How Sloths Work

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Everyone knows sloths are super slow, but do you know they’re slow because their bodies produce an astoundingly small amount of energy? And did you know that might be an adaptation that protects them from predators? Sloths are awesome and we prove it.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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.
0:30.7	Attention, world.
0:32.8	If you can make it to America, then come see us.
0:36.1	We are going out on the road for S.Y.S.K. live again and we are going to start the whole thing off in Chicago on July 24th.
0:45.2	That's right. And if you can't make it to America, maybe make it to Canada.
0:48.8	Because we're going to be in Toronto in the next night, the day in fourth music call.
0:52.3	Then in August, we're going to do a couple of dates at the Wilbur in Boston,
0:55.6	October 29th in Portland, Maine's lovely state theater on August 30th.
1:00.1	Yep. And then we're going to be heading down to Florida.
1:02.6	We're going to be at Plaza Live on October 9th.
1:06.0	And then the next night, we're going to be in New Orleans at the Civic Theater.
1:09.9	That's right. And then we're going to round it out in Brooklyn, October 23rd, 24 and 25 at the Bell House.
1:14.9	Yep. So come see us. You can get tickets and info at sysklive.com.
1:20.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works.
1:31.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark. There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:36.2	There's guest producer Josh T over there.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.