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Rerun: How Medieval Warfare Led to the Lawnmower

TechStuff

iHeartPodcasts

Tech News, News, Technology

4.31.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We learn who invented the lawnmower, how lawnmowers evolved, and why we even have lawns in the first place. Hint: it has to do with castles in the Middle Ages.

 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:06.6

There's a vile sickness in Abbas town.

0:10.4

You must excise it.

0:12.8

Dig into the deep earth and cut it out.

0:16.7

From IHeart podcasts and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Manky,

0:20.0

this is Havoc Town. A new fiction podcast set in the Bridgewater Audio Universe, starring Jules State and Ray Wise.

0:29.1

Listen to Havoc Town on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:38.5

Welcome to Tech Stuff, a production from IHeartRadio.

0:46.2

Hey there and welcome to Tech Stuff.

0:48.8

I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland.

0:50.8

I'm an executive producer with IHeartRadio and How the Tech Are You?

0:55.8

Well, I am currently on vacation, although I'll be back tomorrow, Tuesday.

1:02.6

I am flying back from New York City today, so wish me safe travels.

1:08.6

But I didn't want to leave you without an episode.

1:15.2

So we're going to listen to an episode that I recorded in 2021.

1:21.2

And it was one of the episodes that really tickled me when I got to work on it.

1:25.7

It's called How Medieval Warfare led to the lawnmower.

1:31.9

And it's kind of a silly title, but, you know, it also actually does track.

1:37.3

If it weren't for things like castles, we wouldn't have lawnmowers and weed whackers, really.

1:39.3

So let's sit back.

1:42.8

Listen to this episode from 2021 and enjoy.

1:52.4

While I've been recording shows from my home for nearly a year now, I still occasionally get reminded about how things can be different from when I was working in the office.

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