How Barcodes Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Barcodes are everywhere. Those little lines and numbers that make up one of the most recognizable barcodes, the UPC, was designed to make going to the grocery a lot less miserable. It ended up becoming the central symbol of the global economy.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hey everybody, it's your old pal Josh.
0:33.6	Sorry to cut in, but just for a second I'm willing to let you know that I'm doing my solo
0:39.2	live show, The End of the World or how I learned to start worrying and love humanity in Minneapolis
0:46.0	and in DC.
0:47.6	On June 19th, I'll be in Minneapolis at the Parkway Theatre and you can get tickets by
0:53.0	going to theparkwaytheater.com.
0:56.0	The next night, June 20th, I'll be in Washington, DC.
1:00.0	Our nation's capital to bring the good word to our nation's capital.
1:04.3	I'll be there at the Miracle Theater and you can get tickets to that one at themiracletheater.com.
1:09.9	Thanks a lot for coming to see me.
1:11.5	I'll see you this June.
1:14.1	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:24.0	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:25.5	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Tuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there.
1:29.6	This is Stuff You Should Know.
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