How the Magna Carta Worked

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In 1215 at Runnymede (doo dah, doo dah) the nobles and the king agreed to end a rebellion against the power of the English throne. While the treaty that emerged contained all sorts of arcane Medieval details, it also contained the seeds of Western liberty and civil rights.

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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.
0:31.5	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to The Perk Carst.
0:43.3	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Jerry's over there somewhere
0:48.3	and this is Stuff You Should Know.
0:50.8	The Perk Carst?
0:52.6	Did I say that?
0:54.9	I think so.
0:55.6	You sounded like Kristen Wigg's Target Lady character.
1:00.8	I'm not familiar.
1:02.4	Welcome to The Perk Carst.
1:03.7	Oh no wait, that's a different character.
1:05.4	What character was that?
1:06.4	I don't know.
1:07.4	I think that was Mike Myers Scottish guy.
1:10.9	No, not that jerk.
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