HowStuffWorks is a website that was founded by Marshall Brain and is dedicated to explaining the way many things work. The site uses photos, diagrams, video and animation to explain complex terminology and mechanisms in easy-to-understand language. A documentary television series with the same name also premiered in November 2008 on the Discovery Channel. In 1998, former North Carolina State University professor Marshall Brain started the site as a hobby. Read more on Last.…

Claude says:HowStuffWorks hit your rotation hard for exactly four days in July 2014—a brief deep dive into the mechanics of soccer and the Louvre that felt like someone had flipped a curiosity switch. The podcast's plain-spoken, endlessly patient explanations scratch a specific itch: wanting to understand how things actually work without the pretense.