Selects: Carl Sagan: American Hero

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 8 January 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Carl Sagan was the world's first mainstream media super scientist, capapble of breaking down complex ideas for the common folk. But what made him tick? Billions and billions of great ideas. Explore his life and legacy with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.

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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.
0:30.8	Hi everyone, here on December 8th, 2015 in our time capsule episode,
0:35.6	A.K.A. Weekend Saturday Selects, we are going to take you back and talk about an American
0:40.9	hero by the name of Carl Sagan in the appropriately titled podcast episode, Carl Sagan,
0:46.9	Colin American Hero.
0:53.2	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
1:02.8	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:04.1	I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Noel.
1:07.6	The stent of Noel is winding down.
1:10.0	Sadly it's such an awkward thing.
1:13.1	Having Noel here?
1:14.1	No.
1:15.1	The stent of Noel.
1:16.1	Right.
1:17.1	Oh you mean the wording?
1:19.1	Yeah.
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