# List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2016)

This is a list of episodes from 2016 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.

## 2016 season

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 812 | 1 | "The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s" | 59 minutes | January 5, 2016 (2016-01-05) |
| 813 | 2 | "Body Language!" | 40 minutes | January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07) |
| 814 | 3 | "How Futurology Works" | 43 minutes | January 12, 2016 (2016-01-12) |
| 815 | 4 | "The Duality of Caffeine" | 49 minutes | January 14, 2016 (2016-01-14) |
| 816 | 5 | "Sir Isaac Newton: Greatest Scientist of All Time?" | 55 minutes | January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19) |
| 817 | 6 | "Timber! How Timber Works" | 67 minutes | January 21, 2016 (2016-01-21) |
| 818 | 7 | "How Personalized Medicine Works" | 41 minutes | January 26, 2016 (2016-01-26) |
| 819 | 8 | "Does Whole-Body Cryotherapy Work?" | 37 minutes | January 28, 2016 (2016-01-28) |
| 820 | 9 | "Operation Mincemeat: How A Corpse Fooled the Nazis" | 47 minutes | February 2, 2016 (2016-02-02) |
| 821 | 10 | "How Land Diving Works" | 40 minutes | February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04) |
| 822 | 11 | "How Rabies Works" | 43 minutes | February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09) |
| 823 | 12 | "What’s the Deal With Poop?" | 50 minutes | February 11, 2016 (2016-02-11) |
| 824 | 13 | "How Jackhammers Work" | 34 minutes | February 16, 2016 (2016-02-16) |
| 825 | 14 | "How Nitrous Oxide Works" | 57 minutes | February 18, 2016 (2016-02-18) |
| 826 | 15 | "The Future of Renewable Energy, Featuring Bill Gates" | 53 minutes | February 23, 2016 (2016-02-23) |
| 827 | 16 | "(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously" | 57 minutes | February 25, 2016 (2016-02-25) |
| 828 | 17 | "How El Nino Works" | 39 minutes | March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01) |
| 829 | 18 | "How Freak Shows Worked" | 50 minutes | March 3, 2016 (2016-03-03) |
| 830 | 19 | "How The Iditarod Works" | 59 minutes | March 8, 2016 (2016-03-08) |
| 831 | 20 | "How Dark Money Works" | 51 minutes | March 10, 2016 (2016-03-10) |
| 832 | 21 | "Some Really Interesting Cases of Mass Hysteria" | 40 minutes | March 15, 2016 (2016-03-15) |
| 833 | 22 | "How Makeup Works" | 54 minutes | March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17) |
| 834 | 23 | "Who Gets to Name Continents?" | 43 minutes | March 22, 2016 (2016-03-22) |
| 835 | 24 | "How TED Talks Work: Featuring Roman Mars" | 64 minutes | March 24, 2016 (2016-03-24) |
| 836 | 25 | "What Was the Deal With the Hatfields and McCoys?" | 46 minutes | March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29) |
| 837 | 26 | "Nostalgia is not the most toxic impulse" | 41 minutes | March 31, 2016 (2016-03-31) |
| 838 | 27 | "Our cats episode – right here, right meow" | 58 minutes | April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05) |
| 839 | 28 | "How Labor Strikes Work" | 56 minutes | April 7, 2016 (2016-04-07) |
| 840 | 29 | "How the Gender Pay Gap Works" | 43 minutes | April 12, 2016 (2016-04-12) |
| 841 | 30 | "How Big Bang Theory Works, with Neil deGrasse Tyson" | 69 minutes | April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14) |
| 842 | 31 | "What Makes Lead So Poisonous?" | 52 minutes | April 19, 2016 (2016-04-19) |
| 843 | 32 | "Does Kin Selection Explain Altruism?" | 35 minutes | April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21) |
| 844 | 33 | "Myths and Truths About Tornadoes" | 46 minutes | April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26) |
| 845 | 34 | "What was Operation Plowshare?" | 47 minutes | April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28) |
| 846 | 35 | "How Megalodon Worked" | 36 minutes | May 3, 2016 (2016-05-03) |
| 847 | 36 | "How LSD Works" | 106 minutes | May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05) |
| 848 | 37 | "How Snake Handlers Work" | 56 minutes | May 10, 2016 (2016-05-10) |
| 849 | 38 | "True stories of survival cannibalism!" | 45 minutes | May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12) |
| 850 | 39 | "How Bonsai Works" | 58 minutes | May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17) |
| 851 | 40 | "The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children" | 48 minutes | May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19) |
| 852 | 41 | "Chiggers: The Phantom Menace" | 36 minutes | May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) |
| 853 | 42 | "How Crumple Zones Work" | 35 minutes | May 26, 2016 (2016-05-26) |
| 854 | 43 | "How SuperBalls Work" | 35 minutes | May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31) |
| 855 | 44 | "How Gene Editing Works" | 37 minutes | June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02) |
| 856 | 45 | "How Motion Sickness Works" | 40 minutes | June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07) |
| 857 | 46 | "What’s the deal with controlled burns?" | 45 minutes | June 9, 2016 (2016-06-09) |
| 858 | 47 | "Why Are So Many Disembodied Feet Washing Ashore In British Columbia?" | 41 minutes | June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14) |
| 859 | 48 | "How Steadicams Work" | 38 minutes | June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16) |
| 860 | 49 | "How Space Stations Work" | 51 minutes | June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21) |
| 861 | 50 | "What’s the misery index?" | 48 minutes | June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23) |
| 862 | 51 | "How Underground Mining Works" | 45 minutes | June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28) |
| 863 | 52 | "How Lighthouses Work" | 49 minutes | June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) |
| 864 | 53 | "Research tips from SYSK" | 46 minutes | July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) |
| 865 | 54 | "What's with this "Internet of Things"?" | 64 minutes | July 7, 2016 (2016-07-07) |
| 866 | 55 | "How Radiation Sickness Works" | 50 minutes | July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12) |
| 867 | 56 | "The Gettysburg Address: Short and Sweet" | 47 minutes | July 14, 2016 (2016-07-14) |
| 868 | 57 | "How Chaos Theory Changed the Universe" | 58 minutes | July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19) |
| 869 | 58 | "How the Moonwalk Works" | 45 minutes | July 21, 2016 (2016-07-21) |
| 870 | 59 | "How Triage Works" | 47 minutes | July 26, 2016 (2016-07-26) |
| 871 | 60 | "What is exploding head syndrome?" | 39 minutes | July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) |
| 872 | 61 | "How Night Terrors Work" | 52 minutes | August 1, 2016 (2016-08-01) |
| 873 | 62 | "Mermaids: Not a real thing" | 44 minutes | August 4, 2016 (2016-08-04) |
| 874 | 63 | "Evel Knievel Part I" | 41 minutes | August 9, 2016 (2016-08-09) |
| 875 | 64 | "Evel Knievel Part II" | 47 minutes | August 11, 2016 (2016-08-11) |
| 876 | 65 | "How Woolly Mammoths Worked" | 53 minutes | August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16) |
| 877 | 66 | "The Delightful History of Steam Technology" | 56 minutes | August 18, 2016 (2016-08-18) |
| 878 | 67 | "Jellyfish: Even Cooler than Octopi?" | 54 minutes | August 23, 2016 (2016-08-23) |
| 879 | 68 | "This Custom of Customs" | 63 minutes | August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25) |
| 880 | 69 | "How Food Tasters Work" | 55 minutes | August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30) |
| 881 | 70 | "How the Negro Leagues Worked" | 59 minutes | September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01) |
| 882 | 71 | "How Animal Testing Works" | 51 minutes | September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06) |
| 883 | 72 | "Do Animals Have Natural Rights?" | 65 minutes | September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08) |
| 884 | 73 | "Alexander Hamilton: Most Influential American?" | 52 minutes | September 13, 2016 (2016-09-13) |
| 885 | 74 | "What's the deal with Stradivarius violins?" | 41 minutes | September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15) |
| 886 | 75 | "How Cerebral Palsy Works" | 63 minutes | September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20) |
| 887 | 76 | "All we know about Zika so far..." | 49 minutes | September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22) |
| 888 | 77 | "How Ice Ages Work" | 49 minutes | September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27) |
| 889 | 78 | "How Polar Bears Work" | 48 minutes | September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29) |
| 890 | 79 | "The Amazing History of Soda" | 47 minutes | October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03) |
| 891 | 80 | "Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?" | 57 minutes | October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06) |
| 892 | 81 | "Hibernation: Not a Snooze" | 47 minutes | October 11, 2016 (2016-10-11) |
| 893 | 82 | "How the Census Works" | 47 minutes | October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) |
| 894 | 83 | "What's the What with Fish Fraud?" | 43 minutes | October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18) |
| 895 | 84 | "Living Underground in Beijing" | 32 minutes | October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20) |
| 896 | 85 | "How Sleep Paralysis Works, or The Worst Thing That Can Happen While You're Sleeping" | 43 minutes | October 25, 2016 (2016-10-25) |
| 897 | 86 | "The Hinterkaifeck Axe Murders" | 48 minutes | October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26) |
| 898 | 87 | "SYSK The Podcast: Special Halloween Bonus Episode 2016, The Sequel – From Hell" | 38 minutes | October 31, 2016 (2016-10-31) |
| 899 | 88 | "Ham Radio and the Hams Who Use Them" | 48 minutes | November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01) |
| 900 | 89 | "A Partial History of Action Figures" | 75 minutes | November 3, 2016 (2016-11-03) |
| 901 | 90 | "Do sin taxes work?" | 53 minutes | November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) |
| 902 | 91 | "How Monty Python Worked: SYSK Live from LA Podfest" | 54 minutes | November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10) |
| 903 | 92 | "How Fireplaces Work" | 58 minutes | November 15, 2016 (2016-11-15) |
| 904 | 93 | "What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?" | 41 minutes | November 17, 2016 (2016-11-17) |
| 905 | 94 | "The Kitty Genovese Story" | 40 minutes | November 22, 2016 (2016-11-22) |
| 906 | 95 | "Should Advertising to Kids Be Banned?" | 68 minutes | November 24, 2016 (2016-11-24) |
| 907 | 96 | "Frostbite: Yeeeow!" | 38 minutes | November 29, 2016 (2016-11-29) |
| 908 | 97 | "How a Flea Circus Works" | 48 minutes | December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01) |
| 909 | 98 | "Horoscopes: Written in the Stars?" | 52 minutes | December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06) |
| 910 | 99 | "Is computer addiction a thing?" | 50 minutes | December 8, 2016 (2016-12-08) |
| 911 | 100 | "Will We Find Evidence of Aliens by Their Engineering Projects?" | 49 minutes | December 13, 2016 (2016-12-13) |
| 912 | 101 | "How Porta-Potties Work" | 44 minutes | December 15, 2016 (2016-12-15) |
| 913 | 102 | "The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London" | 78 minutes | December 20, 2016 (2016-12-20) |
| 914 | 103 | "The Stuff You Should Know 2016 Christmas Extravaganza in 3-D!" | 55 minutes | December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22) |
| 915 | 104 | "Can you live without a bank account?" | 53 minutes | December 27, 2016 (2016-12-27) |
| 916 | 105 | "Human Blockheads: A Real Thing" | 48 minutes | December 29, 2016 (2016-12-29) |