meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Jacobin Radio

Casualties of History: Eager to Discuss the Differential Calculus

Jacobin Radio

Jacobin

Politics, History, News

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

So, Gabe, do we have corrections?

0:03.0

Oh, God, we do have corrections.

0:06.0

We have a single correction.

0:10.0

Last week I said that the name of the group of people, agricultural workers in Dorset,

0:18.9

who formed a combination in their own interest in the 1830s. I mistakenly said that it should be

0:27.6

pronounced toll pitil, the toll pitil martyrs and I guess I just completely fabricated that I don't know where I got that

0:35.7

pronunciation just seemed right to me I thought I'd gotten it from somewhere

0:41.1

it just seemed like one of those English pronunciations that they do for some reason.

0:46.0

But anyway, it's pronounced apparently we're told the way that it's spelled Told Puddle.

0:52.1

So, you know, correction issued, apologies.

0:55.0

It's weird that I can't remember from the movie how they pronounced it.

0:59.0

Well, I may ask her I got it. I think they maybe say Told Piddle in the movie, movie but you know the whole movie is such a

1:03.8

blur. It's true. Okay so that was our business that we had at the top of the show I

1:09.6

think that's the only

1:13.0

get started. Oh, I'm going to be. Oh, So this week we're reading chapters 8-9 of the making of the English working class.

2:25.0

Last week we finally got into part 2. This week is a continuation of that and chapter 8's about artisans and others

2:34.6

chapter 9 is about the weavers so let's just jump into it chapter 8 what do you

2:40.6

think I feel like this is really where Thompson's heart is in a certain way.

2:45.0

He's trying to deal with kind of material conditions in a way that he didn't do in part one.

2:50.0

You know, it seems to me that because skilled artisans right it's in the nature of that kind of work and we can talk more about this

3:00.1

That traditions are passed down right that's that's how the skill is learned it's how the trade is reproduced over time it

3:07.0

Constitutes the kind of economic sociology of that kind of work so it means that there are these long memories, right,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jacobin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jacobin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.