Welcome back.

I know you are all just waiting with baited breath.

This is part two of the diggers here at the poor Pearl's Almanac.

And boy, do I love digging?

Radishes, turnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes.

As always, I'm joined by my British compatriot.

It's just, we could have a great big turnip.

No, there's no one thought of that.

Just the turnip's so big.

We let your people dig roots once, and we saw how that ended.

So, bummer.

We're cutting you off. Damn and it's my name is andy and uh in our

last episode we explored the let's call it chaotic backdrop of the english civil war there was famine

lawlessness and popular rebellion and this set the stage for the Digger moment.

And today we're turning our focus to the man who gave that movement a voice and a vision.

And his name was Gerard Winstanly.

And if I'm correct, certainly takes the fall.

If I recall Gerard was a business tycoon or vagrant or maybe both. Yeah, you could say

our knowledge is gaps. We know he was likely the son of a textile merchant and he was often

referred to as a gentleman, which suggests a certain gentry status, and that could be familial.

It could be because of a textile business that he once owned in London.

His family life also hints at a world of commerce and political involvement.

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