The Rise and Fall of the Flea Circus, Part 2

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In the second part of this two-part episode, Ben, Noel and special guest Gabe Luzier drill down into the nuts and bolts of flea circuses -- how did they actually work? Is it true that some flea circuses did not, in fact, have fleas? Is there any way to see a real flea circus in the modern day? Tune in to learn more about one of history's strangest novelty performances.

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0:58.1	Welcome back to the show.
0:59.2	Radiculous historians, thank you as always so much for tuning in.
1:03.9	This is our part two of a two part series on the weird, weird rise and spoiler alert fall
1:13.1	of the flea circus.
1:15.5	Hi, I'm Ben.
1:16.7	Hi, I'm Noel.
1:18.3	What is it?
1:19.3	How are we going to flee?
1:20.3	Flea's on.
1:21.3	Flea's on trapeze.
1:22.3	Tiny flea.
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