SYSK Selects: Was there a real King Arthur?

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🗓️ 2 June 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The legend of King Arthur is very old and very established. By the time the king who saved Britain and united it was first written about, his story was already hundreds of years old.

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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.
0:31.4	Hey everybody, this is Chuck.
0:32.8	Welcome to Saturday, selects.
0:35.2	Hope you had your pop tarts and your breakfast cereal and you watched your morning cartoons.
0:40.4	Because now it's time to learn a little something.
0:42.4	I'm going to pick, was there a real king Arthur from January 14, 2014, as my select pick
0:50.3	this week?
0:51.3	You know I love my history podcasts and all the episodes we do about history and one of
0:55.9	my favorite things is to take a look at these figures from literature and lore and think
1:03.5	wow, were they real people?
1:05.7	Is there a basis in reality?
1:07.1	In fact, and that's what we did with King Arthur.
1:09.6	So I hope you dig it.
1:11.2	I certainly did.
1:12.2	Here we go.
1:13.2	Was there a real king Arthur?
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