Josh Clark
Host of Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark is an American podcaster and writer best known as the co-host and co-creator of the long-running educational podcast “Stuff You Should Know.” He has also written and executive produced a television adaptation of the show and created the podcast “The End of the World with Josh Clark.” Clark works as a senior writer and host for HowStuffWorks and is based in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Products they talk about
Biscoff Cookie👍 Recommends
…flight attendants serving snacks on aircraft and discussing preferences
“Those Biscoff cookies? Mm-hmm. I used to be a junkie for them. I like them. Yeah. I mean, you know, it's just a little, was it cinnamon? A little treat in the air. A little shortbread something or other. It's like a gingerbread kind of. Gingerbread? But it's called Spekulose.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture👍 Recommends
…discussing the origins of the generation x name from copland's novel
“We got our name, Generation X did, from the Douglas Copeland book, Generation X Colon, Tales for an Accelerated Culture, which is a great read. I urge everyone to read it.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Gretel and Hansel👍 Recommends
…Josh recommending a recent film he watched and enjoyed
“Let's hear it. It's an old, uh, Oswald, or Osgood, sorry, Oz. Osgood Perkins movie. Oh, you love that guy. Gretel and Hansel. And I think it's from like Two, no, no. That's the way it's in. That's the title. I'm just kidding. Because Gretel's older in this one.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Mentos💬 Mentioned
…discussing types of candy adults eat
“You eat candy? Sure. Like what? Mentos? Not mint Mentos? Like candy Mentos? Oh. I like those.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Oh God👍 Recommends
…discussing writer Larry Gelbert's film work
“Later on, after post-MASH, he wrote the movie Tootsie, which is great, and the movie Oh God with George Burns and John Denver, which to me is great, and I guess to you too. Yeah. Not so much Oh God book two, but that first Oh God was awesome.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Robin and the Seven Hoods👎 Not a fan
…rat pack film mentioned as not highly regarded
“Have you seen Robin and the Seven Hoods? Yeah, also not great. I don't think the Rat Pack ever made a great movie.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Session Nine👍 Recommends
…recommending horror film by director Brad Anderson
“He directed a scary movie called Session Nine. Oh, yes. Okay. Well, then this guy's one of my favorites of all time. You know that movie? That's what, it's one of the best horror movies ever made.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Songs of the Humpback Whale👍 Recommends
…Frank Watlington's whale song recordings released as influential album
“So he gave it to some marine biologists who actually took it and released it as an album in 1970, Songs of the Humpback Whale. Have you listened to it? Oh, yeah. Like most of my adult life. Yeah. It's just so mellow. It's so ambient that you're like, wait, did they add some synth here? And no, it's just nothing but whale songs, right? Yeah. Brian Eno had nothing to do with it. Right. So I can't imagine this was released in 1970. I can't imagine between 1970 and 1980 how much acid was dropped listening to the album Songs of the Humpback Whale, man. It was like made for it.”
on Stuff You Should Know
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakespeare Unfolded👍 Recommends
…discussing delia bacon's influential book on shakespearean authorship analysis
“And her exhaustive examination of the texts of Shakespeare's plays resulted in a 620-page book. The philosophy of the plays of Shakespeare unfolded. And she's often credited with basically prefiguring, if not kicking off, the idea of literary criticism, of close readings of stuff to find other meanings.”
on Stuff You Should Know
Time Bandits👍 Recommends
…film mentioned as fantastic in contrast to rat pack movies
“What about Time Bandits? Fantastic. Okay.”
on Stuff You Should Know