SYMHC Classics: Levi Strauss
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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4.2 • 24.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This 2018 episode covers Levi Strauss, whose life story touches on a lot of important moments in U.S. history. His business was tied to the California Gold Rush, the U.S. Civil War and American clothing culture.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on I Heart. I'm going to explore |
| 0:06.8 | the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions. Like, |
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| 0:27.4 | On the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.0 | Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Andrea Gunning and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal. |
| 0:43.3 | Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fan mail count when she discovered a |
| 0:47.5 | terrible secret. I saw a hidden folder and I opened it with the help that I just see. |
| 0:54.4 | Listen to season two of betrayal on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your |
| 1:01.2 | podcasts. Between April 1971 and September 1972, six young black girls were snatched off the streets |
| 1:10.1 | in Washington, D.C. This child was laying on the side of the road. The person said, I murdered |
| 1:16.3 | your daughter. The killer believed that he may have been seen. I will admit the others when you |
| 1:21.6 | catch me if you can. Sign freeway fan. Listen to freeway fan them on the I Heart Radio app Apple |
| 1:29.1 | Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Happy Saturday, the U.S. Patent Office granted a |
| 1:39.0 | patent to Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss 150 years ago today. That was the patent for |
| 1:46.8 | improvement in fastening pocket openings, which is generally recognized as the patent for the |
| 1:52.8 | first Blue Jeans. We covered Levi Strauss and the development of Blue Jeans along with other parts |
| 1:58.5 | of his life and career in our August 8th 2018 episode and that is today's Saturday Classic. Enjoy! |
| 2:07.9 | Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History class, a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 2:17.5 | Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Holly Fry. And I'm Tracy V. Wilson. And today's episode was |
| 2:24.9 | requested approximately 100 years ago if you go by way of hyperbole, by our listener, |
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