Short Stuff: James Polk, Disinterred

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🗓️ 22 May 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Did you know that former president James Polk had his final resting place moved twice? It's true! And almost a third time even. Let's go listen to some short stuff.

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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.
0:34.6	Hey there everybody and welcome to Short Stuff.
0:37.1	I'm Josh.
0:37.9	There's Chuck.
0:38.9	There's Jerry.
0:39.9	And like I said, this is Short Stuff.
0:42.1	So let's get to it about James K. Polk.
0:44.7	That's right.
0:45.7	Let's get to it.
0:46.7	James K. Polk, 11th President at the United States, former Governor of Tennessee, former
0:51.5	Speaker of the House and House Representative of the State of Tennessee, former member of
0:56.9	the Senate, or was he?
0:58.7	He clerked for the Senate.
1:00.0	He did clerk for the Senate.
1:01.0	That's where he got his start, which was pretty impressive because he was still in law
1:04.6	school I think.
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