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History For The History-Challenged
- Greg Jenner frames the show as a history podcast for people who missed or disliked history at school.
- He plans to pair comedians with expert historians to explore key global past moments.
Witchcraft Reveals Social Anxiety
- The episode touches on historical anxieties about women and witchcraft that reflect wider social shifts.
- Scholars link witchcraft panic to periods when patriarchy felt threatened by changing female roles.
Pig Bladder Town Ritual
- A vivid village ritual involves throwing a pig's bladder into the town centre as a holiday contest.
- The chaotic scramble is linked humorously to the origin of football and national sporting pride.