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b"Robert Paden-Powell took twenty boys to Brownsea Island, Poole on 29th July, 1907, to embark on a ten-day camp. The trip was, essentially, a laboratory for his subsequent books - and, therefore, the global Boy Scout movement.\\xa0\\nEach day started with cocoa and exercises, and ended with campfire yarns. In between, there was a lot of knot-tying, parading and praying. By the time of the Second World War, 3.3 million British children were enrolled as Boy Scouts.\\nIn this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion explore the link between the Boer war and B-P\\u2019s \\u2018Scouting Book for Boys\\u2019; unearth the racist and homophobic elements of the global Scout movement; and explain why Indonesia has more Scouts than anywhere else...\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Brownsea Island: The First Camp\\u2019, from The Scouting Pages:\\nhttps://thescoutingpages.org.uk/the-first-camp/\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Boy Scouts of America reaches $850BILLION settlement with 60,000 child sex abuse victims\\u2019 (Mail Online, 2021):\\xa0https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9748029/Boy-Scouts-America-reaches-pivotal-agreement-victims.html\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Who Was Baden-Powell? & How B-P Changed the World!\\u2019 (Scouter Stan, YouTube 2020):\\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY9pv8iF4wg\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#1900s #Sport #UK\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"