# List of Stuff You Should Know episodes (2017)

This is a list of episodes from 2017 for the Stuff You Should Know podcast.

## 2017 season

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Length | Original air date |
| 917 | 1 | "How Feeding Babies Works: The Breast" | 71 minutes | January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03) |
| 918 | 2 | "How Feeding Babies Works: The Bottle" | 73 minutes | January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05) |
| 919 | 3 | "What's the deal with Baby Boomers?" | 52 minutes | January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10) |
| 920 | 4 | "How Watersheds Work" | 32 minutes | January 12, 2017 (2017-01-12) |
| 921 | 5 | "Are Artificial Sweeteners Really Bad For You?" | 59 minutes | January 17, 2017 (2017-01-17) |
| 922 | 6 | "How Soylent Works" | 44 minutes | January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19) |
| 923 | 7 | "How Dictators Work" | 48 minutes | January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24) |
| 924 | 8 | "How Pacifism Works (And Could It?)" | 75 minutes | January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26) |
| 925 | 9 | "Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch" | 54 minutes | January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31) |
| 926 | 10 | "What's the future of virtual sex?" | 58 minutes | February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02) |
| 927 | 11 | "The Quinoa Revolution!" | 46 minutes | February 7, 2017 (2017-02-07) |
| 928 | 12 | "Live from San Francisco: How Malls Work" | 68 minutes | February 9, 2017 (2017-02-09) |
| 929 | 13 | "Tardigrades: Nature's Cuddly, Indestructible Microanimal" | 36 minutes | February 14, 2017 (2017-02-14) |
| 930 | 14 | "The Black Panther Party" | 67 minutes | February 16, 2017 (2017-02-16) |
| 931 | 15 | "The ins and outs of the DEATH TAX" | 52 minutes | February 21, 2017 (2017-02-21) |
| 932 | 16 | "How Famines Work" | 54 minutes | February 23, 2017 (2017-02-23) |
| 933 | 17 | "How Free Speech Works" | 67 minutes | February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28) |
| 934 | 18 | "How Optical Illusions Work" | 44 minutes | March 2, 2017 (2017-03-02) |
| 935 | 19 | "History of the Trail of Tears, Part I" | 56 minutes | March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) |
| 936 | 20 | "History of the Trail of Tears, Part II" | 46 minutes | March 9, 2017 (2017-03-09) |
| 937 | 21 | "Pain Scales: Yeeeow!" | 47 minutes | March 14, 2017 (2017-03-14) |
| 938 | 22 | "Southerners Aren’t Lazy and Dumb, They Just Had Hookworm" | 52 minutes | March 16, 2017 (2017-03-16) |
| 939 | 23 | "Solitary Confinement: Cruel and Unusual" | 51 minutes | March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21) |
| 940 | 24 | "How the Hyperloop Will Work" | 65 minutes | March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23) |
| 941 | 25 | "How Foreign Accent Syndrome Works" | 51 minutes | March 28, 2017 (2017-03-28) |
| 942 | 26 | "The Shroud Of Turin: No Ordinary Bed Sheet" | 48 minutes | March 30, 2017 (2017-03-30) |
| 943 | 27 | "Composting: Nature's Most Interesting Process" | 55 minutes | April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) |
| 944 | 28 | "How Empathy Works" | 56 minutes | April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06) |
| 945 | 29 | "How Supreme Court Nominations Work" | 49 minutes | April 11, 2017 (2017-04-11) |
| 946 | 30 | "How Supervolcanoes Work" | 34 minutes | April 13, 2017 (2017-04-13) |
| 947 | 31 | "How Swearing Works" | 52 minutes | April 20, 2017 (2017-04-20) |
| 948 | 32 | "How the National Security Council Works" | 57 minutes | April 25, 2017 (2017-04-25) |
| 949 | 33 | "How Multiple Sclerosis Works" | 46 minutes | April 27, 2017 (2017-04-27) |
| 950 | 34 | "Some Nutso Fan Theories" | 56 minutes | May 4, 2017 (2017-05-04) |
| 951 | 35 | "How Itching Works" | 48 minutes | May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09) |
| 952 | 36 | "How Charismatic Megafauna Work" | 50 minutes | May 11, 2017 (2017-05-11) |
| 953 | 37 | "How Champagne Works" | 63 minutes | May 16, 2017 (2017-05-16) |
| 954 | 38 | "How the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis Work" | 46 minutes | May 18, 2017 (2017-05-18) |
| 955 | 39 | "Is a head transplant really a thing?" | 47 minutes | May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23) |
| 956 | 40 | "How Schoolhouse Rock Rocked: Featuring Bob Nastanovich of Pavement" | 65 minutes | May 25, 2017 (2017-05-25) |
| 957 | 41 | "Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?" | 73 minutes | May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30) |
| 958 | 42 | "The Stories Behind A Few Food Fads" | 51 minutes | June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01) |
| 959 | 43 | "How Coelacanths Work" | 44 minutes | June 6, 2017 (2017-06-06) |
| 960 | 44 | "Why Are Whale Strandings Still a Mystery?" | 47 minutes | June 8, 2017 (2017-06-08) |
| 961 | 45 | "How the Beagle Brigade Works" | 53 minutes | June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13) |
| 962 | 46 | "What was Camp X?" | 53 minutes | June 15, 2017 (2017-06-15) |
| 963 | 47 | "How Seed Banks Work" | 55 minutes | June 20, 2017 (2017-06-20) |
| 964 | 48 | "How Ketchup Works" | 57 minutes | June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22) |
| 965 | 49 | "Remembering Stonewall" | 59 minutes | June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) |
| 966 | 50 | "How Standardized Patients Work" | 54 minutes | June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29) |
| 967 | 51 | "What exactly is stoicism?" | 61 minutes | July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04) |
| 968 | 52 | "Josh and Chuck's List of Horror Movies that Changed the Genre" | 64 minutes | July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) |
| 969 | 53 | "Why is There a Battle Over Net Neutrality?" | 65 minutes | July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11) |
| 970 | 54 | "How Fever Dreams Work" | 40 minutes | July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13) |
| 971 | 55 | "Sunburn, Suntans and Sunscreen" | 52 minutes | July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18) |
| 972 | 56 | "All We Know About Guessing" | 61 minute | July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20) |
| 973 | 57 | "What is Ghost Fishing?" | 48 minutes | July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25) |
| 974 | 58 | "A Dry Look at Toilet Paper" | 56 minutes | July 27, 2017 (2017-07-27) |
| 975 | 59 | "How Public Broadcasting Works" | 60 minutes | August 1, 2017 (2017-08-01) |
| 976 | 60 | "Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?" | 49 minutes | August 3, 2017 (2017-08-03) |
| 977 | 61 | "Do motivational speakers motivate people?" | 54 minutes | August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08) |
| 978 | 62 | "How Bioarchaeology Works" | 58 minutes | August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10) |
| 979 | 63 | "How Stuttering Works" | 54 minutes | August 15, 2017 (2017-08-15) |
| 980 | 64 | "What's the deal with accents?" | 60 minutes | August 17, 2017 (2017-08-17) |
| 981 | 65 | "Is the Uncanny Valley Real?" | 71 minutes | August 22, 2017 (2017-08-22) |
| 982 | 66 | "How Personality Tests Work" | 60 minutes | August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24) |
| 983 | 67 | "A Lip-Smacking Look at Barbecue" | 54 minutes | August 29, 2017 (2017-08-29) |
| 984 | 68 | "How Satanism Works" | 56 minutes | August 31, 2017 (2017-08-31) |
| 985 | 69 | "The Baffling Case of the Body On Somerton Beach" | 68 minutes | September 5, 2017 (2017-09-05) |
| 986 | 70 | "Are crickets the future of food?" | 47 minutes | September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07) |
| 987 | 71 | "How Psychopaths Work" | 51 minutes | September 12, 2017 (2017-09-12) |
| 988 | 72 | "How the Secret Service Works" | 57 minutes | September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14) |
| 989 | 73 | "How Frogs Work" | 54 minutes | September 19, 2017 (2017-09-19) |
| 990 | 74 | "A Nostalgic Look at Crayons" | 56 minutes | September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21) |
| 991 | 75 | "How FOIA Works" | 54 minutes | September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26) |
| 992 | 76 | "How Nude Beaches Work" | 49 minutes | September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28) |
| 993 | 77 | "How Police Body Cameras Work" | 48 minutes | October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) |
| 994 | 78 | "How Giraffes Work" | 57 minutes | October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05) |
| 995 | 79 | "How the Rolling Jubilee Works" | 50 minutes | October 10, 2017 (2017-10-10) |
| 996 | 80 | "How Buildering Works" | 50 minutes | October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12) |
| 997 | 81 | "SYSK Live: The DB Cooper Heist" | 95 minutes | October 17, 2017 (2017-10-17) |
| 998 | 82 | "How Internships Work" | 42 minutes | October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19) |
| 999 | 83 | "Episode 999: The Simpsons Spectacular Part I" | 54 minutes | October 24, 2017 (2017-10-24) |
| 1000 | 84 | "Episode 1,000: The Simpsons Spectacular Part II" | 64 minutes | October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) |
| 1001 | 85 | "SYSK's 2017 Super Spooktacular!" | 58 minutes | October 31, 2017 (2017-10-31) |
| 1002 | 86 | "How Global Warming Works" | 63 minutes | November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02) |
| 1003 | 87 | "Movie Crush: Janet Varney on Tron" | 54 minutes | November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) |
| 1004 | 88 | "Movie Crush: Tig Notaro on Mask" | 75 minutes | November 3, 2017 (2017-11-03) |
| 1005 | 89 | "How Restaurant Health Inspections Work" | 58 minutes | November 7, 2017 (2017-11-07) |
| 1006 | 90 | "What's permaculture all about?" | 55 minutes | November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) |
| 1007 | 91 | "How the Flu Works" | 54 minutes | November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) |
| 1008 | 92 | "Can movies be cursed?" | 56 minutes | November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16) |
| 1009 | 93 | "Bath Salts: Steer Clear" | 44 minutes | November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21) |
| 1010 | 94 | "What is nuclear forensics?" | 51 minutes | November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23) |
| 1011 | 95 | "How Toy Testing Works" | 50 minutes | November 28, 2017 (2017-11-28) |
| 1012 | 96 | "Cake: So Great. So, So Great" | 73 minutes | November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30) |
| 1013 | 97 | "How Vomit Phobia Works" | 33 minutes | December 5, 2017 (2017-12-05) |
| 1014 | 98 | "How Flight Attendants Work" | 44 minutes | December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07) |
| 1015 | 99 | "The Deal With Doulas" | 41 minutes | December 12, 2017 (2017-12-12) |
| 1016 | 100 | "How the Globe of Death Works" | 46 minutes | December 14, 2017 (2017-12-14) |
| 1017 | 101 | "Narcissism: But what about me?" | 63 minutes | December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19) |
| 1018 | 102 | "The 2017 SYSK Christmas Extravaganza!" | 55 minutes | December 21, 2017 (2017-12-21) |
| 1019 | 103 | "How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part I" | 46 minutes | December 26, 2017 (2017-12-26) |
| 1020 | 104 | "How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Works, Part II" | 49 minutes | December 28, 2017 (2017-12-28) |