$h*t You Were Told: Recent Episodes
SYWT Podcast
We’ve all had that earth shattering moment when you realise something your parents, teachers, friends or family have told you growing up wasn’t exactly the truth.
Welcome to ‘$h*t You Were Told’, a science podcast about all the weird stuff you believed, which turned out to be bullshit - or is it?
We've be dying to talk about grief. Our final episode in this season explores the crap your parents told you when a pet died. Did Scruffy really go to live on that farm? It turns out well meaning parents know more than they let on.
Where do babies come from? The answer will shock you. In this episode we relive what our parents told us about how we came to be. The truth is far less miraculous, so listen in as we talk about the facts of life.
We shed some light on whether it is illegal to drive with the interior light on in your car and why planes dim their cabin lights when taking off and landing. Join Thanuri, Jen and Jesse as they become enlightened about the law.
What goes in, must come out. At least, it should unless it gets stuck. In this episode we reveal what happens when gum overstays its welcome in your stomach and seeds start sprouting where they shouldn't. Some of these food fibs are even more fact that fiction.
In this episode it's Christmas in July... almost. Who is Santa and could he deliver presents to all the children of the world in a single night? Join us as we take a look at Santa's science secrets and find out how and why our parents kept his story alive for so long.
In this episode, we ask the experts so you don't have to. Is there a product that changes colour when you pee in the pool? Dive into pool chemistry, as we find out once and for all, if this embarrassing summertime story is true.
In this episode, Jen tells us about the time her Mum told her that she had a 10,000 word limit per month. How many words do we actually speak per minute, day, or even during our lifetime? Let's get our communication on and talk about lex.