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Stuff You Should Know

Why is Chinese art being stolen?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The market for Chinese art used to be very small and is now a billion dollar annual industry. What changed? And how is this all tied to a string of heists? Listen in to find out. 

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0:00.0

Hi, listeners, it's Emily Tish Sussman, host of the podcast, She Pivants. This March, we're honoring

0:06.5

Women's History Month with episodes from Powerhouse, Governor Gretchen Whitmer. I fell in love with

0:12.4

public policy, and that's kind of when I pivoted. Then later, we dive into the rise of women's

0:18.3

sports by hearing how sports investor Carol and Tish Blodget

0:21.7

is shaping the industry. Come join us and listen to She Pibits on the IHeart Radio app, Apple

0:27.3

podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.5

Hey Will, do you ever get overwhelmed by how much science happens these days?

0:35.1

Constantly. I'm like, ah, there's so much science. I can't keep track of it all.

0:38.8

Then it's a good thing our podcast, part-time genius, is counting down the 25 greatest science

0:44.0

ideas from the past 25 years. That's right, Mango. We're talking animals.

0:48.4

In a paper called, quote, chickens prefer beautiful humans. This was actually the title of the paper.

0:54.6

They all discovered that much like humans, chickens are attracted to symmetrical faces.

0:59.3

Got it.

0:59.9

We're talking medical miracles.

1:02.1

He's an endocrinologist who found a way to stimulate insulin-producing cells using

1:06.6

wait for it, the saliva of a Gila monster.

1:09.5

There's no way to make that not sound crazy.

1:12.3

We even talk to some of the experts behind these breakthroughs.

1:15.2

It's a week full of fact-pack stories you won't want to miss.

1:18.7

So listen to the part-time genius countdown of the 25 greatest science ideas of the past 25 years.

1:24.5

Starting Monday, March 3rd on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:31.7

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.

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