The Great Stink: The Stench So Bad They Gave It A Name

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🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In the summer of 1858, a heatwave dried up the Thames River to a trickle in London. As centuries’ worth of human waste, animal carcasses and other nasty things cooked in the sun, a stench arose that was so horrific it got its own name: The Great Stink.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:34.5	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:36.2	I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryan over there.
0:40.4	And today we have guest producer Josh sitting in.
0:44.4	Not me, another Josh.
0:45.4	Another Josh.
0:46.4	Yeah.
0:47.4	You know what his nickname is?
0:49.4	Little Josh.
0:50.4	The Great Stink.
0:53.2	That is a terrible nickname, Chuck.
0:56.6	We're just kidding.
0:58.0	Of course.
0:59.0	Sorry Josh.
1:00.0	I'm sorry for Chuck.
1:01.0	Everyone knows I'm The Great Stink.
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