Episode 35 – Professor James Harcombe

Beef And Dairy Network

Beef, Ben, Comedy, Dairy, Maximumfun, Partridge

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Episode 35 – Professor James Harcombe Mike Shephard joins in for this episode in which we speak to Professor James Harcombe, a military historian with a special interest in the contribution of cows in war. By Benjamin Partridge and Mike Shephard. Stock media provided by Setuniman/Pond5.com, filmsound/Pond5.com and Soundrangers/Pond5.com

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0:43.2	involved, or just interested in the production of beef animals and dairy herds.
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0:57.9	This month I travel to one of the country's great seats of learning, Port Smith, to speak
1:02.4	to Professor James Harcombe.
1:04.5	His book, Fallen Beef, the Hidden History of Catalan Warfare, is being republished
1:09.1	this year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of 1918 and make sensational claims about
1:14.8	the number of beef animals involved in historic conflicts, especially during World War
1:19.6	1.
1:20.6	It is his contention that not only were cattle useful for practical reasons, for example
1:24.7	quality, source of milk, or as a way of measuring the ideal width of a trench, they also performed
1:30.0	combat roles and were central to the outcome of the war.
1:33.7	I started by telling Professor Harcombe just how much I'd enjoyed reading the book.
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