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Alie Ward · 536 episodes with transcripts

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Latest Ologies with Alie Ward transcripts

Broomology (BROOMS) with Cate O’Connell-Richards

October 21, 2026

Alie Ward (0:00)

Oh, hey, it's the last guy at the campfire. Pouring Pepsi on the umbers. Alie Ward. Did you ever think you'd have a whole episode on brooms?

Me neither. Here we are. It continues to be Spooktober.

Cate O'Connell-Richards (4:10)

Alright, so my name is Cate O'Connell-Richards. I use gender neutral pronouns.

I am an artist, educator, writer, and broom maker. Hell yeah.

Alie Ward (4:21)

When I found out there were broom historians out there, I lost my mind. But just one of the first things I saw of yours was this flow chart of the history of brooms. I like my keyboard ignited. I was emailing you so fast. I was like, Cate, you've done the show.

When it comes to the history and the culture of brooms, is this a field of study that there are historians in the past that have written books and papers on this or how do you gather information on something that is so oral tradition and pass down knowledge?

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