Speaker 1: America, the land of the free, the home of the brave,
Speaker 1: and I would argue a nation of some major filth.
Speaker 2: Hi, I'm Gabby Watts, comedian and podcast producer caulso knots Bragg.
Speaker 2: I went to an Ivy League school and majored in
Speaker 2: history and graduated highly unawarded. And I'm hosting a new
Speaker 2: history podcast called American Filth, where we're diving into the
Speaker 2: filthy underbelly of the good old us of A. I'll
Speaker 2: be talking about a founding father who died from a
Speaker 2: DIY catheter, the woman who wrote the dirtiest blue song
Speaker 2: ever recorded, how the Pilgrims smelled parable, and of course
Speaker 2: a seventeenth century beast reality panic. We're also looking at
Speaker 2: the people who were largely excluded from the history books
Speaker 2: because society deemed them too unconventional, provocative, seedy, dirty, trashy,
Speaker 2: or just playing filthy. So join me as I've plunged
Speaker 2: face first into the dirtiest people and events in the
Speaker 2: anals I mean annals of American History. Listen to American
Speaker 2: Filth starting September sixth on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
Speaker 2: or wherever you get your podcasts.