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The Luddites: everything you wanted to know

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Luddites are best remembered for smashing up machinery during the Industrial Revolution. But what did these 19th-century activists actually want from their destructive actions? How did the government use undercover spies to undermine their attempts at civil unrest? And why was the Luddites’ folkloric founder, Nedd Ludd, most memorably depicted wearing a polka-dot dress? Speaking to Emily Briffett, Professor Katrina Navickas answers listener questions on the rise and fall of the movement made up by textile workers whose livelihoods faced increasing threat from the innovations of the Industrial Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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0:07.3

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0:10.3

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0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

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0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.2

And remember, it's just between us.

0:30.1

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