Selects: How Clowns Work
Stuff You Should Know
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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Jesters of some sort have been around since ancient Egypt and China. Our modern clown was invented around 1800 and ever since they have been getting steadily creepier. Learn all about clowns 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. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello everyone, are you scared of clowns? |
| 0:33.8 | I'm not. I think clowns are pretty fun and awesome. |
| 0:37.0 | But a lot of people are scared of clowns. |
| 0:39.1 | So we explain why, because there is a reason. |
| 0:42.5 | And we talk about all things clowns in this episode from April 21st, 2015. |
| 0:48.0 | And it's called How Clowns Work. |
| 0:50.9 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:05.9 | Hey and welcome to The Podcast. |
| 1:07.6 | I'm JoJo. |
| 1:08.6 | There's Chuckles. |
| 1:09.6 | This is Stuff You Should Know, The Podcast. |
| 1:11.6 | And there's Jerry. |
| 1:12.6 | She has a regular name. |
| 1:13.6 | Hey, hey! |
| 1:14.6 | That was pretty good. |
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