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May 24, 2025 12 mins

To The Hilt Deep Dive Podcast Ep 1.26 Dr. Hans Rosling: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing


In this episode, we discuss TED speaker Dr. Hans Rosling, a researcher, doctor, scientist, academic, professor, and sword swallower who went viral on his second TED Talks. Hear about his induction into the Sword Swallowers Association International Sword Swallower’s Hall of Fame in Stockholm Sweden.


Hans Rosling is one of more than a hundred sword swallowers featured in the book, To The Hilt: A Sword Swallower’s History of Sword Swallowing, by sword swallower Dan Meyer and sideshow historian Marc Hartzman (Schiffer Publishing), now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Target, Walmart and more:


For more on To The Hilt book, visit

https://ToTheHiltBook.com


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