This Custom of Customs

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Customs may be a pain when you're traveling, but it's a necessary instrument the government uses to regulate trade. And it has a very fascinating history. Your passport please?

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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.
0:31.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House stuffworks.com.
0:41.3	Hey, welcome to The Podcast.
0:43.1	I'm Josh Clark from the Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:46.8	And then most of all, there's Jerry over there, Jerome, the Jester.
0:52.7	Is it the most fun to have?
0:53.7	Yeah, and this is Stuff You Should Know.
0:55.4	That's right.
0:56.4	Jerry's all dirty from shoveling coal from this theme technology episode.
0:59.9	She is.
1:00.9	If you don't mind, I would like to point out something very exciting.
1:04.3	No, I do mine.
1:05.3	Let's keep going.
1:06.9	Right?
1:07.9	No.
1:08.9	This is the very first episode out of 870 plus episodes where Josh is wearing short pants.
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