The Worst Episodes of Stuff You Should Know

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Real-life podcasters, Josh and Chuck, explore the factual universe through a fictional lens.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 1 - Brains Gone Wild
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    #1 - Brains Gone Wild

    S1:E1

    At HowStuffWorks, boss Steve invites a man with alien hand syndrome to meet for an interview. During the podcast the guys cover brain anomalies and disorders.

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  2. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 2 - CSI Effect
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    #2 - CSI Effect

    S1:E2

    At HowStuffWorks Josh & Chuck go on a police ride-along, but discover that it's not like on TV and nearly end up in the slammer. The guys podcast about crime scene investigation.

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  3. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 3 - Minding the Hive
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    #3 - Minding the Hive

    S1:E3

    At HowStuffWorks, construction in the office stirs a bee hive. Chuck stands his ground despite being allergic, and Steve adopts a bee colony managerial style. During the podcast the guys cover hive intelligence, bee aggression myths and colony collapse.

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  4. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 4 - Make It Rain
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    #4 - Make It Rain

    S1:E4

    At HowStuffWorks the star pitcher of their softball team gets injured, so Josh & Chuck attempt cloud seeding to rain out their next game. During the podcast the guys cover weather ...

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  5. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 5 - Bacteriopolis
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    #5 - Bacteriopolis

    S1:E5

    At HowStuffWorks, concern over a common office cold turns to hysteria after news gets leaked about a local case of flesh eating bacteria. During the podcast, the guys cover humanity's battle against bacteria and germ control.

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  6. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 6 - Matter of Time
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    #6 - Matter of Time

    S1:E6

    At HowStuffWorks, Josh and Chuck use a company-wide time capsule initiative to settle an old bet on time travel, getting physicist Michio Kaku tangled in the scheme During the podcast the guys cover time paradoxes and causal loops.

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  7. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 7 - Trust No One
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    #7 - Trust No One

    S1:E7

    At HowStuffWorks, Josh and Chuck's topics are being covertly stolen. Though all the intel points to a rival podcast, a fog of cold war era suspicion invades the HSW office. During the podcast the guys cover spy recruitment, gadgetry and misinformation.

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  8. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 8 - Night Terrors
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    #8 - Night Terrors

    S1:E8

    At HowStuffWorks Kent's persistent sleepwalking puts an embarrassing smudge on Steve's HSW growth plans, so Josh & Chuck do an amateur sleep study to find a cure. During the podcast the guys cover sleepwalking behaviors, sleep hacks and sleep deprivation.

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  9. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 9 - Personal Space
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    #9 - Personal Space

    S1:E9

    At HowStuffWorks Josh & Chuck get a chance to visit an elite space design lab. Things turn bad when Chuck's rival John Hodgman arrives, and Josh's desire to meet Elon Musk cuts the visit short. During the podcast the guys cover the privatization of space.

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  10. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 10 - I, Coffeebot
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    #10 - I, Coffeebot

    S1:E10

    At HowStuffWorks, it's new boss Steve's first day. She wastes no time changing everything, including swapping the coffee machine for a new robotic one with a spying eye. The guys podcast about Artificial Intelligence and technology emulating the brain.

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  11. Stuff You Should Know Season 1 Episode 11 - Pilot
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    #11 - Pilot

    S1:E11

    A shared love of random knowledge finds average-joes Josh and Chuck success as podcasters. As they explore Body Dysmorphic Disorder and real Zombies, boss-lady Steve's appetite for promotion ignites self-image issues and threatens their street cred.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Brains Gone Wild" is the worst rated episode of "Stuff You Should Know". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/19/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "CSI Effect".