The History and Social Influence of the Potato

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[gentle music] Swelter in the heron's head wear, you swollen anjuks. Welcome to The Blind Boy Podcast. If this is your first time listening, consider going back to an earlier episode to familiarize yourself with the lore of this podcast. There's a back catalog of almost 500 episodes now. We're nestled in the unpredictable chaos of March, a very aggressive and annoying month because it's warm and cold at the same time. Winter is transitioning into spring. So in Ireland, this little island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the longer days mean that the, the ground is heating up, but the Atlantic Ocean is still cold, so we get these, these wet, moisture-laden cold Atlantic winds that turn into rain the second they encounter that warmer land. And then on top of that, we get freezing cold northerly breezes off, down from the North Pole. A very annoying month because th- the exact atmospheric conditions then become mirrored in our fucking bodies. You put on a jacket 'cause it's raining, but it's too hot to wear a jacket. So then you sweat unnecessarily, but the freezing cold wind chills your sweat, so you're forever aware of it, and it'll continue like this probably up until the first, the first 10 days of April.