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/

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Join Saoirse Siné and Séamus Hanly yet again as our part 2 of the history, and the creator William Marston, of the worlds oldest superhero and its inspiration from the unconventional.

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Episode Source Material

“The Secret History of Wonder Woman” – Lepore, Jill. Scribe Publications, 2014.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/kinky-roots-the-strange-true-story-of-the-real-women-behind-wonder-woman-1.3283002

https://www.dccomics.com/characters/wonder-woman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/37B343RtftBPmPxN7NqVMYp/five-surprising-secrets-behind-the-creation-of-wonder-woman

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a9931323/wonder-woman-facts/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wonder-woman-feminism-and_b_8199126

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/05/31/the-complicated-history-of-wonder-woman/

https://www.cbr.com/marston-gender-identity-and-casting-the-modern-wonder-woman/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfmvuC6NyU

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wonder-Woman#ref1069002

https://dca.tufts.edu/about/news/Curious%20Traditions%20of%20Times%20Past%3A%20Baby%20Parties

https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2012/05/william-marston-on-sorority-baby-parties/

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/not-so-feminist-history-wonder-woman/

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This week let Saoirse Siné explain to you, and Séamus Hanly about the history, and the creator behind one of the worlds oldest superhero and its inspiration from the unconventional. This is a two parter so view this as an introductory episode for the madness to come next week.

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Episode Source Material

“The Secret History of Wonder Woman” – Lepore, Jill. Scribe Publications, 2014.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/kinky-roots-the-strange-true-story-of-the-real-women-behind-wonder-woman-1.3283002

https://www.dccomics.com/characters/wonder-woman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/37B343RtftBPmPxN7NqVMYp/five-surprising-secrets-behind-the-creation-of-wonder-woman

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a9931323/wonder-woman-facts/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wonder-woman-feminism-and_b_8199126

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/05/31/the-complicated-history-of-wonder-woman/

https://www.cbr.com/marston-gender-identity-and-casting-the-modern-wonder-woman/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfmvuC6NyU

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wonder-Woman#ref1069002

https://dca.tufts.edu/about/news/Curious%20Traditions%20of%20Times%20Past%3A%20Baby%20Parties

https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2012/05/william-marston-on-sorority-baby-parties/

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/not-so-feminist-history-wonder-woman/

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This week Saoirse Siné will explain to you, and writer comedian Katie Norris, all about how they stopped having babies in biblical times.

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Episode Source Material

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-timeline/

https://www.gotquestions.org/birth-control.html

https://www.gotquestions.org/onanism.html

https://thebrickbible.com/judaherandonan/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onanism

https://biblia.com/books/gnb/

https://www.christianbiblereference.org/faq_birthcontrol.htm

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-the-catholic-church-came-to-oppose-birth-control_b_5b4cd603e4b02538dbcaf463

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/ancient-methods-contraception-even-tutankhamun-wore-protection-009205

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10691-018-9392-1

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52188

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83685/9-forms-birth-control-used-ancient-world

https://science.jrank.org/pages/1761/Contraception-An-ancient-interest.html

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-birth-control-of-yesteryear/

https://historyofyesterday.com/history-of-condoms-c3fcc62860f

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/silphium-ancient-contraceptive-herb-driven-extinction-002268

https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-origin-of-the-heart-symbol

http://www.sisterzeus.com/Silphio.htm

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/historys-worst-contraception-methods-explained/

http://what-when-how.com/birth-control/ancient-civilizations-and-birth-control/

https://flo.health/menstrual-cycle/sex/birth-control/ancient-birth-control-methods

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/ancient-methods-contraception-even-tutankhamun-wore-protection-009205

https://peoplepill.com/people/soranus-of-ephesus

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170907-the-mystery-of-the-lost-roman-herb

https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/01/04/no-the-ancient-romans-didnt-overharvest-silphium-to-extinction-because-it-was-a-highly-effective-contraceptive/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649591/

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Join Saoirse Siné with special guest Derek Miller on a history of the humble pineapple from start to finish... It's weirder than you think.

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Episode Source Material

 

The pineapple: king of fruits by Fran Boueman.

Pineapple: A global History

https://www.britannica.com/plant/pineapple

https://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Pineapple/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tupi-Guarani

https://time.com/4814056/hawaiian-pizza-pineapple-sam-panopoulos-death/

http://www.logan-evans.ca/obituaries/116891

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/09/07/492974870/lets-talk-tiki-bars-harmless-fun-or-exploitation

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/interiors/house-rules-on-the-peculiar-popularity-of-pineapples-1.2875731#:~:text=They're%20commonplace%20now%2C%20but,rented%20rather%20than%20bought%20them&text=To%20all%20those%20who%20have,this%20column%20is%20for%20you.

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Saoirse Siné talks of the convoluted world of constructed languages. It seems that as long as there has been language, there have been people trying to create a better one. She is joined by English Comedian Jaleelah Galbraith.

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Episode Source Material

“In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius Paperback”,Okrent, Arika. 2010

"Toki Pona" - Sonja Lang

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-constructed-language-conlang-1689793

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gSAkUOElsg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWVOkdWQAs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAFan_NZTw

https://rankly.com/list/best-conlang-off-all-time

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Esperanto

https://time.com/4417809/esperanto-history-invention/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5mZ0R3h8m0

https://tokipona.org/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/toki-pona-smallest-language/398363/’

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-smallest-language-has-only-100-words-and-you-can-say-almost-anything-2015-7?r=US&IR=T

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/a-language-to-unite-humankind

https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Wonderful-Horrible-History-of-Esperanto-the-Universal-Language

https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=1553

http://scihi.org/john-wilkins/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/john-wilkins-moon-mission

https://conlang.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7u-bB_gUeM

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This week Saoirse Siné is joined by comedian Alex Byrne to discuss Clara and the "Rhino-mania" that swept across Europe because of this a-list celebrity.

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Episode Source Material

"Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen" Jenner, Greg. 2020

https://www.rhinosinfo.com/famous-rhinos-clara.html

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/524139/clara-18th-century-rhinoceros-who-became-sensation

https://lesyeuxdargus.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/clara-et-la-rhinomania-en-europe-au-xviiie-siecle/

https://timeline.com/clara-rhinoceros-europe-history-dc8a944c2a21

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/356497

https://reason.com/2021/02/24/conservationists-rhino-horn-harvesting-poaching-skyrocketed-south-africa/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/aug/21/featuresreviews.guardianreview6

https://georgianaduchessofdevonshire.blogspot.com/2011/04/clara-celebrity-rhino.html

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This week Saoirse Siné will explain to you, and actor/content creator Aoibhín Murphy, about a dweeby young man, William Henry Ireland, and his Shakespeare forgeries.... That weren't very good.

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Episode Source Material

"Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen" Jenner, Greg. 2020

https://www.christies.com/features/5-minutes-with-the-Ireland-Shakespeare-forgeries-10219-1.aspx

https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/ireland-vortigern

https://archive.org/details/confessionsofwil01irel/page/n11/mode/2up

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127931669&t=1614979913004

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/to-beor-not-the-greatest-shakespeare-forgery-136201/

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/12/the-greatest-shakespeare-forgery-william-henry-ireland-was-the-man-behind-one-of-the-most-brazen-literary-forgeries-of-all-time/

https://blogs.bl.uk/english-and-drama/2016/03/is-this-a-forgery-i-see-before-me.html

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/blogs/shakespearian-forgeries-william-henry-ireland/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland

https://www.enotes.com/topics/shakespeare-sonnets/critical-essays/shakespeares-queer-sonnets-and-forgeries-william

https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/vortigern-a-shakespearean-april-fool-rediscovered-after-220-years/

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On a very special Absurd Real History episode Saoirse Siné spends Mothers Day chatting with her own Mother Suzanna (righted fitted with a glass of whiskey). Learn some fascinating titbits about college in the US in the 70's as well as Ireland in the 80's.

The episode remains largely unedited to give this fantastic woman a platform to speak her truths. Normal Absurd Real History episodes resume next week.

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This week Saoirse Siné is joined by improvisor Luke Benson to discuss Sea Monkeys, it's crazy inventor Harold Von Braunhut and whether you may have accidentally contributed to the KKK.

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Episode Source Material

https://daysofdialup.com/2020/01/20/amazing-live-sea-monkeys-harold-von-braunhut-nazis-yolanda-signorelli/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56755/16-amazing-facts-about-sea-monkeys

https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/

https://nationalvanguard.org/2019/01/the-bizarre-story-of-anti-jewish-jew-harold-von-braunhut/

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jul/22/a-petri-dish-for-racism-supremacists-message/

http://www.planetxmagazine.com/seamonkeys.htm

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29473-story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1988/04/25/contrasts-of-a-private-persona/de3976fc-c0b0-4448-8e22-3c6d2edf593e/

https://patents.justia.com/inventor/harold-von-braunhut

https://nationalvanguard.org/2019/01/the-bizarre-story-of-anti-jewish-jew-harold-von-braunhut/

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/hitler-and-sea-monkeys

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/us/harold-von-braunhut-seller-of-sea-monkeys-dies-at-77.html

https://www.sea-monkeys.com/about-the-sea-monkeys/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVrTqaJrS4

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html

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