[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24267432/height/100/width//thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/3585129″ height=”100″ width=”” scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Please note that this episode contains mature language. Nemo and Phil are joined by guests Dustin and Dani, and Laila Lim, a languages student.  Tensions and technical difficulties mar the investigation.   Dustin’s graphophone delivers major revelations. But will the investigators still be around for […]

We here at Lesser of 2 Weevils are thinking of visiting the City of Light this year, but as the plans go ahead to make Paris a 100% cycling city, we hope our abilities will come back to us . . . like riding a bicycle.

[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24229638/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 are joined by two guests from Chicago, Dustin and Dani.  What links the graphophone from 1897 that Dustin acquired to the Volta Lab-esque cylinders?  Who is the “unknown pursuer” mentioned in the note that accompanies the graphophone?  Could Nemo and Phil […]

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 […]