How Slinky Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It has been called a "glorified spring", but Slinky is one of the best selling toys of all time. From accidental origins to an unlikely resurrection, Slinky has a pretty great back story.

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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 HouseofWorks.com.
0:41.1	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.6	I'm Josh Clark.
0:43.5	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there and this is Stuff You Should Know.
0:49.8	Projecting from Studio 1A, just us.
0:55.5	Not us on stage in front of hundreds of adoring fans.
0:58.4	No, I feel all listless.
1:01.2	We just got back from our tour and that was just us again.
1:06.5	There's a paper Ikea lamp with a dimmer that makes it turn into a strobe light even though
1:11.1	it's not supposed to.
1:12.6	Yeah, it's a toolbox over there.
1:15.4	That's it.
1:16.4	It's a lot more fun to do this on stage in front of people.
1:18.9	It is.
1:19.8	I think we should do it again because the West Coast tour was pretty fun.
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