SYSK Selects: How the Panama Canal Works

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 2 March 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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It's on more than one list of the Seven Wonders of the World and for good reason - the Panama Canal is one of the great feats of engineering ever undertaken. First conceived of in the 1580s and finally completed in 1914, the canal has a fascinating history (including a stint where it was considered U.S. soil). Learn all about it on this 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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0:14.0	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.
0:30.8	Hey everyone, hope you're having a good weekend.
0:32.8	Chuck Bryant here, the host of The Podcast You're Listening To.
0:36.8	And I am in charge with picking this week's Stuff You Should Know Select episode.
0:41.4	It is from April 2, 2013, the day after April Fool's Day, but I don't worry this isn't
0:48.1	how 3D printing works when I famously fake quit and was replaced by Ben Bowlin.
0:53.5	No, no, no, this is the episode about the Panama Canal.
0:56.8	So interesting.
0:57.8	I love civic projects.
0:58.8	I love huge unwieldy projects that seem impossible to complete and the Panama Canal was and is that.
1:06.6	So I know you're going to love this one everyone.
1:08.6	How the Panama Canal works.
1:12.9	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, GrimhouseStuffWorx.com.
1:22.7	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:24.2	I'm Josh Clark with me as always as Charles W. Chuck Bryant and that's Stuff You Should Know.
1:31.0	The podcast, the two of us together with a couple of mics in our voices.
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