Of Blooms and Bookworms

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jethro explores Tulip Mania, the 17th-century Dutch financial disaster that saw people selling their homes for tulip bulbs. Yes, actual tulips. Because nothing screams economic stability like mortgaging the farm for a flower. Meanwhile, Kat saddles up for the story of the Pack Horse Libraries—badass Depression-era librarians who braved mountains, rivers, and wild animals just to make sure rural America had something to read besides old seed catalogs. From botanical bubbles to literary cowboys, it’s another journey into the gloriously bizarre. Because if history teaches us anything, it's that humans will do anything—whether it’s trading goats for petals or delivering Mark Twain via muleback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Picture a hash brown.
0:02.8	Yep.
0:04.0	There it is.
0:05.7	Right there.
0:07.0	Would you look at that?
0:08.8	A golden oval of crispy deliciousness.
0:11.8	From where?
0:13.0	Well, you already know.
0:15.8	Breakfast, done properly.
0:18.5	Served until 11 a.m.
0:23.2	Whoa, there. Victoria's 11 a.m. Whoa, there.
0:25.7	Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.
0:28.6	But now she's outside in the pouring rain.
0:29.5	Oh, what?
0:30.6	You are joking.
0:31.8	I've got no data.
0:32.9	How are we going to get home?
0:35.5	But then she remembers she's with E.
0:36.2	Yes.
0:37.5	Uber still works. So then she... Uber's on meE. Yes, Uber still works.
0:39.4	So then she... Uber's on me, guys.
0:40.7	Should we get a kebab?
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