SYSK Selects: Why isn't the U.S. on the metric system?

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 1 July 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this week's SYSK Select episode, the U.S. stands proudly defiant and the world looks at Americans as dopes for the U.S.'s stubborn refusal to go metric. However, the States have been going metric for about 150 years. Find out what's the haps in this we

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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.
0:31.2	Hey everyone, it's me Josh and this week for SISK Selects, I've picked
0:36.2	Why isn't the US on the metric system?
0:38.5	The big spoiler is this.
0:40.2	It kind of is.
0:41.8	So check it out.
0:43.4	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know, GrimhouseForks.com.
0:51.5	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:59.2	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and since we're together and there's
1:03.9	some microphones present in Jerry's in the other room, this is Stuffy Should Know.
1:08.1	The drain.
1:09.1	Yeah.
1:10.1	I'm glad to be back in this room actually.
1:14.0	Me too.
1:15.0	We did these in another room for a little while.
1:16.8	Again, just moving us around.
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