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Something I Don't Know is a storytelling podcast where two full-time friends and part-time idiots alternate taking deep-dives into a wide variety of niche subjects in a desperate, hilarious, and often vain attempt to educate their co-host.

Colby Weeds & Jordan Buyens


    • Sep 7, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 25m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    13. Guest: Tyler Rowe - Battle Raps and Rap Battles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 108:42


    It's modern history on this guest episode, as friend of the pod Tyler Rowe sits down to discuss the history of the spirit of competition in hip hop (specifically as it's expressed in battles and beefs), and how a 13-year-old girl from Queens helped develop one of rap music's most defining characteristics.And then it's stories of survival in the minisodes as the pals tell two tales of people making it out alive from situations they had seemingly no chance of.

    12. The Scamdemic Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 92:24


    The theme is schemes this episode as the pals inadvertently each table a story about a grift. First up is Big John Birges and the plot to extort a casino with one hell of a bomb threat; and then it's Anna Sorokin, the Russian (or German?) born New York socialite turned hipster Robin Hood.

    11. Brittany Murphy/Travis Walton

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 67:24


    This week's theme is stars: First the pals look at the life and career of actress Brittany Murphy, as well as the odd circumstances around her tragic death at age 32. Then it's a different type of star as they recount the Travis Walton UFO abduction story of 1975.

    Bonus! Palcast #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 63:15


    The true stories turn a little more personal this week with SIDK's first bonus episode! Join Jordan and Colby as they ask silly questions about each other and reflect on (and laugh about) the various traumas that made them into the type of people that start a podcast.

    10. UFC 1 Pt.2: Hexagons Aren't Cool/Kelly Peters vs The Easters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 74:22


    Everyone's out for blood in this week's episode - first Colby and Jordan wrap up their two-parter on the very first Ultimate Fighting Championship, where they learn about cool (and uncool) shapes and the rules of a sport that's supposed to have no rules. And then it's a different kind of bloodsport as two PTA moms square off and the pals discuss an incredible overreaction, and the even more incredible fallout for those involved.

    9. Rosalie Abella/UFC 1 Pt.1: The Gracie Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 79:50


    On this week's (mostly murder free) episode Jordan and Colby start off by learning about Rosalie Silberman Abella, the first Jewish woman and refugee to sit on Canada's supreme court. Then it's the first half of SIDK's first two parter! The pals talk about the Gracie family and how their unshakable belief in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu paved the way for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

    8. Guest: Travis Green - Harald Hardrada

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 100:49


    It's the very first guest episode! Friend of the pod and longtime history nerd Travis Green sets the bar high with his story on the epic life of warrior poet Harald Hardrada, and how he inadvertently helped shaped Britain as we see it today. In their first ever minisodes the pals discuss milkmen and missing teens, and delve into the densest city in human history.

    7. Corrupted Blood/Amanda Knox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 92:17


    On this week's episode the pals go viral as they find out about the world's first (virtual) pandemic - and notice some eerie similarities. And then it's off to Italy, where they explore the grim, exasperating details of the Amanda Knox trial and the media attention she unwittingly received. 

    6. Caresse Crosby/Mayhem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 77:45


    On this week's episode Jordan and Colby learn about the inventor of the bra (which is somehow the least interesting thing about her), and then explore the twisted history of the most infamous black metal band of all time.

    5. Peter the Dolphin/Dan Mallory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 87:53


    Happy Pride!This week it's scientists and pseudonyms as Colby and Jordan tackle John Lilly's...unconventional dolphin research, and then learn about mystery novelist (and superfan) Dan Mallory.

    4. Tonya&Nancy/John McAfee

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 88:03


    On this week's episode Jordan and Colby discuss the media circus (and bias) around the Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan incident, and then take a closer look into the paranoid, hedonistic life of 90's tech giant John McAfee.

    3. Black Lotus/Shania Twain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 76:29


    Let's go, girls! On this week's episode Colby and Jordan get down and nerdy with the most valuable (and dangerous) Magic the Gathering card in the world, and then chat about Canadian country icon Shania Twain. Also, are diet sodas *that* different?

    2. Drag Race Reveals/Juggalos

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 90:17


    In their second episode, pals Jordan and Colby examine how a lip-sync battle changed the Drag Race game, and then delve into one of hip-hop's most polarizing acts. 

    1. John Scott/The Sweatbox

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 93:24


    In the debut episode of Something I Don't Know, full-time friends and part-time idiots Colby Weeds and Jordan Buyens explore the career of unlikely NHL all-star John Scott, and discover the origins of an underrated Disney gem.

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