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Stuff You Should Know

Selects: Noise Pollution: Arrrgh!

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever found your blood pressure rising because some guy down the street doesn’t know how to keep the trigger on a leaf blower pulled all the way, then you’ve experienced noise pollution. Not only is it annoying, it turns out it’s deadly too! Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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Hi, friends, it's Josh for this week's select, I've chosen our October 2021 episode

0:41.7

on noise pollution, which is actually an overlooked hazard to our health.

0:46.0

And it's even been shown to cause death in some cases.

0:50.4

Plus, a guest stars the worst thing in the world,

0:52.9

the gas-powered leaf blower. And we get to the bottom of why they're so terrible.

0:58.1

Plus, there's plenty more amazing action-packed stuff.

1:01.9

So kickback and enjoy this episode on Noise Pollution.

1:10.3

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.

1:20.2

Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and there's Jerry over there, and this is Stuff You Should Know.

1:29.5

Can I tell people what just happened?

1:32.2

Sure.

1:33.6

After what, going on 14 years?

1:36.7

Coming up, yeah, I guess in April.

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