# List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2020)

This is a list of episodes from 2020 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.

## 2020 season

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 1230 | 1 | "How Safecracking Works" | 63 minutes | January 2, 2020 (2020-01-02) |
| 1231 | 2 | "The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part I" | 46 minutes | January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07) |
| 1232 | 3 | "The Disappearance of Flight MH370, Part II" | 50 minutes | January 9, 2020 (2020-01-09) |
| 1233 | 4 | "Transdermal Implants: Body Art or Nightmare Fuel?" | 58 minutes | January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14) |
| 1234 | 5 | "The Tulsa 'Race Riots'" | 51 minutes | January 16, 2020 (2020-01-16) |
| 1235 | 6 | "Why Postal Employees Go Postal" | 53 minutes | January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21) |
| 1236 | 7 | "Barefoot Running: The Best Podcast Episode in History" | 47 minutes | January 23, 2020 (2020-01-23) |
| 1237 | 8 | "Amazing Animal Stories!" | 42 minutes | January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28) |
| 1238 | 9 | "Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?" | 56 minutes | January 30, 2020 (2020-01-30) |
| 1239 | 10 | "How AI Facial Recognition Works" | 60 minutes | February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04) |
| 1240 | 11 | "Why are Pentecostals growing so rapidly?" | 46 minutes | February 6, 2020 (2020-02-06) |
| 1241 | 12 | "Optogenetics: Controlling Your Genes with Light" | 51 minutes | February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11) |
| 1242 | 13 | "911 Is Not a Joke" | 59 minutes | February 13, 2020 (2020-02-13) |
| 1243 | 14 | "The Unsolved Indiana Dunes Disappearances" | 46 minutes | February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18) |
| 1244 | 15 | "Birthmarks: Probably Not the Mark of the Devil" | 55 minutes | February 20, 2020 (2020-02-20) |
| 1245 | 16 | "What's the deal with indigo?" | 51 minutes | February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25) |
| 1246 | 17 | "Sammy Davis Jr: National Treasure" | 61 minutes | February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27) |
| 1247 | 18 | "How Morphic Fields Work?" | 58 minutes | March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03) |
| 1248 | 19 | "Mardi Gras! One month late" | 51 minutes | March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05) |
| 1249 | 20 | "How Coyotes Work" | 50 minutes | March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10) |
| 1250 | 21 | "How Ice Climbing Works" | 62 minutes | March 12, 2020 (2020-03-12) |
| 1251 | 22 | "Chopsticks > Forks" | 56 minutes | March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17) |
| 1252 | 23 | "What was the Falkland Islands War all about anyway?" | 57 minutes | March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19) |
| 1253 | 24 | "Could A Robot Tax Win the War on Poverty?" | 59 minutes | March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24) |
| 1254 | 25 | "How COVID-19 Works" | 71 minutes | March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26) |
| 1255 | 26 | "How Dog Training Works" | 50 minutes | March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31) |
| 1256 | 27 | "Student Loans: UGH!" | 61 minutes | April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02) |
| 1257 | 28 | "The Legends of Lost Nazi Gold" | 51 minutes | April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) |
| 1258 | 29 | "Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Feminist Physician" | 54 minutes | April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09) |
| 1259 | 30 | "Bidets: Now More Than Ever" | 52 minutes | April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14) |
| 1260 | 31 | "How Wastewater Treatment Works" | 63 minutes | April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16) |
| 1261 | 32 | "The Soul Train Episode" | 51 minutes | April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21) |
| 1262 | 33 | "How the Voyager Golden Records Work" | 69 minutes | April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23) |
| 1263 | 34 | "How Existential Risks Work" | 60 minutes | April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28) |
| 1264 | 35 | "Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery" | 58 minutes | April 30, 2020 (2020-04-30) |
| 1265 | 36 | "I'm Spartacus!" | 58 minutes | May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05) |
| 1266 | 37 | "Zippers: Humans’ Greatest Invention? No, But Still Good" | 59 minutes | May 7, 2020 (2020-05-07) |
| 1267 | 38 | "How Herd Immunity Works" | 68 minutes | May 12, 2020 (2020-05-12) |
| 1268 | 39 | "How Peanut Butter Works" | 61 minutes | May 14, 2020 (2020-05-14) |
| 1269 | 40 | "How Spiritualism Works" | 66 minutes | May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19) |
| 1270 | 41 | "How Bras Work" | 57 minutes | May 21, 2020 (2020-05-21) |
| 1271 | 42 | "Hummingbirds: Ornery Helicopters of the Animal Kingdom" | 51 minutes | May 26, 2020 (2020-05-26) |
| 1272 | 43 | "How Narcolepsy Works" | 57 minutes | May 28, 2020 (2020-05-28) |
| 1273 | 44 | "Heroin: The Drug" | 57 minutes | June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02) |
| 1274 | 45 | "The Massacre at Tiananmen Square" | 67 minutes | June 4, 2020 (2020-06-04) |
| 1275 | 46 | "How Project Star Gate Worked" | 58 minutes | June 9, 2020 (2020-06-09) |
| 1276 | 47 | "Can You Eat A Tapeworm To Lose Weight?" | 45 minutes | June 11, 2020 (2020-06-11) |
| 1277 | 48 | "The War on Fat: The Seven Countries Study" | 53 minutes | June 16, 2020 (2020-06-16) |
| 1278 | 49 | "The Manhattan Grid" | 51 minutes | June 18, 2020 (2020-06-18) |
| 1279 | 50 | "How Ultrasound Works" | 54 minutes | June 23, 2020 (2020-06-23) |
| 1280 | 51 | "Matcha: That Ain't Just Tea" | 51 minutes | June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25) |
| 1281 | 52 | "Bruxism: Grinding Your Teeth Is the Pits" | 54 minutes | June 30, 2020 (2020-06-30) |
| 1282 | 53 | "Oh Yes, How Soil Works" | 61 minutes | July 2, 2020 (2020-07-02) |
| 1283 | 54 | "What was the KGB?" | 55 minutes | July 7, 2020 (2020-07-07) |
| 1284 | 55 | "Essential Oils: Nature's Cure?" | 60 minutes | July 9, 2020 (2020-07-09) |
| 1285 | 56 | "Flagpole Sitting: A Real Fad" | 56 minutes | July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14) |
| 1286 | 57 | "Robber Barons!" | 69 minutes | July 16, 2020 (2020-07-16) |
| 1287 | 58 | "How We Almost Got Rid of Polio" | 51 minutes | July 21, 2020 (2020-07-21) |
| 1288 | 59 | "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Mobile Phones" | 62 minutes | July 23, 2020 (2020-07-23) |
| 1289 | 60 | "How Hurricanes Work" | 58 minutes | July 28, 2020 (2020-07-28) |
| 1290 | 61 | "How Soap Works" | 54 minutes | July 30, 2020 (2020-07-30) |
| 1291 | 62 | "Wasps: Not as cute as bees" | 52 minutes | August 4, 2020 (2020-08-04) |
| 1292 | 63 | "How Miniature Golf Works" | 53 minutes | August 6, 2020 (2020-08-06) |
| 1293 | 64 | "Pirate Radio: Mavericks on the High Seas" | 54 minutes | August 11, 2020 (2020-08-11) |
| 1294 | 65 | "Olympic Torches: Remember Those?" | 49 minutes | August 13, 2020 (2020-08-13) |
| 1295 | 66 | "How Anti-Dieting Works" | 52 minutes | August 18, 2020 (2020-08-18) |
| 1296 | 67 | "1-800-PODCAST" | 47 minutes | August 20, 2020 (2020-08-20) |
| 1297 | 68 | "How Sneezing Works" | 54 minutes | August 25, 2020 (2020-08-25) |
| 1298 | 69 | "Blacksmiths? You got that right!" | 55 minutes | August 27, 2020 (2020-08-27) |
| 1299 | 70 | "How the Escape from Alcatraz Worked" | 60 minutes | September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01) |
| 1300 | 71 | "The Disturbing Disappearance of Tara Calico" | 46 minutes | September 3, 2020 (2020-09-03) |
| 1301 | 72 | "Frances Perkins: Influential and Unknown" | 46 minutes | September 8, 2020 (2020-09-08) |
| 1302 | 73 | "Wetlands! Wetlands! Wetlands!" | 50 minutes | September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10) |
| 1303 | 74 | "Origami: Folding Goodness" | 52 minutes | September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15) |
| 1304 | 75 | "How Election Polling Works and Doesn't Work" | 52 minutes | September 17, 2020 (2020-09-17) |
| 1305 | 76 | "How Sweepstakes Work" | 56 minutes | September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22) |
| 1306 | 77 | "At Long Last: Hawaiian Overthrow Episode" | 56 minutes | September 24, 2020 (2020-09-24) |
| 1307 | 78 | "Conjugal Visits: Not exactly what you think" | 51 minutes | September 29, 2020 (2020-09-29) |
| 1308 | 79 | "Fallout Shelters: Probably Useless (Let’s Never Find Out)" | 52 minutes | October 1, 2020 (2020-10-01) |
| 1309 | 80 | "What's the deal with swing states?" | 52 minutes | October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) |
| 1310 | 81 | "Printing press? Big deal!" | 59 minutes | October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08) |
| 1311 | 82 | "Wind Tunnels: More Important Than You Realize" | 50 minutes | October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) |
| 1312 | 83 | "Porcupines: Little Stabby Cutie Pies" | 45 minutes | October 15, 2020 (2020-10-15) |
| 1313 | 84 | "10 Voter Suppression Methods" | 52 minutes | October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20) |
| 1314 | 85 | "Beavers: Tail Slapping Fun" | 46 minutes | October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22) |
| 1315 | 86 | "A History of Nursing Homes" | 57 minutes | October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27) |
| 1316 | 87 | "SYSK’s Scare Your Pants Off (and Back On) Halloween Spooktacular" | 41 minutes | October 29, 2020 (2020-10-29) |
| 1317 | 88 | "The Amazing Roberto Clemente" | 50 minutes | November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03) |
| 1318 | 89 | "All the Gold In Fort Knox: Meh" | 56 minutes | November 5, 2020 (2020-11-05) |
| 1319 | 90 | "The Bay of Pigs Disaster" | 54 minutes | November 10, 2020 (2020-11-10) |
| 1320 | 91 | "How Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Works" | 52 minutes | November 12, 2020 (2020-11-12) |
| 1321 | 92 | "How Pain Works" | 57 minutes | November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17) |
| 1322 | 93 | "The Great War of the Worlds Panic Myth" | 51 minutes | November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19) |
| 1323 | 94 | "Patty Hearst: Brainwashed or Bandit?" | 60 minutes | November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24) |
| 1324 | 95 | "Gobble Gobble: Turkeys!" | 51 minutes | November 26, 2020 (2020-11-26) |
| 1325 | 96 | "Cabbage Patch Kids: Must-Have Toy of the Century" | 54 minutes | December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01) |
| 1326 | 97 | "John Lennon and the FBI" | 47 minutes | December 3, 2020 (2020-12-03) |
| 1327 | 98 | "How Class Action Lawsuits Work" | 54 minutes | December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) |
| 1328 | 99 | "The Taliesin Massacre" | 47 minutes | December 10, 2020 (2020-12-10) |
| 1329 | 100 | "Joseph Merrick, aka "The Elephant Man"" | 49 minutes | December 15, 2020 (2020-12-15) |
| 1330 | 101 | "Aspirin: The Wonder Drug" | 52 minutes | December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17) |
| 1331 | 102 | "How Buffets Work" | 62 minutes | December 22, 2020 (2020-12-22) |
| 1332 | 103 | "The SYSK 2020 Holly Jolly Extravaganza!" | 42 minutes | December 24, 2020 (2020-12-24) |
| 1333 | 104 | "Theremins: World's First Electronic Music" | 56 minutes | December 29, 2020 (2020-12-29) |
| 1334 | 105 | "La Dame de Fer (Eiffel Tower)" | 53 minutes | December 31, 2020 (2020-12-31) |

### Short Stuff (2020)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 65 | 1 | "Short Stuff: Why Does Time Speed Up As You Age?" | 16 minutes | January 1, 2020 (2020-01-01) |
| 66 | 2 | "Short Stuff: Corduroy" | 15 minutes | January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08) |
| 67 | 3 | "Short Stuff: The Mona Lisa" | 15 minutes | January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15) |
| 68 | 4 | "Short Stuff: Byford Dolphin Incident" | 15 minutes | January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22) |
| 69 | 5 | "Short Stuff: The O.K. Corral" | 14 minutes | January 29, 2020 (2020-01-29) |
| 70 | 6 | "Short Stuff: The Iowa Caucus" | 16 minutes | February 5, 2020 (2020-02-05) |
| 71 | 7 | "Short Stuff: Body Under The Bed" | 13 minutes | February 12, 2020 (2020-02-12) |
| 72 | 8 | "Short Stuff: Mexican Jumping Beans" | 14 minutes | February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) |
| 73 | 9 | "Short Stuff: Hawaiian Night Marchers" | 11 minutes | February 26, 2020 (2020-02-26) |
| 74 | 10 | "Short Stuff: Exclamation Points!" | 15 minutes | March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) |
| 75 | 11 | "Short Stuff: Teresita Basa" | 15 minutes | March 11, 2020 (2020-03-11) |
| 76 | 12 | "Short Stuff: The Pledge of Allegiance" | 15 minutes | March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18) |
| 77 | 13 | "Short Stuff: Dagen H" | 14 minutes | March 25, 2020 (2020-03-25) |
| 78 | 14 | "Short Stuff: 666" | 14 minutes | April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01) |
| 79 | 15 | "Short Stuff: AAirpass" | 16 minutes | April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08) |
| 80 | 16 | "Short Stuff: Turning Down the Radio When You're Lost" | 15 minutes | April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15) |
| 81 | 17 | "Short Stuff: The NY Times Crossword" | 15 minutes | April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22) |
| 82 | 18 | "Short Stuff: Mullets: 'Nuff Said" | 14 minutes | April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) |
| 83 | 19 | "Short Stuff: Gibtown: Sideshow Central" | 15 minutes | May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06) |
| 84 | 20 | "Short Stuff: Charley Horse" | 13 minutes | May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13) |
| 85 | 21 | "Short Stuff: Mary Had A Little Lamb" | 15 minutes | May 20, 2020 (2020-05-20) |
| 86 | 22 | "Short Stuff: Lawn Darts" | 14 minutes | May 27, 2020 (2020-05-27) |
| 87 | 23 | "Short Stuff: Disappearing Dirty Dancing Lake" | 13 minutes | June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03) |
| 88 | 24 | "Short Stuff: Foie Gras" | 14 minutes | June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10) |
| 89 | 25 | "Short Stuff: Haint Blue" | 12 minutes | June 17, 2020 (2020-06-17) |
| 90 | 26 | "Short Stuff: Nouns of assemblage... assemble!" | 12 minutes | June 24, 2020 (2020-06-24) |
| 91 | 27 | "Short Stuff: The Science of Funny Words" | 15 minutes | July 1, 2020 (2020-07-01) |
| 92 | 28 | "Short Stuff: The @ Symbol" | 16 minutes | July 8, 2020 (2020-07-08) |
| 93 | 29 | "Short Stuff: Centralia Coal Fire" | 16 minutes | July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15) |
| 94 | 30 | "Short Stuff: The Death of Billy the Kid" | 17 minutes | July 22, 2020 (2020-07-22) |
| 95 | 31 | "Short Stuff: Habsburg Jaw" | 14 minutes | July 29, 2020 (2020-07-29) |
| 96 | 32 | "Short Stuff: Jigsaw Puzzles" | 16 minutes | August 5, 2020 (2020-08-05) |
| 97 | 33 | "Short Stuff: The Return of Bill Gates!" | 31 minutes | August 12, 2020 (2020-08-12) |
| 98 | 34 | "Short Stuff: The Great American Coin Shortage of 2020" | 14 minutes | August 19, 2020 (2020-08-19) |
| 99 | 35 | "Short Stuff: Carrots and Your Eyes" | 14 minutes | August 26, 2020 (2020-08-26) |
| 100 | 36 | "Short Stuff: More Phrase Origins" | 14 minutes | September 2, 2020 (2020-09-02) |
| 101 | 37 | "Short Stuff: Streisand Effect" | 16 minutes | September 9, 2020 (2020-09-09) |
| 102 | 38 | "Short Stuff: Black Cowboys" | 15 minutes | September 16, 2020 (2020-09-16) |
| 103 | 39 | "Short Stuff: Petticoat Rulers" | 13 minutes | September 23, 2020 (2020-09-23) |
| 104 | 40 | "Short Stuff: That's A Head Scratcher" | 12 minutes | September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30) |
| 105 | 41 | "Short Stuff: Lying in State" | 12 minutes | October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07) |
| 106 | 42 | "Short Stuff: What is Latinx anyway?" | 13 minutes | October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14) |
| 107 | 43 | "Short Stuff: Haunted Real Estate" | 13 minutes | October 21, 2020 (2020-10-21) |
| 108 | 44 | "Short Stuff: Poe Toaster" | 15 minutes | April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28) |
| 109 | 45 | "Short Stuff: Fruit Flies, Why?" | 12 minutes | November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04) |
| 110 | 46 | "Short Stuff: Plastic Pink Flamingos" | 13 minutes | November 11, 2020 (2020-11-11) |
| 111 | 47 | "Short Stuff: Squirrel Nuts" | 12 minutes | November 18, 2020 (2020-11-18) |
| 112 | 48 | "Short Stuff: How Eyes In a Painting Follow You" | 12 minutes | November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25) |
| 113 | 49 | "Short Stuff: Pimento Cheese!" | 15 minutes | December 2, 2020 (2020-12-02) |
| 114 | 50 | "Short Stuff: Cramming" | 14 minutes | December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09) |
| 115 | 51 | "Short Stuff: Modern Funerals" | 13 minutes | December 16, 2020 (2020-12-16) |
| 116 | 52 | "Short Stuff: Chinese Food on Christmas" | 13 minutes | December 23, 2020 (2020-12-23) |
| 117 | 53 | "Short Stuff: Ig-pay Atin-lay (Sorry)" | 13 minutes | December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30) |