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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: Lake Peigneur

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In 1980 something catastrophic happened to the quiet town of New Iberia, Louisiana. Their wide, shallow lake grew much deeper after it underwent an apocalyptic transformation.

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.

0:34.5

Hey there and welcome to this short stuff.

0:36.5

I'm Josh and there's Chuck and there's Jerry.

0:38.6

Enough talking.

0:39.6

Let's get started.

0:41.8

Let's, uh, let's travel my friend to not only Louisiana, but Louisiana in 1980.

0:50.2

Can you imagine?

0:51.6

Which I believe the drinking age back then was still probably 18.

0:55.9

I think so too.

0:56.9

It wasn't they held out the longest and they think they did and the feds were like, well,

1:01.2

kiss decent roads goodbye until you bend to our will.

1:05.5

States rights.

1:06.5

Oh goodness.

1:07.5

Who knew that was going to come up?

1:10.5

Me.

1:11.5

So in, uh, Louisiana in Iberia Parish around the town of New Iberia, there is a lake

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