CLASSIC: Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Regardless of what polite societies often want us to believe, everyone farts. And we fart often! And, believe it or not, a few rare individuals have been able to turn this embarrassing bodily function into a full-time job. Join Ben and Noel as they explore the weird, weird world of professional flatulence.

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0:00.0	fellow ridiculous historians.
0:02.9	You have statistically farted about five to ten minutes before you tuned in and...
0:12.8	Tuted in.
0:13.4	Tuted in.
0:14.3	Yeah, there he is.
0:15.8	Yes, me, no.
0:16.6	We love farts.
0:17.6	It's fun.
0:18.1	Farting humor.
0:19.1	Doing it just feels good.
0:20.2	Feels right, y'all. It's human.
0:21.9	And that's been, and there was once a time in ridiculous history when farting was not only a fun thing to do and joke about, but an actual profession.
0:31.1	Let's roll the tape. Oh, my gosh. Wait, do you guys know any good fart jokes? I know a joke about a guy who farts on an elevator,
0:40.2	but it's wrong on so many levels.
0:47.4	In Mississippi, Yazoo Clay keeps secrets.
0:51.3	Seven thousand bodies out there or more.
0:55.0	A forgotten asylum cemetery.
0:57.1	It was my family's mystery.
0:59.5	Shame, guilt, propriety.
1:02.5	Something keeps it all buried deep until it's not.
1:06.7	I'm Larison Campbell, and this is Under Yazoo Clay.
1:10.7	Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
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