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Oct 2023
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Part One: The Surprisingly Complicated H...

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Margaret talks with Jamie Loftus about all things spooky season, from Lemuria to Samhain to Allhallowtide.

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Part One: Robin Hood and the Legacy of Outlaws in Medieval England
Margaret talks to Joe Kassabian about how Robin Hood might not have been real, but bandits who supported the peasantry was Sources: https://mercian-as.co.uk/chester.htmlhttps://entertablementabroad.com/2026/06/sheriffs-and-shires-the-geography-of-governance/https://www.nottingham ... Show More
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CZM Book Club: Locust House, by Adam Gnade (Part Three of Four)
Margaret continues the story of the last punk show played at Locust HouseSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
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Part Two: The First Labor Strike: How the Tomb Builders of Deir El-Medina Started It All
Margaret finished telling you about labor and class struggle in Ancient Egypt Sources: https://historyrise.com/article/slavery-and-forced-labor-and-comparative-history-across-egypt/ https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/slaves.htm https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/medin ... Show More
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