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Stuff You Should Know

How Supervolcanoes Work

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2017

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Until recently, volcanologists thought supervolcanoes were simply massive volcanoes. But further research has revealed that they are far different - and far more dangerous - than previously imagined.

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.

0:31.3

Welcome to StuffyShitNo from House StuffWorks.com.

0:41.5

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:42.9

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry so Stuffy Shino.

0:49.4

Supervolcano.

0:51.4

What was that?

0:55.5

You know what that was.

0:59.3

Oh geez, you and that song.

1:02.5

I can't help it.

1:03.9

For nine years you've been homing the final countdown by Europe.

1:10.2

Not every, oh I don't know, every three months or so.

1:14.5

It's the world's most effective your warm.

1:18.8

Do you do that to Yumi with the final countdown?

1:21.2

He's like, it doesn't get to her.

1:23.2

His bounce is right off of her.

1:25.4

She's like, try your worst.

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