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The Rabbit Hole Detectives

Folding Pocket

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In today’s episode of The Rabbit Hole Detectives, Cat, Richard, and Charles are back to chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical. This week, Charles is hoping to triumph with his subject - Greek Tragedies, Richard is exploring Devil’s Island, and Cat is spending time with the self-styled Lord Timothy Dexter. Don’t forget, if you’d like to suggest a rabbit hole for us to fall down you can email the show at: [email protected] Plus, our book, The Rabbit Hole Book, is out now and available from all good bookshops! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.2	Folding pocket. Welcome to another episode of the Rabbit Hole Detectives, a podcast where I, Professor Kat Jarman, Richard Colts and Charles Spencer,
1:28.8	chase the provenance of historical objects both real and metaphorical.
1:33.3	Each episode, we set one another the task of finding out as much as we can about a particular
1:37.9	subject to present a comprehensive understanding of the origin stories of stuff.
1:44.0	After all, everything has a history.
1:46.6	It just depends on how far down the rabbit hole you're prepared to go.
1:50.7	And at the end of it all, our disempoited voice pronounces a winner.
1:54.8	Hello, good and rabbit hole is.
1:56.1	Hello, Kat.
1:56.6	Hi, Kat.
1:57.5	How are we today?
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