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Stuff You Should Know

Jobs of Bygone Eras

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Join Josh and Chuck today as they take a fun look at some of the strange jobs that our ancestors did. It's a SYSK top 10, meaning there will only be eight or so.

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.

0:31.2

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

0:41.4

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

0:43.0

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Casper the Ghost.

0:46.9

Are you producer?

0:48.6

Say hi Casper.

0:51.5

Yeah Jerry's on vacation.

0:53.4

Guest producer Tristan came in and tapped the record button with his nose as his per tradition.

0:59.8

And then he left.

1:00.8

So here we are again.

1:02.8

That's the new tradition.

1:04.5

People just come in and be like, yeah, here you go.

1:06.5

Boy, remember the old days when guest producers would clamor to get in here and witness

1:09.7

the magic?

1:10.7

I remember.

1:11.7

I can remember.

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