- Christmas Facts from Irelands All
This month on Absurd Real History we take a break for a chill special christmas episde, relax and unwind from the holidays with a few facts from the classic 'Irelands All" magazine. We'll be back to our normal show January 29th.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations15m - Dec 29, 2023 - "Edgar Allan Poe" with Burell Kingery
Surprise! - Saoirse Siné is back with a weird story from the past. This time, director of Edgar Allan Poeprov, Burell Kingery, comes to share about the weird death of Edgar Allan poe.
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donationsS2E1 - 1h 20m - Nov 29, 2023 - A Gracious Goodbye (For Now....?)
A fond farewell from Saoirse Siné. If you enjoyed the podcast let her and others know. Absurd Real History will possibly return but only with your help. You can donate to show your love at the link at the bottom of this description.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations10m - Jun 29, 2021 - "Singapore Penis Panic" with Alison Spittle
This week Saoirse Siné talks of ancient Chinese philosophy and how it relates to hundreds thinking penis's were shrinking for a brief stint during 1960's Singapore. With the incredible comedian/podcaster Alison Spittle!
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Episode Source Material
The Great Singapore Penis Panic and the Future of American Mass Hysteria by Scott Mendelson
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72227/6-penis-panics-around-world
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7815608/
https://www.verywellmind.com/koro-phobia-of-genital-retraction-2671824
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-late-1960s-singapore-was-gripped-with-a-genital-panic
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We talk about the catastrophic event you probably never heard of. This week Saoirse Siné tells you, and special guest Camerlia LR all about how Boston became a flooded sticky mess.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science
https://www.southernliving.com/sweeteners/molasses/what-is-molasses
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/sticky-tragedy-boston-molasses-disaster
https://www.grunge.com/213663/the-great-molasses-flood-was-worse-than-you-thought/
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Special guest Niall Johnson is a big gin fan, but before this episode he didn't know who his precious alcohol almost ruined London when it was first introduced.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-london/18th-century-gin-craze
https://www.historyhit.com/what-was-the-gin-craze-and-why-did-it-happen/
http://publin.ie/2015/how-many-pubs-are-there-in-dublin/
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/most-googled-how-many-pubs-are-there-in-london-071018
https://www.vice.com/en/article/53jj7z/how-a-gin-craze-nearly-destroyed-18th-century-london
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5vCXrfRLrShpj4fLb4B3hMt/when-the-gin-craze-swept-london
https://www.gintime.com/features/gin-madness-weve-been-here-before/
https://evanevanstours.com/blog/london-gin-craze-history/
http://www.executedtoday.com/2016/03/08/1734-judith-defour-in-the-gin-craze/
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/23/the-first-vending-machine-hacked-liquor-laws-the-puss-and-mew/
https://curiousrambler.com/when-cats-sold-gin-in-the-streets-of-london/
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations53m - Jun 8, 2021 - "Marcel Duchamp and Fountain" with Nell Mercier
This week Saoirse Siné speaks modern art with the wonderful Nell Mercier, and then gushes over the modern day artist that most resembles a pioneer of the modern art world.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Duchamp
https://www.vulture.com/2010/10/marcel-duchamp-and-comedy-in-art.html
https://press.philamuseum.org/marcel-duchamp-and-the-fountain-scandal/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSKxJc_J0No
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZlrHyzIwcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZlrHyzIwcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S75rlarGi64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuf_GHmjxLM
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/10/18/duchamps-last-riddle/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv78ebotgrY
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This week Saoirse Siné talks of the scandalous shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, with fellow actor Will Murphy.
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Episode Source Material
“Dead famous” by Greg Jenner
“Great Theatrical Disasters” by Gyles Brandreth
http://britainunlimited.com/edmund-kean/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Kean
https://biography.yourdictionary.com/edmund-kean
https://archive.org/stream/edmundkeantrage01molluoft/edmundkeantrage01molluoft_djvu.txt
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/dead-famous-part-two-a-cultural-history-of-celebrity
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This week Saoirse Siné talks mass hysteria, mental disciple and fainting school children with actor Denny Redmond.
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Episode Source Material
"Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566"
by Robert E. Bartholomew, Bob Rickard
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/08/21/sandy
https://archive.org/details/epidemicsofmiddl1844heck/page/n5/mode/2up
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3575566/
https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-strangest-mass-hysterias.htm
https://www.britannica.com/science/mental-discipline-theory
https://esoterx.com/2015/08/05/bad-habits-the-15th-century-nun-biting-mania/
https://practicalpie.com/edward-thorndike/
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In the 1930's Australia went to war against their national, the emu. Learn all about it in this weeks episode as Saoirse Siné tells all to you, and special guest drag performer Wren Dennehy, a.k.a Avoca Reaction.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.britannica.com/animal/emu
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/common-emu
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/on-this-day-the-emu-wars-begin/
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2315839
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18516559
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1932-australia-declared-war-on-emus-and-lost
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/why-do-so-many-weird-animals-live-in-australia
https://listverse.com/2017/03/12/10-crazy-facts-about-the-great-australian-emu-war/
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4509731
https://factslegend.org/25-interesting-emu-war-facts/
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations47m - May 11, 2021 - "Wonder Woman 2: More Bondage" with Séamus Hanly
Join Saoirse Siné and Séamus Hanly yet again as our part 2 of the history, and the creator William Marston, of the worlds oldest superhero and its inspiration from the unconventional.
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Brought to you by Scream for Ireland.
Episode Source Material
“The Secret History of Wonder Woman” – Lepore, Jill. Scribe Publications, 2014.
https://www.dccomics.com/characters/wonder-woman
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a9931323/wonder-woman-facts/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wonder-woman-feminism-and_b_8199126
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/05/31/the-complicated-history-of-wonder-woman/
https://www.cbr.com/marston-gender-identity-and-casting-the-modern-wonder-woman/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfmvuC6NyU
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wonder-Woman#ref1069002
https://dca.tufts.edu/about/news/Curious%20Traditions%20of%20Times%20Past%3A%20Baby%20Parties
https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2012/05/william-marston-on-sorority-baby-parties/
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/not-so-feminist-history-wonder-woman/
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations1h 2m - May 4, 2021 - "Wonder Woman 1: Charles Marston" with Séamus Hanly
This week let Saoirse Siné explain to you, and Séamus Hanly about the history, and the creator behind one of the worlds oldest superhero and its inspiration from the unconventional. This is a two parter so view this as an introductory episode for the madness to come next week.
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absurdrealhistory@gmail.com for any inquiries
Brought to you by Scream for Ireland.
Episode Source Material
“The Secret History of Wonder Woman” – Lepore, Jill. Scribe Publications, 2014.
https://www.dccomics.com/characters/wonder-woman
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a9931323/wonder-woman-facts/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wonder-woman-feminism-and_b_8199126
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2017/05/31/the-complicated-history-of-wonder-woman/
https://www.cbr.com/marston-gender-identity-and-casting-the-modern-wonder-woman/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qfmvuC6NyU
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wonder-Woman#ref1069002
https://dca.tufts.edu/about/news/Curious%20Traditions%20of%20Times%20Past%3A%20Baby%20Parties
https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2012/05/william-marston-on-sorority-baby-parties/
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/not-so-feminist-history-wonder-woman/
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations37m - Apr 27, 2021 - "Ancient Contraceptions" with Katie Norris
This week Saoirse Siné will explain to you, and writer comedian Katie Norris, all about how they stopped having babies in biblical times.
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Episode Source Material
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-timeline/
https://www.gotquestions.org/birth-control.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/onanism.html
https://thebrickbible.com/judaherandonan/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onanism
https://www.christianbiblereference.org/faq_birthcontrol.htm
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10691-018-9392-1
https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52188
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/83685/9-forms-birth-control-used-ancient-world
https://science.jrank.org/pages/1761/Contraception-An-ancient-interest.html
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-birth-control-of-yesteryear/
https://historyofyesterday.com/history-of-condoms-c3fcc62860f
https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-origin-of-the-heart-symbol
http://www.sisterzeus.com/Silphio.htm
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/historys-worst-contraception-methods-explained/
http://what-when-how.com/birth-control/ancient-civilizations-and-birth-control/
https://flo.health/menstrual-cycle/sex/birth-control/ancient-birth-control-methods
https://peoplepill.com/people/soranus-of-ephesus
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170907-the-mystery-of-the-lost-roman-herb
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3649591/
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations48m - Apr 20, 2021 - "Pineapples" with Derek Miller
Join Saoirse Siné with special guest Derek Miller on a history of the humble pineapple from start to finish... It's weirder than you think.
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Brought to you by Scream for Ireland.
Episode Source Material
The pineapple: king of fruits by Fran Boueman.
Pineapple: A global History
https://www.britannica.com/plant/pineapple
https://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Pineapple/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tupi-Guarani
https://time.com/4814056/hawaiian-pizza-pineapple-sam-panopoulos-death/
http://www.logan-evans.ca/obituaries/116891
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-53432877
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations59m - Apr 13, 2021 - "Constructed Languages" with Jaleelah Galbraith
Saoirse Siné talks of the convoluted world of constructed languages. It seems that as long as there has been language, there have been people trying to create a better one. She is joined by English Comedian Jaleelah Galbraith.
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Episode Source Material
“In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius Paperback”,Okrent, Arika. 2010
"Toki Pona" - Sonja Lang
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-constructed-language-conlang-1689793
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gSAkUOElsg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWVOkdWQAs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAFan_NZTw
https://rankly.com/list/best-conlang-off-all-time
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Esperanto
https://time.com/4417809/esperanto-history-invention/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5mZ0R3h8m0
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/07/toki-pona-smallest-language/398363/’
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/a-language-to-unite-humankind
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Wonderful-Horrible-History-of-Esperanto-the-Universal-Language
https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=1553
http://scihi.org/john-wilkins/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/john-wilkins-moon-mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7u-bB_gUeM
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations1h 0m - Apr 6, 2021 - "Clara the Rhino" with Alex Byrne
This week Saoirse Siné is joined by comedian Alex Byrne to discuss Clara and the "Rhino-mania" that swept across Europe because of this a-list celebrity.
absurdrealhistory@gmail.com for any inquiries
Brought to you by Scream for Ireland
Episode Source Material
"Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen" Jenner, Greg. 2020
https://www.rhinosinfo.com/famous-rhinos-clara.html
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/524139/clara-18th-century-rhinoceros-who-became-sensation
https://lesyeuxdargus.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/clara-et-la-rhinomania-en-europe-au-xviiie-siecle/
https://timeline.com/clara-rhinoceros-europe-history-dc8a944c2a21
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/356497
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/aug/21/featuresreviews.guardianreview6
https://georgianaduchessofdevonshire.blogspot.com/2011/04/clara-celebrity-rhino.html
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations52m - Mar 30, 2021 - "FAKESpeare" with Aoibhín Murphy
This week Saoirse Siné will explain to you, and actor/content creator Aoibhín Murphy, about a dweeby young man, William Henry Ireland, and his Shakespeare forgeries.... That weren't very good.
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Brought to you by Scream for Ireland
Episode Source Material
"Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen" Jenner, Greg. 2020
https://www.christies.com/features/5-minutes-with-the-Ireland-Shakespeare-forgeries-10219-1.aspx
https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/ireland-vortigern
https://archive.org/details/confessionsofwil01irel/page/n11/mode/2up
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127931669&t=1614979913004
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/to-beor-not-the-greatest-shakespeare-forgery-136201/
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Vortigern_and_Rowena
https://blogs.bl.uk/english-and-drama/2016/03/is-this-a-forgery-i-see-before-me.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Henry-Ireland
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations48m - Mar 23, 2021 - SPECIAL: An Interview With My Mother
On a very special Absurd Real History episode Saoirse Siné spends Mothers Day chatting with her own Mother Suzanna (righted fitted with a glass of whiskey). Learn some fascinating titbits about college in the US in the 70's as well as Ireland in the 80's.
The episode remains largely unedited to give this fantastic woman a platform to speak her truths. Normal Absurd Real History episodes resume next week.
absurdrealhistory@gmail.com for any inquiries
Brought to you by Scream for Ireland
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations1h 2m - Mar 16, 2021 - "Sea Monkeys Dark History" with Luke Benson
This week Saoirse Siné is joined by improvisor Luke Benson to discuss Sea Monkeys, it's crazy inventor Harold Von Braunhut and whether you may have accidentally contributed to the KKK.
absurdrealhistory@gmail.com for any inquiries
Brought to you by Scream for Ireland
Episode Source Material
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56755/16-amazing-facts-about-sea-monkeys
https://www.theawl.com/2011/06/the-shocking-true-tale-of-the-mad-genius-who-invented-sea-monkeys/
https://nationalvanguard.org/2019/01/the-bizarre-story-of-anti-jewish-jew-harold-von-braunhut/
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/jul/22/a-petri-dish-for-racism-supremacists-message/
http://www.planetxmagazine.com/seamonkeys.htm
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-tm-29473-story.html
https://patents.justia.com/inventor/harold-von-braunhut
https://nationalvanguard.org/2019/01/the-bizarre-story-of-anti-jewish-jew-harold-von-braunhut/
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2004/hitler-and-sea-monkeys
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/us/harold-von-braunhut-seller-of-sea-monkeys-dies-at-77.html
https://www.sea-monkeys.com/about-the-sea-monkeys/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdVrTqaJrS4
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/the-battle-over-the-sea-monkey-fortune.html
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations58m - Mar 9, 2021 - "No TV and no Beer Make Iceland Something Something" with Clara White
How much do you really know about Iceland? In this episode Saoirse Siné talks three bizarre banns of the city of ice and fire with actor/writer Clara White.
absurdrealhistory@gmail.com for any inquiries
Brought to you by Scream for Ireland
Episode Source Material
https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2018/02/07/reykjavik-catwalk-a-brief-history-of-cats-in-iceland/
https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/nanna/iceland-s-christmas-cat-and-cats-of-reykjavik
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/echinococcosis
https://www.iamreykjavik.com/beer-banned-in-iceland-why
https://beernbiceps.com/iceland-banned-beer/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/illegal-in-iceland-180957521/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31622038
https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-iceland
https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1099965/
https://2seasagency.com/publishing-iceland-reading-national-sport/
https://icelandmag.is/article/april-3-marks-33rd-anniversary-reykjavik-lifting-its-ban-dogs-city
https://grapevine.is/news/2013/05/03/icelanders-read-more/
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/absurd-real-history/donations49m - Mar 2, 2021