How Lighthouses Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

People have been burning fires on cliffs as long as other people have used boats, but after the Age of Exploration, lighthouses took their unmistakable form and the great stories of the people who kept the lights around the world began.

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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.
0:31.2	Welcome to Stucky Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.
0:34.8	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.5	I'm Josh Clark.
0:43.5	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Jerry over there and this is the lighthouse episode.
0:48.0	Take one.
0:49.0	Can I just go ahead and say that I love you?
0:53.6	Love, lighthouse.
0:54.6	Do you love love love?
0:56.6	Love, love.
0:57.6	Already before like you fell in love with them and researching them.
1:01.0	Both.
1:02.0	Like if I'm I grew up going to Honey Island, South Carolina not every year but we went
1:09.0	quite a few times here at Buford and they have a lighthouse and it was one of my favorite
1:13.7	things to do as a kid.
1:15.0	Yeah.
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