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#146 Jesters (Part 2)

#146 Jesters (Part 2)

Update: 2025-11-04
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This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!


This week we’re going back in time to look at that most curious of careers: jesters! We’ve got the earliest professional farters, we’ve got Harlequins and we’ll see what jesters were up to in Ancient Rome.


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#146 Jesters (Part 2)

#146 Jesters (Part 2)