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Stuff You Should Know

How Body Armor Works: A Special Request

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2009

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Body armor has used by bodyguards, celebrities and soldiers for thousands of years. Tune into this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn how the constant innovation in weaponry has led to a similar evolution in defense and armor.

Transcript

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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.

0:30.4

Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.

0:33.3

It's ready for you.

0:35.9

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from HouseStopWorks.com.

0:41.4

I'm not even welcoming to the podcast.

0:43.3

Chuck, I was just caught by surprise, I was too.

0:46.2

I was caught by surprise as well.

0:47.7

I mean, the push of a button and here we are.

0:50.2

Yeah, Stuff You Should Know is what you're listening to.

0:53.4

And what?

0:54.4

We're actually doing a special request.

0:57.4

Our first one.

0:58.4

Fairly rare for us.

0:59.8

Okay, well, yeah, it's our first one then.

1:01.9

It's exceedingly rare.

1:04.5

We got a letter from a soldier in Iraq, right?

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