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• Song Name: Episode 1 'Foodstuff'
• Artist: A History Of Comedy In Several Objects
• Album: A History Of Comedy In Several Objects
• Year: 2017

In this jam-packed inaugural episode, Olly and Elspeth discuss the origins of the archive, the project of the podcast and whether it’s possible to archive a performance. The featured item is a bit of foodstuff which once belonged to Josie Long and was used in her performance. Olly and Elspeth examine this uncannily desiccated object and the significance it has, whilst touching upon Elspeth’s ‘archivist’s guilt’.