A History of Lead (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Sometime around eight to nine thousand years ago, ancient people in Asia Minor found a very dull grey metal that turned out to be easy to manipulate when it was heated. For thousands of years, it was used for a variety of purposes, including as a food additive. 4 With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, even more uses were found for this unique metal. However, by the 20th century, scientists realized that maybe this stuff wasn’t really so good for us. Learn more about lead, how it has been used throughout history, and how our perception of it has changed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:07.6	Sometime around 8,000 to 9,000 years ago, ancient people in Asia Minor found a very dull
0:12.7	gray metal that turned out to be easy to manipulate when it was heated. For thousands of years,
0:17.6	it was used for a variety of purposes, including as a food additive.
0:21.8	With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, even more uses were found for this unique metal.
0:26.5	However, by the 20th century, scientists realized that maybe this stuff really wasn't so good for us.
0:32.6	Learn more about lead, how it's been used throughout history, and how our perception of it has changed on
0:38.0	this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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