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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: How Bullfighting Works

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today matadors get paid $100,000 and perform in front of 50,000 fans. But is bullfighting an antiquated, abusive relic or a cultural tradition above reproach?

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.

0:31.1

Hey everybody, Chuck here.

0:32.7

I'm a little sleepy because it's Saturday morning.

0:35.5

You know what that means?

0:36.8

It's time for another classic episode.

0:39.1

Stuff you should know selects.

0:40.2

This one is from May 3rd, 2002.

0:43.2

How bullfighting works.

0:44.8

And you know what?

0:45.5

Honestly, I picked this one because I just wanted to go to people further.

0:51.3

I came out, we usually try and keep things fairly neutral, but I came out hard against

0:55.9

bullfighting on this because it is barbaric and awful.

1:00.3

And I don't apologize for that.

1:02.8

So I'm going to puff my chest up and republish this one right now.

1:06.8

I don't care about the tradition.

1:09.4

I don't care about any of that.

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