SYSK Selects: A Podcast on Zoot Suits? Yes

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Few riots can be attributed to passing fashions, but zoot suits are top among them. After originating among the Harlem Renaissance crowd, the zoot suit came to symbolize political defiance. Find out why it's still illegal to wear a zoot suit in L.A. in this classic episode.

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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.
0:31.0	Hey everybody, it's me Josh, your old pal.
0:33.8	And for this week's S.Y.S.K.S.
0:35.6	Alexa, I've chosen our episode on zoosuits.
0:39.0	It is a fascinating overlooked piece of history about how clothes can mean so much more than
0:45.4	just what's keeping the elements off of you or keeping your modesty intact.
0:50.0	Plus, listen up for a surprise appearance by Mystery Science Leader 3000.
0:55.8	It is quite surprising.
0:57.8	Enjoy.
0:58.8	Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:07.9	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:12.4	I'm Josh Clark, there's Charles W. Chuckers Bryant and since two of us are seeing
1:17.6	together again and it's not lunchtime, it's not leg wrestling time.
1:24.0	That's true.
1:25.0	This means it's Step You Should Know.
1:27.0	Right.
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