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Stuff You Should Know

What was the Tunguska event?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In 1908, the most powerful meteoroid explosion in recorded history happened over a remote area of Siberia. But the weird thing is there was no impact crater and no asteroid to be found – so was it an asteroid? (Yes.)

Transcript

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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

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House Stuffworks.com.

0:41.4

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

0:43.1

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Brighton.

0:45.7

There's Jerry over there.

0:46.9

The trio known as Stuff You Should Know.

0:51.7

The trio.

0:54.7

Jerry came to our live show.

0:56.7

I know.

0:57.9

I'm still a little giddy and in amazement.

1:03.1

It's been a while.

1:04.9

Jerry's.

1:06.9

I mean, I know it's not personal but just remember she's actually going to her with us

1:12.4

before she got a family.

1:15.9

Before she checked out.

1:17.4

Yeah.

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