SYSK Selects: What Is a Shotgun House?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Shotgun houses are iconic pieces of American architecture: they're long, narrow, and filled with artistic flourishes. But where did they come from? Join Chuck and Josh and explore the mysterious origins of shotgun houses.

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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.
0:30.9	Hi everybody.
0:32.1	It's May 10th 2012.
0:34.0	What?
0:34.9	No, that just means it's me Chuck picking out a select episode from May 10th 2012,
0:40.9	but it's a shotgun house.
0:42.5	It's cool because I like houses.
0:45.0	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
0:52.0	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:59.4	I'm Josh Clark.
1:00.4	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant with me as always, which makes this stuff you should know.
1:07.4	It's the stuff you should know.
1:10.8	Yeah, that's what I think.
1:13.4	Nice job.
1:14.4	How you doing?
1:16.8	I'm doing great.
	...

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