Lithium Jubilee

Minisode 1: While our posh full episode is off in the country, curing its miasma in the fresh air, our shorter, simpler cousin, the minisode, is available to fill in any dance cards that our typical Lithium Jubilee may have left vacant. We've delved into the back of the paper to find delightful stories, classifieds and advertisements for your listening pleasure. Just listen in and think of England and we'll be back with a full episode next week!

Lithium Jubilee's 16th episode pulls the lever on nineteenth century US democracy. Erin follows the ballot, with a history of the voting process. Jon gives us an example of why vote count methodology is so important, lest we forget the hi-jinx of Tammany Hall's John Kelly. Let the right one in, friends, and if you post proof that you voted the honorable Bruce Steele will congratulate you accordingly.

Happy Halloween, Jubilants! On our 15th episode, we're wishing a bon voyage to October by focusing on the reason for the season: tradition, parlor games and piles of corpses! Gather your raisins and candles, and let Jon be your Halloween party's spiritual advisor. Then, Erin tours the Magnificent 7, a group of cemeteries created in the mid-nineteenth century to remediate London's glut of corpses. Liven up your party with coed apple bobbing but don't stay under too long, the ground fills up fast!

Victorians had plenty of difficulties to endure: Disease, Death, Stink, Shame, Corsets. No wonder they had a preoccupation with the great beyond! Lithium Jubilee are spending their 14th episode creeping under the sheets of ghosts to see what they're made of! Erin describes the origin story of a fanboy turned phenomenon and Jon's using the flash to get a better look at spiritual photography. Come with us to take a peek behind the curtains!

It's Lithium Jubilee's 13th episode and we're keeping the creepy coming! We've decided to take a moment to stop and smell the rancid on today's amble through the Victorian era. Jon gives us a walking tour of the ins and outs (mostly ins) of the most notorious castle in all of the White City (yes, THAT one). Erin pines for the sky-scraping monolith that could have sat on Primrose Hill and solved London's surplus of corpses for centuries.

If you've come to the 12th episode of Lithium Jubilee looking for respite from the horrors of the world or maybe just October, too bad! We've got the spirit(s) in our boooones! Erin reminds you to fear even the most minuscule moments due to the constant threat of bad luck! Jon explains why you might want to send the daughter you like the least to get the door if Spring Heeled Jack has been sighted! Seek your solace somewhere else!

For Pete's Sake, it's episode number 9! Today's show is an attempt to show appreciation for our respective Petes the only way we know how: giddy retellings of historical events occurring in the Victorian era. Jon takes us out to the first official baseball games and highlights a rivalry between the cocky and loud, and the hobbled but proud. Erin delves into the origins of ice hockey, featuring a cameo by the Empress of all our hearts, Queen Victoria. Go Petes!

Queen Victoria's reign lasted just shy of 65 years and during this time her health and her people were, if not obedient, at least able to be maintained. Other ruling ladies were not so fortunate. While these Empresses were not celebrated by any gold or diamond jubilees, we humbly offer them one of Lithium. Erin's Empress, Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sisi) suffered from a poor constitution and severe ennui, only finding relief when she was as far from the throne and her husband as possible. Oddly, but not all that surprising given the very narrow arboretum containing the royal family tree, Jon's chosen princess is a sister in law to Sisi, despite her empire being all the way in Mexico. Jon commiserates with the Empress Carlotta, who certainly would have, had she could have.