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Stuff You Should Know

Why is the U.S. so dependent on cars?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2009

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today, automobiles are undoubtedly the dominant form of transportation in the United States, but that wasn't always the case. Join Josh and Chuck as they explore the history of public transportation and automobiles in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

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.

0:30.4

Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.

0:33.3

It's ready for you.

0:35.8

Welcome to you, stuff you should know from howstuffworks.com.

0:45.8

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:47.2

I'm Josh Clark.

0:48.4

With me as always is the lovely and effervescent Charles W. Bryant.

0:52.9

I'm the effervescent.

0:53.9

I'm not effervescent.

0:54.9

You're effervescent whether you like it or not.

0:56.9

How you doing?

0:57.9

Great sir.

0:58.9

Do you seem like you were in the best mood today?

1:00.9

It's Monday morning.

1:01.9

Yeah.

1:02.9

Compared to Friday afternoons when usually the recording is just like change.

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