The Cracked Podcast is facts, jokes, and more from the Internet’s leading comedy website. Every week, host Alex Schmidt brings together comedians, authors, scientists, and Cracked staffers, to celebrate the awesome truth that being alive is more interesting than people think it is. Fill your week and your brain with hilarious, mind-blowing revelations that’ll make you the most interesting person in every room you’re in.Looking for the archives? All episodes older than 6 months can be found exclusively on Stitcher Premium, ad-free. Go to stitcher.com/premium and use promo code EARWOLF for 1 month free (and $5 off the annual plan!)
Episodes (49)
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Musical Supergroups And Collaborations That Almost Happened
Musical Supergroups And Collaborations That Almost Happened
Published: 5 Mar 2018 Duration: 01:02:01If recent interviews with music legend Quincy Jones are any indication, every famous musician hangs out with every other famous musician (and yes, we know Quincy Jones also said......other stuff). Which kind of makes sense, right? Once you’... Read more →If recent interviews with music legend Quincy Jones are any indication, every famous musician hangs out with every other famous musician (and yes, we know Quincy Jones also said......other stuff). Which kind of makes sense, right? Once you’... Read more →
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Why 2018 Is Gonna Be A Long Year If You Hate Donald Trump
Why 2018 Is Gonna Be A Long Year If You Hate Donald Trump
Published: 26 Feb 2018 Duration: 01:13:48If your politics lean left, your trusted pundits are telling you THIS. IS. THE. YEAR. when our disastrous political situation will turn itself around. “Robert Mueller’s closing in on Trump! The American people are starting to wise up! A mid... Read more →If your politics lean left, your trusted pundits are telling you THIS. IS. THE. YEAR. when our disastrous political situation will turn itself around. “Robert Mueller’s closing in on Trump! The American people are starting to wise up! A mid... Read more →
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Why Justin Timberlake AND White Survivalists Are Moving West
Why Justin Timberlake AND White Survivalists Are Moving West
Published: 19 Feb 2018 Duration: 01:05:46If you tuned into The Super Bowl, The Tonight Show, or mainstream radio this month, you experienced America’s most bizarrely fascinating celebrity. That celebrity is Justin Timberlake. He’s spent the past year or so carefully turning himsel... Read more →If you tuned into The Super Bowl, The Tonight Show, or mainstream radio this month, you experienced America’s most bizarrely fascinating celebrity. That celebrity is Justin Timberlake. He’s spent the past year or so carefully turning himsel... Read more →
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The 15 Funniest True Stories Left Out Of History Class
The 15 Funniest True Stories Left Out Of History Class
Published: 12 Feb 2018 Duration: 01:06:04They say the past is a foreign country. (Trust us, it’s a saying!) What they leave off in that aphorism is the fact that the foreign land of Past-zakhstan is a foreign country of constant pranks and goofs. From 1950s America to Renaissance ... Read more →They say the past is a foreign country. (Trust us, it’s a saying!) What they leave off in that aphorism is the fact that the foreign land of Past-zakhstan is a foreign country of constant pranks and goofs. From 1950s America to Renaissance ... Read more →
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Why We’re Terrible At Taking Care Of Our Mental Health
Why We’re Terrible At Taking Care Of Our Mental Health
Published: 5 Feb 2018 Duration: 01:30:30Monty Python once taught us the following neuroscience: “The human brain is like an enormous fish. It is flat, and slimy, and has gills through which it can see.” That obvious bullshit is obvious bullshit. It’s also not much sillier than ou... Read more →Monty Python once taught us the following neuroscience: “The human brain is like an enormous fish. It is flat, and slimy, and has gills through which it can see.” That obvious bullshit is obvious bullshit. It’s also not much sillier than ou... Read more →
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How 2 Scientists You’ve Never Heard Of Redesigned Our Planet
How 2 Scientists You’ve Never Heard Of Redesigned Our Planet
Published: 29 Jan 2018 Duration: 01:13:05In the year 2050, there will be 10 billion people on Earth. Or at least that’s the scientific estimate. Sounds like a giant human milestone, right? Well IT TOTALLY IS…assuming we harvest 50% more food than we are now, to feed those people. ... Read more →In the year 2050, there will be 10 billion people on Earth. Or at least that’s the scientific estimate. Sounds like a giant human milestone, right? Well IT TOTALLY IS…assuming we harvest 50% more food than we are now, to feed those people. ... Read more →
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How Predictive Text Gave Us A New Harry Potter Chapter
How Predictive Text Gave Us A New Harry Potter Chapter
Published: 22 Jan 2018 Duration: 01:03:53If there’s one book the entire planet wants to read right this second, it’s ‘Harry Potter and the Eighth Novel That’s As Good As The First Seven’. So far J.K. Rowling hasn’t given it to us, because she’s been TOO LAZY (and when we say “too ... Read more →If there’s one book the entire planet wants to read right this second, it’s ‘Harry Potter and the Eighth Novel That’s As Good As The First Seven’. So far J.K. Rowling hasn’t given it to us, because she’s been TOO LAZY (and when we say “too ... Read more →
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All The Ways Your Microbes Make You YOU
All The Ways Your Microbes Make You YOU
Published: 15 Jan 2018 Duration: 45:07You are a human being. Which means "you" are actually one human plus the trillions of microscopic life forms living in you. And "you" are living in a civilization that's only had microscopes since the 1670s, and only begun to understand wha... Read more →You are a human being. Which means "you" are actually one human plus the trillions of microscopic life forms living in you. And "you" are living in a civilization that's only had microscopes since the 1670s, and only begun to understand wha... Read more →
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12 Movies With A Hero-Villain Dynamic That's Now Insane
12 Movies With A Hero-Villain Dynamic That's Now Insane
Published: 8 Jan 2018 Duration: 01:08:51Bill Murray is an asshole. Or at least his “Ghostbusters” character is, if you consider the environmental ramifications of keeping a box of evil ghosts in America’s densest square mile of humans. That d***less EPA guy was right. Times chang... Read more →Bill Murray is an asshole. Or at least his “Ghostbusters” character is, if you consider the environmental ramifications of keeping a box of evil ghosts in America’s densest square mile of humans. That d***less EPA guy was right. Times chang... Read more →
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23 Awesome Beginnings To Start Your New Year Right
23 Awesome Beginnings To Start Your New Year Right
Published: 1 Jan 2018 Duration: 58:53BEGINNINGS: they are important. So important, we put that first word in all caps. On this week’s episode, Alex Schmidt is joined by Cracked editors Kristi Harrison and Cyriaque Lamar for a look at the all-time best beginnings of...basically... Read more →BEGINNINGS: they are important. So important, we put that first word in all caps. On this week’s episode, Alex Schmidt is joined by Cracked editors Kristi Harrison and Cyriaque Lamar for a look at the all-time best beginnings of...basically... Read more →
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11 Everyday Heroes Who Beat Racism With Fun Pranks
11 Everyday Heroes Who Beat Racism With Fun Pranks
Published: 25 Dec 2017 Duration: 39:30As you look back on 2017, maybe you think the forces of evil had a banner year. Maybe you think decency took loss after loss, while cruelty went to the playoffs. Well what if we told you that while that was often true, there were squads of ... Read more →As you look back on 2017, maybe you think the forces of evil had a banner year. Maybe you think decency took loss after loss, while cruelty went to the playoffs. Well what if we told you that while that was often true, there were squads of ... Read more →
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How THE ROOM Changed The Way The World Watches Movies
How THE ROOM Changed The Way The World Watches Movies
Published: 18 Dec 2017 Duration: 41:45On June 27th, 2003, a $6 million movie premiered at two theaters in Los Angeles, earning a reported box office gross of less than $2000. That movie was called THE ROOM, and against all odds it became a midnight screening sensation, changed ... Read more →On June 27th, 2003, a $6 million movie premiered at two theaters in Los Angeles, earning a reported box office gross of less than $2000. That movie was called THE ROOM, and against all odds it became a midnight screening sensation, changed ... Read more →
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Why Conservative Comedy Is Almost Impossible In Trump Times
Why Conservative Comedy Is Almost Impossible In Trump Times
Published: 11 Dec 2017 Duration: 01:28:38Thought experiment: if you made a list of the biggest 10 comedy institutions in your life, what would be on it? Probably stuff like ‘Saturday Night Live’, ‘The Daily Show’, John Oliver, network late night shows? Well if you look back over t... Read more →Thought experiment: if you made a list of the biggest 10 comedy institutions in your life, what would be on it? Probably stuff like ‘Saturday Night Live’, ‘The Daily Show’, John Oliver, network late night shows? Well if you look back over t... Read more →
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9 Secretly Necessary Life Lessons For Modern America
9 Secretly Necessary Life Lessons For Modern America
Published: 4 Dec 2017 Duration: 01:18:54Growing up: it used to be as easy as drinking your milk, preparing to work 1 job for 40 years, and not misusing the height of telecommunications (a landline phone). Now that all of that has changed (side note: turns out milk isn’t all that ... Read more →Growing up: it used to be as easy as drinking your milk, preparing to work 1 job for 40 years, and not misusing the height of telecommunications (a landline phone). Now that all of that has changed (side note: turns out milk isn’t all that ... Read more →
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Best Episode Ever: 30 Rock
Best Episode Ever: 30 Rock
Published: 28 Nov 2017 Duration: 48:26Thought experiment time: what's the best episode of your favorite TV show? No matter what the series, from Mad Men to Seinfeld to Battlestar Galactica, it's a surprisingly hard question to find an agreeable answer. But that's what we've ass... Read more →Thought experiment time: what's the best episode of your favorite TV show? No matter what the series, from Mad Men to Seinfeld to Battlestar Galactica, it's a surprisingly hard question to find an agreeable answer. But that's what we've ass... Read more →
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All The Insane News Donald Trump Stopped You From Noticing
All The Insane News Donald Trump Stopped You From Noticing
Published: 27 Nov 2017 Duration: 01:29:13The news: if you’ve read it since the fall of 2015, it’s been nothing but Donald Trump stories, and Opponent Of Donald Trump stories, and the sports section (which is also kind of Trump news). That’s insane, right? Isn’t there an entire res... Read more →The news: if you’ve read it since the fall of 2015, it’s been nothing but Donald Trump stories, and Opponent Of Donald Trump stories, and the sports section (which is also kind of Trump news). That’s insane, right? Isn’t there an entire res... Read more →
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17 Hit Songs That Are Secretly (Or Openly) Insane
17 Hit Songs That Are Secretly (Or Openly) Insane
Published: 20 Nov 2017 Duration: 01:13:57Top 40 radio: it’s like if a robot became obsessed with our collective subconscious. And it’s always been dominated by fun, sunshine-y pop songs. Stuff like “Respect” (Aretha Franklin) and “Hey Ya!” (OutKast) and “Maniac” (that dancing movi... Read more →Top 40 radio: it’s like if a robot became obsessed with our collective subconscious. And it’s always been dominated by fun, sunshine-y pop songs. Stuff like “Respect” (Aretha Franklin) and “Hey Ya!” (OutKast) and “Maniac” (that dancing movi... Read more →
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10 Revolutionary TV Shows That Almost Happened
10 Revolutionary TV Shows That Almost Happened
Published: 13 Nov 2017 Duration: 01:23:25Remember the LOST pilot? It was basically an incredible JJ Abrams movie with plane crashes, polar bears, and dreamy Matthew Fox. If only that first episode aired-- it would've been a cult phenomenon-- an all-time pop-culture "what-if?" But ... Read more →Remember the LOST pilot? It was basically an incredible JJ Abrams movie with plane crashes, polar bears, and dreamy Matthew Fox. If only that first episode aired-- it would've been a cult phenomenon-- an all-time pop-culture "what-if?" But ... Read more →
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How Your Germs Control Your Politics (with David Wong)
How Your Germs Control Your Politics (with David Wong)
Published: 6 Nov 2017 Duration: 01:46:45Stop me if you've heard this one before: a charismatic populist leader rises to power by warning of immigrants who are are "filthy" and "bring disease." It's no coincidence the greatest deplorable leaders through the ages use the same coded... Read more →Stop me if you've heard this one before: a charismatic populist leader rises to power by warning of immigrants who are are "filthy" and "bring disease." It's no coincidence the greatest deplorable leaders through the ages use the same coded... Read more →
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3 Scientific Reasons People Think They See Ghosts
3 Scientific Reasons People Think They See Ghosts
Published: 30 Oct 2017 Duration: 01:04:22Whether it's ghosts or the afterlife or god, most humans tend to lean towards thinking something funky and unknowable is out there, even if they can't pinpoint what it is or prove that it exists. With ghosts, this seems to be especially tr... Read more →Whether it's ghosts or the afterlife or god, most humans tend to lean towards thinking something funky and unknowable is out there, even if they can't pinpoint what it is or prove that it exists. With ghosts, this seems to be especially tr... Read more →
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