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Here are five possible descriptions of who Arthur Harrison could be: The Urban Hermit, The Disenchanted Intellectual, The Suburban Surrealist, The Neo-Beat Provocateur, and The Jesus Christ of Silicon.

What matters most is up to you.

Story by Arthur Harrison and Cory Choy

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Dalton Miksa

Sound by Silver Sound

World War II route maps offer an extraordinary view of the conflict through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it. Created by military artists, engineers, draftsmen, and infantrymen, these rare pictorial maps trace individual units across the battlefields of Europe, recording campaigns, river crossings, command posts, engineering works, and moments of humor amid the devastation of war. Produced in small numbers as commemorative keepsakes rather than official military documents, they combine cartographic precision, firsthand testimony, illustration, and personal memory. The Geographicus WWII Route Map Archive preserves this overlooked category of wartime cartography - maps made by soldiers, for soldiers, as enduring visual records of service, survival, and shared experience.

The two mothers hit it off beautifully. They sat at a café called Heaven, chatting for hours over tea and biscuits. While waiting for the check, they started bragging about their sons.

Finally, one mother asked, “Who was your son?”

“Jesus,” Mary replied.

“And who was yours?” Mary asked.

“My son was Judas,” the other mother replied.

“Well, mother of Judas, what a joy it’s been meeting you. Shall we do this again tomorrow?”

“It’s a date,” Judas’s mother smiled.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Waliek Crandall

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Christian Cuciniello and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

What if one of the most remarkable fantasy maps ever created wasn’t designed for a novel or a game, but for the CIA? In this episode of CartoCuriosity, Kevin Brown of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps uncovers the extraordinary story of The Zendian Problem, a top-secret Cold War cryptography training exercise created by eccentric American cryptologist Lambros D. Callimahos. Blending fantasy cartography, military intelligence, codebreaking, espionage, and geopolitical strategy, the fictional Kingdom of Zendia became an immersive world where intelligence officers learned to analyze maps, decipher encrypted communications, and anticipate military operations. Through a rare surviving set of Zendian maps, this episode explores the surprising intersection of cartographic history, cryptology, Cold War history, and one of the most unusual intelligence training programs ever devised.

Politics, duels, and frontier justice are all a part of this Florida man's story. Listen as Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps explains this American drama.

Check out the Geographicus website here: geographicus.com

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Spencer Hunt from Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Music by Luke Allen and El Buru

Sound by Silver Sound

History's most successful cartographic hoax, this tale of Nicoló Zeno’s 1557 map is one of ambition, nationalism, and invention. Seeking to wrest the discovery of America from the hated Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus, Zeno fabricated a grand alternative history - one that credited his own illustrious Venetian family with crossing the Atlantic more than a century earlier. Though entirely fictitious, the Zeno Map was accepted as genuine by scholars and mapmakers for over three centuries.

Big News: Silver Sound'sViolence Week has been nominated for a Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast — Limited Series. The Webby Awards is the Internet’s most respected symbol of success and winning one means more recognition for indie podcasts like ours.

And you can help! Voting for the People's Voice Award is open until Thursday, April 17th. Cast your vote here and help Violence Week take home the win: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast-limited-run

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Out of all the creators who participated in our Winter 2025 Sonic Dash, we were only able to feature the top three winners so far. Now, we would love to showcase some of the incredible work from the rest of our talented contestants.

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing a piece by Anne Lanier and Dominic Rippel / Shelter Studio entitled "You Can Breathe".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

Ah life... Sometimes you just need a funny perspective on things to get through these negative times. If you're feeling as bad as we are about current events, then maybe this can offer you a new way to voice your frustrations, or just make you smile a little.

Hosted by James Brown-Orleans

Featuring Cameron Bossert

Produced by Cory Choy and Christian Cuciniello

Sound by Silver Sound

Out of all the creators who participated in our Winter 2025 Sonic Dash, we were only able to feature the top three winners so far. Now, we would love to showcase some of the incredible work from the rest of our talented contestants.

In this episode, we will be listening to and discussing a piece by Chloe Irving, Angelina Mazza, and Stuart Leach entitled "In Stitches".

Credits:

Produced and engineered by Christian Cuciniello

Festival Directors: Mark Blumberg, Cory Choy, Emily Reeves

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