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Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCast Media

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Sometimes all it takes is one little fact or one little piece of wisdom to change your life forever. That's the purpose and the hope of "Something You Should Know." In each episode, host Mike Carruthers interviews top experts in their field to bring you fascinating information and advice to help you save time and money, advance in your career, become wealthy, improve your relationships and help you simply get more out of life. In addition, Mike uncovers and shares short, engaging pieces of "inte...

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Episodes (1316)

SYSK Choice: Are Winning Streaks A Real Thing? & How to Stay Focused When Distra...

Something You Should Know

Sep 17, 202250:33pending

The Amazing YouTube Success Story & Why We Behave the Way We Do

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Sep 15, 202249:41pending

How to Learn Anything So It Sticks & Peculiarities of the Human Brain

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Sep 12, 202251:09pending

SYSK Choice: How Food Companies Skew What We Eat & How to Avoid Tech Stress

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Sep 10, 202251:17pending

How to Make and Improve Friendships & Why English Can Get So Confusing

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Sep 8, 202248:32pending

How Batteries Changed the World & Why Status and Culture Matter

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Sep 5, 202248:44pending

SYSK Choice: Why Your Sense of Smell is So Important & Why Your Bucket List is T...

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Sep 3, 202249:13pending

The Problem With Being Too Nice & Mastering Everyday Negotiations

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Sep 1, 202244:22pending

How You Treat People Affects Your Health & How A Simple Surprise Can Change Your...

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Aug 29, 202245:22pending

SYSK Choice: Fascinating Benefits of Insects & Having Everything is Rarely Enoug...

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Aug 27, 202247:11pending

How to Organize, Prioritize and Get Things Done & How to Achieve Peak Performanc...

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Aug 25, 202247:52pending

Why You Eat The Way You Do & Why We All Love a Good Mystery

Something You Should Know

Aug 22, 202249:15pending

SYSK Choice: How to Deal With FOMO & Optimizing Your Immunity

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Aug 20, 202253:01pending

How to Tell What Someone is REALLY Thinking & The Mystery and Lore of Shipwrecks

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Aug 18, 202247:51pending

The Power of Being Humble in a Narcissistic World & Where Stars Come From

Something You Should Know

Aug 15, 202250:31pending

SYSK Choice: Unusual Facts You Never Knew & Your Solution to Too Much Paper

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Aug 13, 202249:34pending

What Love Does To You & The Oddities of Death

Something You Should Know

Aug 11, 202247:08pending

Is Junk Food Really So Bad? & How Buildings Affect Your Health and Behavior

Something You Should Know

Aug 8, 202249:55pending

SYSK Choice: The Survival of the Friendliest & The Quickest Way to be Debt Free

Something You Should Know

Aug 6, 202254:12pending

What Makes You The Person You Are & Understanding Extreme Weather

Something You Should Know

Aug 4, 202246:20pending

Toxic Positivity and The Harm It Causes & What’s Your Real Biological Age?

Something You Should Know

Aug 1, 202249:07pending

SYSK Choice: The Evolution of Counting & Our Obsession With the Unexplained

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Jul 30, 202246:02pending

Why Some People Stand Up to Bullies and Others Don’t & Where Idioms Come From

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Jul 28, 202249:58pending

Is The Shopping Mall Dead? & When Less Is Really More

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Jul 25, 202249:39pending

SYSK Choice: How to Get the Truth From Anyone & Fascinating Bird Facts

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Jul 23, 202251:28pending

Why The Negativity Effect Rules Your Life & What You Never Knew About Liquids

Something You Should Know

Jul 21, 202250:56pending

Bonus Episode: Why We Must Defeat Climate Change and How to Do It

Something You Should Know

Jul 20, 202231:04pending

What Happens When You Love Things Instead of People & What Will Likely Kill You

Something You Should Know

Jul 18, 202247:59pending

SYSK Choice: Understanding Time and Space & The Steps to a Perfect Apology

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Jul 16, 202244:54pending

Understanding Taste and Flavor & Why It’s Good To Get Angry - Sometimes

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Jul 14, 202244:01pending

How to Avoid The Summer Travel Chaos & Preventing Regrets About Money

Something You Should Know

Jul 11, 202251:09pending

SYSK Choice: The Psychology of Design & How to Be a Better Conversationalist

Something You Should Know

Jul 9, 202251:17pending

How Toxic Individualism Is Destroying Relationships & The History of Fragrances

Something You Should Know

Jul 7, 202249:01pending

Why You Should Do Hard Things & Sneaky Ways Companies Get Your Personal Data

Something You Should Know

Jul 4, 202251:00pending

SYSK Choice: DNA Demystified & Why Food Culture is So Popular

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Jul 2, 202249:35pending

A Better Way to Solve Problems & Why Anxiety is a Good Thing

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Jun 30, 202252:05pending

The Magic That Happens When You Help Others & How to Survive Just About Anything

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Jun 27, 202248:31pending

SYSK Choice: The Paradox of Passion & How Problems Can Improve Relationships

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Jun 25, 202248:35pending

Should You Really Believe in Luck & How to Accept Bad Things You Cannot Change

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Jun 23, 202250:37pending

Why Friends Are So Important & The Extraordinary Benefits of Writing Things Down

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Jun 20, 202253:03pending

SYSK Choice: Effective Ways to Make Big Changes & The Benefits of Thinking for Y...

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Jun 18, 202243:40pending

What Makes Someone Credible & How to Finish What You Start

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Jun 16, 202250:51pending

The History of Fun & The Price You Pay for Lack of Sleep

Something You Should Know

Jun 13, 202251:23pending

SYSK Choice: Overcoming Negative Self-Talk & The Science of Skin

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Jun 11, 202247:44pending

How to Effectively Avoid Distractions & A Understanding Positive Psychology

Something You Should Know

Jun 9, 202249:33pending

Understanding Evil & How the Bicycle Transformed the World

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Jun 6, 202248:03pending

SYSK Choice: The Art of Breathing & An Easy Way to Smarter Decisions

Something You Should Know

Jun 4, 202250:11pending

How the Rich Get Rich & Subtle Things that Dramatically Influence Your Behavior

Something You Should Know

Jun 2, 202247:16pending

New Science of Character and Personality & Why Everyone Seems to Be Arguing

Something You Should Know

May 30, 202245:11pending

SYSK Choice: Eat Like an Animal to Lose Weight & Skills for a Healthy Relationsh...

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May 28, 202245:15pending
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