The Origins of Some Everyday Superstitions

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Why exactly do we avoid walking under a ladder? Why is stepping on a crack in the sidewalk such a big deal? What kind of monster carries a rabbit’s foot in their pocket? The answers to these questions and more lie in wait ahead in this episode. Look out!

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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.
0:31.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:41.4	Hey and welcome to the podcast Josh here.
0:44.0	Chuck there, not Josh and Clark, which cracks me up still every time.
0:48.8	This is Josh and Chuck, your pals.
0:51.0	You know us.
0:52.2	Don't you know us?
0:54.2	And this is stuff you know.
0:57.1	Are you superstitious at all?
0:58.3	I feel like we probably talked about this at some point.
1:00.5	Yeah, I was like, have we done a superstition episode?
1:03.0	And the closest one we did was Friday the 13th.
1:05.9	Am I superstitious to answer your question, Chuck?
1:08.2	Let me just get back to that right now.
1:10.5	Yes, I am.
1:12.1	In a lot of dumb ways, but like really childish ways.
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