How Clowns Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2015

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Jesters of some sort have been around since ancient Egypt and China. Our modern clown was invented around 1800 and ever since they have been getting steadily creepier.

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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.
0:31.4	Welcome to Steppie Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:42.8	I'm Joe Joe.
0:43.8	There's Chuckles.
0:44.8	This is Steppie Should Know, the podcast.
0:46.8	And there's Jerry.
0:47.8	She has a regular name.
0:48.8	Hey, hey!
0:49.8	Well, that was pretty good.
0:50.8	Thanks.
0:51.8	I think this could also be like how late-night talk show hosts work too.
0:56.4	Yeah, Crusty Declan was on my mind during a lot of this.
0:59.6	I thought that was your Seth Myers.
1:01.4	No.
1:02.4	Oh my god.
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