SYSK Selects: How Pez Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

PEZ began in Vienna as a mint meant to help people quit smoking. But once American kids got ahold of it, the candy took off and a symbol of childhood - and healthy secondary market among collectors - was born. Explore Pez history and culture with Josh and Chuck 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	Hello friends, I hope you're enjoying your Saturday and you're going to enjoy it a little
0:34.3	bit more if you listen to this stuff you should know select episode from October 2015,
0:40.2	How Pez Works.
0:42.1	Love these pop culture episodes, everyone.
0:44.4	Pez.
0:45.9	Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
0:52.9	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:00.4	I'm Josh Clark.
1:01.4	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:03.0	There's guest producer Noel and this is Steph You Should Know.
1:06.4	The Pez edition.
1:10.4	Nice.
1:11.4	I like that.
1:12.4	Another Noel cast as well.
1:16.4	Yeah.
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