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Iconography

Iconography

Charles Gustine

How do we understand the places we visit (and even the places we’ve never been)? As a shorthand, we use agreed-upon touchstones - famous places, famous people famous foods, and, of course, dreams. Dreamed-up people and dreamed-up places and dreamed-up things. This podcast looks at a culture's icons - real and imagined - to see what they say about the culture itself, as well as the outsiders who've elevated those icons above all others.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Iconography episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Iconography for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Iconography episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

It’s Iconography’s fifth birthday this month, and to celebrate the anniversary, we're announcing a series of remastered 2nd editions of episodes from season 1 of Iconography.

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Iconography - Piccadilly Circus
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02/19/17 • 52 min

The lights are out in Piccadilly Circus, just the latest change for an icon that's characterized by change. We look to a lot of icons to tell us about the past - Piccadilly Circus is that rare icon we want to look like the future, right down to the simplest of questions: what will I be buying tomorrow?

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Iconography - Crimson Peak and British Gothic
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02/05/17 • 36 min

This is the iTunes debut of the podcast that inspired Iconography. In this episode, I considered Crimson Peak within the context of American vs. British ghost stories, and within the context of Gothic Romance.

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Iconography - Four Weddings and a Funeral
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01/22/17 • 49 min

In 1994, it became the highest grossing British film of all time. How Four Weddings and a Funeral changed Richard Curtis's career - for better and worse.

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Iconography - The Full English Breakfast
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04/23/17 • 42 min

This week, our first culinary icon. The Full English. The fry-up. What does it mean for a national cuisine - one that finds itself frequently derided for its blandness - to be tied so obviously to a meal as fickle - as subject to trends, whims, diets, advertising forces, and let’s be honest, early morning laziness - as breakfast?

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Iconography - Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Iconography

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01/06/17 • 40 min

What happens when an icon dies? It's not just people that pass away, or buildings that get demolished... ideas to can be weathered away by time. Twelfth Night, as it was celebrated in England for centuries - as Shakespeare knew it when he wrote a comedy named after it - is but a ghost of its former self. But that's the thing. If an idea is big enough (and lucky enough) it can find its way into the strangest places, sneaking into people's lives without anyone even realizing it's happening.

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Iconography - George Michael's Leather Jacket
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12/30/16 • 42 min

This is a special in memoriam episode of the podcast, dedicated to one the brightest stars in the constellation of British music, George Michael. And specifically, dedicated to his fascinating relationship with his most iconic of totems - the leather jacket.

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In this bonus interview episode, Brian Logan, Communications Director for the Plymouth 400 organization gives us insight into what goes into planning a quadricentenary commemoration.

Transcript here: https://iconographypodcast.com/articles/interview-w-brian-logan-communications-director-s1!677ae

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Iconography - Spice Girls (Part 1)
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03/19/17 • 46 min

20 years ago, in March 1997, our world was in truth, a Spice World. Revisit those heady days as we look back at Girl Power and its influence today.
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Jaws is back in cinemas this week, so I wanted to do two things. First, re-release our 2020 episode on Jaws as a distinctly New England story; and second, let you know that Iconography is returning with a new miniseries this fall - five episodes looking at Jaws through the lens of its most iconic character (okay it’s most iconic human character), the sea-shanty singing, saltine chomping, Narragansett swilling, shark hunter with a grudge, Quint.

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How many episodes does Iconography have?

Iconography currently has 42 episodes available.

What topics does Iconography cover?

The podcast is about Humanities, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Film, England, History, Podcasts and New England.

What is the most popular episode on Iconography?

The episode title 'Ebenezer Scrooge (Fifth Anniversary 2nd Edition)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Iconography?

The average episode length on Iconography is 50 minutes.

How often are episodes of Iconography released?

Episodes of Iconography are typically released every 22 days, 3 hours.

When was the first episode of Iconography?

The first episode of Iconography was released on Nov 25, 2016.

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