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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Did you know there are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines in the US, but the federal government knows where only 30,000 of them are? Learn about how these places go from money pit to death trap when mine companies simply walk away, 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.

0:31.4

Hi everybody, Chuck here in the podcast time.

0:34.8

It's August 23rd 2012 because we are in the way back machine taking you back for our

0:39.3

Saturday, selects episode all about abandoned minds.

0:44.3

And to tell you the truth, you guys, I picked this one because I did remember doing it,

0:49.0

which means I have to listen to it again to make sure it's good.

0:51.8

And I'm going to learn it all over again along with you.

0:54.9

So check out this episode from August 2012.

0:57.4

What happens to abandoned minds?

1:03.6

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

1:07.1

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

1:15.1

I'm Josh Clark.

1:16.1

There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and this makes it so professional.

1:21.8

I just had some of my notes mixed up.

1:23.8

Like criminal records was stuffed in the middle of this one.

1:27.1

Like wouldn't that be funny if I was talking about abandoned minds and then just like a

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