Underland with Robert Macfarlane
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Robert Macfarlane joined me on the podcast to talk about his new book, Underland. We talked about cave communities in Cappadocia, underground bunkerism, the catacombs in Paris, and the worlds beneath our feet.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody welcome welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit recently voted the best and greatest podcast in the world such a great |
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| 0:19.1 | Don't worry about it. Just take it from me on this episode of the podcast. We have the absolutely brilliant |
| 0:24.3 | British scholar Robert McFarlane |
| 0:26.5 | He's written a book called Underland and he's talking about all the hidden worlds beneath our feet |
| 0:30.8 | This is a very interesting interview. I was particularly taken as you'll hear by his |
| 0:35.2 | Description of going to massive raves in the catacombs underneath Paris. I mean, he's got a stronger head than I have |
| 0:41.5 | But it's a remarkable tale of our species and our relationship |
| 0:46.9 | With the ground beneath our feet |
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| 1:34.1 | Enjoy |
| 1:40.8 | Rob, thank you for coming on the podcast thanks having me everyone. Anyone follows you on Twitter because you post beautiful |
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