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Transcripts of all episodes available at poisonroom.com The Poison Room is a podcast about dangerous writing - from the very first anti-vaccination literature to the Anarchist Cookbook. Banned books, burned books, ridiculous laws, and centuries of misinterpreting holy texts, as well as books that are dangerous to read and own, and books that were dangerous to write.
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The origins of the Sixth and Seventh book of Moses in Germany. Featuring many books with titles that are far too long. Check out Scheible's edition of the book here: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10132960?page=11For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poiso…
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We're finally ready to talk about one specific codex from the Theban Magical Library: The Eighth Book of Moses. For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.com Find the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompod Send an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.comKirjoittanut The Poison Room Podcast
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This episode is a whilstle-stop tour of just a few of the highlights of the Theban Magical Library, including: spells for finding stuff out, spells for avoiding being found out, multiple uses for skulls, and several ways to offend the goddess Selene.For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podc…
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Before we can get back to Moses we need to talk about some papyri of the Graeco-Egyptian magical variety. For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.comKirjoittanut The Poison Room Podcast
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Do you like historical context? Great news! We need to cover oh, say, over 2000 years of it in order to understand this particular story. Featuring: lots of Moses.For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.com…
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It's been just over a year since the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol took a sudden swim in the local harbour. What's happened in that year?Statement by Countering Colston: https://counteringcolston.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/countering-colston-statement-on-the-merchants-venturers-29th-june-2020/GoFundMe for the Colston Four: https://www.gofundme.…
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This episode continues the story of the statue of Edward Coston, that statue, and the mystery of the missing second plaque. If you want to see a Tory councillor posing proudly with a racist mascot, here's the article with the photo: https://tinyurl.com/ycp7wscsPhoto of the plaque after the statue came down: https://tinyurl.com/ybrrekufFor transcrip…
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This week we're talking about racist statues glorifying slave traders. In particular, we're talking about one specific statue that made headlines when protestors in Bristol dumped it in the harbour. But how did Bristol end up with a statue glorifying a slave trader in the first place?Images: Image of the monument to Colston inside All Saints Church…
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The final instalment (for now?) On the Shugborough Inscription. Featuring: more theories than you can shake a stick at.Gibsian sarcophagi: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1270296258566029313?s=20For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: p…
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This isn't the final episode on the myriad theories about the Shugborough Inscription, but it IS the final episode about this particular theory. It's time to talk about Kabbalah, raising brides from the dead, and killing bridegrooms on their wedding day.For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the …
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Q W O W Z R E V I F H F R O V L O Y L O G K I A S S Z K H N C R A E O Y A S T W D U P B B KFor transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.comKirjoittanut The Poison Room Podcast
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Part two of the discussion of the Shugborough Monument and its curious inscription, but part one of the discussion of one particular theory on what it means. I will never again assume I can cover a topic in a single episode.Here's a few photos of ancient Greco-Roman funeral stelae: https://twitter.com/PoisonRoomPod/status/1255178348558528513?s=20Fo…
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One monument. Ten letters. So many theories. Today's story is about a man called Thomas Anson, gardening, and... a wikipedia edit war?Photo of the whole monument, with a close up of the inscription at the bottom: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gary_crutchley/3849908948/For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonro…
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A gentle yet absurd story about some curious entries in an encyclopaedia. Featuring: botanists, naturalists, and Jesuits, oh my. For transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.comAnd look after yourselves.…
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What's happened to Cambodian literary culture since the fall of the Khmer Rouge? We can't possibly cover it all, but here are the stories of some of the institutions and individuals that have continued survive.Find 'Just a Human Being' on: Amazon.com: https://tinyurl.com/vnsrvzxAmazon co.uk: https://tinyurl.com/qtbzjadFor transcripts, references, a…
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Presenting the first part of a story of forgery and academic foolishness involving an Elizabethan relic supposedly discovered in California in 1937.Twitter thread with all the pictures mentioned: https://tinyurl.com/yx43uj2rFor transcripts, references, and bibliographies for all episodes, visit: poisonroom.comFind the podcast on twitter: @poisonroo…
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The second half of the story of Mary Queen of Scots, and all the letters she did, or didn't, write. Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.comCypher photo: https://tinyurl.com/wuq3nkg…
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This week we're in Tudor Britain, and the unfortunate incidents throughout the life of Mary Queen of Scots that were caused by people writing things down. Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.com…
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Something different this week: documents and accounts I've come across whilst researching that I found interesting, even if they're not related to dangerous books. This one is extracts from the diary of Albigence Waldo, a surgeon in the First Infantry Regiment of the Connecticut Line during America’s Revolutionary War. No episode next week, and the…
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Today’s story is brought to you courtesy of the best of the Marx Brothers, and involves his first - and only - trip to Russia.Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.comKirjoittanut The Poison Room Podcast
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A short introduction to Greco-Roman curse tablets (katadesmoi and defixiones): how do you make one? Who was using them? What for? Can you protect yourself against them? And what do those weird words mean?Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poi…
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It’s 1799, and we’re in the waters around Haiti and Jamaica. This week’s episode is a tale of a remarkable story of shark helping to convict some smugglers.Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.com…
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Edmund Massey makes his reply, and gets his uncle to help him, too. Unfortunately, one definite survivor of the pamphlet war was smallpox. Sigh. Good news, though. We got it eventually. Hopefully. Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroom…
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Featuring Maitland's reply to Edmund Massey, and a second, delightfully sarcastic letter written by someone who may or may not be Maitland. Spoiler: It's probably not Maitland.Go to poisonroom.com for transcripts, references, and bibliography for all episodes. Find the podcast on Twitter: @poisonroompodSend an email: poisonroompodcast@gmail.com…
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