The Great Stink

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🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Great Stink was an event in central London in July and August 1858 during which the hot weather exacerbated the smell of untreated human waste and industrial effluent that was present on the banks of the River Thames. The problem had been mounting for some years, with an ageing and inadequate sewer system that emptied directly into the Thames. The miasma from the effluent was thought to transmit contagious diseases, and three outbreaks of cholera prior to the Great Stink were blamed on the ongoing problems with the river.

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0:00.0	I'm just saying, if you want to show how super advanced your society is, keeping the
0:06.3	monarchy by fight to the death part is a weird choice.
0:10.5	That's true, solid point.
0:12.2	Okay, but the lady with the wig?
0:14.2	So good, yeah, right?
0:16.0	With the car?
0:17.0	Yeah, that's good.
0:18.0	Guys, guys, don't go in there.
0:20.9	Oh, no, it's taking easy.
0:22.3	What's going on?
0:23.3	Okay, you know how Eli always opens our show with wacky shenanigans in the studio related
0:27.6	to the topic of the week?
0:29.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:30.2	Yeah, we were just in the middle of the intro pop culture thing we do before the
0:34.0	door opens.
0:35.0	Okay, side note, I do the shenanigans sometimes too.
0:38.1	Right.
0:39.1	Right, but it really originates with Eli most of the time.
0:41.9	Guys, that is not the point.
0:43.1	That's actually true.
0:44.1	This week's show is about the great stink.
0:48.2	It's about a literal river of shit.
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