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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: Gibtown: Sideshow Central

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

There was a glorious time in American history when circus sideshow performers lived together in a small town in Florida. Learn about the fascinating history of Gibtown today!

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.

0:34.4

Hey and welcome to the short stuff I'm Josh.

0:36.7

There's Chuck.

0:37.8

It's just the two of us again.

0:39.8

We can let it all hang out.

0:43.8

Jerry's not around.

0:46.7

We're just a couple of dudes hanging out in our bathrobes talking about Gib-town.

0:53.0

The town in Florida near Sarasota and Tampa where the people who lived in the circus or

0:59.7

the carnivals went to live when they weren't working.

1:03.9

Let's go.

1:06.1

Quick story since we've on a short stuff.

1:08.6

I'll make it 20 seconds.

1:10.3

I got out of the shower today and I almost went and put on a suit just to walk into the

1:15.2

kitchen and make Emily laugh.

1:17.8

But it wasn't worth the effort.

1:18.8

So I was like, I told her the joke and said, just imagine I did that.

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