Bricks

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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There is a good chance that every day, you encounter bricks. You might drive on them, walk on them, and live inside them, and you’ve probably never even given them a second thought. However, bricks, brickwork, and bricklaying are some of the constants that have existed throughout history. We used bricks for construction thousands of years ago, and we still use them today. Learn more about bricks and bricklaying and how it has changed over the centuries on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. Noom Noom is not just another diet or fitness app. It’s a comprehensive lifestyle program designed to empower you to make lasting changes and achieve your health goals. With Noom, you’ll embark on a personalized journey that considers your unique needs, preferences, and challenges. Their innovative approach combines cutting-edge technology with the support of a dedicated team of experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, and behavior change specialists. Noom’s changing how the world thinks about weight loss. Go to noom.com to sign up for your trial today! Rocket Money Rocket Money is a personal finance app that finds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending, and helps you lower your bills—all in one place. It will quickly and easily find your subscriptions for you –and for any you don’t want to pay for anymore, just hit “cancel,” and Rocket Money will cancel it for you. It’s that easy. Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen 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	There's a good chance that every day you encounter bricks you might drive on them walk on them and live inside them and you've probably never even given them a second thought
0:09.8	However bricks brickwork and bricklaying are some of the constants that have existed throughout human history.
0:16.0	We used bricks for construction thousands of years ago, and we still use them today.
0:21.0	Learn more about bricks and bricklaying, and how it's changed over the centuries on this episode
0:26.0	of Everything Everywhere Daily. If you had to pick a subject for an episode of this podcast about everyday objects that you think would be incredibly boring,
0:49.5	it's quite possible that some of you might have selected bricks are well
0:55.4	they're bricks. Yet bricks are so ubiquitous that they've actually permeated our
1:00.7	language. If people are stupid we say they're as dumb as a brick or a few
1:04.8	brick short of a full load. If we want someone to leave we tell them to hit the bricks.
1:10.3	If something takes patience and perseverance, we talk about building something one brick at a time,
1:15.0	however, if you're frustrated, you just bang your head against a brick wall.
1:19.0	And if you receive news that leaves you stunned, you can say that it hit you like a ton of bricks.
1:25.0	Whether or not you pay attention to them, simple bricks are a huge part of our
1:29.0	culture.
1:30.0	While I'm sure all of you would know a brick if you saw one, what exactly is a brick?
1:35.0	The simplest definition is that a brick is a rectangular block made from clay or similar material,
1:41.0	which is typically used in construction to build walls, buildings, roads, and
1:45.0	other structures by arranging the bricks and layers.
1:48.6	It sounds extremely simple, and it is, but as we'll see, there's actually a whole lot more to it.
1:54.0	The very first evidence of bricks dates back about 11,000 years to some of the very oldest human constructions.
2:01.0	The first bricks were sun-dried mud bricks. Mud bricks are very simple. They're made
2:07.0	out of mud with a binding material that was usually straw or some other agricultural byproduct.
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