Absurd Real History

Join Saoirse Siné as she discusses this fascinating fashionista with Colin Kibler

Sources

https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-marvellous-marchesa-casati-a-living-work-of-art

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/09/22/the-divine-marquise

https://www.operaballet.nl/en/articles/23-facts-about-luisa-casati

https://www.marchesacasati.com/about-casati

https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/8594/an-ode-to-the-singular-marchesa-luisa-casati

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/