Episode

430: No Such Thing As The Assistant Honcho

2022-06-10 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

1. Easter IslandOne-offChile

   All of the statues were knocked over at some point after first Western contact. When the first sailors arrived in 1722, there was a Dutchman called Jacob Roggeveen. He visited on Easter Day in 1722, which is why he gave…

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2. Dublin AirportOne-offIreland

   Dublin Airport are actually quite good neighbours — they'll offer to buy your house, for instance, if it's too much on a regular basis, especially since they got their new runway.

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3. Amherst CollegeOne-offUnited States

   He came up with the system while he was an assistant librarian at Amherst College in 1876. Looked into him a bit. Terrible human.

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4. University of MarylandOne-offUnited States

   Martha Nell Smith, who's like one of the main scholars of Dickinson, she works at the University of Maryland. She says that actually a lot of the image that we know now of Dickinson is kind of Victorian propaganda.

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