SYSK Selects: How Maglev Trains Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Thanks to the amazing properties of magnets, clever engineers have figured out how to make entire trains levitate above their tracks, letting them move frictionlessly and allowing them to reach incredible speeds. Learn about how maglev trains work and what's taking so long for us to get aboard 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.
0:31.1	Hello friends, it's me Josh and for this week's SIS Kosova.
0:35.4	I've chosen a super cool episode that has it all.
0:39.2	Engineering, strange physics, Elon Musk, what else do you want?
0:43.5	What more could you ask for?
0:45.6	Also, by the way, I'm pretty sure that the contest we talk about in the listener mail is
0:52.6	no longer around since it's many, many years old.
0:55.6	At any rate, enjoy this episode about the future of transportation.
1:03.6	Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:08.6	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:14.6	I'm Josh Clark in the Charles W. Chuck Chuckers, Brian.
1:19.6	Yeah, and this is Stubby Shunah.
1:23.6	Oh, is that where you grow with?
1:26.6	Sure.
1:27.6	I might bust right into CC writer, all the style.
1:29.6	I already go with the Muffet show.
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