BrainStuff Classics: Why Does Cashmere Cost So Much?
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🗓️ 26 December 2025
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Cashmere can be more expensive than other wools because producing it is such an intensive process -- for the goats that grow it and the humans who care for them. Learn more in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/why-is-cashmere-so-expensive.htm
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| 0:34.6 | Welcome to Brainstuff, a production of IHeartRadio. |
| 0:41.8 | Hey, Brainstuff. I'm Lauren Vogelbaum, and this is a classic episode of the podcast. |
| 0:49.2 | In this one, we explore the fine fibers and excellent animals that make cashmere possible, |
| 0:51.0 | and so pricey. |
| 0:55.7 | Hey, Brainstuff, I'm Lauren Vogelbaum, And if you were to ask Wendy Paya, a goat farmer in Breton, Maine, to name what she likes |
| 1:00.1 | most about her work, she'll tell you it's the individual personalities of the goats for which |
| 1:04.1 | she cares. |
| 1:06.3 | She said, think of the word capricious. |
| 1:08.8 | That comes from the word caprine, which is Latin for goat. |
| 1:11.7 | They're like that. They'll jump and dance and they'll climb on anything. They're affectionate. |
| 1:16.8 | Paya's particular type of goats, 40 to 80 of them, depending on the year, are also some of the |
| 1:21.3 | providers of a valuable product for humans, cashmere. Yes, in case you didn't know, your |
| 1:27.2 | favorite, softest, and probably most expensive sweater comes from the fur of the cashmere. Yes, in case you didn't know, your favorite, softest, and probably most expensive sweater |
| 1:29.9 | comes from the fur of the cashmere goat. And once you know what's involved in making a cashmere |
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