SYSK Distraction Playlist: Sugar: It Powers the Earth

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Since sugar spread from Polynesia a few thousand years ago, the world has been crazy for it. Insanely high prices, wars and even slavery couldn't undo world's need for a sugar fix. Today that fix is responsible for the obesity epidemic facing the West.

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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.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:31.0	Hey everybody, it's Josh and Chuck and we now present you with ten of our favorite episodes
0:38.5	of all times, ones that we haven't released as selects yet.
0:43.4	And just because we thought you might be sitting around bored, wanting to hear some more
0:48.9	stuff.
0:49.9	That's right everyone.
0:50.9	So be safe.
0:52.4	Be kind to one another and learn a thing or two.
0:55.5	Here we go.
0:58.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:08.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:09.7	I'm Josh Clark.
1:10.7	There's Chuck Bryant.
1:12.5	Howdy.
1:13.8	Uh, hi sugar.
1:17.3	Then, then, then, then.
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