About Charles W. Bryant
Charles W. (Chuck) Bryant co-hosts the “Stuff You Should Know” podcast along with his trusty sidekick, Josh Clark. He was born in Atlanta in the early 1970s under the sign of Pisces. Twenty-four years later, he earned an English degree at the University of Georgia. He spent the next decade traveling, pursuing creative endeavors and getting street smart. He and his wife-to-be moved back to Atlanta in 2004, with four pets in tow. He hooked up with HowStuffWorks.com shortly after co-host Josh was hired, and the pair bonded immediately over their love of Hunter S. Thompson, the fight-or-flight response and dive bars. In his off-time, Chuck enjoys hanging out with his wife, cooking and playing in his old-man band. He loves his neti pot and hates cold bathroom floors.
Most Recent: Charles W. Bryant Postings
Podcast Goodness: SWAT Teams and Urban Legends
by Charles W. Bryant | February 5, 2010
Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Busy day today, so not much to do about life here in Atlanta, as we’re busy getting ready for the big trip to Central America. Just know that we’re cold and wet.
This week on the Stuff You Should Know podcast program we had a little fun with some not too [...]
SYSK Takes the Show on the Road…to Guatemala
by Charles W. Bryant | February 4, 2010
Hello there, folks. We’ve been sitting on this to keep from jinxing it, but we wanted to let everyone know about a special opportunity that team SYSK is partaking in. A few months ago a very nice person named Ann, who works with a great Cincinnati, OH non-profit organization, e-mailed us with an invitation to [...]
Live Webcast – Watch it Right Here, Right Now
by Charles W. Bryant | February 3, 2010
Hey there, folks. Thanks for tuning in this week. Joshers and I have some pure webcast goodness planned out and we hope you can all tune it to give it a look see. Enjoy, and let’s hear from you – we’ll respond to as many comments as we can, live on the air.
It all goes down at 1 p.m. EST.
Thanks for all the support, everybody!
Check it out here:
Podcast Goodness: Ninja and Undiscovered People
by Charles W. Bryant | January 29, 2010
Goodness gracious, people. It’s almost the end of January, 2010 — THE FUTURE. Can you believe it? Why aren’t we eating five-course meals in the form of a pill or teleporting ourselves from coast to coast? Why don’t we have little robot vacuum cleaners to help us keep tidy? Oh wait, I think we do [...]
Hello there, people. If you’re like me, then you enjoy watching the good old State of the Union Address. They’ve been a dependable source of entertainment for me since I was a kid, even before I got into politics. There was always something about the gravity of it all, the President broadcasting live on every [...]
Greetings, good people of planet Earth. I would say “take me to your leader” but I’d worry about who that might be. Please say it isn’t Josh.
This week on the Stuff You Should Know podcast program Herr Clark and I discussed something very earthy and something very much out of this world. Tuesday’s show was [...]
“Hope for Haiti” Benefit Concert to Air Friday
by Charles W. Bryant | January 21, 2010
If you’re a child of the ’80s like yours truly, then USA for Africa, “We are the World” and Live-Aid hold a pretty special place in your memory bank. Seeing the world and, in this case, the music community rally around a cause can help restore one’s faith in humanity. Whether it’s starvation in Africa or the days following 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, the Asian tsunami or what Haiti is currently experiencing, humans coming together in a time of need is a beautiful thing.
Podcast Goodness: Organ Donation and The Sun
by Charles W. Bryant | January 15, 2010
Good day, sirs and madams… I said GOOD DAY. I hope the sun is shining in your neck of the woods. It’s Friday at SYSK headquarters and things have finally thawed out here in the previously frozen South. If you wonder why I always seem to lead the Friday podcast recap with a weather report, [...]
Three Perfect Words — Doctors Without Borders
by Charles W. Bryant | January 14, 2010
Hello, folks. No doubt everyone is keeping close tabs on the tragedy in Haiti, wherever you are on this big chunk of planet. That’s kind of how things feel to me during times like this… small. Kind of like we humans are all just temporarily hitching a ride here on Earth. And there’s not much [...]
Podcast Goodness: Those Wacky Noodling Mercenaries!
by Charles W. Bryant | January 13, 2010
Good morning podcast fans and friends, fellow thinkers and dreamers. I know I haven’t been around in loooong time and I apologize for that. This is due to what I like to call my “elementary school Christmas break.” I spent some time in snowy Akron, Ohio and then lazed about here at che’ Bryant. It’s [...]
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