The Quiet Ideas That Change The Way
You See The World

A four-times-a-week interview podcast with Mike Carruthers, featuring rigorous conversations with scientists, researchers, and storytellers about the small facts hiding in plain sight.

Episodes

278 Why So Many People Are Unhappy at Work & A Better Way to Make Financial Decisions

How do you get top dollar when you sell on eBay? Well of course you need good photos and a

277 Solving the Mystery of the Hamburger & Understanding the Risks in Your Life

If you want to learn something better and faster, there is a little trick that seems to work. We begin

276 The Voice Computing (Siri and Alexa) Revolution & Why So Many Bosses are Incompetent

Does cooking food on the grill increase your risk of getting cancer? The answer is – maybe. But it isn’t

275 How Your Mind Really Works & Why People Are Insecure and How to Fix It

When you travel, there is a good chance you don’t sleep all that well the first night you are at

274 How the Internet Makes You a Better Consumer & Why the Experts Are So Often Wrong

Restaurants want you to spend more money. And the menu can be a powerful tool to accomplish that. This episode

273 The Amazing Benefits of Creating Order in Your Life & the Math that Changed Your World

If you want to feel good, grab some money! I begin this episode by explaining how the simple act of

272 How to Use Failure To Make Your Good Ideas Better & Why You Check Your Phone 86 x a Day

Imagine that while you are sleeping, a cleaning crew gets into your brain to clean out all the toxins so

271 How to Get People to Really Like You & Why Humans Can Be So Kind & So Cruel

You probably don’t write much with a pen and paper anymore. Most of us type. However, there are a lot

270 How to Stop Postponing the Important Things in Your Life & How Food Fights Disease

The scent of lavender is supposed to be calming. It may also be the scent of trust. I begin this

269 How to Embrace Conflict and Fight Well & Why We Love to Live in Cities

Grocery stores have a lot of germs. For one thing there is a lot of raw meat and fish moving

There’s Always
More to Know

Sometimes the most interesting things are the ones hiding in plain sight. We talk with people who know their stuff and uncover fascinating ideas, surprising discoveries and useful information you can put to work in your own life.
“One of the smartest and most consistently interesting podcasts you’ll find.”
— Hosted by Mike Carruthers · Produced by DrewCast Media

Curious? Good.
So Are We.

Over 20 years ago, Mike Carruthers created “Something You Should Know” as a short-form radio feature, syndicated to hundreds of radio stations around the US and Canada. The podcast is still going strong on the same home. After 1,575 episodes of the feature, Mike created the long-form podcast version.
“One of the smartest and most consistently interesting podcasts you’ll find.”

— Hosted by Mike Carruthers · Produced by DrewCast Media

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