SYSK Selects: What's the deal with Rasputin's death?

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🗓️ 3 June 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In this week's SYSK Select episode, Grigori Rasputin, the Russian charismatic cleric and political adviser to the ruling Romanovs, is said to have been poisoned, shot, shot again, bludgeoned and drowned. Exactly how did he die and how would such a legend

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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.
0:30.6	Hey everybody, it's me Josh and this week for S.Y.S.K. Selects, I've selected our episode
0:38.6	on Rasputin, the mad monk.
0:41.4	I remember it was recorded during a weird time at House The Forks for some reason.
0:46.0	We were recording in an old corner office and there were weird blackout drapes on the
0:50.8	windows.
0:51.8	I'm not sure if it's true, but it went itself perfectly to this episode.
0:55.8	I, in a heads up, I should say, this one has a lot of talk about genitalia, so if you're
1:03.2	a parent you may just want to be aware of that.
1:05.7	Are we talking about Rasputin?
1:07.8	You're darned toon.
1:11.6	Welcome to StuffyShitNo from HouseTheForks.com.
1:15.6	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
1:22.6	I'm Josh Clark and this is Charles W. Chuck Bryant and this is StuffyShitNo.
1:27.3	The Podcasts.
1:28.3	That's right.
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