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PREVIEW: Epochs #205 | Lawrence of Arabia with Luca Johnson: Part IV

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters

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Politics, News, Daily News

4.8977 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week Beau and Luca continue to discuss the adventures in Arabia of T. E. Lawrence; this time the thick of the fighting against the Ottoman army, and the road to Damascus.

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0:00.0

So once the British take Jerusalem, Lawrence has a little bit of a break from sort of desert warfare, right?

0:06.0

Right.

0:07.0

He resides in Jerusalem.

0:09.0

And although when they first entered, as we mentioned, he's got the, a uniform of a major, a couple together from somewhere, either.

0:17.0

His rank is always a question exactly what he is.

0:20.0

But he goes, he reverts back quite quickly to just wearing the Arab robes

0:24.2

because it's interesting that he first comes across the American journalists.

0:28.9

Oh, yes.

0:30.2

Yes.

0:30.5

Lowell Thomas, isn't it?

0:31.8

Lowell Thomas.

0:32.6

Yes.

0:33.1

And Harry Chase.

0:34.3

Oh, yeah, the photographer.

0:35.4

He's a photographer, cameraman, yeah.

0:37.5

So this is the point where we've got to say that Lawrence becomes famous.

0:42.2

He was already famous of a type within the British Army as this sort of extremely successful officer, staff officer, intelligence officer.

0:51.9

But now he starts transcending into being famous back home.

0:57.1

In the end, world famous.

1:00.4

Because Lowell Thomas shoots basically a documentary

1:04.3

and takes loads of pictures of Lawrence

1:08.7

over the course of a few months actually or also.

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