Fetch the Smelling Salts

By Alice Nagle and Kimberly MarshComedy TV & Film History

Fetch the Smelling Salts episodes

October 08 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012 Movie)
It’s spookstorical season and Kim and Alice are flipping some horses with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. You should probably ask your best pal why he always wears sunglasses, and prepare for some semi-historical horror with the man otherwise known as Gaybraham.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton

Princess Weekes video, "Why are there so many Confederate Vampires?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5unKXnSUk

Article by Hailey Frenette: "Romanticizing the Confederacy: Modern Vampire Media
as a Conduit for Misinformation" https://ojs.library.dal.ca/djim/article/view/11755
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58 min
September 24 Wives and Daughters (1999 TV Miniseries)
Kim and Alice’s reputations are in tatters but thankfully we have a fancy friend to walk around the village with, because we’re joined by Dr Kayla Jones in this episode on the 1999 miniseries Wives and Daughters. We’re weeding through the British class system, celebrating the best of nerdy love stories, and questioning whether our favourite character died from a bad blood tube.

You can find Kayla’s brilliant period drama dissections on Regency Rumours.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Alice Nagle / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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1 hr 17 min
September 10 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984 Movie)
Hold onto your heart, dame, because we’re leaping from an airplane into 1935 India with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Is this the most racist period drama we’ve ever covered? Yes. But Kim and Alice are swinging in to deliver you some glowing stones of truth about the goddess Kali, the supposed Thuggee Cult, and of course vampire bats.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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1 hr 4 min
August 27 The Fainting Couch: The Odyssey (2026 Movie)
A man! A war! A horse! A podcast! After several weeks adrift Alice and husband/audio producer Keith ended up on the mythical island of Ireland, where they went to the cinema. In this Fainting Couch episode we’re comparing Odysseuses (do you prefer sinewy-sad or hopping psychopath?), working out who broke Zeus’ law the hardest, and whacking bits of bronze together.

Kim and Alice will be reunited on 10 September for the start of a new season!

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man

https://open.substack.com/pub/flintdelsol/p/actually-nolan-is-kind-of-making?

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
If you enjoy this podcast, come with us on a romp through the Regency era with our sister podcast, Austen After Dark. Listen to all episodes now.

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1 hr 20 min
July 17 Ever After (1998 Movie)
It’s time to scuttle away from your problems, as we cover the ultimate sleepover movie, Ever After. Whilst Leonardo da Vinci does all our DIY, Kim and Alice have great news for fans of historical edicts, and less good news about the real Prince Henry’s love life.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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1 hr 4 min
July 02 Markova: Comfort Gay (2000 Movie)
It’s a trigger warning episode, as we’re dealing with historical sexual violence in the Filipino drama, Markova: Comfort Gay. Wake up you gay fossils, it’s time to meet the ultimate strut instructor as we learn about community, identity and resilience in wartime Manila.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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1 hr 1 min
June 18 Robin Hood (1973 Movie)
Oo de lally, golly what a day it is for fans of the 1973 animated Disney classic, Robin Hood. Kim and Alice discuss folk tale origins, medieval royalty and the verrrrry intimate relationship between Prince John and Sir Hiss.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle / Helen Hamilton
Producer: Helen Hamilton
If you enjoy this podcast, come with us on a romp through the Regency era with our sister podcast, Austen After Dark. Listen to all episodes now.

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1 hr 2 min
June 04 Anna and the King (1999 movie)
Time to get out your widest hoop skirt, we’re off to Thailand! To kick off Season 7, Kim and Alice are discussing the real monarchs, colonial politics, and white elephants in the 1999 film Anna and the King.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton

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1 hr 4 min
April 16 Sandokan (2025 Series)
Do you hear the unearthly chorus singing our names? That’s right, this week Kim and Alice are covering the linguistically diverse pirate drama, Sandokan. We’re stalking through the jungle with our lonely island tiger, celebrating immovable eyeliner and mediocre female protagonists.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
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1 hr 20 min
April 02 I Capture the Castle (2003 Movie)
We're wrapping ourselves in bear and monkey furs this week, as Kim and Alice cover listener suggestion, I Capture the Castle. As Bill Nighy gets consumed by moss, we're talking about American kissing etiquette and how we too can get a 2-year rent forgiveness for a giant country house.

Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle
Editor: Helen Hamilton / Keith Nagle
Producer: Helen Hamilton
If you enjoy this podcast, come with us on a romp through the Regency era with our sister podcast, Austen After Dark. Listen to all episodes now.

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50 min

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Fetch the Smelling Salts explores period dramas from every time period and culture around the world. Hosts Alice Nagle and Kimberly Marsh offer deep discussions about historical films…