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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2011

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia in World War II, they cut off America's rubber supply. Luckily, American can-do created a synthetic rubber and saved the War. Learn about the inventor, fluid chemistry and more in this episode of SYSK.

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.

0:31.2

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House to Forks.com.

0:41.1

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:42.7

I'm Josh Clark.

0:43.7

There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant with me as always looking good.

0:49.5

I am?

0:50.2

Yeah.

0:50.8

Thank you, Josh.

0:52.7

That makes this stuff you should know.

0:54.7

And you were looking good as well, sir.

0:55.7

Is that a new shirt?

0:56.7

No.

0:57.7

Not that new.

0:58.7

It's less than six months old.

1:01.7

I guess it's kind of new.

1:03.7

All right.

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