Short Stuff: The Conch Republic

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Back in 1982, Key West seceded from the United States. Don’t believe us? It’s true! Just listen to the episode, will you?

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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.
0:35.8	I'm Josh.
0:36.8	There's Chuck.
0:37.8	There's Josh.
0:38.8	Let's go.
0:39.8	Key West, Florida.
0:40.8	Date line.
0:41.8	It's the other most point of the United States.
0:43.8	Smugglers Island.
0:44.8	That's what it's called sometimes.
0:46.4	Yeah, because Key West obviously, just the location itself.
0:49.8	It's going to lend itself to smuggling.
0:52.3	Smuggling stuff in from other places by boat.
0:55.6	It has.
0:56.6	It was a pirate haven for a very long time, but apparently the local population really took
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