2013-01-19) |
| 497 | 8 | "How the Frick Fracking Works" | 45 minutes | January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22) |
| 498 | 9 | "Fecal Transplants: You Gonna Drink That Poop?" | 32 minutes | January 24, 2013 (2013-01-24) |
| 499 | 10 | "How Bees Work" | 43 minutes | January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27) |
| 500 | 11 | "How Stuntmen (and -women) Work" | 39 minutes | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) |
| 501 | 12 | "How Gold Works" | 45 minutes | February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01) |
| 502 | 13 | "How Garbage-powered Cars Could Work" | 25 minutes | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) |
| 503 | 14 | "How Willpower Works" | 31 minutes | February 8, 2013 (2013-02-08) |
| 504 | 15 | "How Weather Modification Works" | 32 minutes | February 9, 2013 (2013-02-09) |
| 505 | 16 | "How Jet Lag Works" | 34 minutes | February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12) |
| 506 | 17 | "Myths About the Brain" | 24 minutes | February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14) |
| 507 | 18 | "How Surfing Works" | 49 minutes | February 19, 2013 (2013-02-19) |
| 508 | 19 | "What Would Happen If the World Stopped Spinning?" | 20 minutes | February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21) |
| 509 | 20 | "How CPR Works" | 29 minutes | February 26, 2013 (2013-02-26) |
| 510 | 21 | "How the Papacy Works" | 34 minutes | March 1, 2013 (2013-03-01) |
| 511 | 22 | "What Makes a One-hit Wonder?" | 29 minutes | March 5, 2013 (2013-03-05) |
| 512 | 23 | "Do People Really Run Off to Join the French Foreign Legion?" | 21 minutes | March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) |
| 513 | 24 | "Can We Build an Elevator to Space?" | 30 minutes | March 9, 2013 (2013-03-09) |
| 514 | 25 | "How Police Sketches Work" | 39 minutes | March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12) |
| 515 | 26 | "How the U.S. Postal Service Works" | 45 minutes | March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13) |
| 516 | 27 | "How Apartheid Worked" | 37 minutes | March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) |
| 517 | 28 | "Gesundheit! How Allergies Work" | 27 minutes | March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21) |
| 518 | 29 | "What was the most peaceful time in history?" | 28 minutes | March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26) |
| 519 | 30 | "How No-fly Zones Work" | 27 minutes | March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28) |
| 520 | 31 | "How the Panama Canal Works" | 33 minutes | April 1, 2013 (2013-04-01) |
| 521 | 32 | "How Grief Works" | 42 minutes | April 1, 2013 (2013-04-01) |
| 522 | 33 | "What’s the deal with duckbill platypuses?" | 25 minutes | April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09) |
| 523 | 34 | "Do men and women have different brains?" | 26 minutes | April 11, 2013 (2013-04-11) |
| 524 | 35 | "How Marriage Works" | 41 minutes | April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16) |
| 525 | 36 | "Uses of the Insanity Defense" | 31 minutes | April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18) |
| 526 | 37 | "How Magnets Work" | 36 minutes | April 23, 2013 (2013-04-23) |
| 527 | 38 | "What makes us yawn?" | 29 minutes | April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25) |
| 528 | 39 | "Is there such a thing as a truth serum?" | 37 minutes | April 30, 2013 (2013-04-30) |
| 529 | 40 | "How Dungeons and Dragons Works" | 48 minutes | May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02) |
| 530 | 41 | "How Fair Trade Works" | 30 minutes | May 7, 2013 (2013-05-07) |
| 531 | 42 | "How Foot Binding Worked" | 28 minutes | May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09) |
| 532 | 43 | "How Electroconvulsive Therapy Works" | 26 minutes | May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14) |
| 533 | 44 | "How Aerosol Cans Work" | 24 minutes | May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16) |
| 534 | 45 | "How Cicadas Work" | 30 minutes | May 21, 2013 (2013-05-21) |
| 535 | 46 | "How PTSD Works" | 40 minutes | May 23, 2013 (2013-05-23) |
| 536 | 47 | "How Police Chases Work" | 27 minutes | May 28, 2013 (2013-05-28) |
| 537 | 48 | "How Coffins Work" | 41 minutes | May 30, 2013 (2013-05-30) |
| 538 | 49 | "What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?" | 34 minutes | June 4, 2013 (2013-06-04) |
| 539 | 50 | "How do trees affect the weather?" | 28 minutes | June 6, 2013 (2013-06-06) |
| 540 | 51 | "How Drag Queens Work" | 43 minutes | June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) |
| 541 | 52 | "Capgras Syndrome: You Are Not Who You Think You Are" | 26 minutes | June 13, 2013 (2013-06-13) |
| 542 | 53 | "How Bitcoin Works" | 37 minutes | June 18, 2013 (2013-06-18) |
| 543 | 54 | "How Ghosts Work" | 43 minutes | June 20, 2013 (2013-06-20) |
| 544 | 55 | "What’s the deal with Rasputin’s death?" | 32 minutes | June 25, 2013 (2013-06-25) |
| 545 | 56 | "How Burning Man Works" | 33 minutes | June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27) |
| 546 | 57 | "How Pollen Works" | 29 minutes | July 2, 2013 (2013-07-02) |
| 547 | 58 | "How Miranda Rights Work" | 30 minutes | July 5, 2013 (2013-07-05) |
| 548 | 59 | "10 Medieval Torture Devices" | 36 minutes | July 9, 2013 (2013-07-09) |
| 549 | 60 | "How Hip-hop Works" | 52 minutes | July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11) |
| 550 | 61 | "How Building Implosions Work" | 36 minutes | July 16, 2013 (2013-07-16) |
| 551 | 62 | "Who owns an abandoned house?" | 31 minutes | July 18, 2013 (2013-07-18) |
| 552 | 63 | "Why should you never scare a vulture?" | 32 minutes | July 23, 2013 (2013-07-23) |
| 553 | 64 | "How Maps Work" | 41 minutes | July 25, 2013 (2013-07-25) |
| 554 | 65 | "How LARP Works" | 35 minutes | July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30) |
| 555 | 66 | "How Fingerprinting Works" | 35 minutes | August 1, 2013 (2013-08-01) |
| 556 | 67 | "How Horseshoes Work" | 31 minutes | August 6, 2013 (2013-08-06) |
| 557 | 68 | "The Shark Diaries" | 40 minutes | August 7, 2013 (2013-08-07) |
| 558 | 69 | "How does a diving bell work?" | 31 minutes | August 8, 2013 (2013-08-08) |
| 559 | 70 | "Why was Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier?" | 37 minutes | August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13) |
| 560 | 71 | "How Cockroaches Work" | 44 minutes | August 15, 2013 (2013-08-15) |
| 561 | 72 | "How Ejection Seats Work" | 39 minutes | August 20, 2013 (2013-08-20) |
| 562 | 73 | "History’s Greatest Traitors" | 45 minutes | August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22) |
| 563 | 74 | "How Broken Bones Work" | 43 minutes | August 27, 2013 (2013-08-27) |
| 564 | 75 | "How did 168 conquistadors take down the Inca empire?" | 40 minutes | August 29, 2013 (2013-08-29) |
| 565 | 76 | "How the Rosetta Stone Works" | 38 minutes | September 3, 2013 (2013-09-03) |
| 566 | 77 | "How much money is in the world?" | 36 minutes | September 5, 2013 (2013-09-05) |
| 567 | 78 | "How Breast Implants Work" | 60 minutes | September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) |
| 568 | 79 | "Can you die of a broken heart?" | 29 minutes | September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12) |
| 569 | 80 | "How IEDs Work" | 35 minutes | September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) |
| 570 | 81 | "How Dying Works" | 64 minutes | September 19, 2013 (2013-09-19) |
| 571 | 82 | "How Crack Works" | 49 minutes | September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) |
| 572 | 83 | "Does owning a gun change your behavior?" | 33 minutes | September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) |
| 573 | 84 | "What’s the deal with diplomatic immunity?" | 41 minutes | September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30) |
| 574 | 85 | "Can NASA predict natural disasters?" | 28 minutes | October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03) |
| 575 | 86 | "Did Archimedes build a death ray?" | 36 minutes | October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) |
| 576 | 87 | "How Handwriting Analysis Works" | 43 minutes | October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10) |
| 577 | 88 | "How the Maori Work" | 40 minutes | October 14, 2013 (2013-10-14) |
| 578 | 89 | "10 Easy Ways to Save Money" | 45 minutes | October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17) |
| 579 | 90 | "How Guide Dogs Work" | 40 minutes | October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21) |
| 580 | 91 | "How Revisionist History Works" | 45 minutes | October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24) |
| 581 | 92 | "How Ouija Boards Work" | 34 minutes | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) |
| 582 | 93 | "The Empty House" | 40 minutes | October 30, 2013 (2013-10-30) |
| 583 | 94 | "What’s with the Winchester Mystery House?" | 34 minutes | October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31) |
| 584 | 95 | "How Chess Works" | 49 minutes | November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05) |
| 585 | 96 | "How Lewis and Clark Worked" | 55 minutes | November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07) |
| 586 | 97 | "Some Interesting Things You Didn’t Know About Stephen Hawking" | 33 minutes | November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12) |
| 587 | 98 | "How Werewolves Work" | 35 minutes | November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14) |
| 588 | 99 | "How Chocolate Works" | 41 minutes | November 19, 2013 (2013-11-19) |
| 589 | 100 | "Who killed JFK?" | 47 minutes | November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21) |
| 590 | 101 | "Is there a scientific formula for funny?" | 43 minutes | November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25) |
| 591 | 102 | "How Black Friday Works" | 40 minutes | November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27) |
| 592 | 103 | "How Castration Works" | 42 minutes | December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03) |
| 593 | 104 | "How Maglev Trains Work" | 33 minutes | December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05) |
| 594 | 105 | "How HeLa Cells Work" | 27 minutes | December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10) |
| 595 | 106 | "How Underwater Tunnels Work" | 34 minutes | December 11, 2013 (2013-12-11) |
| 596 | 107 | "How Manhunts Work" | 35 minutes | December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16) |
| 597 | 108 | "Is lethal injection humane?" | 45 minutes | December 19, 2013 (2013-12-19) |
| 598 | 109 | "Josh and Chuck’s Warm and Cozy Christmas Extravaganza 2013" | 45 minutes | December 24, 2013 (2013-12-24) |
| 599 | 110 | "How Fire Breathing Works" | 32 minutes | December 26, 2013 (2013-12-26) |
| 600 | 111 | "Will solar sails take us to the stars?" | 25 minutes | December 30, 2013 (2013-12-30) |