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Stuff You Should Know

How The Voynich Manuscript Works

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Since its re-discovery in the early 20th century, the Medieval codex the Voynich Manuscript has thoroughly puzzled anyone who has tried to unlock its secret language and bizarre drawings. Will it ever give up its secrets?

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

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0:08.3

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0:14.0

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0:16.4

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0:17.7

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0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:32.0

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

0:41.4

Welcome to The Podcast.

0:42.8

I'm Josh Clark, there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Nolz over there and this is Stuff You Should Know,

0:50.7

which episode I'm not 100% sure yet.

0:53.5

Let's do this one.

0:54.6

Okay.

0:56.1

How's it going?

1:00.2

It's gone pretty well, man.

1:01.4

Yeah.

1:02.0

Yeah, how about with you?

1:03.0

I'm pretty excited about both the shows.

1:06.2

Yeah, these are going to be blockbusters if we can get them right.

1:10.6

That's right.

1:11.2

They're going to break the box office.

1:14.6

So Chuck, have you ever heard of the Voynage manuscript before?

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