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The Dilettante
by FerroChrome Podcast Network
FerroChrome Podcast Network
Episodes
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The Dilettante Ep 127 - The Boswell Sisters
Three talented sisters from New Orleans who became music sensations during the depression. Enter the Boswell Sisters.
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The Dilettante Ep 126 - The Kalevala
A man whose singing voice can create miracles, the theft of a magical mill, and a sorceress who steals the sun and the moon. You've entered the legendary Finnish epic - The Kalevala.
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The Dilettante Ep 125 - H.P. Lovecraft
The mythical New England town of Arkham, an ancient horror discovered in Antartica, and the sunken alien city of R'lyeh. Welcome to the world of H.P. Lovecraft
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The Dilettante Ep 124 - The Bauhaus
In between the wars, in the Weimar Republic, was the utopian dream of Walter Gropius - The Bauhaus.
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The Dilettante Ep 123 - The War Of The Worlds
In 1897, in Woking England, a meteor crashes to Earth. And so begins the War Of The Worlds.
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The Dilettante Ep 122 - The Cat
There's a creature leading a double life inside many urban homes - your garden-variety House Cat.
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The Dilettante Ep 121 - Calculus
An ancient word that can inspire fear and admiration - Calculus.
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The Dilettante Ep 120 - Père Lachaise
Where can you find Yves Montand, Oscar Wilde, Balzac and Jim Morrison hanging together? Up on a Parisian hill in Père Lachaise.
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The Dilettante Ep 119 - HAIR
When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then it's the Age of Aquarius ... and the rock musical HAIR.
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The Dilettante Ep 118 - Sound Recording
From a soot-covered piece of paper to streaming digital audio on Spotify. The over 150-year history of sound recording.
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The Dilettante Ep 117 - Spinoza
In 17th Century Amsterdam, an excommunicated Jewish lens crafter formulates one of the most radical philosophies of his or our time. Enter the world of Spinoza.
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The Dilettante Ep 116 - Lillie Langtry
One of the most famous and scandalous women of her time, the 19th Century phenomenon known as Lillie Langtry.
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The Dilettante Ep 115 - The Aarne-Thompson Classification System
How to classify folk and fairy tales? The over 100-year-old Aarne-Thompson Classification System has you covered.
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The Dilettante Ep 114 - The Mods
I ride a G.S. scooter with my hair cut neat, I wear my wartime coat in the wind and sleet. So say the Mods.
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The Dilettante Ep 113 - Honey West
When you're a private eye who drives a white AC Cobra, with your pet ocelot Bruce by your side, then naturally you'd go by the name - Honey West.
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The Dilettante Ep 112 - Mount Athos
A secluded ancient settlement in the Aegean Sea, where an ancient order is cut off from the modern world. Is it Themyscira? No, it's Mount Athos.
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The Dilettante Ep 111 - Bowie Berlin Trilogy
Low, "Heroes", Lodger and more - the Berlin period of David Bowie.
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The Dilettante Ep 110 - Audrey Hepburn
A black Givenchy dress, an updo hairstyle with a tiara, and an impossibly long cigarette holder. Presenting actress, activist and style muse Audrey Hepburn.
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The Dilettante Ep 109 - The Shadow
Which multi-media star of the 1930s knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows.
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The Dilettante Ep 108 - Jupiter
Five times farther from the Sun than Earth, lies an ancient Roman deity of thunder - the planet Jupiter.
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The Dilettante Ep 107 - Dada
A monocled Romanian and the Anti-Art movement that's known as Dada.
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The Dilettante Ep 106 - Stanley Kubrick
The oeuvre, myth, and influence of film director Stanley Kubrick.
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The Dilettante Ep 105 - The White City
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893, better known as The White City.
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The Dilettante Ep 104 - Helena Rubenstein
An entrepreneur in the purest sense of the word, who brought the notion to the marketplace, that beauty is power - Helena Rubenstein.
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The Dilettante Ep 103 - The Periodic Table
Co-opted by graphic artists and television commercials, the Periodic Table of the Elements finally gets its due.
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The Dilettante Ep 102 - The Algonquin Hotel
An NYC focus of cool, with a storied history - The Algonquin Hotel.
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The Dilettante Ep 101 - Stan Lee
The Marvel-ous origin story of - Stan Lee.
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FerroChrome Podcast Network
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