BrainStuff
Whether the topic is popcorn or particle physics, you can count on BrainStuff to explore -- and explain -- the everyday science in the world around us.
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- BrainStuff16 eps
- Full Name1 ep
- iHeartPodcasts1 ep
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- 🇺🇸United States · Natural SciencesHOME#14355K to 1.9M
- 🇳🇬NG · Natural Sciences#312K to 62K
- 🇵🇭PH · Natural Sciences#411K to 59K
- 🇮🇳India · Natural Sciences#2011K to 58K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Natural Sciences#217.1K to 38K
- Per-Episode Audience
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473K to 2.5M🎙 Daily cadence·1,000 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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1.6M to 8.3M🇺🇸75%🇳🇬2%🇵🇭2%+16 more - Active Followers
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868K to 4.6M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/28/26 | How Is Chocolate Made? | From the seed of a tropical tree to creamy candies, it takes a lot of science to turn cacao into chocolate. Learn how cacao is farmed, fermented, and processed into cocoa products -- plus its history as a drink for 3,000 years -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/chocolate.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 56s | ||||||
| 10/26/26 | Was James Dean's Final Car Cursed? | After James Dean died in a car crash at 24 years old, the remains of that car -- a silver Porsche 550 Spyder -- were implicated in a series of other accidents before the car apparently vanished. Learn about the truth, fictions, and remaining mysteries behind Dean's supposedly cursed car in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/james-deans-car-cursed.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 11m 26s | ||||||
| 10/24/26 | BrainStuff Classics: Does the Community of Lily Dale Reconnect the Living and the Dead? | Spiritualism is a 19th-century belief system that holds that the living can communicate with spirits of the dead through mediums. Learn about the community where spiritualism is famously practiced, Lily Dale, in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/lily-dale-where-living-and-dead-reconnect.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 6m 52s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | How Did the Philadelphia Experiment Work? | The Philadelphia Experiment is a fringe theory that says a secret military project made a WWII ship disappear (or time travel, or eat some of its crew). Learn about the hoax that got the story started -- and why it still persists today -- in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/philadelphia-experiment.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 57s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | Can Your Hair Really Turn White Overnight? | Tales of some great shock or fright suddenly turning a person's hair white go back thousands of years. Learn what researchers think is really going on -- and how our hair normally goes grey and white -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/can-hair-turn-white-overnight.htm; https://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/aging/aging-process/stress-gray-hair.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 43s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | Why Are Brown Recluse Spiders Not All That Scary? | Brown recluse spiders rarely bite humans, and when they do, it only causes a reaction in about 10 percent of cases. Learn how to identify brown recluses and what their bites do in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/brown-recluse-spider-bite.htm (If your urine turns black, seek medical treatment immediatly.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 11m 14s | ||||||
| 10/17/26 | BrainStuff Classics: When Has a Single Vote Decided an Election? | Voting is an incredibly important way to make your voice heard, but it's very rare for a candidate to win or lose by just one vote. Learn how rare -- and about a few times that it's happened -- in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/can-single-vote-change-election-outcome.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 50s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | How Do You Grow a 3,000-Pound Pumpkin? | The largest pumpkins in the world now weigh well over a ton, and the record gets broken just about every year. But how (and why) would you go about growing one? Learn how competitive gourd growing works in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/grow-giant-pumpkin.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 11m 56s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | How Do Your Nerves Tell Your Muscles to Function? | Every movement our bodies make -- from waving at a friend to pumping blood -- is goverened by complex electrochemical handshakes among our nerves and our muscles. Learn how voluntary, involuntary, and reflexive movements work in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on these articles: https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/musculoskeletal/muscle.htm; https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/nervous-system/nerve.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 30s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Why Did the Massive Maginot Line Fail to Stop Hitler? | After years of trench warfare in WWI, France built a line of massive underground bunkers and other defensive fortifications along hundreds of miles of its border. Learn how the Maginot Line worked -- and why it failed to stop the Nazi invasion -- in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/maginot-line.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 11m 37s | ||||||
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| 10/10/26 | BrainStuff Classics: Why Are Some Americans Cancelling Columbus Day? | Some U.S. cities and states have officially changed Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day. Learn why -- and why some Americans disagree with the change -- in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays-other/columbus-day.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 17s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | American Versus British English: What Are Biscuits, Muffins, and Pudding? | The English-language terms for different baked goods vary based on where English is being spoken. Learn why an American cookie is a British biscuit, an American biscuit is a British scone, our muffins have nothing to do with each other, and pudding doesn't have to involve pudding at all in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/tools-and-techniques/great-british-baking-terms-know-scones-from-biscuits.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 9m 51s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | How Do Sunspots Work? | When dark spots appear on the surface of the Sun, we're actually seeing the result of massive distortions in solar magnetic fields caused by roiling plasma -- and they appear in regular(ish) 11-year cycles. Learn what we know (and don't know!) about sunspots in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/sunspot.htm/printableSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 14m 22s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Did the Lost Continent of Lemuria Really Exist? | A sunken continent called Lemuria was first proposed as a scientific explanation for lemur populations in the mid-1800s, but it quickly became part of the mythology of Theosophist mystics and Tamil cultural activists alike. Learn the truth and myths behind Lemuria (plus what Darwin had to do with it) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/lemuria.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 11m 05s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | BrainStuff Classics: How Did a Mad King Design Disney's Castle? | Walt Disney based Sleeping Beauty's castle -- the centerpiece of Disneyland and the Disney logo -- on a real castle in the Bavarian Alps of Germany. Learn about Neuschwanstein Castle's strange and tragic history in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/neuschwanstein-castle.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 09s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Could the Bird Flu Cause a Human Pandemic? | Since the early 2000s, the H5N1 bird flu has sickened wild and domestic birds around the world -- and sometimes humans and other mammals, too. Learn how this strain of avian influenza works (and why it seems unlikey to cause a pandemic, but researchers are still watching it closely) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/cellular-microscopic/bird-flu.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 14m 57s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Where Do Butternut Squash Come From? | Humans started domesticating edible gourds thousands of years ago, but one of today's most popular varieties has been around for less than a century. Learn about the history and science behind butternut squash (plus how big the heaviest on record was) in today's episode of BrainStuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 10m 08s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | How Did the Great Stink of London Work? | In London in the summer of 1858, a Great Stink settled over the city. The sewage from its growing population was baking in the streets -- and infiltrating the city's water supply. Learn how this smelly situation led to some incredible sewer engineering still in use today (plus a change in the understanding of how infection works) in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/ridiculous-history-the-great-stink-london.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 12m 10s | ||||||
| 9/26/26 | BrainStuff Classics: How Do Blue Whales Work? | It's a good question. The blue whale is the largest known animal to ever grace the planet (they may be twice as big as Megalodon was! Their tongues are as heavy as elephants!), but they're still mysterious. Learn what science knows (and doesn't know) about blue whales in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/blue-whale.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 8m 42s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | Do Political TV Ads Really Change Minds? | Every U.S. election cycle, political campaigns bombard American televisions with advertisements for candidate X versus Y. But can these ads really make a difference, especially with shifts in the way we watch TV? Learn when they actually work in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/do-campaign-tv-ads-change-voters-minds.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 12m 27s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | How Does Myasthenia Gravis Work? | What happens when your immune system attacks the point of communication between your nerves and muscles? That's an autoimmune condition called myasthenia gravis, and it leads to muscle weakness that starts around the eyes and can progress to the face, neck, and limbs. Learn about its symptoms, what causes them, and how different treatments can help relieve them in today's episode of BrainStuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 48s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | What Is It Like In Our Asteroid Belt? | The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is made up of sparse, tiny bodies of rock, ice, and metal that give us a window into our solar system's early days. Learn how Jupiter helped form the astroid belt and how asteroids might've given Earth its water (and life!) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/asteroid-belt.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 12m 54s | ||||||
| 9/19/26 | BrainStuff Classics: How Did Fish & Chips Become England's National Dish? | Light and tender fried fish plated with crisp fried potatoes is a classic English comfort meal, but it's only a little over a century old. Learn the history of fish and chips in today's classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/fish-and-chips.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 7m 17s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | Do Lemmings Really Jump Off Cliffs? | Lemmings are small, fierce rodents that make their home in Arctic environments -- and (spoiler alert) the idea that they kill themselves by following each other off cliffs is a myth. Learn what Disney had to do with it (and what lemmings are really like) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/lemmings.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 13m 23s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | What Would Happen If You Drank Saltwater? | Our bodies need salt and our bodies need water, so why is drinking saltwater not good for you? Learn what salt does in our bodies and why seawater will actually dehydrate you in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-you-drink-saltwater.htmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. | 12m 13s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | Geiger counterradiation detection+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | sciencenatural+1 | Geiger counterradiation+5 | — | 12m 14s | ||
| 9/5/26 | bird behaviormurmurations+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | Starlings | starlingsmurmurations+3 | — | 8m 19s | ||
| 9/4/26 | Roman historyEmperors+4 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | — | CommodusRoman Empire+5 | — | 12m 09s | ||
| 9/2/26 | planetary ringsEarth+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff | Earthplanets | planetary ringsEarth+4 | — | 12m 46s | ||
| 8/31/26 | blushingembarrassment+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | blushingembarrassment+3 | — | 10m 23s | ||
| 8/29/26 | ethnicityrace+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | ethnicityrace+3 | — | 9m 41s | ||
| 8/28/26 | butterchemistry+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts | — | buttertexture+5 | — | 14m 02s | ||
| 8/26/26 | idiomslanguage origins+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | — | dibsshotgun+5 | — | 9m 22s | ||
| 8/24/26 | geologypermafrost+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff | SiberiaBatagaika Crater | Batagaika Craterthawing permafrost+3 | — | 10m 56s | ||
| 8/22/26 | murder investigationspace law+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff | Earthspace | murder in spacespace law+3 | — | 8m 18s | ||
| 7/20/26 | mastodonsextinction+3 | — | BrainStuff | OhioHudson Rivers | mastodonextinction+3 | — | 13m 34s | ||
| 7/18/26 | geophagypica+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | eating dirtgeophagy+3 | — | 7m 25s | ||
| 7/17/26 | lightning safetystorm safety+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | — | lightningsafety+3 | — | 9m 54s | ||
| 7/15/26 | Wild Bill Hickokgunslinger+3 | — | — | — | Wild Bill Hickokgunslinger+3 | — | 12m 41s | ||
| 7/13/26 | color perceptionimpossible colors+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsWhat Colors Are Impossible?+2 | — | colorsperception+3 | — | 14m 06s | ||
| 7/11/26 | nursery rhymesliterature+3 | — | Mary Had a Little Lamb | — | Mary Had a Little LambHenry Ford+3 | — | 6m 31s | ||
| 7/10/26 | nuclear weaponshistory+3 | — | USSRBrainStuff | — | nuclear weaponTsar Bomba+3 | — | 10m 52s | ||
| 7/8/26 | red-tailed hawksbirds+3 | — | BrainStuffHow Do Red-Tailed Hawks Work? | North America | red-tailed hawkbirds of prey+3 | — | 9m 24s | ||
| 7/6/26 | ketchuphistory of condiments+3 | — | ketchupFood and Drug Administration+1 | — | ketchupfermented fish sauce+3 | — | 11m 37s | ||
| 7/4/26 | mental healthdepression+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | Health | depressionmental health+4 | — | 6m 59s | ||
| 6/12/26 | heartblood circulation+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsHow Does Your Heart Get Blood?+1 | — | heartblood+4 | — | 11m 43s | ||
| 6/10/26 | butterfliescoloration+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | butterfliescolors+3 | — | 10m 06s | ||
| 6/8/26 | William the ConquererEnglish history+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff | — | William the ConquererEngland+4 | — | 11m 36s | ||
| 6/5/26 | dinosaurspaleontology+4 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | Dilophosaurus | DilophosaurusJurassic Park+6 | — | 9m 28s | ||
| 6/3/26 | pinky toeslocomotion+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsDo Our Pinky Toes Serve a Purpose?+1 | — | pinky toelocomotion+3 | — | 6m 42s | ||
| 6/1/26 | at signhistory+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | — | at signarroba+5 | — | 9m 04s | ||
| 5/30/26 | fetal developmentvision+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | babieswomb+5 | — | 5m 03s | ||
| 5/29/26 | alligatorsanimal behavior+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | alligatorsescape+3 | — | 10m 21s | ||
| 5/28/26 | Hatfields and McCoysfeuds+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff+1 | Appalachia | HatfieldsMcCoys+5 | — | 12m 15s | ||
| 5/27/26 | mayonnaiseemulsions+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+2 | — | mayonnaiseemulsions+3 | — | 10m 04s | ||
| 5/8/26 | automatamechanical dolls+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsMaillardet's Automaton | — | Maillardet's Automatonmechanical doll+4 | — | 9m 28s | ||
| 5/4/26 | 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 | A.M.P.M.+4 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff+2 | — | A.M.P.M.+4 | — | 9m 18s | ||
| 4/23/26 | fainting goatsmyotonia+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+3 | — | fainting goatsmyotonia+3 | — | 9m 04s | ||
| 4/22/26 | air pollutionsunsets+3 | — | iHeartPodcastsDoes Smog Make Sunsets More Beautiful?+1 | — | smogsunsets+3 | — | 8m 23s | ||
| 4/21/26 | Albaniabunkers+5 | — | — | Albania | Albaniabunkers+5 | — | 8m 00s | ||
| 4/1/26 | space explorationNASA pranks+3 | — | NASABrainStuff | space | NASApranks+6 | — | 8m 40s | ||
| 3/30/26 | cold tolerancehuman body+3 | — | BrainStuffiHeartPodcasts+1 | — | coldtolerance+6 | — | 10m 58s | ||
| 3/27/26 | War of 1812American independence+3 | — | British Empire | U.S. | War of 1812American Revolution+3 | — | 10m 24s | ||
| 3/19/26 | geoducksmollusks+4 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff | Geoducksmarine-life | geoducksclams+5 | — | 6m 41s | ||
| 3/18/26 | art historyfame+3 | — | — | — | Vincent van GoghJohanna van Gogh-Bonger+3 | — | 7m 14s | ||
| 3/9/26 | muscle buildinghealth+4 | — | iHeartPodcastsBrainStuff+2 | Health | muscle hypertrophybuilding muscle+3 | — | 7m 37s | ||
| 3/6/26 | dinosaursDeinonychus+4 | — | iHeartPodcastsJurassic Park | DeinonychusVelociraptor | DeinonychusVelociraptor+5 | — | 8m 05s | ||
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Chart history for BrainStuff
Peaked at #3 in NG, top 10 in 8 of 50 tracked markets, currently #3 in NG.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| PH | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| HK | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| IL | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| SA | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| VN | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| CL | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| South Africa | — | #10 | #10 | — |
| SG | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| CO | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| MY | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| United States | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| AR | — | #14 | #14 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| IS | — | #19 | #19 | — |
| PT | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| India | — | #20 | #20 | — |
| Australia | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| Ireland | — | #22 | #22 | — |
| South Korea | — | #22 | #22 | — |
Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.
Chart Positions
50 placements across 46 markets.