#94 Canals (Part 2)

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Comedy, History, Education

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!

Finally, AN EPISODE ON ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS. Come with us as we dig our way through the jungle to form the Panama Canal, we traipse back to Glastonbury to check out their canal, and we’re off to ancient China to take a look at the world’s oldest canal.

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0:09.2	I'm F. Wahirsch.
0:10.7	I'm Peter Franke-Pen.
0:12.0	And in our podcast, Legacy, we explore the lives of some of the biggest characters in history.
0:17.6	This season, Chingis Khan, best known for his brutal campaigns.
0:22.1	He was accused of causing millions of deaths.
0:24.8	But he also gave his followers religious freedom and education.
0:28.6	So is there more to a story than violence and bloodshed?
0:32.0	I suspect that there might be Peter, and since violence and bloodshed is basically all
0:36.9	I ever learned about
0:38.3	Jenghis Khan growing up, I'm actually really curious to find out what lies behind the legend.
0:44.6	I can promise you are in for a treat because the Mongols were capable of exceptional acts of
0:49.4	brutality, but all the stuff in the positive column either is never talked about or gets
0:53.9	brushed to one side.
0:54.9	So I'm really grateful to have the chance to speak up for Mongol history.
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1:08.9	This is part two of canals.
1:11.6	Let's get on with the show.
1:12.6	I am excited to be telling you, boys, about the first canals in Britain. That's what I'm going to talk to you about.
1:32.0	It's kind of really interesting. I'm partly delighted about this because I love a canal. I just,
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