This week it’s all about pushing the limits of pushing a wheelbarrow. Download to listen in as we discuss the history of pedestrianism, exhibition walking and wheelbarrow sports. It’s a wild one with chloroform, a pet wolf, poisoned beer, lamentations on the state of the fair and even hair sculpture.

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