SYSK Selects: How Gold Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As of early 2013, only 161,00 metric tons of gold had been mined in the entire history of the world. Considering about 85 percent of it is recycled, decent chance your jewelry may once have been part of an Incan headdress or Mycenaean face mask. Dive in to gold 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.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Good afternoon folks, happy weekend.
0:33.8	You ever wanted to know how gold works?
0:36.6	You're thinking, how does gold work?
0:38.2	It's just gold.
0:39.2	It just is.
0:40.3	Well, there's a lot more that goes into it.
0:42.0	And we talk about all the history of gold, very, very fascinating stuff from February 1, 2013.
0:48.2	How Gold Works.
0:54.0	Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
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1:05.3	I'm Josh Clark.
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