Videos
Podcasts
Blogs
Quizzes
GamesCarStuff
Go behind the wheel and under the hood on the HowStuffWorks auto blog.
Podcast Transcript | Listen to the Podcast Now
Comment Now
Recent Postings by Category
BrainStuff
- Thank You and Best Wishes to Marshall Brain
- Contest – Design a $300 house and win $25,000
- How the Philtrum works – the place under your nose where your face comes together
The Coolest Stuff on the Planet
- Glass Beach: The Ocean Recycles Bottles into Colorful Pebbles
- California 1: The Most Beautiful Road Trip
- Sun, Sand and a Passenger Jet Coming Right for You
Keep Asking
- Why can a 5 foot 8 inch man dunk a basketball on a 10 foot rim while some people of taller stature can’t?
- What happens to our sun once it runs out of fuel?
- How do we know the age of the universe?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
- Who invented the Christmas card?
- How the Kinsey Report Fueled Whiskey Sales
- How to Get Your Wedding Announcement into The New York Times
Stuff to Blow Your Mind
- Blow Your Mind: Mitochondrial Eve
- Blow Your Mind: The Skin We Live In
- Blow Your Mind: Nebula in a Box
Stuff You Should Know
- Stuff You Should Know at SXSW
- The Southern Death Cult, the Maya and Georgia
- Deformed Baby Spider Brains
The Stuff of Genius
CarStuff
- Listener Mail: What’s the world’s largest engine?
- Listener Mail: What makes a “classic car” classic?
- Was Chrysler’s “It’s Halftime in America” Super Bowl commercial a little too political?
How-to Stuff
- How to Enjoy the Fruits of Your Labor
- How to Travel the World in 4 Days
- How to Smell Like Someone at HowStuffWorks
PopStuff
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 70: Weddings
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 69: Perfume: The Culture of Scent
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 68: Astrology: What’s PopStuff’s Sign?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
- Good News from the Oldest Mayan Calendar
- One Year Later: Colony Collapse Disorder
- Who Killed Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Stuff to Change the World
- Who will own the Arctic?
- Obesity: The New Global Crisis
- Bill Gates Makes For A Pretty Decent Cartoon
Stuff You Missed in History Class
- A Visit to Clybourne Park: The Hansberry Connection
- A Visit to Clybourne Park: This Old House
- Butch Cassidy: Should we read between the lines?
Ben Bolin
Go check it out.
Scott Benjamin
So the way to get a hold of them is to go to the AMRCA website which is again, American Miniature Racing Car Association and they’ve got membership information there. I don’t know if there’s any kind of fee involved. I’m just not sure, but again, contact that group directly and I’m sure that they could – they’d love to sign you up.
Ben Bolin
Awesome. And so all our listeners there, you heard it here. If you wanna learn about tether cars, go ahead and check that out. And before we close out, I guess we can do a piece of listener mail if you want.
Scott Benjamin
I’d love to.
Ben Bolin
All right, so check it out, Scott. Ken from Brownfield writes in and says, “Hi guys. Regarding your podcast about the James Dean Porsche and all the coincidences and strangeness surrounding his Porsche, keep in mind this quote: ‘In a world of cause and effect, all coincidences become suspect.” Ken also cites that he is not sure if he – if James Dean originated this quote or if he – okay, let me see. I’m sorry, Ken. He’s not sure if James Dean originated this quote, but he heard it from his brother, Russ.
Scott Benjamin
Hum, okay. So he’s saying this could be just a string of coincidences that were fabricated into this myth or this mythical thing. Yeah, which is – it’s kind of an interesting idea. That’s kind of my idea is I say that to me – you know me. I’m a skeptic.
Ben Bolin
Yeah, you took that personality test that said you were a skeptic.
Scott Benjamin
To me, I’m just a – I think he’s right. I think it’s just a series of unfortunate coincidences that have evolved into this – again, this car being a mythical object. And I don’t know. I just don’t know if I buy it yet. I’ve been thinking a lot about it recently though. And -
Oh yeah?
Scott Benjamin
Because I get listener mail that kinda trickles in about this here and there and people are either – they’re saying, “Yeah, it’s definitely cursed” or they’re in my camp where they say, “I don’t know. I’m not quite buying it yet.” What do you think?
Ben Bolin
Yeah, I wanna believe it so much, but it’s a very good point about our perspective makes a coincidence sometimes.
Scott Benjamin
Yeah, it’s really – it depends on your viewpoint really.