The Dancing Plague (2/5/25)

Who, When, Wow!

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4.4 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In 1518 in modern-day France, a woman named Frau Troddea started dancing in the town square... and didn't stop. Soon, other citizens in the town found their way to the dance floor to join her... and they didn't stop dancing either! Is dancing contagious?! It's up to Carly Q to travel back in time to find out. Visit Tinkercast.com/WhoWhenWow to download a printable worksheet based on this episode. Originally aired

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0:00.0	P-S. Hi, it's me. I'm back with another episode of my super secret podcast that we cannot talk about.
0:10.9	Now, if you know anything about me, you know I love a good mystery almost as much as I love Pi.
0:16.7	And that's saying a lot. But did you know I also like dancing?
0:21.7	Well, today's mystery has both.
0:24.4	I'm Carly Q, and this is Who When Wow, Mystery Edition.
0:30.7	Our past is vast and wild.
0:33.8	Many things have brought us to this day.
0:46.3	As history has been compiled, some important details have slipped away In our spectacular shared existence, we consider it a business to recognize a few folks you may not know.
1:00.0	Made important inventions.
1:03.0	Asked all the right questions.
1:06.0	History will never be the same.
1:11.6	So you know I work at Butthead.
1:26.6	That stands for Bureau of Universal Time Travel Historical Exploration Division.
1:31.9	It's okay. You can laugh at that.
1:34.1	I'm here. It's me.
1:35.5	I'm a junior temporal analyst.
1:38.5	But that just pays the bills.
1:40.1	What I really do is investigate history's mysteries through this secret yet very exciting podcast.
1:48.4	I repeat, what you are listening to is a secret.
1:52.2	You never heard the words you're hearing me say right now, okay?
1:55.5	Okay.
1:57.4	I'm feeling a mover, crunchy, sweet, and salty.
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