The Stuff You Should Know Doin’ Science Playlist: Elastics: Where God and Science Smooch
Stuff You Should Know
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🗓️ 19 June 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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You could be forgiven for thinking the story behind elastics was boring. You’d still be wrong, though. The story of what’s holding up your underwear is a global drama, replete with war, industrial espionage, colonialism, destitute inventors – everything!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.4 | Hey there, it's Josh, and it's my turn, finally. |
| 0:09.3 | And I hope you're enjoying our due and science playlist so far. |
| 0:12.9 | Up next, we have our 2017 episode on Elastics. |
| 0:17.7 | It's one of those episodes like ballpoint pens or zippers, where the topic sounds super boring, |
| 0:23.6 | but it actually turns out to be super interesting. |
| 0:26.6 | And this episode, as a bonus, has a surprising amount of discussion on pirates for a show on things that snap back when you pull them. |
| 0:35.8 | Enjoy feeling your brain enlarge. |
| 0:41.2 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from How StuffWorks.com. |
| 0:51.3 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:53.5 | I'm Josh Clark. There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant. There's Jerry. This is stuff you should know. The Sick Edition. The annual Sick Edition. You aren't well, my friend. No, and it really stinks too, Chuck, because like I like to think that I take pretty good care of myself. So to be able to be felled not once but twice in just a few months by some stupid bug, it's irritating to me. |
| 1:19.2 | I know. You get mad every time you get sick, though, just so you know. I do. I hadn't noticed that, actually. |
| 1:27.2 | My wife is the same way. |
| 1:29.3 | Well, it's not fun. |
| 1:30.4 | I know, but she gets, like, kind of, yeah, you both get a little angry, like, why did this happen to me? |
| 1:35.4 | I get more pitiful, like, oh, somebody help me. |
| 1:39.8 | Oh, I've got that going on, too. |
| 1:41.2 | Listen to this. |
| 1:45.5 | So does that mean people have the next like eight episodes to look forward to this? |
| 1:50.8 | No, no, man. |
| 1:51.9 | No way. |
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