Witches (1693) w/ Josh Gondelman [[Archive Episode]]
This Day
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Come to our first ever live show! In Boston, on Friday, September 13th. Tickets are available now! It features comedian Josh Gondelman -- so today we're rerunning and episode with Josh from 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone Jody Avergan here. Today we are bringing you an episode from the archives about the Salem witch trials with special guest comedian Josh Gondelman. |
| 0:08.8 | Why are we doing this? Well Josh is going to be with us this Friday, not too far from Salem, in Boston for the first ever this day live show. |
| 0:17.0 | So we are busily preparing for that, and we wanted any of you in the Boston area to get a taste of just how great Josh is and remind you that you should |
| 0:24.4 | come join us this Friday, September 13th at the W-B-U-R city space. I'm told that tickets are going fast, but still available. |
| 0:31.6 | There is a link in the show notes and on our website. |
| 0:35.1 | This episode about The Witch Trials is from almost four years ago, which is kind of crazy to think. |
| 0:40.1 | Lots has changed. This was before Kelly joined the show. Both Josh and Nicki have different jobs |
| 0:44.4 | now than what you hear me say in the intro. You'll hear some COVID lockdown references, but it is a fun episode, |
| 0:49.7 | very Boston E, perfect to run ahead of our live show and by the way one more plug since we're talking about what has changed since we recorded this episode on the witch trials back in 2020 one of my favorite books of last year is called the Ruin of All Witches by Malcolm Gaskell. |
| 1:05.2 | It is highly recommended. |
| 1:06.4 | It really paints a picture of the social texture that allowed the panic over witches to |
| 1:10.9 | thrive in New England. |
| 1:12.2 | So if this episode intrigues you, go check |
| 1:14.4 | out that book, The Ruin of All Witches, that's a free recommendation for all of you. |
| 1:18.1 | Okay, let's run that episode and yeah, if you are in Boston or know anyone in Boston, |
| 1:22.4 | please spread the word. |
| 1:23.4 | Hopefully we will see you Friday night and the rest of you don't worry. We're going to record it. |
| 1:26.8 | We'll use it in a future episode. But here we go. |
| 1:29.6 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia. |
| 1:37.0 | My name is Jody Avrogan. |
| 1:39.0 | This day, October 29th, 1693, the end of the Salem witch trials. |
| 1:48.0 | Governor William Phipps dissolved the court that was conducting the trials and a higher court did |
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