# List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2018)

This is a list of episodes from 2018 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.

## 2018 season

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 1021 | 1 | "How Orchids Work" | 56 minutes | January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02) |
| 1022 | 2 | "How Impeachment Works" | 57 minutes | January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04) |
| 1023 | 3 | "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste" | 67 minutes | January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09) |
| 1024 | 4 | "What is an invasive species?" | 56 minutes | January 11, 2018 (2018-01-11) |
| 1025 | 5 | "How Removing Public Monuments Work" | 52 minutes | January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16) |
| 1026 | 6 | "How Hang Gliding Works" | 47 minutes | January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18) |
| 1027 | 7 | "How Hoarding Works" | 67 minutes | January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23) |
| 1028 | 8 | "The Manson Family Murders Part I" | 51 minutes | January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25) |
| 1029 | 9 | "The Manson Family Murders Part II" | 46 minutes | January 30, 2018 (2018-01-30) |
| 1030 | 10 | "Marijuana Vs. Alcohol: Which Is Worse For You?" | 57 minutes | February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01) |
| 1031 | 11 | "What is a Mold-A-Rama?" | 44 minutes | February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06) |
| 1032 | 12 | "The Mystery of The Grand Canyon Newlyweds" | 57 minutes | February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08) |
| 1033 | 13 | "How Pompeii Worked" | 55 minutes | February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13) |
| 1034 | 14 | "The Harriet Tubman Story" | 52 minutes | February 15, 2018 (2018-02-15) |
| 1035 | 15 | "Are Feral Children Real?" | 47 minutes | February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20) |
| 1036 | 16 | "Rosa Parks: Agent of Change" | 56 minutes | February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) |
| 1037 | 17 | "Knife Throwing: Super Cool" | 47 minutes | February 27, 2018 (2018-02-27) |
| 1038 | 18 | "SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps" | 80 minutes | March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) |
| 1039 | 19 | "The Strange Story of Sea Monkeys" | 57 minutes | March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06) |
| 1040 | 20 | "Why Do People Believe In Faith Healing?" | 58 minutes | March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) |
| 1041 | 21 | "The Huggable, Lovable Walrus" | 55 minutes | March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13) |
| 1042 | 22 | "Is Vaping Really Bad For You?" | 46 minutes | March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15) |
| 1043 | 23 | "How the New England Vampire Panics Worked" | 52 minutes | March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20) |
| 1044 | 24 | "How the Framingham Heart Study Works" | 56 minutes | March 22, 2018 (2018-03-22) |
| 1045 | 25 | "How Meals on Wheels Works" | 53 minutes | March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) |
| 1046 | 26 | "What are false positives?" | 49 minutes | March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) |
| 1047 | 27 | "When Words Take on New Meanings" | 62 minutes | April 3, 2018 (2018-04-03) |
| 1048 | 28 | "Project Azorian: The CIA's Super 70s Mission To Steal A Sunken Soviet Sub" | 56 minutes | April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05) |
| 1049 | 29 | "Why Landmines Are The Deadliest Legacy Of War" | 56 minutes | April 10, 2018 (2018-04-10) |
| 1050 | 30 | "How Paramedics Work" | 53 minutes | April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12) |
| 1051 | 31 | "The Unabomber: Misguided to say the least" | 51 minutes | April 17, 2018 (2018-04-17) |
| 1052 | 32 | "Two Times In the 70s When People Buried Ferraris" | 51 minutes | April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19) |
| 1053 | 33 | "Emojis: A New Language? Nah." | 53 minutes | April 24, 2018 (2018-04-24) |
| 1054 | 34 | "Does Pyromania Actually Exist?" | 40 minutes | April 26, 2018 (2018-04-26) |
| 1055 | 35 | "Nepotism: When Hiring the Best Just Won't Do" | 47 minutes | May 1, 2018 (2018-05-01) |
| 1056 | 36 | "North Korea: What's the Deal?" | 72 minutes | May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03) |
| 1057 | 37 | "PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard" | 63 minutes | May 8, 2018 (2018-05-08) |
| 1058 | 38 | "How Drowning Works" | 56 minutes | May 10, 2018 (2018-05-10) |
| 1059 | 39 | "What's a quinceañera anyway?" | 45 minutes | May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15) |
| 1060 | 40 | "The Collar Bomb Heist" | 47 minutes | May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17) |
| 1061 | 41 | "A List Of Games You Would Surely Lose to a Computer" | 61 minutes | May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22) |
| 1062 | 42 | "How Occam's Razor Works" | 46 minutes | May 24, 2018 (2018-05-24) |
| 1063 | 43 | "How Drug Courts Work" | 57 minutes | May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29) |
| 1064 | 44 | "Is the Pied Piper About a Real Historic Tragedy?" | 46 minutes | May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) |
| 1065 | 45 | "The Max Headroom Incident" | 54 minutes | June 5, 2018 (2018-06-05) |
| 1066 | 46 | "Frida Kahlo: Painter, Icon, Genius" | 52 minutes | June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07) |
| 1067 | 47 | "How Tsunamis Work" | 52 minutes | June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12) |
| 1068 | 48 | "Skyscrapers: 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" | 57 minutes | June 14, 2018 (2018-06-14) |
| 1069 | 49 | "How The Pill Changed the World" | 50 minutes | June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) |
| 1070 | 50 | "Genghis Khan: Madman or Genius?" | 55 minutes | June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21) |
| 1071 | 51 | "Can Anarchism Work?" | 66 minutes | June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26) |
| 1072 | 52 | "Narwhals: Unicorns of the Sea" | 41 minutes | June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28) |
| 1073 | 53 | "How Diabetes Works" | 60 minutes | July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03) |
| 1074 | 54 | "How the Stanford Prison Experiment Worked" | 51 minutes | July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05) |
| 1075 | 55 | "The Disappearance of the Yuba County Five" | 57 minutes | July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10) |
| 1076 | 56 | "Gerrymandering: How to Stifle Democracy" | 42 minutes | July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12) |
| 1077 | 57 | "Jobs of Bygone Eras" | 65 minutes | July 17, 2018 (2018-07-17) |
| 1078 | 58 | "How Attorney-Client Privilege Works" | 42 minutes | July 19, 2018 (2018-07-19) |
| 1079 | 59 | "Recycling Update: How’s It Going?" | 69 minutes | July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24) |
| 1080 | 60 | "The Dyatlov Pass Mystery" | 45 minutes | July 26, 2018 (2018-07-26) |
| 1081 | 61 | "How the Pony Express Worked" | 49 minutes | July 31, 2018 (2018-07-31) |
| 1082 | 62 | "How the U.S. Military Draft Works" | 60 minutes | August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02) |
| 1083 | 63 | "How Search and Rescue Works" | 65 minutes | August 7, 2018 (2018-08-07) |
| 1084 | 64 | "How Attila the Hun Worked" | 48 minutes | August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09) |
| 1085 | 65 | "How Board Breaking Works" | 50 minutes | August 14, 2018 (2018-08-14) |
| 1086 | 66 | "Who is The Man of the Hole?" | 42 minutes | August 16, 2018 (2018-08-16) |
| 1087 | 67 | "Ballpoint pens? Heck yes, ballpoint pens!" | 54 minutes | August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21) |
| 1088 | 68 | "Pterosaurs: Not Flying Dinosaurs" | 43 minutes | August 23, 2018 (2018-08-23) |
| 1089 | 69 | "Why There Aren't So Many Hotel Fires Anymore" | 49 minutes | August 28, 2018 (2018-08-28) |
| 1090 | 70 | "How Elimination Diets Work" | 49 minutes | August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30) |
| 1091 | 71 | "How Police Lineups Work" | 57 minutes | September 4, 2018 (2018-09-04) |
| 1092 | 72 | "The Lava Lamp: Goes Great With Acid" | 51 minutes | September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06) |
| 1093 | 73 | "SYSK Live: How Game Shows Work" | 73 minutes | September 11, 2018 (2018-09-11) |
| 1094 | 74 | "What are think tanks all about?" | 50 minutes | September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13) |
| 1095 | 75 | "Roundabouts: The Problem Is You" | 63 minutes | September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18) |
| 1096 | 76 | "How Ranked Choice Voting Works" | 48 minutes | September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20) |
| 1097 | 77 | "What is colorblindness?" | 41 minutes | September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25) |
| 1098 | 78 | "Seriously, What Is Dark Matter?" | 48 minutes | September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) |
| 1099 | 79 | "How the Concorde Worked" | 61 minutes | October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02) |
| 1100 | 80 | "Algae: Food, Fuel, What?" | 57 minutes | October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04) |
| 1101 | 81 | "How Marathons Work" | 70 minutes | October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09) |
| 1102 | 82 | "When inventions kill!" | 49 minutes | October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11) |
| 1103 | 83 | "Was There A Real Robin Hood?" | 54 minutes | October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16) |
| 1104 | 84 | "Waterbeds: The Sexiest Bed?" | 44 minutes | October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18) |
| 1105 | 85 | "How Epilepsy Works" | 59 minutes | October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23) |
| 1106 | 86 | "How the Amityville Horror Worked" | 58 minutes | October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25) |
| 1107 | 87 | "SYSK’s 2018 Super Spooktacular" | 51 minutes | October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30) |
| 1108 | 88 | "How Easy Bake Ovens Work" | 41 minutes | November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01) |
| 1109 | 89 | "What were war masks?" | 44 minutes | November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) |
| 1110 | 90 | "Is yogurt a miracle food?" | 51 minutes | November 8, 2018 (2018-11-08) |
| 1111 | 91 | "Pando: Earth’s Oldest, Hugest Organism Is Trees!" | 48 minutes | November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13) |
| 1112 | 92 | "Olive Oil: Mother Nature's Gift" | 66 minutes | November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15) |
| 1113 | 93 | "Finders Keepers: Real Law" | 44 minutes | November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20) |
| 1114 | 94 | "Fire twucks! Fire twucks! (sic)" | 54 minutes | November 22, 2018 (2018-11-22) |
| 1115 | 95 | "How the Navajo Code Talkers Worked" | 50 minutes | November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27) |
| 1116 | 96 | "Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry" | 46 minutes | November 29, 2018 (2018-11-29) |
| 1117 | 97 | "How Search and Rescue Dogs Work" | 56 minutes | December 4, 2018 (2018-12-04) |
| 1118 | 98 | "Was the PMRC censorship in disguise?" | 60 minutes | December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06) |
| 1119 | 99 | "How Ayahuasca Works" | 50 minutes | December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11) |
| 1120 | 100 | "Are good samaritan laws effective?" | 51 minutes | December 13, 2018 (2018-12-13) |
| 1121 | 101 | "Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't" | 55 minutes | December 18, 2018 (2018-12-18) |
| 1122 | 102 | "E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?" | 47 minutes | December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20) |
| 1123 | 103 | "SYSK Live Christmas Spectacular!" | 75 minutes | December 25, 2018 (2018-12-25) |
| 1124 | 104 | "Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | 56 minutes | December 27, 2018 (2018-12-27) |

### Short Stuff (2018)

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "Short Stuff: Grandfather Clocks" | 15 minutes | October 3, 2018 (2018-10-03) |
| 2 | 2 | "Short Stuff: William King" | 15 minutes | October 10, 2018 (2018-10-10) |
| 3 | 3 | "Short Stuff: Korean Fan Death" | 17 minutes | October 17, 2018 (2018-10-17) |
| 4 | 4 | "Short Stuff: Exploding Manholes" | 16 minutes | October 24, 2018 (2018-10-24) |
| 5 | 5 | "Short Stuff: Labor Day" | 15 minutes | October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31) |
| 6 | 6 | "Short Stuff: Vomitoria" | 15 minutes | November 7, 2018 (2018-11-07) |
| 7 | 7 | "Short Stuff: Lemonade" | 16 minutes | November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14) |
| 8 | 8 | "Short Stuff: Safety Pins" | 15 minutes | November 21, 2018 (2018-11-21) |
| 9 | 9 | "Short Stuff: iSmell" | 16 minutes | November 28, 2018 (2018-11-28) |
| 10 | 10 | "Short Stuff: Dolphin Detectors" | 16 minutes | December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05) |
| 11 | 11 | "Short Stuff: Laughing Buddha" | 14 minutes | December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12) |
| 12 | 12 | "Short Stuff: Unique Snowflakes" | 14 minutes | December 19, 2018 (2018-12-19) |
| 13 | 13 | "Short Stuff: The Brain-Bladder Connection" | 16 minutes | December 26, 2018 (2018-12-26) |