Who actually stormed the Bastille in Paris in 1789, a seminal event in the French Revolution?

Some listeners to recent episodes of Shattered may be familiar with the Hindi term, “Daroga.” It’s a term usually applied to a police officer in charge of a thana (police station). It’s still used in some Indian states to mean a station house officer, a S.H.O. for short. The term comes from the Persian “Daroghah,” […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24186279/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Phil speaks to a historian at the Academy of Asian Cultures and Languages, and a film historian points Nemo and Phil toward a film that may be cursed. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/  Additional […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24157437/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Nemo and Phil track down a parléophon recording and speak to a generous collector about his obscure 1905 Gramophone recording on church organ.  What does this have to do with the Volta Lab-esque cylinders and who is the mysterious and otherworldly voice they hear […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24123288/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Nemo and Phil link the 1902 Gramophone disc to an opera, Phil speaks to an expert on the Don Juan legend, and the podcast hosts find a second set of mysterious phonographs.  Have they found the elusive composer they are seeking? Shattered is produced […]

An eBay acetate disc recording of Adelina Patti is mentioned in Episode 1, and Patti is again referred to in Episode 2. Who was she? Adelina Maria Clorinda Patti was born in Madrid to Italian parents in 1843. She was raised in New York City and made her singing debut at the age of seven. […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24074589/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century.  When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered.  Who made them?  And why?  Whose […]

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24043254/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century. When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered. Who made them? And why? — […]