FlexiLingo
It’s in our tires, waist bands, basketballs, shoes, wiring, plumbing- practically everywhere- yet where does rubber come from and who is responsible for bringing it to the 20th century? OK Let’s Learn! Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: [email protected] Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Substack page: https://substack.com/@kevinokeefe165051?r=6vm2k&utm...
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Welcome to the OK Let's Learn podcast. This is a family-friendly podcast where we dive into books, stories, people, science, and history. My name is Kevin O'Keeffe. So today, OK, let's learn all about rubber. Yes, the material, the uses, the item that we take for granted so often, right? It's just another an example
of tons of different things that we use every day, we experience every day, but we don't even think twice about it. And so yes, okay, let's learn all about rubber. As with so many different things in every episode, as I've talked about so often. I got two tires up front that definitely need to be replaced. There's
nothing that I loathe more than having to spend money on something that just I get no use out of. Yeah, of course I need to be safe and of course I got to drive my car and yeah I got to put money into my car but I loathe having to spend money on my car when all I want to do is get to work. I'm not a big car guy but anyway
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