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Estimated from 46 chart positions in 46 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · Natural Sciences#19300K to 1M
- 🇨🇦CA · Natural Sciences#20300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Natural Sciences#23100K to 300K
- 🇬🇧GB · Natural Sciences#8130K to 100K
- 🇮🇳IN · Natural Sciences#16100K to 300K
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843K to 2.7M🎙 ~2x weekly·1,000 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.7M to 5.4M🇺🇸19%🇨🇦19%🇦🇺6%+43 more - Active Followers
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674K to 2.2M
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What Would Happen If You Swallowed a Leech?
Jun 24, 2026
8m 38s
How Can Rhubarb Grow in the Dark?
Jun 19, 2026
10m 28s
How Does the Blue-Footed Booby Work?
Jun 17, 2026
8m 42s
Who Was Helen of Troy?
Jun 15, 2026
7m 27s
How Does Your Heart Get Blood?
Jun 12, 2026
11m 43s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 | What Would Happen If You Swallowed a Leech? | This isn't just the least-fun thought experiment, it's a medical malady common enough to have its own name. Learn how internal hirudiniasis works (and why you don't need to panic if if happens to you) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/swallow-leech.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 38s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | How Can Rhubarb Grow in the Dark? | We know rhubarb as a tart fruit that looks like pink celery, but it also has a bulbous underground storage unit that was used medicinally for millennia -- and lets it grow in complete darkness. Learn about the pie plant (and how rhizomes work) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/rhubarb.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 28s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | How Does the Blue-Footed Booby Work? | This marine bird carries the color of the ocean in its webbed feet, was named after an insult, and uses its excrement in creative ways. Learn about the blue-footed booby in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/blue-footed-booby.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 42s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | Who Was Helen of Troy? | Helen is a figure from Greek myth -- a daughter of Zeus with a mortal woman, and said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. Learn more about her (and how she perhaps inadvertently started the Trojan War) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/helen-of-troy.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 27s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | How Does Your Heart Get Blood?✨ | heartblood circulation+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsHow Does Your Heart Get Blood?+1 | — | heartblood+4 | — | 11m 43s | |
| 6/10/26 | How Do Butterflies Get Their Brilliant Colors?✨ | butterfliescoloration+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | butterfliescolors+3 | — | 10m 06s | |
| 6/8/26 | How Did William the Conquerer Transform England?✨ | William the ConquererEnglish history+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff | — | William the ConquererEngland+4 | — | 11m 36s | |
| 6/5/26 | Could Dilophosaurus Really Spit Poison?✨ | dinosaurspaleontology+4 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | Dilophosaurus | DilophosaurusJurassic Park+6 | — | 9m 28s | |
| 6/3/26 | Do Our Pinky Toes Serve a Purpose?✨ | pinky toeslocomotion+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsDo Our Pinky Toes Serve a Purpose?+1 | — | pinky toelocomotion+3 | — | 6m 42s | |
| 6/1/26 | Where Did the At Symbol Come From?✨ | at signhistory+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | — | at signarroba+5 | — | 9m 04s | |
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| 5/30/26 | BrainStuff Classics: What Can Babies See in the Womb?✨ | fetal developmentvision+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | babieswomb+5 | — | 5m 03s | |
| 5/29/26 | Can You Really Escape an Alligator by Running Zigzag?✨ | alligatorsanimal behavior+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | alligatorsescape+3 | — | 10m 21s | |
| 5/28/26 | What Fueled the Feud of the Hatfields and McCoys?✨ | Hatfields and McCoysfeuds+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff+1 | Appalachia | HatfieldsMcCoys+5 | — | 12m 15s | |
| 5/27/26 | How Does Mayonnaise Work?✨ | mayonnaiseemulsions+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | mayonnaiseemulsions+3 | — | 10m 04s | |
| 5/20/26 | How Did a Wisconsin Woman Lead a German Resistance to Nazis? | Mildred Harnack was an American literature professor living in Berlin when the Third Reich took control. Learn how she and her husband led a resistance ring that enraged Hitler in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/mildred-harnack.htm Find the book 'All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days' here: https://www.rebeccadonner.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 45s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | Are Lobsters Functionally Immortal? | It's true that lobsters don't age, but that doesn't quite make them immortal, and it's far from the only fabulously weird thing about them. Learn about lobsters -- including why they're biologically immortal, and how that might help human health in the future -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/400-pound-lobster.htm; https://animals.howstuffworks.com/marine-life/10-weird-facts-lobsters.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 03s | ||||||
| 5/18/26 | Is It 'Jerry-Rigged' or 'Jury-Rigged'? | Both of these terms are actually valid, though they have slightly different meanings, and only one of them is based in sailors' slang. Learn the history of 'jury-rigged' and 'jerry-rigged' -- and how to use them correctly -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/jury-rigged-vs-jerry-rigged.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 5m 19s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | How Did Beer Help Sell the Myth of Custer's Last Stand? | The idea of General George Custer's deadly military blunder being a heroic last stand was constructed over decades to encourage U.S. colonization of the West. Learn how Anheuser-Busch helped in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/custers-last-stand.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 08s | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | How Does Bioluminescence Work? | When organisms like fireflies, fungi, and fish glow with cold light, there's chemistry at work. Learn what we know (and don't know!) about bioluminescence -- including how humans are harnessing it -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/bioluminescence.htm/printableSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 12m 16s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 | How Is Maillardet's Automaton Still Wowing Us After 200 Years?✨ | automatamechanical dolls+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsMaillardet's Automaton | — | Maillardet's Automatonmechanical doll+4 | — | 9m 28s | |
| 5/4/26 | How Do Tiny Capers Pack Such a Big Flavor Punch?✨ | caperscooking+3 | — | BrainStuffHow Do Tiny Capers Pack Such a Big Flavor Punch? | iHeartPodcastshttps://recipes.howstuffworks.com/capers.htm | capersflavor+3 | — | 6m 36s | |
| 5/1/26 | What Do A.M., P.M., and SOS Stand For?✨ | A.M.P.M.+4 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff+2 | — | A.M.P.M.+4 | — | 9m 18s | |
| 4/23/26 | How Do Fainting Goats Work?✨ | fainting goatsmyotonia+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+3 | — | fainting goatsmyotonia+3 | — | 9m 04s | |
| 4/22/26 | Does Smog Make Sunsets More Beautiful?✨ | air pollutionsunsets+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsDoes Smog Make Sunsets More Beautiful?+1 | — | smogsunsets+3 | — | 8m 23s | |
| 4/21/26 | Why Does Albania Have Hundreds of Thousands of Bunkers?✨ | Albaniabunkers+5 | — | — | Albania | Albaniabunkers+5 | — | 8m 00s | |
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Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.