SYSK Selects: How Circumcision Works

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🗓️ 8 September 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Circumcision is a common practice in which the foreskin of a male's penis is removed, typically as a baby. In this classic episode, Josh and Chuck take a look at the origins, practices, and arguments for and against circumcision in this episode.

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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.
0:31.0	Hi everybody.
0:32.4	It's November 30th, 2010.
0:34.8	What?
0:36.6	Now it's not, but I'm going to bring you back in time.
0:38.6	We're all getting in the way back machine for this Saturday, select everyone.
0:42.5	And we're going back to November 30th, 2010, because we published
0:46.7	How Circumcision Works that day.
0:49.6	And this is a good one.
0:51.5	It kind of tied up some medical science along with one of the controversies around
1:00.2	circumcision.
1:01.2	There's really no way around that.
1:02.7	It's not an opening closed discussion.
1:07.0	It's very much open for debate.
1:09.0	And we get into it in this episode.
1:11.2	It's a pretty good one.
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