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Past, present future is the History of Ideas podcast with me, David Rundsenman, exploring ideas from

politics to philosophy, from science to fiction, where they come from,

what they mean, why they matter. We have series on the great political fictions, the great

historical what-ifs, the history of bad ideas, and much more. How ideas change and explain

our world. Twice a week, every week, wherever you get your podcasts past present future welcome to

historical blindness the odd past podcast.

This is a fortnightly podcast, and you are listening to a Blindspot episode, which is shorter bonus content I release between my principal episodes.

This blind spot happens to be sandwiched between part one and part two of a series on Caspar Hausa,

the mysterious Foundling of early 19th century Bavaria.

As such, I highly recommend you take the time to listen to Episode 7,

Caspar Hauser, Part 1, Foundling, before enjoying this blind spot, which serves as an

interlude and bridges the two halves of that story. For this is the story of another foundling,

although this one, not a child, who appeared in England almost exactly 11 years previously,

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