# List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2012)

This is a list of episodes from 2012 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast

## 2012 season

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 386 | 1 | "How Yo-Yos Work" | 31 minutes | January 3, 2012 (2012-01-03) |
| 387 | 2 | "Was there a curse on King Tut’s tomb?" | 38 minutes | January 5, 2012 (2012-01-05) |
| 388 | 3 | "Can you vacation in Antarctica?" | 36 minutes | January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) |
| 389 | 4 | "What’s the deal with the Bermuda Triangle?" | 44 minutes | January 12, 2012 (2012-01-12) |
| 390 | 5 | "Are contrails actually chemtrails?" | 32 minutes | January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) |
| 391 | 6 | "How Mexican Wrestling Works" | 40 minutes | January 19, 2012 (2012-01-19) |
| 392 | 7 | "How Human Trafficking Works" | 34 minutes | January 24, 2012 (2012-01-24) |
| 393 | 8 | "How Floods Work" | 32 minutes | January 26, 2012 (2012-01-26) |
| 394 | 9 | "How Magic Mushrooms Work" | 50 minutes | January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31) |
| 395 | 10 | "What’s the 10,000 Year Clock?" | 46 minutes | February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02) |
| 396 | 11 | "Pickpockets: Artists or Crooks?" | 32 minutes | February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07) |
| 397 | 12 | "How Coral Reefs Work" | 35 minutes | February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09) |
| 398 | 13 | "How Zero Works" | 30 minutes | February 14, 2012 (2012-02-14) |
| 399 | 14 | "How Autopsies Work" | 49 minutes | February 16, 2012 (2012-02-16) |
| 400 | 15 | "How Spies Work" | 43 minutes | February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21) |
| 401 | 16 | "Fasting: deadly or what?" | 34 minutes | February 23, 2012 (2012-02-23) |
| 402 | 17 | "How Crying Works" | 39 minutes | February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28) |
| 403 | 18 | "How SETI Works" | 38 minutes | March 1, 2012 (2012-03-01) |
| 404 | 19 | "Duels: A guide to throwing down the gauntlet" | 42 minutes | March 6, 2012 (2012-03-06) |
| 405 | 20 | "How Noah’s Ark Worked" | 31 minutes | March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08) |
| 406 | 21 | "Should chimps be used for medical testing?" | 32 minutes | March 13, 2012 (2012-03-13) |
| 407 | 22 | "How the Donner Party Worked" | 36 minutes | March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15) |
| 408 | 23 | "How Comic Books: Live from SXSW" | 56 minutes | March 20, 2012 (2012-03-20) |
| 409 | 24 | "How Tipping Works" | 50 minutes | March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22) |
| 410 | 25 | "10 Big Cases of Revenge" | 44 minutes | March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27) |
| 411 | 26 | "How Music Sampling Works" | 44 minutes | March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29) |
| 412 | 27 | "How Diamonds Work" | 40 minutes | April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) |
| 413 | 28 | "How Beer Works" | 48 minutes | April 5, 2012 (2012-04-05) |
| 414 | 29 | "Was Atlantis a real place?" | 32 minutes | April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10) |
| 415 | 30 | "Body Odor: You Stink" | 45 minutes | April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11) |
| 416 | 31 | "How Whaling Works" | 35 minutes | April 17, 2012 (2012-04-17) |
| 417 | 32 | "Social Security Numbers: Less Boring Than You’d Think" | 38 minutes | April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) |
| 418 | 33 | "How Air Traffic Control Works" | 39 minutes | April 24, 2012 (2012-04-24) |
| 419 | 34 | "How Medical Marijuana Works" | 33 minutes | April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26) |
| 420 | 35 | "How did language evolve?" | 27 minutes | May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01) |
| 421 | 36 | "How Bullfighting Works" | 44 minutes | May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03) |
| 422 | 37 | "Did the Dutch trade Manhattan for nutmeg?" | 34 minutes | May 8, 2012 (2012-05-08) |
| 423 | 38 | "What is a shotgun house?" | 23 minutes | May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10) |
| 424 | 39 | "Interpol: World Police" | 32 minutes | May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15) |
| 425 | 40 | "What is the future of Earth?" | 33 minutes | May 17, 2012 (2012-05-17) |
| 426 | 41 | "How Labor Unions Work" | 48 minutes | May 22, 2012 (2012-05-22) |
| 427 | 42 | "Are we obsessed with goals?" | 40 minutes | May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24) |
| 428 | 43 | "Do video games produce real-life violence?" | 32 minutes | May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29) |
| 429 | 44 | "Can it rain frogs?" | 25 minutes | May 31, 2012 (2012-05-31) |
| 430 | 45 | "How Moss Works" | 32 minutes | June 5, 2012 (2012-06-05) |
| 431 | 46 | "Fractals: Whoa" | 34 minutes | June 7, 2012 (2012-06-07) |
| 432 | 47 | "Should we have a fat tax?" | 35 minutes | June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12) |
| 433 | 48 | "Whatever happened to acid rain?" | 30 minutes | June 14, 2012 (2012-06-14) |
| 434 | 49 | "How Icebergs Work (Very Cool)" | 38 minutes | June 19, 2012 (2012-06-19) |
| 435 | 50 | "10 Accidental Inventions: By the Numbers" | 36 minutes | June 21, 2012 (2012-06-21) |
| 436 | 51 | "Lying Liars: How Lying Works, Liar" | 50 minutes | June 26, 2012 (2012-06-26) |
| 437 | 52 | "What’s the deal with Executive Orders?" | 34 minutes | June 28, 2012 (2012-06-28) |
| 438 | 53 | "Is the Dead Sea dead?" | 26 minutes | July 3, 2012 (2012-07-03) |
| 439 | 54 | "How Tabloids Work" | 50 minutes | July 5, 2012 (2012-07-05) |
| 440 | 55 | "Geysers: Nature’s Innuendo" | 28 minutes | July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10) |
| 441 | 56 | "How Lightning Works" | 39 minutes | July 12, 2012 (2012-07-12) |
| 442 | 57 | "How Disco Works" | 48 minutes | July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17) |
| 443 | 58 | "Did a cow start the Great Chicago Fire?" | 28 minutes | July 19, 2012 (2012-07-19) |
| 444 | 59 | "How White-collar Crime Works" | 44 minutes | July 24, 2012 (2012-07-24) |
| 445 | 60 | "How Time Travel Works (Live at SD Comic-Con)" | 27 minutes | July 26, 2012 (2012-07-26) |
| 446 | 61 | "How the Musketeers Worked" | 29 minutes | July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31) |
| 447 | 62 | "Can we build an elevator to space?" | 30 minutes | August 2, 2012 (2012-08-02) |
| 448 | 63 | "How Ramadan Works" | 31 minutes | August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07) |
| 449 | 64 | "How Shark Attacks Work" | 39 minutes | August 9, 2012 (2012-08-09) |
| 450 | 65 | "The Shark Diaries" | 40 minutes | August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14) |
| 451 | 66 | "Did Reagan’s Star Wars program win the Cold War?" | 34 minutes | August 16, 2012 (2012-08-16) |
| 452 | 67 | "Why You Probably Have a Criminal Record" | 31 minutes | August 21, 2012 (2012-08-21) |
| 453 | 68 | "What happens to abandoned mines?" | 26 minutes | August 23, 2012 (2012-08-23) |
| 454 | 69 | "How the Electoral College Works" | 41 minutes | August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28) |
| 455 | 70 | "How Flesh-eating Bacteria Work" | 27 minutes | August 30, 2012 (2012-08-30) |
| 456 | 71 | "Can you test a nuclear weapon without a fallout?" | 29 minutes | September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04) |
| 457 | 72 | "Bioluminescence: A Bright and Shiny Fish" | 36 minutes | September 6, 2012 (2012-09-06) |
| 458 | 73 | "How Asexuality Works" | 34 minutes | September 11, 2012 (2012-09-11) |
| 459 | 74 | "How Book Banning Works" | 30 minutes | September 13, 2012 (2012-09-13) |
| 460 | 75 | "Are we all Martians?" | 28 minutes | September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18) |
| 461 | 76 | "Why does music provoke emotion?" | 64 minutes | September 20, 2012 (2012-09-20) |
| 462 | 77 | "Q: Are we in the midst of cyberwar? A: Yes" | 28 minutes | September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25) |
| 463 | 78 | "Subways: HUH! What are they good for?" | 43 minutes | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) |
| 464 | 79 | "How Whiskey Runners Worked" | 30 minutes | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) |
| 465 | 80 | "How Fire Works" | 28 minutes | October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04) |
| 466 | 81 | "How Rainforests Work" | 40 minutes | October 9, 2012 (2012-10-09) |
| 467 | 82 | "How Pizza Works!" | 51 minutes | October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) |
| 468 | 83 | "How Black Holes Work" | 31 minutes | October 16, 2012 (2012-10-16) |
| 469 | 84 | "How Lion Taming Works" | 28 minutes | October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18) |
| 470 | 85 | "How Commercial Jingles Work" | 35 minutes | October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23) |
| 471 | 86 | "Exoskeletons: How’s it coming?" | 31 minutes | October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25) |
| 472 | 87 | "SYSK’s Halloween Horror Fiction Winner!" | 24 minutes | October 30, 2012 (2012-10-30) |
| 473 | 88 | "Is Stockholm Syndrome real?" | 34 minutes | November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01) |
| 474 | 89 | "Yakuza: From Samurai to Slot Machines" | 37 minutes | November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) |
| 475 | 90 | "What will happen when we reach the Singularity?" | 40 minutes | November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08) |
| 476 | 91 | "How close are we to holographic environments?" | 24 minutes | November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13) |
| 477 | 92 | "How Meth Works" | 48 minutes | November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15) |
| 478 | 93 | "Should we be designing our children?" | 35 minutes | November 20, 2012 (2012-11-20) |
| 479 | 94 | "Philanthropy: Humankind and Loving It" | 46 minutes | November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22) |
| 480 | 95 | "Why do leaves change colors in the fall?" | 24 minutes | November 27, 2012 (2012-11-27) |
| 481 | 96 | "How Caving Works" | 50 minutes | November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29) |
| 482 | 97 | "How Vampires Work" | 49 minutes | December 4, 2012 (2012-12-04) |
| 483 | 98 | "Will we reach peak oil?" | 38 minutes | December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06) |
| 484 | 99 | "Why isn’t the U.S. on the metric system?" | 37 minutes | December 11, 2012 (2012-12-11) |
| 485 | 100 | "How Condoms Work" | 62 minutes | December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13) |
| 486 | 101 | "Lab-grown meat: Order up!" | 29 minutes | December 18, 2012 (2012-12-18) |
| 487 | 102 | "How Barbie® Doll Works" | 62 minutes | December 20, 2012 (2012-12-20) |
| 488 | 103 | "Josh and Chuck’s Christmas Extravaganza 2012" | 46 minutes | December 21, 2012 (2012-12-21) |
| 489 | 104 | "How Dog Shows Work" | 41 minutes | December 27, 2012 (2012-12-27) |