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Julia Barnett Rice Waged an Elitist War on Noise

Ridiculous History
Ridiculous History
Episode • Mar 23, 2022 • 42m

If you, like the majority of humans alive today, live in a city, you're more than familiar with noise -- sirens, construction, traffic and more. In today's episode, the guys explore how one woman's mission to silence the tugboats near her opulent Manhattan mansion led to a nation-wide, classist campaign against noise. Co-starring Ben's nemesis, the local leafblower (who somehow always knows when we're recording).

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