Dead Ideas: The History of Extinct Thoughts and Practices
Een podcast door B. T. Newberg and history nerd friends
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A Haunted Christmas: Ghost Stories from Around the World – World History
Gepubliceerd: 25-12-2016 -
Hypnotism: Dangers and Advantages in 1888 – PDT3K – French History
Gepubliceerd: 18-12-2016 -
Hysteria II: The Women of Dr. Charcot’s Hospital – French History
Gepubliceerd: 11-12-2016 -
Hysteria I: Women and Technology in Belle Époque France – French History
Gepubliceerd: 4-12-2016 -
Bicycle Face: A Lady Cyclist Medical Scare in the 1890s – Women’s History
Gepubliceerd: 27-11-2016 -
Miraculous Susan: A Thanksgiving Story from 1893 – PDT3K – American History
Gepubliceerd: 20-11-2016 -
The Hammer of Witches (Malleus Maleficarum) – PDT3K – Women’s History
Gepubliceerd: 13-11-2016 -
Anti-Witches II: Inquisition Trials and Eastern European Lore – Italian History
Gepubliceerd: 6-11-2016 -
Anti-Witches I: The Benandanti and the Inquisition in Renaissance Italy – Italian History
Gepubliceerd: 30-10-2016 -
Halloween in Ireland in 1886 – PDT3K – Irish History
Gepubliceerd: 23-10-2016 -
Still Arguing Against Miasma in 1901 – PDT3K – American History
Gepubliceerd: 16-10-2016 -
Miasma II: Court Cases from a Plague Year – Italian History
Gepubliceerd: 9-10-2016 -
Miasma I: Plague and Mutated Air in Renaissance Italy – Italian History
Gepubliceerd: 2-10-2016 -
“Savage” Man: Imagining Prehistory in 1873 – PDT3K – Modern History
Gepubliceerd: 25-9-2016 -
Ginormous Stone Circles II: Making Sense of Stonehenge – British History
Gepubliceerd: 18-9-2016 -
Ginormous Stone Circles I: Stonehenge Builders of Neolithic Britain – British History
Gepubliceerd: 11-9-2016 -
Presenting Indian Asceticism to English-speakers in 1924 – PDT3K – Indian History
Gepubliceerd: 6-9-2016 -
Reanimated Corpses II: Ajivika Story Time – Indian History
Gepubliceerd: 6-9-2016 -
Reanimated Corpses I: The Ajivika of Ancient India – Indian History
Gepubliceerd: 6-9-2016 -
Episode 00 WTF Is This Podcast About
Gepubliceerd: 27-8-2016
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.
