Patrick Purden
👤 Speaker
60
total appearances
Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Radiolab
Black Box
He says that at the time, some magicians in London thought that his stammer was part of the code.
Radiolab
Black Box
There's no one that came out and said, I was the fellow who worked behind the scenes with the Piddingtons.
Radiolab
Black Box
so that you can see the butterflies that are flying, in fact.
Radiolab
Black Box
And here under this leaf you can see an owl butterfly.
Radiolab
Black Box
And inside that chrysalis, as we know... A caterpillar becomes a butterfly or moth.
Radiolab
Black Box
Yeah, so one of the big arguments that was taking place
Radiolab
Black Box
His name's written Swamadam, but it's probably more pronounced Schwamadam.
Radiolab
Black Box
What he then shown was, you know what, this isn't about death.