SYSK Selects: How Flamethrowers Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Who first decided that it would be a great idea to shoot flame at other people from a distance? Josh and Chuck talk about the (very) early origins, history and technology of the flamethrower 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	Hi everybody, Chuck here on a Saturday with my Saturday selects Pick from June 3rd, 2010.
0:36.7	I think I picked this one because I just got done watching what's upon the time in Hollywood
0:41.0	once again.
0:42.0	Here is our episode How Flamethrowers Work.
0:45.6	If you see that movie, you know what I'm talking about.
0:48.4	If you haven't, hope it didn't spoil it for you.
0:51.2	So learn all about Flamethrowers right now.
0:54.1	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works.
1:01.2	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:08.6	I'm Josh Clark.
1:10.1	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:11.8	That makes this stuff you should know, right Chuck?
1:14.4	Yeah.
1:15.4	Yeah?
1:16.4	Terry, just I love it when we get last second instructions.
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