You too can be an a**hole if you just dream big! Kim and Alice kick off Season 5 with The Greatest Showman, a musical about wives supporting vague dreams, fish-monkey rental and the upside-down triangle known as Zac Efron.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle

Editor: Keith Nagle / Helen Hamilton

Producer: Helen Hamilton

Sources

https://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-circus-freakshows/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/greatest-show-earth-freak-shows-pt-barnum-tom-thumb/

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2019/5/6/19th-century-britain-and-the-rise-of-the-freak-show-industry

https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2022/06/dr-john-jacob-woolf-victorian-freak-show/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak_show

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