Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
Podcast készítő B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends
120 Epizód
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A Haunted Christmas: Ghost Stories from Around the World – World History
Közzétéve: 2016. 12. 25. -
Hypnotism: Dangers and Advantages in 1888 – PDT3K – French History
Közzétéve: 2016. 12. 18. -
Hysteria II: The Women of Dr. Charcot’s Hospital – French History
Közzétéve: 2016. 12. 11. -
Hysteria I: Women and Technology in Belle Époque France – French History
Közzétéve: 2016. 12. 04. -
Bicycle Face: A Lady Cyclist Medical Scare in the 1890s – Women’s History
Közzétéve: 2016. 11. 27. -
Miraculous Susan: A Thanksgiving Story from 1893 – PDT3K – American History
Közzétéve: 2016. 11. 20. -
The Hammer of Witches (Malleus Maleficarum) – PDT3K – Women’s History
Közzétéve: 2016. 11. 13. -
Anti-Witches II: Inquisition Trials and Eastern European Lore – Italian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 11. 06. -
Anti-Witches I: The Benandanti and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy – Italian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 10. 30. -
Halloween in Ireland in 1886 – PDT3K – Irish History
Közzétéve: 2016. 10. 23. -
Still Arguing Against Miasma in 1901 – PDT3K – American History
Közzétéve: 2016. 10. 16. -
Miasma II: Court Cases from a Plague Year – Italian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 10. 09. -
Miasma I: Plague and Mutated Air in Renaissance Italy – Italian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 10. 02. -
“Savage” Man: Imagining Prehistory in 1873 – PDT3K – Modern History
Közzétéve: 2016. 09. 25. -
Ginormous Stone Circles II: Making Sense of Stonehenge – British History
Közzétéve: 2016. 09. 18. -
Ginormous Stone Circles I: Stonehenge Builders of Neolithic Britain – British History
Közzétéve: 2016. 09. 11. -
Presenting Indian Asceticism to English-speakers in 1924 – PDT3K – Indian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 09. 06. -
Reanimated Corpses II: Ajivika Story Time – Indian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 09. 06. -
Reanimated Corpses I: The Ajivika of Ancient India – Indian History
Közzétéve: 2016. 09. 06. -
Episode 00 WTF Is This Podcast About
Közzétéve: 2016. 08. 27.
We explore ideas and practices once believed to be true but no longer. Each dead idea is explored in all its glorious eccentricity. For example, discover miasma, the theory that plague comes from stinky air; or the medical diagnosis of hysteria, which holds that women's wombs wander around their bodies causing trouble. Join us on a fun romp through the history of ideas that didn’t quite stand the test of time.