By Saoirse Siné
The world is filled with so much ridiculous stories it's hard to believe they're real. Each week Saoirse Siné will explain to you, and a different comedic guest, an absurd story from the past. New
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This month on Absurd Real History we take a break for a chill special christmas episde, relax and unwind from the holidays with a few facts from the classic 'Irelands All" magazine. We'll be back to our normal show January 29th.
Surprise! - Saoirse Siné is back with a weird story from the past. This time, director of Edgar Allan Poeprov, Burell Kingery, comes to share about the weird death of Edgar Allan poe.
A fond farewell from Saoirse Siné. If you enjoyed the podcast let her and others know. Absurd Real History will possibly return but only with your help. You can donate to show your love at the link at the bottom of this description.
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This week Saoirse Siné talks of ancient Chinese philosophy and how it relates to hundreds thinking penis's were shrinking for a brief stint during 1960's Singapore. With the incredible comedian/podcaster Alison Spittle!
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Episode Source Material
The Great Singapore Penis Panic and the Future of American Mass Hysteria by Scott Mendelson
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72227/6-penis-panics-around-world
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7815608/
https://www.verywellmind.com/koro-phobia-of-genital-retraction-2671824
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-late-1960s-singapore-was-gripped-with-a-genital-panic
We talk about the catastrophic event you probably never heard of. This week Saoirse Siné tells you, and special guest Camerlia LR all about how Boston became a flooded sticky mess.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science
https://www.southernliving.com/sweeteners/molasses/what-is-molasses
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/sticky-tragedy-boston-molasses-disaster
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/without-warning-molasses-january-surged-over-boston-180971251/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/13/the-great-boston-molasses-flood-why-it-matters-modern-regulation
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/great-boston-molasses-flood-1919-killed-21-after-2-million-n958326
https://www.grunge.com/213663/the-great-molasses-flood-was-worse-than-you-thought/
Special guest Niall Johnson is a big gin fan, but before this episode he didn't know who his precious alcohol almost ruined London when it was first introduced.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-london/18th-century-gin-craze
https://www.historyhit.com/what-was-the-gin-craze-and-why-did-it-happen/
https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/gin-craze-panic-18th-century-london-when-came-england-alcohol-drinking-history/
http://publin.ie/2015/how-many-pubs-are-there-in-dublin/
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/most-googled-how-many-pubs-are-there-in-london-071018
https://www.vice.com/en/article/53jj7z/how-a-gin-craze-nearly-destroyed-18th-century-london
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5vCXrfRLrShpj4fLb4B3hMt/when-the-gin-craze-swept-london
https://www.gintime.com/features/gin-madness-weve-been-here-before/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/alcohol-history/the-gin-craze-britain-1700s/#life-in-the-gin-craze
https://evanevanstours.com/blog/london-gin-craze-history/
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/21/gin-craze-april-de-angelis-future-plays-royal-and-derngate
http://www.executedtoday.com/2016/03/08/1734-judith-defour-in-the-gin-craze/
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/23/the-first-vending-machine-hacked-liquor-laws-the-puss-and-mew/
https://curiousrambler.com/when-cats-sold-gin-in-the-streets-of-london/
This week Saoirse Siné speaks modern art with the wonderful Nell Mercier, and then gushes over the modern day artist that most resembles a pioneer of the modern art world.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Duchamp
https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/marcel-duchamp-and-comedy-in-art.html
https://press.philamuseum.org/marcel-duchamp-and-the-fountain-scandal/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSKxJc_J0No
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZlrHyzIwcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZlrHyzIwcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S75rlarGi64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuf_GHmjxLM
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/apr/03/duchamps-fountain-and-the-feminist-avant-garde-in-new-york
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/was-marcel-duchamp-s-fountain-actually-created-long-forgotten-pioneering-feminist-10491953.html
https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/lists/lol_a_brief_history_of_comedy_in_art_since_duchamps_fountain-55132
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/18/duchamps-last-riddle/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv78ebotgrY
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/apr/03/duchamps-fountain-and-the-feminist-avant-garde-in-new-york
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/was-marcel-duchamp-s-fountain-actually-created-long-forgotten-pioneering-feminist-10491953.html
This week Saoirse Siné talks of the scandalous shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, with fellow actor Will Murphy.
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Episode Source Material
“Dead famous” by Greg Jenner
“Great Theatrical Disasters” by Gyles Brandreth
http://britainunlimited.com/edmund-kean/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Kean
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/edmund-kean
https://archive.org/stream/edmundkeantrage01molluoft/edmundkeantrage01molluoft_djvu.txt
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/dead-famous-part-two-a-cultural-history-of-celebrity
This week Saoirse Siné talks mass hysteria, mental disciple and fainting school children with actor Denny Redmond.
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Episode Source Material
"Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566"
by Robert E. Bartholomew, Bob Rickard
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/08/21/sandy
https://commonplacefacts.wordpress.com/2020/11/20/the-true-tale-of-the-meowing-nuns-with-biting-issues/
https://archive.org/details/epidemicsofmiddl1844heck/page/n5/mode/2up
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3575566/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-strangest-mass-hysterias.htm
https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-discipline-theory
https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/1466/thesis_fulltext.pdf;jsessionid=DF22F6981869287D99A3BD460FE23D1F?sequence=1
https://esoterx.com/2015/08/05/bad-habits-the-15th-century-nun-biting-mania/
https://practicalpie.com/edward-thorndike/
In the 1930's Australia went to war against their national, the emu. Learn all about it in this weeks episode as Saoirse Siné tells all to you, and special guest drag performer Wren Dennehy, a.k.a Avoca Reaction.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.britannica.com/animal/emu
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/common-emu
https://www.treehugger.com/emu-facts-5075359#:~:text=Emus%20are%20endemic%20to%20Australia,120%20pounds%20(54%20kilograms)
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/on-this-day-the-emu-wars-begin/
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2315839
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18516559
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-do-so-many-weird-animals-live-in-australia
https://listverse.com/2017/03/12/10-crazy-facts-about-the-great-australian-emu-war/
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4509731
https://www.scienceabc.com/social-science/what-was-the-emu-war-of-australia-and-what-was-the-outcome.html
https://factslegend.org/25-interesting-emu-war-facts/
The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.