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Ivan the Terrible (Russia's First Tsar)
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11/17/22 • 87 min
Today, the term "Terrible" can refer to anything from a very lousy dinner to a catastrophic calamity that kills millions. When it was conferred on Russian tsar Ivan IV in the 16th century, it explicitly meant 'awe-inspiring,' 'mighty,' and 'formidable.' However, if we look at the reign of one of the most paranoid, violent, and unpredictable individuals to control the country, then the current term of 'very awful' isn't that far off the mark after all. So, what was it that made Ivan so Terrible?
Notes: -
1- Ivan the Terrible by Isabel de Madariaga
https://www.amazon.com/Ivan-Terrible-Isabel-Madariaga/dp/0300119739
2- Fearful Majesty: The Life and Reign of Ivan the Terrible by Benson Bobrickhttps://www.amazon.com/Fearful-Majesty-Life-Reign-Terrible/dp/1880100843
3- Ivan the Terrible by Robert Payne
https://www.amazon.com/Ivan-Terrible-Robert-Payne/dp/0815412290
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11/17/22 • 87 min
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Horror and Other Things We Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock
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10/31/22 • 98 min
It’s no secret that we are going through a new golden age of horror films. Horror movies have for the most part been critical and financial darlings. With some ending up on the top 10 lists across respectable publications covering a plethora of different concepts and topics from cult leaders to religious hysteria, aliens killing toddlers, demons killing toddles, toddlers killing parents. But What is horror? Is it fearing things that bump in the night? Is it the mourned howls of the dead that come with the wind. These have haunted the human consciousness as far back as we developed something called consciousness. The last two episode we tackled two topics that seem to predate written history: the unwelcome return of something beyond our senses. There is a theory that I have ascribed to. That everything we have achieved and have not achieved stems from the threat of death. The terror of death. From religion to sexual desire. The urge of facing death or cheating death seems to be as primal.
Does the fear of death drive us? The depiction of death in art has been around since the start of cave paintings to the movie screens. But did that constitute as horror?
Horror, as a term first appears in early 14th century, which means “feeling of disgust or sordid and vulgar”. And once Gothic Romanticism appeared in the late 18th century, the word horror showed up in prose. Where the term would get more of its modern meaning. In Robert Southey’s poem To Horror where he echoes his love to the eerie, Nathan Drake used the word interchangeably with disgust.
How did this word become associated with fear and how Horror movies for the most part have been shaped by our changes in society, culture, politics and technology but to understand the evolution of horror movies and monsters we are going to have to go back to the origins of the horror genre in films. on tonight’s episode we will be looking at horror films, how they highlighted and manifested our greatest fears.
Notes:-
How The Horror Genre Reflects Societal Fears Throughout Time
http://scribe.usc.edu/how-the-horror-genre-reflects-societal-fears-throughout-time/
HISTORICISM IN “THE SHINING” – BY FREDRIC JAMESON
https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/historicism-in-the-shining/
100 Years of Horror: Culture Shock: The Influence of History on Horror
https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/20853/100-years-of-horror-culture-shock-the-influence-of-history-on-horror/
Why the 1980s Is the Best Decade for Horror
https://www.thefilmagazine.com/why-1980s-horror-is-the-best/
How Horror Reflects Societal Fears
https://www.thereviewgeek.com/howhorrorreflectssocietalfears-article/
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10/31/22 • 98 min
Harvest Me In the Internet (Social Media and Data Harvesting)
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08/31/22 • 77 min
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg was called out in front of Congress. Biggest scandal in social media history in the 2000 tens personal data, belonging to millions of Facebook users was collected by British consulting firm called Cambridge Analytica through an app called your digital life, .
This app consisted of questions, taking people's information, personal preference, and being sold to other people for political means and campaigns. This is when we realize social media has no longer been about keeping in touch and connecting the world, but rather a tool to turn people into extremists and radicalized the world.
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08/31/22 • 77 min
If You Have Ghosts (A Collection of 3 Ghost Stories from 3 Different Countries)
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10/12/22 • 50 min
From ancient Babylon to China, Native America to Shinto Japan, Shakespeare to The Shining, ghost stories have been passed down from century to century, through oral traditions or the written word. It doesn't matter if it's a vindictive king, a weeping woman, or an apartment building. These stories have influenced our contemporary imagination. The belief is so widespread that it is considered a cultural universal.
Following ghosts through time and space, from dusty spirits to ghosts in machines, reveals that ghosts have a unique ability to reflect the worries of their historical moment. Paying attention to what frightens them can teach us about ourselves.
Today we will look at how ghosts have persisted and evolved over time by looking at 3 different ghost stories from 3 different parts of the world and how they differed over time. Welcome to a Conversation Before the world ends and we will be looking at the History of Ghosts:Music:
" HORROR THEME " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
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"Yurei" composed and produced by Kraosando
Extra Reading:
A Japanese Ghost Story : Yotsuya Kaidan
https://www.peak-experience-japan.com/blog/652
Simpson, William K. (1972). Simpson, William Kelly (ed.). The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry. translations by R.O.
Charles Edwin Price (January 1994). The Infamous Bell Witch of Tennessee. Johnson City, Tennessee: The Overmountain Press. pp. 38–40. ISBN 978-1-57072-008-6.
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10/12/22 • 50 min
Kill Your Masters (The Haitian Revolution, or The World’s Only Successful Slave Revolt)
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09/28/22 • 80 min
The Haitian Revolution was one of the most significant events in human history. Although continually eclipsed by the American and French Revolutions, which preceded and, to some extent, caused it, it irrevocably altered world history. It witnessed the first successful slave insurrection, established the first African-led republic in the new world, and had a tremendous impact on France, the United States, and the hemisphere's surrounding states and territories. From its legendary beginnings in 1791 at a slave ceremony, to numerous interventions by the French, Spanish, and English, to the ultimate victory of independence in 1804, the Haitian Revolution can be difficult to follow and analyze. Indeed, many nineteenth-century officials simply refused to acknowledge that it had occurred and today we will be looking at this often forgotten event.
Notes:-
- The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
amazon.com/Black-Jacobins-Toussaint-LOuverture-Revolution/dp/0679724672
- Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution
https://www.amazon.com/Avengers-New-World-Haitian-Revolution/dp/0674018265
-Haiti has suffered hugely over centuries but its revolution was stunningly innovative
https://theconversation.com/haiti-has-suffered-hugely-over-centuries-but-its-revolution-was-stunningly-innovative-183954?utm_source=pocket_mylist
-The Haitian Revolution: Tracing a lineage of Black resistance
https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/qjkb45/the-haitian-revolutionat
-The Haitian Revolution: the enslaved Africans who rose up against France
https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/haitian-revolution-rebellion-hispaniola-what-happened-toussaint-louverture/
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09/28/22 • 80 min
The White Ship, The Empress and The Anarchy (The Real Event that Inspired House of The Dragon)
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09/07/22 • 59 min
The period that would inspire the House of The Dragon took place in England and Normandy between 1135 and 1153, in what historian called the Anarchy. An event that involved the announcement of Empress Matilda as the heir apparent to the throne, her cousin Stephen of Blois who wanted to seize the throne with the help of his brother, and a civil war the ensued inciting a bleak period of civil unrest and political upheaval and all this started with a shipwreck that would go down in British history as one of the worst maritime disasters. Changing the course of history for years to come.
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Further Notes and Readings:
- The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer
https://www.amazon.ca/The-White-Ship/dp/0008296804/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
-The real historical event behind HBO’s House of the Dragonhttps://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/house-of-the-dragon-real-historical-event/
Music and Soundbites:-
- Rowboat by Coal Chamber
- Paralyze Me by Orchards
- La Ciel et la terre (Heaven and earth) / Verbum patris hodie · Ensemble Anonymus
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09/07/22 • 59 min
It's the Devil (The Story behind the Exorcist and Exorcisms)
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10/19/22 • 49 min
The notion of exorcisms have lingered in the zeitgeist so insistently along those religious and superstitious. The idea that a malicious spirit or demon would take control of your body, your vessel, suppressing the soul might sound outdated to some but for others the devil is real and he is everywhere. He’s influencing you to do yoga, seducing you to the dark realm through your television, speaking to you through music but how did this medieval phenomenon make a come back in the 20th and 21st century. Was it the fault of one 1973 film? Joseph Laycock, the editor of the Penguin book of Exorcism explained, in modern US, exorcism was once rare...all this changed after 1973 when the exorcist created a massive demand
Further Reading:
Poole W. S. (2009) Satan in America: The Devil We Know. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Chambers, A. C. (2021). ‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973). History of the Human Sciences, 34(5), 32–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/09526951211004465
@Salon. “Vatican Unleashes Exorcist for Campaign of Crazy | Salon.com.” Vatican Unleashes Exorcist for Campaign of Crazy, 17 Mar. 2010, www.salon.com/2010/03/17/catholic_exorcist_blames_satan.
Elwes, Jay. “The Insatiable Human Appetite for Exorcism.” The Insatiable Human Appetite for Exorcism, Mar. 2010, www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society-and-culture/the-insatiable-human-appetite-for-exorcism-laycock-review.
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10/19/22 • 49 min
Tambora! (of Frankenstein, Opium, and The Year without Summer)
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08/23/22 • 59 min
Mount Tambora, Located in Sumbawa island in the what is now Indonesia blew itself up with an apocalyptic force in April of 1815. Barely reported, no one linked that this eruption would leave a cascading worldwide weather disaster, gave birth to the Opium Trade, changing art and creating the genre of gothic fiction in the three years that followed.
For Three Years following the explosion. To be alive in any corner of the world meant you were starving. In New England, 1816 was nicknamed “The Year without Summer” or “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to death”. Germans called 1817 “the year of the beggar”.
Correction: I mistakenly quoted an article from the Conversation (Largest volcanic eruption in human history changed the 19th century as much as Napoleon) and credited it to Slate.
Reference/Notes:
- Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World
https://www.amazon.com/Tambora-Eruption-That-Changed-World/dp/0691168628
- Mount Tambora Eruption Confirmed As The Cause Of The “Year Without A Summer”
https://www.iflscience.com/mount-tambora-eruption-confirmed-as-the-cause-of-the-year-without-a-summer-53695
-Largest volcanic eruption in human history changed the 19th century as much as Napoleon
https://theconversation.com/largest-volcanic-eruption-in-human-history-changed-the-19th-century-as-much-as-napoleon-25098
-How a Volcano Helped Inspire Frankenstein
https://theconversation.com/how-a-volcano-in-indonesia-led-to-the-creation-of-frankenstein-65293
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08/23/22 • 59 min
Who Will Take The Blame? (Russia and Ukraine: Post Soviet Union to Full on Invasion)
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08/16/22 • 67 min
So, we believe that in order to fully comprehend and understand Russia's decision to invade Ukraine. We should go back to the fall of the Soviet Union and how these two nation states were on a collision course due to dubious economic policies, empty promises, & a pretty odd sense of nostalgia. Resulting in Putin pulling the trigger..
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Orginally recorded June 30th. But with illness, perfecting the podcast format and all that
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Notes:-
Russia, Ukraine and the 30-year quest for a post-Soviet order: https://www.ft.com/content/742f15fc-675a-4622-b022-cbec444651cf
Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin: When the White House fixed a Russian election: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/06/14/yelt-j14.html
How 'shock therapy' created Russian oligarchs and paved the path for Putin: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/03/22/1087654279/how-shock-therapy-created-russian-oligarchs-and-paved-the-path-for-putin
The Making of Vladimir Putin: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/world/europe/vladimir-putin-russia.html
Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/neo-nazis-far-right-ukraine/
Ukraine: Investigate, Punish Hate Crimes: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/14/ukraine-investigate-punish-hate-crimes
Why Zelensky’s Ukraine Is Becoming Increasingly Autocratic: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-zelensky%E2%80%99s-ukraine-becoming-increasingly-autocratic-182124
o Ukrainian protesters flood Kiev after president pulls out of EU deal: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/24/ukraine-protesters-yanukovych-aborts-eu-deal-russia
A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
Ukraine's National Militia: 'We're not neo-Nazis, we just want to make our country better’: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/13/ukraine-far-right-national-militia-takes-law-into-own-hands-neo-nazi-links
Ukraine war follows decades of warnings that NATO expansion into Eastern Europe could provoke Russia:
https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-follows-decades-of-warnings-that-nato-expansion-into-eastern-europe-could-provoke-russia-177999
The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/109306
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08/16/22 • 67 min
Argentina '78 (Or, Remembering the Dirtiest World Cup of All Time)
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11/30/22 • 65 min
To all those that disappeared and their families. We hope you'll eventually find solace and peace
The idea of sports and politics don’t mix isn’t always enforced, it’s hard to keep them apart. From ancient times, the idea of politics and sports have always been interlinked. From ancient Greeks would take apart in games in which city states would send their best athletes to compete against one another. The Mayans held a similar practice too and this is no more evident than football, where the world cup from its inception was riddled with agendas, deals and power plays. From a petty gestures such as Uruguay’s boycott of 1934 world cup in Italy over how it felt that most of the European teams never showed up when they hosted it 4 years prior to matters of principle as when the Soviet Union refused to play Chile away during a 1973 qualification play-off at the same stadium where Pinochet had left wing prisoners executed.
When the 2018 world cup was announced that it will take part in Russia, every one felt uneased by the fact it was taking place in an oppressive country that had just annexed parts of Ukraine and Georgia that also has links with putting down any criticisms and or political opponents with people harking back to when the Olympics were hosted in Berlin in 1936. If the boycotts against Russia felt half-hearted than the same cannot be said about 1978. The boycotts came in early and with convictions. It almost worked.
On June 1st 1978, at the el monumental stadium in Buenos Aries, A couple hundred children moved into their positions. The children spelled out Argentina ’78 before the words Mundial FIFA. A flock of what looked more like pigeons was released into the sky and the world cup was underway. General Jorge Rafael Videla, the leader of Argentina’s ruling military Junta stood and announced to 80,000 people would be played under the sign of peace. In an hearing distance of the stadiums drums, a mile away from the campus of Navy Petty Officers School Mechanics, the Military’s makeshift torture camp was operating where any and all dissidents were taken to. The Disappeared. A term used to describe the victims of State Sponsored terrorism and while this was happening the world cup continued. The sounds of steel drums and crowds roaring heard by tortured prisoners down the street.
Outro provided by Canal Encuentro
https://www.youtube.com/@encuentro/aboutMusic: Dark Crimes by Soundridemusic
Copyright: GOLOVACH, VOLODYMYR
Publisher: Songtrust Blvd IPI #615755145
P.R.O.: IPI# 00382646438
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Notes:
Remembering Argentina 1978: The Dirtiest World Cup Of All Time
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a21454856/argentina-1978-world-cup/
he dark story of the murderous dictatorship behind Argentina's 1978 World Cup win
https://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/the-dark-story-of-the-dictatorship-behind-argentinas-1978-world-cup-win/1k53qqcgt7r8q19xcawarwgsls
Argentina's 1978 World Cup win against Peru was fixed in a brutal political deal, former senator says
https://shortest.link/9kiu
Kissinger approved Argentinian 'dirty war'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/06/argentina.usa
Argentina’s bittersweet win
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-28-fg-mundial28-story.html
Henry Kissinger and football’s longest unsolved riddle
https://www.channel4.com/news/dr-henry-kissinger-and-footballs-longest-unsolved-riddle
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11/30/22 • 65 min
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