New episode discussion: Paris Catacombs + Field Trip (Patreon)

Published:

2022-10-20 19:06:39

Imported:

2026-06

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Hello! Spooktober is here, at last! And we made a very special episode with the world's foremost expert on the Parisian catacombs + added some on-location reflections from beneath the Paris streets. This one is packed with so much weird trivia and history and science -- from sinkholes to midnight bone carts, a cemetery crisis, musings on mortality, glass bones... it's just, it's a banger.

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/catacombs

And in case you missed it last week, I took my first vacation in many years and joined Jarrett and his family in Paris for a few days. I learned a lot of weird France stuff, and I wanted to tell you about it in a minisode:

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/france

Also fun trivia: the "I Go France" episode was published with a typo (it was supposed to say "I Go to France") but honestly, it's better that way.

Has anyone been to the catacombs? What was your reaction? How do you feel about Field Trip episodes? I'm here and I'm chiming in.

Okay happy Pumpkin Month,

Your Dad o' the Pod

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Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) with Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey - alie ward

Let's get spooky. Venture below Parisian streets and into the catacombs: hundreds of miles of subterranean tunnels housing millions of human skeletons, some fashioned into sculpture. Alie tracked down Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey - author of "Making Space for the Dead," professor of French history and one